The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
THE WILSON BILL PASSED.
Beth the Bland and COckTell Amend
mentS Rejected.

Public Interest in the Result sufhces
to Crowd the House Galleries,
Which is Unusual on Day of Roll
Calls-The Wilson Bill Receives
Majority Of $50 Notes.-The
Senate Settles the Lee Mantle
Case and Proceeds With the Finan-
cial Problem.
Washington, Aug. 2s.-The knowledge
that the day would be devoted to roll
calls which, though relating to the most
important question which has attracted
the attention of the country for the past
quarter Of century, are not of exciting
interest to the ordinary spectator in the
galleries, had no effect upon the audience
this morning. Long before the noon hour
of meeting, the public galleries
were iammed with earnest
listeners When, at quarter
before noon, the reserved galleries were
opened there was Il rush made to secure
good seats, and in moment every bench
was filled with ladies in summer cos
tunes who manipulated their fans in or
der to temper the intense heat which per
vaded the chamber.
The floor was the scene Of confusion,
the various leaders being busy in mar
shaling their cohorts. Every member
was on the tiptoe Of expectation, and it
may be safe to say that every represen-
tative who was not detained by illness
was in his seat.
The House was called to order
promptly at - o'clock, and the chaplain
invoked the special divine guidance of
members at this critical moment.
FIRST AMENDMENT DEFEATED.
The Wilson bill having been read, Mr.
Bland offered his first amendment, that of
free coinage at the present ratio of 10 to 1,
and it was defeated by a vote of yeas IA,
nays 226 amid applause from the anti-sII-
yer men, who received one more ma jority
than they expected. Mr.. Shell, dem,
S. c., in favor of free silver, was
paired with Mr.. Graham, dem, n. Y, OPP
posed to it. Not nearly as much interest
was taken in the second vote, which
was on ratio of II to l. The decisive vote
on the Is to l ratio seemed to dishearten
the silvet men, and, in place of the atten-
ton which was paid TO the first vote, list
Iessness spread throughout the hall. The
vote resulted in the defeat of the
amendment by vote of yards 100, nays
24O. The populist members did not vote
The members who voted for the IL to
l ratio but against the II to 1 ratio were
Messrs. Brett, dem, Ind, Brookshire,
dem, Ind, Bryan, dem, Neb., Conn,
dem, Ind, Doolittle, rep, Wash'n.,
Geary, dem, Cal, Harris, pop, Kans.,
Holman, dem, Ind, Latimer, dem, S. c.,
Mcclure, Cal, McKeigan, pop, Neb.,
McLaurin, dem, S. c., Post, rep, Ill,
Strait, dem, S. c., Sweet, rep, Idaho,
Talbert, dem, S. c., and Taylor, dem,
Ind.
The members who voted for the IS to l,
and who declined to vote at all on the II
to 1 amendment, were: Messrs. Baker
pop, Kas., Bankhead, dem, Ala, Boon,
pop, MINI, Cannon, dem, Cal, Cockrell,
dem, Tex, Davis, pop, Kan, Grady,
dem. n. c., Hudson, dem, Kan, Keer,
pop, Neb., Pence, pop, Colo, Simpson,
pop, Kan, and Turpin, dem, Ala
Messrs Russell, dem, N. c., and Snod-
grass, dem, Tenn, VINO VOLeu against the
16 To 1 ratio, voted in favor of II to l.
The Is TO l standard was defeated by
vote of, yeas, 1922 nays. 239. OF those
who previously voted for l6 or II to l the
following did not vote at all on the Is
ratio: Allen, Miss. Bankhead, Ala.
Bailey, Tex, Cannon, dem, Cal. Grady
and Livingston, Ga.
The house then voted on the 10 to l
amendment, and it was defeated by a
vote of yeas 104, nays 238. Then came
the 20 to l amendment, and this in turn
was defeated, though it showed strength,
the vote standing: Yeas 12I, nays 222.
The proposition to re-enact the Bland
Allison act as proviso to the repeal bill
received the strongest support, but even
that was defeated by majority of II, the
vote standing yeas 1876, nays 2l3.
THE FINAL VOTE.
Then came the final vote, which Bal
ley, dem, of Texas, endeavored to stave
of for a short time by offering an amend
ment to repeal the parity clause of the
Sherman act, in the hope that by doing
so he could rally some of the gold men to
his support and thus weaken the friends
of the unconditional repeal of the pur-
chasing clause. But Speaker Crisp ruled
that this was not in order pending the de-
mand of the engrossment and third read