The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08


commanded order In the house nc II
o'clock nearly every seat In the hail was nliod,
an unmistahahls evidence OF The general And
individual inter 81 In the matter I'm hand.
Chaplain Had inway prayed briefly and In
very inaudahle tone nj distance OF more than
Zen feet from the desk for an especial gift OF
wisdom and jud sment TO rightly settle the
great question before the house.
After the reading OF the journal Mr.. Weaver
IN. l) appeared at the bar OF tho house on
the arm OF his colleague Gen. Tracey anc was
sworn in by the speaker.
The resolution contained In the order OF pro-
cedurc on the silver question was reported by
the clerk. providing for "A vote trst upon free
coinage % silver me present ratio Of 10 TO I.
The roll was then called upon the amend
meni 10 the Wilson ! IN providing for the free
coinage OF silver ut the ratio OF 10 10 !. IL re-
suited Yeas. ie3 nays. ~.
Mr.. Shell Clem. :, CO. Ia favor OF free sill
yer. was paired with Mr.. Graham dem. ".
~. opposed 10 IL.
Not nearly as mush interest was taken on
the second vote which was on the ratio OF ~
TO I. The decisive vote on the W T. ratio
seemed To dishearten the silver men. aad IN
place OF the attention which paid to the
first was substituted listlessness which was
spread throughout abe hall The vote resulted
In the defeat of the amendment by a vote Of:
Yeas. 100; nays, "a The populist member
did not vote.
The memhers who voted for the 10 to ratio
but against the IL 10 ratio. were Mess-s.
Bretz gdcm.. Tnd1 Brookshre dem. Ind).
/ Bryan tdcm. Neb.). Coma dem. Ind.l, Doolt-
tie rep. WASH. Geary (dem. Cali. Harris
/ (pop, kasD Holman dem. Ind. Larimer
,dem.. :. a.. Mcguire dem. Aia) MclSeighan
(pop. Neb.), MeLaurin ldem.. ;. c.. Post
trcp.. I'D. Strait dem. ). c., Sweet rep,
ldahol. Talbert tdem.. 5. c. and Taylor
( tdem.. Ind.)
The gentlemen who voted for id TO bu; who
declined to vote NJ all the IL 10 | amend
mont were: Messrs Baker (por. kasl.
Iiankhead dem. AllD. Boon tpop.. Mimi
Cannon (dem.. CALI Cockrell tien., Tex.
Davis pop. kas }. Grady (dem.. \. c.. HUI
I son tdem.. kas.) KEN. (pop.. SeAl. Pence
4 pop, COLI, simpson pop Kas) and Iurpin
I dem, Ala)
Messrs. Russell (dem. Ga1 ana Snodgrass
,dem.. Teanl who voted against 10 TO l. votel
I Ia favor OF the Il TO l.
4 The - to standard was defeated by a vote
\ OF: Yeas. i02: nays sss-
@! those who had previously voted on 10 or
\ IL 20 l. the following did not vote at all on the
! Il 10 l ratio Messrs. Allen dem. MissD.
4 Bankhead dem, Ala. Baily (dem. Tex.
Cannon dem. CALI. Grady dem. n. CO ana
Livingston tdem.. Ca.
The other changes on this vote as compared
with the vote on u to were as follows: Bald
y win dem. Mimi who voted for H. voted
I tdcm., o. who voted against L. voted for Is
The house then voted Immediately on the IS
TO ! amendment. and il WAS also defeated:
7 Yeas, i0i: nays e5s.
on this vote there was one change for whilr
no one who voted for IS 70 1. voted against 10
10 !. Allen dem Miss who dd not vote at
oil on the former proposition. voted FOR - TO |.
Then came the sOto amendment which was
IN turn defeated. thongh II showed more
strength-the vote standing: Yeas. 1871; nays.
80 No one who voted for 10 voted against u
90 I. but there was "A deci led gain as the fol
lowing named members who had opposed 10 &c
voted for the - TO ! amendment Messrs.
