Huntsville gazette., 1893-09-02


Proposed and on the Final Passage of
| the Bill.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-When the speaker
commanded order in the house at IL
o'clock nearly every seat in the hall was filed
| an unmistakable evidence of the general and
individual interest in the matter in hand
| Chaplain Haddaway prayed briefly, and In
very inaudable tone at distance Of more than
ten feet from the desk, for an especial gift of
| wisdom and judgment to rightly settle the
great question before the house.
After the reading of the journal, Mr.. Weaver
| IN. ~ appeared at the bar Of the house on
the arm Of his colleague Gen. Tracey. and was
sworn in by the speaker.
The resolution contained In the order OF pro-
| cedure on the silver question reported by
the clerk providing for a vote first upon free
coinage OF silver at the present ratio of is to l.
| The roll was then called upon the amend
ment to the Wilson bill providing for the free
coinage of silver at the ratio OF is to |. 1t re-
suited: Yeas, 1913; nays 225.
Mr.. Shell (dem., s. c. lin favor of free sill
| yer, was paired with Mr. Graham dem, N.
| ", opposed to it,
/ Not nearly much interest was taken on
| the second vote. which was on the ratio OF IL
! to |. The decisive vote on the I6 to ratio
seemed to dishearten the silver men, and in
place Of the attention which paid to the
| first was substituted listessness which was
| In the defeat OF the amendment by vote Of:
Yeas, 100; nays, 226 The populist member
| did not vote.
| The members who voted for the 10 to / ratio
| but against the II to 1 ratio. were Messrs.
Bretz (dem., Ind.), Brookshire dem, Ind.),
Bryan (dem., Neb.) Conn dem, Ind), Doolit-
tie rep, Wash.), Geary dem, CALI. Harris
! (pop., Kas.), Holman tdem Ind), Larimer
| (dem., s. C). Mcguire (den1,s Ala.) McKeighan
| (pop., Neh), McLaurin (dem.. S. C), Post
/ rep, lll.l, Strait dem, S. CO. Sweet rep,
Idaho) Talbcrt (dem., S. O. and Taylor
| dem, Ind).
The gentlemen who voted for l6 to but who
| declined to vote at oil the II to amend
ment were: Messrs. Baker pop, Kas),
| Bankhead (dem Alal, Boen (pop., Mtnn.)
Cannon (dem., CALI. Cockrell (dem,, Tex.),
Davis (pop.. Kas.), Grady (dem N. CO. Hud-
son dem, Kas.) KEN, pop, NebD, Pence
pop, Col), Simpson pop, Kas) and Turpin
| dem, Alal.
Messrs. Russell (dem. Ga) and Snodgrass
| (dem.. Tenn.) who voted against is to 1, voted
| in favor of the IL to 1.
The Is to standard was defeated by a vote
| Of Yeas. 102; nays, 239.
| OF those who had previously voted on 10 or
IL to l. the following did not vote at all on the
| Is to ratio. Messrs. Allen (dem., Miss),
Bankhead dem, Alal, Baily (dem., Tex.),
| Cannon (dem.. CALI Grady dem, N C) and
| Livingston dem. Ga).
The other changes on this vote as compared
| with the vote on II to were as follows: Bald
| win (dem., Mimi, who voted for II, voted
against is, and Hilburn rep, Cali and Ikert
| (dem., o., who voted against IL, voted for H.
The house then voted immediately on the 10
/ to -rmendment and it was also defeated:
| Yeas, l0f; nays, 23S
On this vote there was one change, for while
no one who voted for IS to /, voted against 10
to /, Allen dem, Miss) who did not vote at
all on the former proposition, voted for 10 TO 1.
Then came the 90to amendment which was
in turn defeated, though 1t showed more
| strength-the vote standing: Yeas, 12i; nays,
222. No one who voted for 10 voted against 20
to 1, but there decided gain as the fol-
| Owing named members who had opposed 10 to
| / voted for the 20 to ! amendment: Messrs.
Anderson dem. W. Va.), Grain (dem., Tex.).
Ellis rep, Ore.), Hermann rep, Pm. J, Lin
| ton rep, Mich.), Mallory (dem. Fla.), Meikle-
john rep, Neb.), Moon rep, Mich), Oates
| (dem Ala). Paschall (dem., Tex.) Price
| (dem., La. Tucker dem, Va, Turner (dem.,
| Ga), Weadock dem, Mich.), White (rep,
o. and Marsh rep, ND. The members who
| voted against 20 to and not on 19 TO | were:
| Messrs KEN pop, Neb) and Mcguire dem.
| Cali.
| The proposition to re-enact the Bland ALI
| son act provso to the repeal bill received
| the strongest support. but even that was de-
feated by majority OF r. the vote standing:
| Yeas, 1885, nays, 213
| The republicans voting for 20 to and against
| the Bland-Allison substitute were: Broderick
| (rep Kas.), Grain (dem. Tex, Curtis rep,
| Kas0 Funston rep, Kas.), Mallory (dem.,
Fla) Marsh rep. nl), Meikleiohn rep, Neb.),
Moon rep, MichJ, Turner dem, Ga) and
| White rep, o..
Voting for 20 to | and did not vote on the
Bland Allison substitute Newlands (pop.,
New.
Voting for Bland-Allison act and against 20
10 #: Bretz dem, Ind1, Brookshire tdem
Ind), Bryan dem, NebD, Conn (dem., Ind.) ,
| Doolittle (dem., Wash). Hare tdem, o., Har-
| ris (pop Kas), Holman dem, Ind), KEN
| pop Neh) Latimer dem, s. Csl, Mcguire
! (dem., CALI, McCreary (dem., Ky.), Mcheigh IN
| pop NebD McLauren dem, 5. O.. Post
| rep, Ill), Rich dem, o. Strait (dem, >.
| CD Sweet (dem., Idaho), Talbert dem, S.C),
Taylor dem, Ind).
Voting for the Bland-Alison act and not on
20 to /: Baker pop, Kas), Boen (pop.,
| Mimi, Davis (pop., Kas), Hudson (pop
| Kas.) and Simpson pop, Kas).
Then came the final vote which Mr. Bailey
| (dem, Tex endeavored to stave off for a
short time by offering an amendment to repeal
| the parity clause of the Sherman act, in the
| hope that by so doing he could rally some OF
gold men to his support and thus weaken the
friends of the unconditional repeal OF the pur-
y
was not in order pending the demand for the
engrossment and third reading Of the bill. and
the bill was accordingly ordered to third
| reading.
Then Mr.. Baily raised the point that there
| should be a division OF the question. One part
OF it repealed the purchasing clause and the
other retained the parity clause. There should
| be separate vote on each. But again the
| speaker pointed to the decisive order OF the
| resolution under which the house was acting.
and held that such separation could not be
had. The vote was then taken upon the final
passage Of the Wilson bill and it was passed.
Yeas 240; nays, 1i0.
The members who stood by silver under the
| Bland-Allison act, but who finally voted for
unconditional repeal, were: Anderson, Black,
| Bretz, Brookshire. Boen, Conn., Donovan, Doc
| little Edmunds, Hare, Holman, Hunter, Law
| son. Lester Linton, Marshall, McCreary, Nc
| Millen Meredith. Montgomery, Oates, O'Ferrell,
| Paschal Painter. Pendleton, Post, Price.
| Richardson, Ritchie, Russell Stone. Swan
son, Taylor, Tucker, Turpin, Tyler, Weadoek
| and Whiting.
| There were ten uncompromising silver men
| who voted against even the Bland act and then
| against repea'. They we're: Broder1ck. Can
non. Curtis, Hepburn. Loud Mallory Marsh