The Forrest City times., 1893-09-01
BY A BIG MAJORITY.

self Easily Passed-How the Mempers
 Voted on the Various Ratios Of Coinage
 Proposed and on the Final Passage or
 the Bill.
 WASHINGTON. Aug. sS-When the speaker commanded order in the house at l- o'clock nearly every seat in the hall was filled an unmistakable evidence of :he general ana individual interest in the matter in hand
 Chaplain Hathaway prayed briefly, and in very inaudable tone at a distance of more than ten feet from the desk, for an especial gift of wisdom and judgment to rightly setle the great question before the house.
 After the reading of the journal. MT weaver (N Y1 appeared at the bar of the house on the arm of his colleague. Gen. Tracey, and was sworn in by the speaker.
 The resolution contained in the order of pro eedure on the silver question was reported oy the clerk, providing for a vote first upon free coinage of silver at the present ratio of 10 To l.
 The roll was then called upon the amend ment to the Wilson bill providing for the free coinage of silver at the ratio Of Is to l. Ii re- suited: Yeas, 123; nays, 225.
 Mir. Shell fdem. $. e.. in favor of free siI- yer. was paired with Mir Graham tdem-, W. Y0. opposed to it.
 Not nearly as much interest was taken on the second vote. which was on the ratio of i9 to l. The decisive vote the l6 to ratio seemed to dishearten the silver men. and iD place of the attention which was paid to the first was substituted a listlessneSs which was spread throughout the hall. The vote resulted in the defeat of the amendment by vote of: Yeas. 100; nays, 226. The populist member did not vote.
 The members who voted for the IS to ratio but against the r to l ratio, were Messrs. Bretz (dem.. Ind.1. Brookshire tdem.. Ind). Bryan (dem.. Neb.), Conn tdem.. Ind.l, Doolit- tie (rep., Wash.). Geary tdem.. Cal1. Harris (pop.. Kas), Holman (dem.. IadD, Larimer (dem.. s. e., Mcguire (dem-, Ala !. Mcketghan pop. Neb), McLaurin tdem.. $. e., Post trep.. 1ll.). Strait (dem. s. e., Sweet trep.. Idaho), Talbert (dem.. s. e. and Taylor (dem.. Ind).
 The gentlemen who voted for l6 to but who declined to vote at all on the r to amend ment were: Messrs. Baker pop, Kas), Bankhead fdem.. Ala1. Boen (pop.. Minn.l Cannon (dem.. Cal9, Cockrell tdem., Tex.l, Davis (pop., Kas), Grady (dem., \. e.. Hud- son (dem., Kas.) Rem, tpop., Neb9, Pence fpop., Col). Simpson pop. Kas) and Turpin (dem., Ala.l.
 Messrs. Russell (dem. Gal and Snodgrass (dem., Tenn) who voted against l6 to l, voted in favor of the r to l.
 The IS to standard was defeated by vote of: Yeas, 102: nays, 239.
 Of those who had previously voted on i6 or r to I, the following did not vote at all on the IS to 1 ratio. Messrs. Allen (dem.. MissD, bank1eaQ tQeU-, Ald-l Bdliy fueNl.s ItAl. Cannon fdem.. Call, Grady (dem., N. C. and Livingston (dem., Gal.
 The other changes on this vote as compared with the vote on r to were as follows: Bald win (dem., Minn.l. who voted for r, voted against IS, and Hilburn (rep., CaLl and Exert (dem.. O.. who voted against r, voted for ls
 The house then voted immediately on the 19 to 1 amendment, and it was also defeated: Yeas, l0i: nays, 23s
 On this vote there was one change. for while one who voted for IS to l. voted against l9 to l, Allen dem, Miss) who did not vote at all on the former proposition. voted for l9 to i.
 Then came the 20 to amendment which was in turn defeated. though it showed more strength-the vote standing: Yeas. l2l; nays. 222- No one who voted for 19 voted against 20 to I, but there was decided gain, as the fol- lowing named members who had opposed l9 to l voted for the 20 to amendment: Messrs Alderson (dem.. ". Val, Grain (dem., Tex. Ellis rep, Ore.), Hermann rep, Pa. l. Lin ton (rep., Mich.). Mallory (dem Fla). Meikle- john (rep., Neb), Moon trep, Mich.l, Oates (dem, Ala.). Paschall (dem., Tex), Price (dem., La.). Tucker (dem.. Val, Turner (dem., Gal, Weadock (dem., Mich.), White rep. O. and Marsh (rep., In). The members who voted against % to and not on 19 10 were: Messrs. Rem pop. Neb.) and Mcguire (dem. CaL).
 The proposition to reenact the Bland-AlI- son act as proviso to the repeal bill received the strongest support. but even that was de- teated by majority Of v, the vote standing: Yeas, l26; nays. el3.
 The republicans voting for 20 to 1 and against the Bland-Allison substitute were: Frederick (rep., Kas), Grain (dem. Tex. Curtis (rep kas.l, Funston (rep., kas). Mallory tdem. Fla.) Marsh rep, Ill }. Meiklejohn rep. NebD Moon (rep., Mich.), Turner (dem Ga.) and White (rep, O..
 Voting for 20 to and did not vote on the Bland-Allison substitute, Newlands (pop Nev).
 Voting for Bland-Allison act and against % to l: Bretz (dem., Indl. Brookshire (dem. Ind.). Bryan (dem., Neb.) Conn (dem. Ind). ris (pop Kas) Holman (dem.. Ind) Ken (pop., NehD, Latimer tdem., s. e. Mcguire (dem.. Cal.) MeCreary tdem.. Ky.), Mckeigh m (pop., Neb.), McI.auren (dem. & e. Post (rep., ILL, Rich tdom, O., Strait ldem, s. e.. Sweet (dem Idaho), Talbert (dem., SCI. Taylor tdem.. Ind).
 Voting for the Bland-Alison act and not on % to 1: Baker pop, kas) Boen pop. Minn), Davis pop. Kas3. Hudson (pop.. kas.) and Simpson (pop.. Kas).
 Then came the final vote which Mir Bailey (dem.. Tex endeavored to stave of for a short time by offering an amendment to repeal the parity clause of the Sherman act in the hope that by so 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 engrossment and tn ir d reading of the bill and the hill was accordingly ordered to a third reading.
 Then Mir. Baily raised the point that there should be division of the question. One part of it repealed the purchasing clause and the other retained the parity clause. There should be separate vote on each But again the