Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-31
SILVER BEATEN.
The House Defeats Free Silver by
e Decisive Majority.
THE WILSON REPEAL BILL PASSED.
Votes Taken on the Various Ratios from
16 to L to 90 to L and All Fail by
Mere Than 100 Majority
Great Interest Shown.

More Than 100 MAJORITY
Great Interest shown.
For free silver coinage at the ratio of IS to
For 124: against 226.
For free coinage at the ratio OF II to 1-For
100; against pa.
For free coinage at the ratio OF IS to For
102; against 2}9-
For free coinage at the ratio of 10 to l-For
los; against 237
For free coinage at the ratio or ~ TO l-For
i19; against 222
To re-enact the Bland Allison actor, 1876;
against, BIB.
For the unconditional repeal of the silver
purchase law-For, PAD: against, 1o9
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 filed the public gal
leries before 10 o'clock and many mem
bers were in their seats at that hour.
The corridors and Hobbies of the floor
were also filed 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 it inn
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 altos 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 ajority
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
filed, indicative of the unmistaEable
evidence of the general interest in the
matter in hand.
Chaplain Haddaway prayed briefly
and in voice inaudible at distance
of more than 10 feet from the desk for
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 the
speaker.
The resolution contained in the order
of procedure on the silver question was
reported by the clerk. providing for a
vote, first upon free coinage of silver at
the present ratio of 16 to 1.
Representative Bailey of Texas asked
if, in the event of all amendments
included in the order being defeated,
it would be in order to propose an
additional amendment germane to the
subject
Speaker Crisp replied that as at pres
ent advised he would answer no; that
the order provided exhaustively ali
that the house might consider; but
when the time came to formally pre-
sent the question the gentleman from
Texas might be heard.
Representative McMillin desired to
offer an amendment providing for the
free coinage of the product of the sill
yer mines of the United States, but
MIR. Bland objected to even having it
read, saying that such a proposition
was not free coinage at all.
The Wilson bill having been read, Mr..
b1dnO (OeIn. Oh A11SSOuf1) OIGrS0 ms
first amendment, that of free coinage
at the present ratio-of IL to land it
was defeated by vote of 1874 yeas, nays
226, amid applause from the anti-silver
men, who received one more majority
than they expected.
The II to 1 amendment was defeated
yeas 100, nays $40. On this besides
the loss of populist votes, the members
of that party Withholding their votes,
there were several negative votes from
those who voted in favor of a ratio of
16 to 1.
The Is to amendment was rejected
by a vote of 1O2 to 239.
The 10 to 1 amendment was defeated
yeas, los; nays, 237.
The 20 to l amendment was rejected
yeas, 119; nays, 222.
The Bland-Allison coinage act was
defeated-yeas, 1856; nays, 2i9.
The Wilson repeal bill was then
passed by vote of $50 to ITO.