The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-29
THE VOTE FOR REPEAL
Unexpected Majorities Against
Free Coinage.
THE VOTES ON RATIO AND REPEAL

The sIiverItes Surprised at tho smniiness
ofTheir Vote - Tho BlaDd-AlIison Act
Made the Best showing-Details of the
Voting.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The votes in the
house were remarkable for the very high
percentage Of members recorded. On the
last two roll calls $40 members responded
to their names, Shell and Graham were
paired, leaving but three representatives
out of a total voting strength Of 354 ap-
parently unaccounted for. One of these,
Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin, would have
been present and voting, but was called
out of the city in the morning by tele-
gram announcing the approaching disso-
luton of his father. Speaker Crisp did
not vote, leaving but one whose alb
sence was unexpiained-Mr Newlands, of
Nevada.
One Of the causes OF the unexpectedly
large vote against free coinage of silver
was the changed attitude OF members from
the southern states. 1t had been supposed
that these were practically solid in favor
Of free coinage, but an analysis of the vote
as cast shows that this was not the case to
large degree.
Ihe vote upon the restoration of the
Bland-Aliison act made the best showing
for the silver men, the total being: Yeas,
1875; NAYS, 2l3, divided among the states as
follows:
Yeas-Alabama, 8; Arkansas, 8; Cali
fornia, 5; Colorado, .; Georgia, 8; Idaho, l.
Illinois, 5; Indiana, 5; Kansas, 8; Ken
lucky, 8; Louisiana 4; Michigan, 3; Min
nesota, 1; Mississippi, q; Missouri, l2; Mon
tana, /; Nebraskp, 3; North Carolina, s;
Ohio, 4; Oregon, .; Pennsylvania, .. South
ipn e., nn1, 81 q.
Texas, Ii; Virginia, o. Washington, 9;
West Virginia, q Wyoming, l.
Nays-Alabana 1; Arkansas, !; Cali
fornia, 2; Connecticut 4; Delaware, i;
Florida, 2, Georgia, 9; Illinois, IL Indiana.
8. Iowa, IL; Kansas B; Kentucky, 3; Lou
isiana, 2; Maine 4; Maryland, 9; Massa-
chusetts, 18; Michigan, g. Minnesota, 6;
Mississippi, 1; Missouri, Q; Nebraska, 8;
New Hampshire, 2: New Jersey, s.; New
York, 80; North Carolina, /; North Dakota,
1; Ohio, t6; Pennsylvania, IS Rhode Island,
6; South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 4; Texas,
D; Vermont, 3; Virginia, /; West Virginia,
Q, Wisconsin, o.
The Affirmative vote was made up Of
Democrats, lie; Republicans Is; Popu-
lists, 0, Tho negative, vote of Democrats,
103; Republicans, 10.
A comparison of seven separate votes
taken shows that at no time did the anti
silver men have less than II clear majority.
Their greatest strength was shown on the
II to l amendment, when the vote stood
100 to Ao-an anti-silyer majority of 40.
On the final passage Of the bill the ants
mustered the same strength as this but
owing to a desperate rally of the silver
men their majority was cut down to l3O
One of the surprises Of the day was the
lack of strength OF the 20 to amendment,
which was supposed to be the strongest
proposition that the silver men had in re
serve. AS a matter Of fact it was weaker
by three votes than the 10 to proposition,
and the majority against 1t was lOl. The
vote that gave the silver men tho greatest
comfort was that on the re-enactment of
the Bland d-Allison act, and on this amend
ment they succeeded in reducing the ma
jority against them to the lowest figure OF
the day-T-the vote standing: Yeas, 1856;
, FAays, 2I3
The story of the voting is told in the
and most instructive manner by
the followlng-l6 TO l: yeas, l2+; nays, 226
IT to Il yeas 100; nays, 240 IS TO /; yeas,
,TiQ3, nays, 239 10 to l; yeas, i0i; nays, 23s.
% to /: yeas, l2l; nays 222. Bland-Alli-
son act: yeas, l30; nays, 2l3 Final pass
age; yeas, 240; nays, 10.
The silver men felt chagrined at their
overwhelming defeat, but they took their
overthrow philosophically, and found in
their late opponents men who were too
generous to say aught Of ungraciousness.
After Mr.. Catchings had given notice that
he would call up the house rules tomor.
row, the house at $3.50 adjonrned.