The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-10
NO RELIEF GIVEN.
The House Votes TO Kill the Silver
Repeal Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb 9.-immediately after
the reading Of the journal in the House TO-
day. Catchings DemocraD of Mississippi
called Up the resolution of tile Committee
on Rules setting apart this legislative day,
and, If necessary, the next legislative day,
for consideration Of the bin repeating the
Sherman silver act
Bacon 3D. of New York offered an amend
ment for a vote on the bill and all pending
amendments az p. 81. tomorrow, after
which no dilatory motion shall be enter
tanned until the bill is finally disposed Of.
In brief speech he said the silver question
should be disposed of here aud now. The
amendment is in form exactly like that pro-
posed by Bland last summer. ana was in
substance the same as the rules reported by
such stanch Democrats as Randall and
Mills, and such Republicans as Reed. He
would. accordingly, move TO vote down the
previous question in order that vote might
be obtained. Gentlemen should understand
that the vote against bis motion was vote
against the bill. and they must take the re-
sponsibility. lie told his side of the House
that the Rules Committee was not here OPP
posing his motion. the authority Of which
statement Pierce Of Tennessee disputed.
Bland 3D. Of Missouri then took the floor
for the other SIDE. He said: ''The gentle
men who are here now demanding the
clOture were all opposed to considering 1t
last summer. Now they want the cloture
in order to demonetiZe silver at the dicta-
ton of Wall street. The bill proposed to
be brought up was a monstrosity. Leave
silver alone until the tariff is revised and
the alien laws reformed, on which questions
they were all agreed" BANDS words were
loudly applauded.
Bartins of Nevada Qree-silver RepublI-
cam followed IN a speech ag anst the amend
ment OF Bacon and the repeal of the Sher-
man law. He gave warning that tile
Andrew-Cate bill would never be brought
to a vote if he could help it, for the GENTLE
man from New York and his associates had
filibustered the free-silver bill to death.
Watson (R.) of Georgia announced the
Andrew-Cate bill as a donation to the
national banks.
Bryan Cd Of Nebraska opposed the
amendment to the rule because he opposed
the bill. The Sherman bill was a hostage
given the free-coinage men by the gold
bugs. and they would hold the child. ugly
and deformed as it was, until they were
given free coinage.
Walker (R.) of Massachusetts pleaded
with every Republican to vote against the
previous question.
Taylor (R.) OF Illinois opposed Bacon's
amendment. The bill was brought in "at
the dictation of a gentleman we declared
elected President yesterday" BE was sur
prised that Democratic President had any
influence on the Republican side. The
Sherman act was a Republican measure and
Republicans should stand by it,
Cox 3D. OF Tennessee closed for the silver
men in speech denouncing the proposed
measure as a contraction of the currency.
Springer 3D. of Illinois closed for the
other side. declaring that he was In favor
of the amendment. The clOture was un-
democratic.
Then there was great confusion, amid
which Bland could be heard shouting,
Where is the tariff?'
Catchngs 3D. of Mississippi, in behalf OF
the Rules Committee, yielded to Reed (R)
OF Maine, who said that the Sherman act
was compromise measure passed to stay
the strong feeling In favor OF frea coinage.
Reed til en- spoke for the cloture. Delibera-
ton, he said, sometimes went on until It
ceased to be Of absolute unqualified advan-
tage to the community. [Laughter.] He
hoped and expected to see the currency
question removed from the domain of poll
tics. and closed by ridiculing Bryan's
speech, saying that he will find tn at Demo-
Gratis in power must be bound by common
sense and eternal veritiss.
Catchings 3D. Of Mississippi said the
Committee on Rules had 10 feeling one way
or the other about the action of the House
on its report, and then demanded the pre-
yious question.
A rollcall was taken on order Ing the pre-