The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-03
REPEAL TOTE ANALTzLD.
The Position of the Parties on the Silver
Question.

Though the extra session Of Congress
during the past two months and more
has developed some wonderful manifesto
tons in the direction Of long speeches
IT has been remarkable in other respects
in none more so than in the results OF
the votes on the silver question. Members
of both Houses are now on record upon
the subjects OF free coinage, the riyiyai
of the Bland-Allison measure ana the
repeal Of the Sherman act Taking the
vote on the proposition for free coinage
at q ratio Of sixteen 10 one in the House
and that on the PETER amendment in the
Senate and the votes i'm both Houses
ON the revival Of the Baud-AlisOn
measure and on the repeal as gauges or
Legislative sentiment regarding those
several propositions a number OF interest,"
ing facts viii be noted. In doing this
though. il must be remembered that Dy
reason Of abseLCe, pairing, ana faliufe III
the appointment OF admission OF sotoe
Senators compete vote OF The senate
was had upon no proposition among those
mentioned. Thus but one vote was east
for Alabama. California, Illinois, Montana,
Now Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon,
and Wyoming in the three ballots, and for
Washington I'm the last two and only one
by Virginia and Pennsylvania in the first
two. Consequently these must be ellmin-
atcd I'm a consideration OF the uniformity
of the votes Of particular states. Georgia
and Iowa are unrecOrded and Connecticut
appears only in the third vote. one Sem
atOr elected as an independent is included
among the Populists. and in the House
one silver Republican is counted as a
Republican and one independent Demo
IN Er D. o.
crat-citizen and three Democrats with
Populist affiliations are counted as Demo
Gratis. With these memoranda at hand
view Of the halloting may be taken
In the House the vote on free coinage
was as follows: For-DemOcrats. 103; Re
publicans Is; Populists, 8. Against-Dem-
ocrats, ia; Republicans, ll3. On the
Bland-Allison bill the vote was: For
Democrats, ia; Republicans, a; Populists,
| s. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 103; Republicans,
| 10. On repeal the vote was: For-Deuo-
( Gratis. 1875; Republicans, 101. Against
I Democrats, 70; Republicans. -; Popu-
/ lists, 3.
In the Senate the votes were as follows:
/ On free silver. For-Democra Is. IS; Re
| publiCans, Z; POpulists, 3. Against-Dem-
! ocrats, 49, Republicans, p. on the Blard-
/ Allison bill: For-Democrata 20; Republi-
| cans 10; Populsts 3. Against-Demo-
| Gratis II: Republicans. 20. on repeal: For
| democrats, ~; Republicans. %. Against
Democrats, -; Republicans 10; Popu-
/ lists, 8.
Twelve States voted solidly in the House
! and Senate for repeal. They were Con
necucut, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland
7 New Jersey, New York and Wisconsin
which gave Cleveland a plurality of Co.
| $50 votes IN 1892. and Maine, Nassachu-
| sets, New Hampshire Rhode Island, and
| Vermont which gave Harrison a plu-
| radty of 6SS& votes.
Five States voted solidly in both Houses
/ against repeal They were Colorado Ida
t no, Kansas, and Nevada, which save
Weaver a plurality of 27,2l2 votes. and
South Dakota. which gave Harrison a
! plurality OF S,S4i votes, though all the
votes which Montana cast were against IT,
Harrisons plurality in this State was
! 1870.
Three States. Colorado, Idaho. and Ne
vada, were solid for free silver. and all
the votes of Montana were cast in the
same way.
Ten States. Delaware Maine. Maryland
MasSachus etts, New Hampshire New Jer-
sey. New York, Rhode Island. Vermont.
and Wisconsin, voted solidly against free
silver.
A majority Of the Democratic votes IN
/
can votes in both Houses, were cast fOr
repeal, but a majority Of Democrats in
the House and Senate voted for the
Bland-Allison bill, the Republicans OF
both Houses giving a majority against
Il. and the Democrats in the Senate being
equally divided on free silver
The question Of free silver and that OF
repeal cannot, therefore, be said 70 be
/ sectional ones, even though the sentiment
zion East Of the Mississippi and North Of
the Potomac and that for free silver On
the area embraced in four States or
| more between the Mississippi and the
Pacific, and they may not be considered
! as purely local ones, as Pennsylvania
and Michigan, Illinois and California
aid Virginia. Georgia, and Texas in con-
trlbuting votes for free silver, while a
similar partnership exists in the vote
against repeal Nor have the questions
been treated as party ones. with the ex-
ception Of the position OF the Popullsts,
and OF the fact that a greater proportion
Of Democrats have been found against
their party majority against silver and
for repeal than the greater proportion OF
the Republicans
one Of the most significant facts in thi
connection is the position Of the Demo
Gratis OF the South. In the House 81 o
the 1872 votes for free silver. 20 OF the 10
votes for the Bland-Allison bill and IS o
the los votes against repeal were by mem
bers from Alabama. Arkansas, Florida
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi.
Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia, Kentucky Louisiana. Mississippi
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, which
gave Cleveland plurality OF s74,ss7 vote
contributed TO his plurality in the Who'll
] country Of ss2s5s. In the Senate the Dem