The herald., 1893-02-10
VICTORY FOR THE WHITE METAL.
Silver Men Carry the Day in
the House.
The Silver Purchase Repeal Bill
Knocked Out.
Test Vote Taken on the Proposition to
Enforce the Cloture Rule Lost.
House and Senate
Proceedings.
BY the Associated Press.l

Aouso touay,s CaJcnlng6, DemocraU, ol
Mississippi, called up the resolution of
the committee on rules setting apart
this legislative day and (if necessary
the next legislative day, for conaidera-
tion of the bill repeating the Sherman
silver act.
Bacon, Democrat, of New York, offered
an amendment for vote on the bill and
all pending amendments at 2 p. m.
tomorrow, after which no dilatory mo-
ton shall be entertained until the bill
is finally disposed of. In brief speech
he said the silver question should be
disposed of here and now. The amend
ment was in form exactly like
that proposed by Bland last summer
and was in substance the same as the
rules reported by such Btaunch Demo-
Gratis as Randall and Mills, and by Re-
Cordingly move to vote down the pre-
vious question in order that vote
might be obtained. The gentlemen
should understand that a vote against
his motion was vote against the bill,
and they must take the responsibility.
He told his side Of the house that the
rules committee was not here opposing
his motion, the authority for which
statement Pierce of Tennessee disputed.
Bland, Democrat, of Missouri, took
the floor for the other side. He said
the gentlemen who were here now de-
Tending the cloture were all opposed to
considering it last summer; now they
wanted the cloture in order to demone-
tie silver at the dictation of Wall street.
The bill proposed to be brought up was
O monstrosity. Leave silver alone until
the tariff is revised and the alien laws
reformed, on which they were all agreed,
Bland's words were loudly applauded.
Bartine, Republican, of Nevada, free
silver Republican, followed in speech
against the amendment of Bacon and
the repeal of the Sherman law. He
gave warning that the Andrew-Cate bill
would never be brought to vote If he
could prevent it, for the gentleman from
Massachusetts and his associates had
filibustered the free silver bill to death.
Watson, Populist, of Georgia, an
'nounced that the Andrew-Cate bill was
"a donation to the national banks.
Bryan, Democrat, of Nebraska, op-
posed the amendment to the rule be-
cause he opposed the bill. The Sher-
man bill was hostage given to free
coinage men by the gold bugs, and they
would hold the child, ugly and de-
formed as it was, until they were given
free coinage.
Walker, Republican, of Massachus-
etts, plead with every Republican to
vote against the previous question.
Taylor, Republican, of Illinois, OPP
posed Bacon's amendment. "The bill
was brought in," he said, sat the dicta-
tion of the gentleman we declared
elected president yesterday" He was
surprised that the Democratic president
had any influence on the Republican
side. The Sherman act was Repub-
Ilicsn measure, and Republicans should
stand by it.
Cox, Democrat, of Tennessee, closed
for the silver men in speech denounc-
ing the proposed measure as a contrac-
tion Of the currency.
Springer, Democrat, of Illinois, closed
for the other side, declaring he was in
favor of the amendment; the cloture
was Democratic.
There was great confusion amid
which Bland could be heard shouting: ::
"Where is the tariff"
Catching, on behalf of the rules COM
mittee, yielded to Reed of Maine, who
said the Sherman act was compromise
measure passed to stay the strong feel
ing in favor of free coinage. Reed then
spoke for the cloture. Deliberation, he
said, sometimes went on until it ceased
to be an absolute unqualified advantage
to the community. [Laughter.] He
hoped and expected to see the currency
question removed from the domain Of
politics, and he closed by ridiculing
Bryan's speech.
Catchings said the committee on rules
had no feeling one way or the other
about the action of the house on its re-
port, and then demanded the previous
question.
As the roll call was taken on ordering
the previous question, interest was in
tense, and many members followed the
call with tally sheets of their own.
When it was generally known that the
dered the previous question, Williams
after which the speaker, amid applause,
declared the previous question ordered
by vote Of 152 to 143. The detailed
vote Is as follows:
Yeas-Abbott, Anderson, Allen, An
thony, Arnold, Bsbbitt, Bailey, Baker,
Bankhead, Bartine, Beeuan, Belknap,
'Beltzhoover, Blanchard, Bland, Blount,
Boatner, Bowers, Breckinridge of Ar
kansas, Bretz, Broderick, Brookshire,
Brown of Indiana, Bryan, Buchanan of
Virginia, Bullock, Bum, Burrows. But
Ter, Bynum, Caminetti, Capehart, CLARK
Of Wyoming: Clarke of Alabama, Glover,
Cobb of Alabama, Compton, Cooper,
Cowles, Cox OF Tennessee, Grain, Craw-
ford, Culbertson, Davis, De Almond,
Dockery, Dolliver. Dungannon, Ed
munds, Ellis, Enloe, Epes, Everett,
Flick, Funston, Fyan, Grady, Halver-
son, Hatch, Haugen. Heard, Henderson
OF North Carolina, Hermann, Hilborn,
Holman, Hooker OF Mississippi, Hooker
of New York, Hopkins OF Pennsylvania,
Hopkins Of Illinois, Houk Of Tennessee,
Hall, johnson of North Dako.
ia, johnson Of South Carolina.
Jolly, Jones, KEN, Kendall,
Kribb, Kyle, Lane, Lanham, Lawson OF
Virginia, Lawson OF Georgia, Lester Of
Virginia, Lester Of Georgia, Lewis, Lind,
Livingston, Long, Loud, Mallory, Man.
sur, Martin, McCreary, McKeighan, Nc.
Millin, McRse, Montgomery, Moore,
Moses, Norton, Oates, O'Donnell, OFFER.
rail-, Otis, Owens, Parrett, Patterson OF
Pennsylvania, Patton. Paynter, Parson,
Peel, Perkins, Pickler, Pierce, Post,
Price, Quackenbush, Richards. Robert
son, Sayers, Shell, Shively, Simpson,
Smith, Snodgrase, Stephenson, Stewart
Of Texas, Stockdale, Stone Of Kentucky
Swent Taranev TAYLOR of Illinoia Tav.