Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-08-31
SILVER BEATEN.
The House Defeats Free Silver by
Decisive Majority.
THE WILSON REPEAL BILL PASSED.
Votes Taken on the Various Ratios from
10 to to go to 1 and All Fail by
More Than 100 Majority
Great Interest shown.

More Than 100 Majority
Great Interest shown.
For free silver coinage at the ratio Of 10 70
For ia; against 226
For free coinage at the ratio Of II 70 i-For
100; against ~.
For free coinage at the ratio Of IS to i-For
For free coinage at the ratio of 10 to i-For
i0S; against s51.
For free coinage At the ratio Of 20 to For
lia; against pa
40 re-enact the Bland Allison act-For, 1876;
against, ei3
For the unconditional repeal OF the silver
purchase law-For, go against 100
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-Under the
impression that the order under which
the house had been operating as
TO the hour of meeting still prevailed,
outsiders interested in the votes on the
silver propositions filled the public gal
leries before 10 o'clock and many mem
bers were in their seats at that hour.
The corridors and lobbies of the floor
were also filled with a throng of people
curious to know the outcome of the
oratorical contest that had been wag
ing for fourteen days. Even those for
tunate enough to become possessed of
seats in comparative quiet, found 1t i'm
possible TO maintain any degree Of COM
fort, for the atmosphere was hot and
muggy; heavy clouds lowered over the
city and there was not a breath of air
stirring. Many ladies were in the gal
leries.
The practical outcome of the votes TO
be taken was conceded on all hands to
be the defeat OF every proposition re-
lating to the free coinage OF silver at
any Of the agreed upon ratios and also
of the resolution reviving the Bland
Allison act of 1878 Even Mr. Bland,
the silver champion, admitted this and
he acknowledged that the estimate of
the anti-silver committee Of a majority
of about fifty against any of the several
silver propositions included within the
order might even be exceeded.
When the speaker called for order at
noon nearly every seat on the floor was
filled, indicative of the unmistalable
evidence Of the general interest in the
matter in hand.
Chaplain lladdaway prayed briefly
and in a voice inaudiblc at distance
of more than 10 feet from the desk foI
an especial gift of wisdom and judg'
ment to rightly settle the great ques'
ton before the house.
After the reading OF the journal Mr.
Weaver, of New York, appeared at the
bar of the house with his colleague,
Gen. Tracy, and was sworn in by TIA,
speaker.
The resolution contained in the order
of procedure on the silver question wa
reported by the clerk, providing for ;
vote, first upon free coinage Of silver a
the pre- sent ratio of 10 to /.
Representative Bailey of Texas asltc,
II, in the event OF all amendment
included in the order being defeated
II would be in order to propose ~
additional amendment gcrmane to tn
subject.
Spec 'Scr Crisp replied that as ut pres
ent advised he would answer no; thu
the order provided cNhaustivcly al
that the house might consider; bu
when the time came to formally pre-
sent the question the gentleman fror
Texas might be heard.
Representative MrMillin desired I
offer an amendment providing for tn
free coinage OF the product OF the sil
yer mines Of the United States bu
Mr.. Bland objected to even having
read, saying that such a propositio
was not free coinage at all.
The Wilson bill having been read, MI
Bland dem, of Missouri offered hi
first amendment, that of free coinag
at the present ratio-of 10 to land
was defeated by vote of l2i yeas, nay
22G, amid applause from the anti-silvc
men, who received one more mljorit.
than they expected
The IL to amendment was delicate
yeas 100, nays 24O On this beside
the loss of populist votes, the member
of that party Withholding their vote
there were several negative votes froi
those who voted in favor of II ratio {
10 to /.
The ls to amendment was rejecte
by a vote of l09 to 239.
The 10 to amendment was delicate
yeas, 1885, nays, 237
The 20 TO 1 amendment was rcjecte
yeas, ll9; nays, 222.
The Bland-Allison coinage act WI
defeated-yeas, 1856; nays, 2i9,
The Wilson repeal bill was the
passed by vote Of $50 10 ITO.