Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-02
found that this underlies onr nrssent CON.

| winch VIII happen TO us in the coming
winter. However much any such mis-
fortune may prove of party advantage, l
sincerely hope that they may not prove as
great as those who are wiser than antici-
pate" IApplausel
| Mr.. Tracey Of New York who followed,
| expressed his gratitude to the gentlemen
who had intrusted him with a certain
amount Of labor during the discussion of
the bill. This feeling of gratitude, he said,
extended not only to his Democratic
friends who had been in accord with him,
but to those who had been opposed to the
] bill. 1t extended likewise to Republicans
| on both sides of the question and to the
! Populists. lie regarded the vote which
was about to he taken as the eliminating
event in a long struggle for sound money,
and the American people had finally and
| in decided terms expressed their belief that
nothing but an absolutely sound currency
should be issued by the United States gov
| eminent. Our friends ON the side OPP
posed to this BILL said Mr.. Tracey, have
| claimed that we have been following the
| directions given US by one Of the senators
from Ohio (Mr. Shermsnl.
Il will not take issue with them as to
what that gentleman's opinion may be;
/ but, Mr. Speaker, as far rs l and those on
the Democratic side who have acted with
me are concerned, we know that we have
been following the lead of a man whom the
people of this country elected by the larg-
est majority ever received by president
Grover Cleveland" [Applause.l
! In the midst Of the applause the sharp,
shrill voice of Mr.. Wilson of Washington
yelled, Cuckoo! Cuckoo.r and the house.
amid perfect pandemonium of mingled
laughter and applause, was brought to its
senses by the strong voice and sturdy rap
of the speaker.
Mr.. Wilson's Final Words.
! Mr.. Wilson of West Virginia then closed
the debate. He spoke calmly and without
any display OF temper. Congress" said
he, after long and deliberate considera-
ton, has recorded its judgment upon the
bill with an emphasis that cannot be mis-
| understood, and which can neither be
strengthened nor weakened by anything
that might be said at this stage of its his
tory"
He had recognized from the beginning
that there were honest and sincere differ
ences upon the measure by honest, sincere
and patriotic representatives of the people
Which side was right the future alone
could determine. II the passage of the
bill should bring to the country but
small part of that blessing which its friends
prophesied concerning il; if it should re-
store confidence and bring once more pros
perity to the people of the country, then
the judgment of its friends would be iusti-
fled, and its opponents would stand in his
tory as men of honest, patriotic, but mis-
taken judgment. If. on the other hand it
should bring one-tenth of the evil that the
enemies of the bill prophesied, then the
Judgment of its opponents would be justi-
fed, and its friends would stand in history
as honest, patriotic, but mistaken men.
Il now he concluded, demand a vote
upon the bill.
Mr.. Bland's motion to rccommit the biH
with instructions to report back "A free
coinage amendment, took precedence, and
it was first voted upon. The motion was
loSt-lO9 to l15.
After the vote on the Bland substitute
was announced Mr.. Bryan asked unani-
nous consent to be allowed to make a
statement in explanation Of the conduct of
the silver bill. This was granted, and Mr.
Bryan, standing in a side aisle, uttered the
last words of protest on behalf of the silver
men. 1t was like the song of the dying
swan. Silence reigned while he spoke
When the previous question was demand
ed, he began, some of us believed that
those who favored this bill should take all
the responsibility for its passage We be-
ieve it is fraught with infinite possibilities
for mischief; we believe it will bring to
this country more misery than war, pesti-
lence and famine. We therefore felt justi-
fled in exercising every right given us by
parliamentary law.
I'VE have seen those who believe with us
i'll the senate protesting to the last mo-
ment against what they believed to be a
crime. In this house time and again the
minority has exhausted all resources to de
feat measures, going frequently to the ex-
tent of refusing to vote. We, too. desired
to compel the friends of this bill to use
every instrument to force n vote in order
that no one could ever say that we had &C
quiesed in what was about to be done
MIR. Bryan Predicts Disaster.
Il was on my feet, l thought, in time to
make a dilatory motion when the speaker
put the motion on the demand for the pre-
vious question. But | have no criticism
TO make. We were too weak to call for the
yeas and nays, and we could not long here
delay action in this body. If we had
thought refraining from voting would
have enabled us to prevent the perpetra-
ton of this crime on the people, we would
have refused.
Il hope that the results of this measure
will I've better than we believe they will be
But if we are right and vou are wrong,
warn you that the day of reckoning will
come. And here register the prediction
that the American people will never agree
20 the action you have taken. The lines of
battle have already been formed, and at
the next election the people will speak
They will return to this house and wonder
senate strong majority, that will insist
that this country IS great enough, strong
enough and grand enough to leGislate for
itself ON this and every other question
without the consent of any foreign govern
ment, granted or implied" y roar of Rp-
plause followed Mr. Bryan's speech The
vote was then taken on the motion to con-
cur in the senate amendments. The mo-
tlon carried by vote of l9l to "a. y rattle
OF applause that rapidly swelled to a roar
followed the announcement.
When the din had subsidized, Mr. Allen of
Mississippi quieted the excitement by a
humorous speech. Mr.. Speaker" said
he, with mock heroism, II desire TO thank
my followers in this house for the noble
manner in which they have stood by me-
My followers in this house have not been
thanked this session. The senate has re-
ceived thanks, the president has received
thanks, General Tracey has received
thanks, and Mr.. Sherman has received
thanks. My own sturdy followers have
made noble fight and have gone down
They must make the best of il, but they
shall not be unrewarded. They shall at
least have my thanks"
When he had finished, good humor was
apparently restored, and the house began
rushing through the routine matters pre-
paratory to final adjournment. Mr.. Wea-
dock of Michigan presented conference
report upon the bill suspending the statute
one year which compelled work to the
AMOUNT of 800 on all mining claims.
The bill had been amended in the senate
% exempt South Dakota. The bill was OPP
posed by Mr. Ray of New York, who OBJ
jected to the exemption of South Dakota
Messrs. Pence of Colorado, Narman of
Montana, Wilson of Washington and Luz
cas- of South Dakota supported the bill.
Mr.. Pence seized the opportunity afforded
by the debate on this conference report to
make an intiammatory silver speech, pre-
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