The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-07

| p"sition Defeated-Tho Final Vote,
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 2S.-Thc knowl
edge that the day would te devoted tC
dreary roll calls which, though relat-
lug to the most important question
which attracted the attention Of the
country for the past quarter Of Il cen.
tury, are not of exciting interest to the
| ordinary spectator in the galleries, had
no effect upon the audience this morn
ing. Long before the noon hour of
meeting the public galleries were JAM
med with earnest listeners.
When, at a quarter before noon, the
reserved galleries were opened, there
was a rush made to secure good seats
and in ii moment every bench was fill
| ed with ladies in summer costumes,
who manipulated iluttering fans in or
der to temper the muggy heat which
permeated the chamber. The floor was
the scene Of noisy buZzling confusion,
| the various leaders being busy III mar
shalling their cohorts. Every member
was on the tiptOe of expectation and it
may be safe to say that every Repre-
sentative who was not detained 10y i'll
ness was in his seat.
The House was called promptly 20
order at H. o'clock, and the Chaplain
invoked the special Divine guidance
| on the members at this critical mo-
mcnt.
The Wilson bill having been read
| Bland offered his first amendment
that Of free coinage at the present ra-
ito Of rs TO and 1t was defe ited by
vote Of yeas IA, nays 22i, amid APP
plauSe from the antl-sllvrr men, who
received one more majority than they
expected.
Shell ODtm) Of South Carolina, in
| favor Of free silver, WAS paired with
Graham Uem.) of New York. opposed
to it. Not nearly us much interest was
taken on the second vote, which was
on the ratio Of II to |. The decisive
vote on the lb to ratio seemed to dis
hearten the silver men, a1d in place Of
attention which was paid to the first,
was substituted a lisIlessress which
spread throughout the hall. The vote
resulted in the defeat of the amend
ment by a vote Of yeas 100; nays 2iu
The POpuliSt members did not vote.
n comparison Of seven separate votes
taken shows that at no time did tho
anti-SilVer men have less than - clea
ma jOrity. Their greatest strength wa!
; shown on the II to | majority Of liU
On the final passage Of the bill, tn,
ants mustered the same strength aS
; this, but owing to desperate rally y
the silver men their ma iDrity was Gu
) down TO l29.
One Of the surprises of the day wa
the lack of strength on the ~ to
amendment, which was supposed to b,
the strongest proposition that the sill
yer men had IN reserve. AS Il matter
Of fact, it was weaker by three votes
than the 1G to proposition and the
majority against it was lOI.
The proposition rh-enact the Bland
Allison Act rs a prOViSO to the repeal
bill received the strongest support, but
even that was defeated by Il majority
of -, the vote standing yeas 1876, nays
2l3.
Then came the final vote, which
Bailey Dem.) of Texas endravor"d to
Stave of for IL short time, by Offering
in amendment to repeal the parity
clause OF the Sherman Act, in hope
that by SO doing he could rally some Of
the gold men to his support and thus
weaken the friends of the unconditi0n-
I'll repeal of the purchasing clause.
l'ut the Speaker ruled that This was
not in order pending the demand for
the ongrOSSment and the reading of the
bill, and the blll was accordingly or
dercd to a third reading. rhcn Bailey
raised the point that there should be Il
division of the question. one part of
1t repealed the purchasing clause and
the other retained the parity clause.
Thee 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 ---VelS 30 naVS 10
Votes were taken on the fl to | ra-
ito, the II to |, IS TO |, i" 20 and 2Uio
| amendments but they were all de-
| trated 10y large maIOritlcS.
The vote that gave the SILVER men
the greatest comfort was that on the
re.enactment of the Bland. \ lIiSOn Act
and on this amendment they succeeded
IN reducing the majority against them
TO the lowest figure of the dav. - the
vote standing yeas l3'', nays 2l3.
The story OF the day $ voting is told
in the shortest and most instructive
manner IN the following summary:
Ii 10 |, yeas l2l, nays 22G; majority
lU2.
Il to /, yeas loo, nays 22i; majority
IS to |, yeas l"3, nays 239; majority
1876.
10 to !, yeas lOi, nays 23S; maiority
13i.
20 To !, yeas TT, nays 222, majority
lOl.
The Bland Allison Act final vote,
yeas 1885, nays 2I3; majority -.
final passage, yeas 20, nays 10;
majority I3O.
After CatchlnGS had given notice
that he would Cali up the IIouS" rules
tomorrow, thc House, II, %5o. I.
| lOurncd.
| IL THE SENATE.
| The question Of the rlRnt Of the Gov
crnOr Oh State to appoint Il Senator TO
fill u vacancy caused 10y the expiration
of "A regular term (hnd not happening
| by resignation or OtnrrWi3r) was drcldrd
by the Senate to-day in The negative.
The final vote in the two cases from
Montana and Washington, deciding
ManIle and y lien not entitled 10 seats,
was 81 to 30 There was no vote ucceS-
sary TO be taken in the third Of those
cases that from Wyoming BccKwith
having resigned his appointment more
| than a month ago. Ihe remainder of
the days session was occupied in the