People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-01
REPEALERS WIN.
THE WILSON BILL PASSED BY
THE HOUSE.
The VOTE 2lO FOR, 100 AGAINST.
Every Compromise Proposition Voted
Down by Big Msjority-The Old
Allison Bland Act Got More Votes
Than Any of the Other Pro-
positions - The Vote in
Detail senate Doings.

For Tree SILVER coinage at the ratio OF li TO 1
For III against 20
For free COMA q al the ratio of Il IN 4 Eo-
I0J. against 20
For free coinage at The ratio OF Is TO For
10 against99
For free coinage at the ratio Of 10 to For
l0S; ,ainsl 81
For free coinage al the ratio of.) TO For
ll9 against 30
To reenact The Bland Allison actor, 1856.
against 2l3 '''
For the unconditional repeal o: the silye,
purchase law-f'or go. against lO9
WASHINGTON, Aug. a9.-Under the
impression that the order under which
the house had been operating as to
the hour OF meeting still prevailed,
outsiders interested in the votes ON
the silver propositions file the public
galleries before 10 o'elocl, and many
members were in their seats
at that hour. The practical
outcome of the votes to he
taken was conceded on all hands 10 be
the defeat of every proposition rclat.
ing to the free coinage of silver at any
OF the agreed upon ratios and also of
the resolution reviving the Bland.
Allison act of 1878. Even Mr. Bland
the silver champion, admitted this and
he acknowledged that the estimate of
the anti-silyer committee of majority
Of about fifty against any Of the sey
eral silver propositions included with.
in the order might even be exceeded
Mr.. Reed came in at ll:20 o'clock
and was particularly noticeable be-
cause of his suit of Kentucky tow and
red four-in.hnd scarf. Rourke
Cochran did not appear until after the
speakers gavel fell, but Messrs. EIar.
ter, Raynor and Tom Johnson. anti.
silverites, buzzed and bcamcd with
anticipations of victory.
When the speaker called for order
at noon nearly every seat on the floor
was filled, indicative OF the unm.s.
taxable evidence of the general inter.
est in the matter in hand
The resolution confined in the
order of procedure on the silver oues.
ton was reported by the clerk, pro
vldlng for a vote, first upon free coin
age Of silver at the present ratio of
10 to I.
Representative Baile7 of Texas
asked if, in the event of all the amend.
mentS included in the order being de.
feated, It would be in order TO propose
an additional amendment gcrmane to
the subject.
Speaker Crisp replied that as at
present advised he would answer. no:
that the order provided exhaustively
all that the house might consider: but
that when the time came to formally
present the question the gentleman
from Texas might be heard
Representative McMilIin desired 10
offer an amendment providing for the
free coinage of the proiu:t of the
silver mines of the United States. but
Mr.. Bland objected to even having il
read, saying that such a proposition
was not free coinage at all.
THE VOTE FOR SIXTEEN TO ONE.
The Wilson bill having been read.
Mr. Bland, Democrat Of Missouri.
offered his first amendment. that of
free coinage at the present ratio-of
10 to land twas defeated by vote
OF l2l yeas, nays 29G, amid up lause
from the anti-Silver men, who re
ceiyed one more majority than they
expected.
This is the detailed vote:
Yeas-Abbott Democrat, Texas, Aiken, Re
publican, Michigan Alexander Democrat
North Carolina Allen. Democrat. Mississippi
Arnold Democrat Missouri, Bailey. Demo.
crdt, Texas Baker "opuliSt, Kansas Bank.
head, Democrat, AlGbam Bell Popuist. Col.
oradO: Bell, Democrat, Texas; Black, Demo
crat Georgia: Blanchard. Democrat, LOusi-
ana Bland. Democrat Missouri Boatner.
Democrat, Louisiana: Boon, POpulist. Mime.
sofa; Bower, Democrat North Carolina;
Bowers Republican California Branch,
Democrat, North Carolina Bretz,
Democrat, indiana Brodcrick, Republican,
Kansas; BrOokshire Democrat, Indiana;
Bryan Democrat Nebraska Bunn Democrat.
North Clrolinl; BUrnc,, DclUtrat Misso lri;
Caminetu Democrat talifOrna ClnnOn
Democrat, California Cdpchart Democrat,
Nir inia: Clark, Democrat, Missouri: Cobb
Democrat, Alahaml Coclir II. Demo.
crat, Texas; Cofeel, Democrat, Wyom-
Ing; Conn, Democrat. Indiana Cooper,
Democrat Texas: Cox. Democrat, Ten.
nessee: Crawford Democrat, North
Carolina: Culberson, Democrat Texas.
Curtis, Republican, Kansas: Davis, Populist
Kansas Dc Almond Democrat. Missouri;
DenisOn. Democrat, Alabama Dnsmore Dem.
ocTat, Arkansas Dockery, Democrat, Mis-
souri,: Donovan, Democrat Ohio. Doolittle,
Republican, Washin ton: EdmunGs Demo.
Graf, Viryinia Ellis, Democrat, Kentucky:
Enloe, Democrat Tennessee Epes Demo.
crat Vir!inia: Fiihian, Democrat Illinois;
Funston, Republican, Kansas Fyan, Demo
crat, Missouri Geary. Democrat, California:
GOODNIGHT, Democrat. Kentucky: Grady,
Democrat. New York; Hail. Dem.
ocrat. Missouri Harris. Populist, Kan
sas; Hartman. Republican Montana Hatch,
Democrat. Missouri: Heard, Democrat. Mis-
souri, Henderson, Democrat, North Clroln !;
Holman. Democrat. Indiana: Hooker, Demo
erat Mississippi; Hudson. POpulist. kans IS;
Hunter, Democrat. Illinois HutchcsOn, Dem.
ocrat Texas Jones, .emocrat. Vir inil KEN,
PopIlist, Nebraska Xii ore, Demo rat Tex u.s.
Kyle, Democrat. Mississippi. La e, Democrat
Illinois Latimer. Democrat, South Carolina;
Lawson, Democrat GeOrgiI: Lester. Demo
erat, Geor1iG, Liyin -ston Democrat, Geor.
gia' Lucas, Republican. South Dakota:
Maddox, Democrat Georgia, Mcguire,
Dem, California; Marshall Dem. Virginia:
McDearmon, DEN. Tennessee; Nickel han,
Pop, Nebraskl McLaurin. Dem, South
Carolinl, McMillin. Dem. Tennessee McRae.
| Dem, Arkansas: Meredith. Dem, Nir mia:
Money, EN- Mississippi: Montgomery Dem
Kentucky: Nor an. Dem. Missouri Moses,
Dem Geor ia Murray KEEP South Carolina:
/ Neil, Dem, Arkansas Newlands, Pop Neva.
ia: OFerrall, Dem, Virginia Paynter Dem :,
| Kentucky Pence, Pop Colorado Pendle.
ton, Dem, Texas Piclller, Rep. South
Dakota: Post, Republican. Illinois Riehlrd
son, Democrat, Michigan Richardson. Dem.
| ocrat. Tennessee; Robbins Democrat. Ala.
bama Robertson. Democrat, LOuisiana:
| Sayers, Democrat. Texas Sibley Democrat
| pennsylvania Simpson. Populist, Kansas
! Snod raSs. Democrat, Tennessee Stallin s
( Democrat Alabama Stoekdale, Democrat.
| Mississippi: Stone, Demo. rat Ken.