New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-29

THE DEBATE wANTON WASTE OF TINE
The leaders of the Administration Democrats
realize at last that they guilty of serious
and costly blunder when they consented TO q
postponement for nearly three weeks of measure
which could and should have been promptly
passed in order to aid in the restoration of bust.
ness confidence and ameliorate the general fnan-
cial distress. The free-sver men were playing
a game of buh" of the most stupendous proper
tions and their opponents appear to have been
easily unnnrved. 1t has been known from the
beginning that overwhelming majority OF the
Republicans in the House Of Representatives
would vote against free coinage at any Of the
ratios proposed, and would also vote for tho
Wilson bill, and that there enough sound
money" Democrats. aided by the votes Of certain
other Democrats who were susceptible to Admin
isration influences, to carry the measure through
against all the opposition that could be mustered.
The long debate, which influenced not one vote
probably useless and wanton waste Of
precious timc.
That the interest felt in the result Of to-dayis
voting was deep and general was clearly shown
in more ways than Long before the sitting
OF the House began at the galleries open
TO the public were packed with people. who
waited patiently in hot. sitting atmosphere
and listened eagerly until the last vote
corded and announced at 80 o'clock. Nearly
every member in his seat. and only two
mem hers Messrs Graham Of New-York and Shell
Of South Carolina, both Democrats-were paired,
the former in favor of and the latter against the
bill. The total vote cast on the amendment TO
rc-cnact the Bland law 349 and the total
vote on the passage of the bill was the same
The total living membership of the House is 354,
so that the names Of only five members, includ-
ing the Speaker, were not recorded. There were
of Illinois, was detained by illness until nearly
the close of the sitting, and Mr.. Cooper. of Wis
consin. after voting on several of the amendments
was called away by dispatch which brought the
news that his father was dying. Mr.. Graham's
pair with Mr. Shell was because of severe injuries
received ny the latter few days ago in an acci.
dent.
FREEcCCIN ,GE MEN DIsMAYFD.
When the result Of the first vote. that on the
amendment providing for free coinage at the eX-
sting ratio of Is TO |, made known by the
Speaker an expression of dismay clouded the
faces of BANDS followers, whose leader even
t,remed 10 fater, while surprise and delight
struggled for the mastery the countenanccs
of their opponents. \ thrill ran through the
crowded galleries as the spectators realized the
significance Of the greit and unexpected victory
for honest money. The stood l24 yeas to
2?6 nays and the anti-slver men cheered and con-
graduated one another The Affirmative votes
were east by thirteen Republicans and : IL Demo-
Gratis and Fopulsts, and the negative votes
ly 10 Republicans and ll6 Democrats. Ihe
Republican majority against free coinage was
and the Democratic majority
was only six. IL was noted that nine OF the
seventeen members Of the Committee on Coin'ge
voted for free coinage. They were Messrs. bano'
Baukhcad
Coireen McKeighan Populist, and Sweet. Kepn"-
lican The EIGHT members Of the commit'ec VII"
voted in the negative were Nessrs e. w. ntone'
w. ~ Johnson Dinqley, liager ana A,'i'"'
Republicans. and Tracey, Rayner ana tar'er'
Democrats.
THE VOTE on THE RATIOS
Tho amendment providing for free silver COIN
age at a ratio of II 10 ! was reJected ny 'o'.
nf 100 10 e4O: that for free coinage a' raio Y,
,s IN I was lost by vote oil l"! 10 -'"' anu
that for free coinage al ratio oil ~ I" was
defeated by vote Of l05 yeas 10 -o' hass. i"'
vote on the next and last ratio proposed ~ 10 II
v.s watched with considerable interest,", as ''c
,.ao s;,,,or mon hoped to draw heavily from tho
,,onuhIic.ns They were doomed to disappoint-
aan, although the number of Republican votes
o.o,sod 70 twenty in favor Of the amendment,
,,;h ,,as reectnd by a vote Of 1l9 yeas To 222
,ars ,o5 of the latter being cast by Republicans
md ~ by Democrats and Popusts With a
ma ority of O3 against them on the highest ratio
,fered. the free coinage men were in state Of de-
nair. but they rallied bravcy for the last onset,
he attempt to resurrect the Bland law Of ls7S.
majority of the Democrats and Populists sup
,orted this amendment, which, however, was re-
ected by vote Of 1876 yeas to 2l3 nays, a ma
ority of seventy seven The affirmative votes were
asst by fifteen Republicans and 2l Democrats and
'opulists, and the negative votes by ll0 Republi-
ans and l03 Democrats.
HOW THE VOTE WAS DIVIDED.
Tho vote on the passage of the bill TO repesi
he purchasing provision of the existing silver ~"
esuted in majority of 1870 for repeal, the yea.
eing 24O and the nays llO. OF the former ivi
we're cast by Republicans and l3s by DemoOIs~' ,,
nd Of the latter twenty-four were cast py 7ep0"n-