The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-31
F1FTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
v,1vrR PURCHASE CLAUSE OF THE
SHERMAN ACT REPEALED.
The Majority Against the Bland Bill was
80 Great that the Silver Men Gave
Up the Ghost and Fought
no Longer,

wAsH1NsToN, D. G., Aug. 2e.-The
nublic galleries Of the hall OF tne house use
Of representatives were filled before III
o'clock this morning and many mepn'
.bers were in their seats on the iloor aO
,+bot hour. The surrounding corridors
and lobbies of the floor were also hileo
with throng of people.
Bland acknowledged his probable
defeat today in the following woros'
,.The influences that have been
brought to bear upon our men nao
their effect, and I should not be sur
,,r;sed to see the Wilson bill go
tbrough the senate some day soon
with little or no friction
The leaders of the house attracted
the usual amount of attention as they
rrame mon the floor. Reed came In at
II 90 General Tracy aud Bland were
5busily engaged in a conference with
their lieutenants preparing for the de-
.cisive count of votes. LATE Pence
the enthusiastic Populist from Colo
RADIO, assured Amos Cummings OF
New York that the end was not yet,
DESPITE the defeat of the advocates OF
srae coinage. Bourke Cochran did not
appear until after the speakers gavel
fell but Messrs. Harter, Rayner and
Tom L, Johnson, anti-silverites buzzed
with anticipation of victory. When
tho sneaker commanded order
ot noon nearly every seat In the nall
ros allied an unmistakable evidence OF
r.eneral and Individual interest in the
natter on hand. Chaplain Hardaway
nraved briefly, and in voice lnaudl,
b1e of q distance of more than ~ teet
from the desk, for an especial glft, OF
wisdom and Judgment to rightly solve
.sn 1reat q, question. After the read
inc 0f the journal Mr.. Weaver OF New
York anpeared at the bar OF the house
on the arm of his colleague, General
Tracv and was sworn I'D by Cne
speaker. =. 4;xoa IN tho or-
5or of procedure on the silver quesGion
was reported by the clerk, providing
FOR q. vote first upon free coinage OF
silver at the present ration OF 10 10 l.;
Ranresentative Bailey of Texas asked
;f IN the event of all the amendments
inoirded in the order being defeated
IL would be in order to propose an ad
= Iitional amendment german to the
subject. Speaker Crisp replleo
that as at present advised ne
would answer no. That the order pro-
v;Ses exhaustively all that the
house % NAV consider but that when the
time comes to formally present the
question the gentleman from Texas
might be heard.
REPRESENTATIVE Mcmillan OF len
nessee desired to offer an amendment
nroviding for free coinage of the
7oroduct of the silver mines OF the
fTnifed States, but Mr.. Bland OBJ
iocted + even having it read, saying
That such a proposition was not free
coinage at all. . u,d
Mr. BLAND offered his first amend
,nant that of free coinage at the pres
ont ratio OF 16 to 1, and it was defeat
ed hv vote of yeas 1874, nays 2S6
amid applause from the anti-sllvei
non who received one more majority
than thev expected. Following is the
detailed vote: A;,,.,
ran Mich: Alexander, dem. N. G..
Ale Alien dem. Miss; Arnold. dem
Mo Bailev. dem. Tex; Baker, rep
Kon % Bankhead, dem. Ala; Bell
non Col. Bell, dem. Tex; Black
5em. Ga; Blanchard, dem. La
RIand. dem. Mo-; Boatner, dem La:
Roen, pop, Mimi; Bower, dem. n
n Bowers, rep. CAL; Branch, dem. N
q, !,Bretz, dem. Ind; Broderick, rep
Kan. Brookshire, dem. Ind; Bryan
dam Neb.: Bum, dem. N g.; Burns
dem dem Mo; Caminetti, dem. CAL; Can
non dem Cal; Capehart, dem. va.
Tiark dem. Mo-: Cobb, dem
Ala Cockrell, dem. Tex; Cotfen, denl
Wvo.. Con, dem. Ind; Cooper, DEN
Toy Cox, dem. Tenn; CRAWFORD
dem. N. O.; Culberson, dem' rex
Curtis. rep. Kan; Davis, pop. han
Naarmond, dem. Mo-; Dockery, del
Mo Edmunds, dem. Va; Epes, den
Va Fyan, dem. Mo-; Grady, dem. y
V. Hartman, rep. Mont; Densoi
dom Ala; Donovan, dem: o.; Ell
Sem XIV; Fithan, dem. ILL.,; Geari
% dom Cal: Hall, dem. Mo-; hatci
dem Mo-: d ansmore, dem, Ark po'
iittIa % rep. Wash; Enloe, dem. Tenn
Fms Funston, rep. Kan; Goodnight, den
Kv-. Harris, pop. Kan; HeaTu' 9eH
Mo; Henderson, dem. n. ~ duo Luz
son. pop. Kan; STSes' Mi.s: Law Law
Va; Kyle, dem. MISE 4Esos % rs,
son dem Ga; Lucas TTel
s Oak: Marshal, dem. va va
Holman, dem. Ind; Hunter, ugli I1i
III: KEN. pop. Neb.; Lane aeln' ~ ~
Lester, dem. Ga. Maddox, dem. Ha
dem Miss: Hutcheson, dem. Tex
KiIaore dem. Tex; Iatimer, dem.
q. fivinestone, dem. Ga; Maguirr
dem Cal: McLaurin, dem., 5. [