Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-30
THE YUIK EVR REPEAL
Unexpected Majorities Assins
Free Coinage.
TIE VOTES ON RATIO AND RErEAL
The siiverites Surprised ct tAs sDssisess
ofTheir Vote - The Biasd-Allissn Act
srHAe the Best shewips--pcsaiis Of the
Voting.

ofTheir Vote - The Biasd-Allissn Act
Blade the Best shewips--pesaiis Of the
Voting.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ee--The votes In the
house were remarkable Far she very high
pescentase of members recayded On the
last two roll calls atD 'mernhers responded
70 their names Shell and Graham we're
pairci, leaving bus three representatives
ont ef total voting strength Of - ap-
parentiy unaceounted for One Of these.
Mr.. Cooper, OF Wisconsin. wcnld have
been present and voting, but was called
out Of the city in the msrnipg bT a.tele-
gram announcing the sppruacAing disso-
luton Of his father. Speaker Crisp did
not vote, leaving but one whose alb
sence was unexplained-Mr. Newlands, OF
Nevada.
One Of the causes of the unexpectedly
large vote against free coinage OF silver
was the changed attitude Of members from
the southern states. II had been supposed
that these were practically solid In favor
of free coinage. but an analysis Of che vote
Us cast shows that this was not the case 10
large degree.
The vote upon the restoration OF the
Bland Allison act made the best showing
for the silver men, the total being: Yeas,
1s6; NAYS, 2i3, divided among the states as
follows:
Yeas-.Alabama, s; Arkansas, .; Call
fornia, 8; Colorado. 2; Georgia, g. idaho, l;
Illinois 5; Indiana, s; Kansas 8; Ken
lucky, 8; Louisiana, 4; Michigan, s; Min
nesota, /; Mississippi. Q; Missouri, II; Mon
tana, 4; Nebraska, s; North Carolina, $;
Ohio. {: Oregon, 2; Pennsylvania, o. South
Carolina. 8: South Dakota, q Pannessee @;
Texas, IL; Virginia. 0; Washington. ,;
West Virginia, y Wyoming. l.
Nays-Alabarna. L; Arkansas 1; Calf
fornia, 9; Connecticut, 1; Delaware, |;
Florida, Q; Georgia, D Illinois. II; Indiana.
8. Iewa. IL; Kansas, 0; Kentucky, o; Lou
isiana, 2, Maiue. 4. Maryland, g.. Massa-
chasescs l8; Michigan, o.; Minnesota, 8;
Mississippi, 1; Missouri. Q; Nebraska. 8;
New Hampshire, q New Jersey, s; New
York, e3; North Carolina, !; North Dakota,
1; Ohio, 10: Pennsylvania, %; Rhode Island,
2; South Carolina, l. Tennessee, 4; Texas.
2; Vermont, 3; Virginia, /; West Virginia,
2; Wtscoasin,9.
The affirmative vote was made mp of
Democrats, lt2, Republicans, is; Popu-
lists, Q. The negative, vote Of Democrats,
JOB; Republicans, lio.
A comparison of seven separate votes
taken shows rlLat at no time did the anti
silver men have hess thar II .lear majority.
Their greatest strength was shown on the
II 10 / amendment. when the vote stood
100 TO 2i9--an anti-silver majority OF l4O.
On the final passage OF the bill the antis
mustered the same strength as this. but
owing to desperate rally OF the silver
men their majority was cut down to 100.
One Of the surprises OF the day was the
lack Of strength OF tho 20 10 amendment,
which was Supposed 70 be the strongest
proposition that the silver men had In re-
serve As matter Of fact il was weaker
by three votes than the 10 to proposition,
and the majority against it was l0l. The
vote that gave tke silver men the greatest
comfort was that on the re-enactment OF
the Bland Allison act, and on this amend
ment they succeeded in reducing the ma
jority against them TO the lowest figure of
the daY-U-the vote standing: Yeas, 1876;
nays, 2lS
The story OF the voting is told in t..
shortest and most instructive manner b.
the following-l6 TO J: yeas, l2i, nays, 70
II TO 1: yeas, 100; nays, 24o. is to 1; yt
1O3; nays, 239 10 to /: yeas, lO4; nays, -.
% to /: yeas, l2l; nays, 222. Bland-Ai ii
son aot: yeas, 133; nays. 2l3 Final pp
age yeas, 30; nays, ITO.
The silver men felt chagrined at their
overwhelming defeat, bat they took their
overthrow philosophically, and found in
their ate opponents men who were too
generous TO say aught Of ungraciousness.
After Mr.. Catchings had given notice that
be would call mp the house rules tomor-
row. the house at $3.50 adjourned.
Duke Ernst Buried.
CopURG, Aug G-Phe body of DIXIE
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