Anderson dem. w. Val, Grain fdcm., Texl
Ellis rep. Ore.). Herm mn rep. Pa. }. Lin.
ton rep, Mich. Mallory dem FlaD. Meikle
john rep. Neh) Moon rep. Mich). Oates
tdem.. Ala) Paschall dem. Text Price
tdem.. T-a). Tucker dem. Va, Turner (dem.
Ga.). Weadock (dem., Mich.l White rep.
o. and Marsh rep. ND The members who
voted against 20 to and not on 10 TO were
Messrs. KEN pop, Neb) and Maguir tdem-
Cali.
The proposition 70 reenact the Bland Aili-
son act as proviso to the repeal bill received
the strongest support. but even that de.
feated ~ majority OF -. the vote standing:
Yeas, ie6. nays, .l3.
The republicans voting for 70 10 and against
the Bland Allison ST. stitute were. Frederick
frep., Kasl. Grain dem Tex. Curtis rep.
kas.). Funston trep,. kas y. Mallory dem.
Fla Marsh rep, Ill), Meikleiohn rep. Neh.D
Moon rep. Mlch.). Turner tdem.. ca and
White rep. o..
Voting for % to and did not vote on the
Biand-Allison substitute Newlands (pop.
New.
Voting for Bnni-Allison act and against 20
10 /: Brett dem. Ind. Brookshire dem
Ind.l. BRYAN dem. NeDD. Conn tdem.. Ind
Dooiittle Cdem.. washD. Hare dem o.. liar
ris crop Kasl. Holman dem. Indl. Ken
tpop Neh.). Latimer lden.. :. -. Ma tuirs
,dem CalD. McCrearv dem. Ky.). Mckeirh
pop. Seh). MeLaurcn dem. ;. O.. Post
trep.. ND. Rich dem. o.. Sirai' Dom. :
O.. sweet tdem.. Idaho). T'aliert dem. Sc
Taylor dem.. Ind.
Voting for the Bland Allison act and not on
~ 70 1. Baker pop. Kasl Boen pop
Mirn). Davis pop. kasl. Hudson pop
kas.l aad simpson ipop.. kasl.
Then came the final vote which Mr. Bailey
(dem.. Tex endcavorcd to stavc Of for q
short time by Offering an amendment to repeal
the parity clause OF the Sherman act. in tho
hope that y 80 doing he could rally some OF
gold men TO his support and thus weaken the
friends OF the unconditional repeal OF the pur
chasing clause. but the speaker ruled that this
was not IN order pending the demand for the
enRrossment and IN ird reading OF the bill. ana
the bill was accordingly ordered TO third
reading.
Then Mr.. Baly raised the point that there
should be division OF the question. One part
OF 1t repealed the purchasing clause and tho
Other retained the parity clause. There should
be separate vote each But again the
speaker pointed to the decisive order OF the
resolution under which the house was acting
and held that such separation could not be
had The vote then taken upon the final
passage OF the Wilson bill and 1t was passed:
Yeas eio: nays 10.
The members who stood by silver under tbs
Bland-Allison act. hut who finally voted for
unconditional repeal. were: Anderson. Black,
Bretz Brookshirc. Boon. Conn Donovan Doc
little. Edmunds. Hare. Holman. Hunter, Law
son. Lester. Linton. Marshall, McCreary Nc
Millen Meredith Montgomery. Oates. OFerrell
Paschal Painter. Pendleton. Post. Price,
Richardson. Ritchie. Russell Stone. Swan
son. Taylor. Tucker, Turpin. Tyler. weadock
and Whiting.
There were ten uncompromising silver men
who voted against even the Bland act and then
against repea. They were: Frederick Can
non Curtis. Hepburn. Loud. Mallory, Marsh,
Meildejohn. Smith andTayloI
The anti-sllver men knew that they were
playing winning game from the start and the
silver men were ia the calm of despair and so
when this overwhelming majority was shown
for the Wilson bill its advocates did not in.
dulge in enthusiastic cheers. but contcnted