The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-02


rule. The House merely laughed.
The chair declines to put the motion"
replied the speaker
AT 10 tilibustering motion had been
lost aud Mr.. Livingston was making an
appeal TO his colleagues to desist. Both
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Snodgrass. .were listen
ing TO the Georgian instead of renewing
their hlbustering motion.
CAUGHT OFF THEIR GUARD.
This left the pending motion the motion
TO order the previous question. The fill
busterers were thrown of their guard.
The speaker put the motion, and it was
carried with a roar of assent. The fill
busterers called for division, but they
could not muster enough votes to call the
ayes and nays.
The bill was then in the arena OF debate
for the last time, fifteen minutes being
allowed on a side under the rules, After
some little wrangling, 1t was arranged
that Mr.. Bland should control the time
for the opponents and Mr.. Wilson for the
supporters of the measure.
Mr. Bland sent to the desk and had
read his amendment. 1t revived the free
coinage act of 1881 MIR Bland said
vote must now be taken upon the all inn
portant question of returning to the Sher-
man law Of 1873. The recent panic was
precipitated by the moneyed interests of
y
legislation; with the law to be wiped from
the statute books he had no sympathy,
and he and those who believed with hlm
had only been battling thatit might not
be wiped out until after the po-
litical party to which he and
they belonged had performed its
pledges by restoring the free and un-
limited coinage of silver He offered an
amendment upon which the democratic
Of Iap A.,
battle in the future. The advocates Of
silver were not discouraged.
THE NEXT ISSUE.
On the contrary when the Sherman
law was wiped from the statute book, the
sole issue to be made would be whether
this country should go to the gold mouo-
metallism which had practically bank
rupted Europe, or re-establish the none
tary system of the constitution
When Mr. Bland had finished, he
yielded to Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan re-
ferred to the bi-metallic declaration con-
tained in the bin as it passed the House.
and declared that congress was not es-
tablished to make promises, Its duty
was to legislate.
Gen. Joe. Wheeler, of Alabamg, was al
lowed half minute in which to reiterate
his opposition TO the bill He was fol-
lowed by Mr., Springer, of Illinois.
Mr.. Livinston, of Georgia, said he was
unwilling to submit the destiny of a great
people to the whims and wishes Of Eu-
rope.
Mr.. Reed then addressed the House
Mr.. Wilson, of West Virginia, closed
the debate. Which side was right, the
future alone could determine.
WILSON DEMANDS A VOTE.
81 now" he concluded, "demand a vote
upon the bill"
Mr.. BANDS motion to recommit the
bill, with Instructions to report back q
free coinage amendment, took precedence,
and it was first voted upon. The motion
was lost bya vote Of l09 yeas to l75 nays.
After the vote on the Bland substitute
was announced, Mr.. Bryan asked unani-
mious consent to be allowed TO make a
statement in explanation of the conduct
Of the silver men. This was granted
when the previous question was de-
manded some Of US believed that those
who favored this bill should take all the
responsibility for its passage.
We felt justified in exercising every
right given us by parliamentary law. We
desired to compel the friends OF this bill
to use every iEtrument TO force a vote in
order that nSone could ever say we had
acquiesced in what was about to be done
| was on my feet, | thought, in time to
make dilatory motion when the speaker
put the motion for the previous question
But / have no criticism to make. We
were too weak TO call for the ayes and
nays and we could not longer delay action
in this body.
WARNING.
81 hope" said he, in conclusion, Chat
the results Of this measure will be better
than we believe they will be. But if we
are right and you are wrong, / warn you
that a day Of reckoning will come. And
here register the prediction that the
American people will never agree
to the situation with good
grace, and make no attempt to or
ganize strike, or other resistance.
But, Mr. Speaker. so far as l and those
on the democratic side who hare acted
with me are concerned we know that we
have been following the lead of man
whom the people Of this country elected
by the largest majority ever received by
n President-Grover Cleveland" APP
plausel.
A roar of applause followed Mr.. Bry-
ans speech.
The vote was then taken on the motion
to concur in the Senate amendments. The
motion was carried by vote of 19l tn "a.
When the din had subsided, Mr.. Allen, Of
Mississippi, quoted the excitement by q
humorous speech.
When he had finished good humor was
apparently restored and the House began
rushing through routine matters prepara-
tory to final adjournment.
AT 4:l0 o'clock the House adjourned.