The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-02
The Prompt Action Of Speaker Crisp
Overwhelmed the 0bStruCtioniStS.
CLEVELAND SIGNED 1T PROMPTLY
After Having Been Rushed Through the
Hands of Speaker Crisp and Vice.
President stevenson-An Analysis OF
the Vote shows Interesting Facts.


by the government closed last evening.
The purpose for which Mr. Cleveland
called congress in extraordinary session
was accomplished at 4:25 yesterday after
noon, when he affixed his signature to the
bill to repeal Internationally the purchase
clause of the Sherman law. The struggle
in the house was short. Only "a men could
be rallied for the last stand by the silver
leaders, Messrs. Bland and Bryan.
MIR. Bland aud his colleagues, knowing
that further opposition was futile. pre-
ferred to sacrifice the opportunity for a
few hours debate offered by Mr.. Wilson
In order to force the majority to bring in
the cloture aud concur in the senate
amendment by duress. But even in this
they failed.
Their small following might have sue
ceeded had they been led by experienced
and skillful parliamentary tacticians.
Neither Mr.. Bryan nor Mr. Snodgrass, his
lieutenant, is well versed ia parliamentary
procedure, and when thrown off their
guard by "A momentary distraction, they
exposed their flank by failing to follow
one filibustering motion with another.
Speaker Crisp overwhelmed them by
putting the per ding motion TO order the
previous question. 1t was carried with
roar The filbusterers bad been caught
mapping, and nothing remained for them
10 do except to submit. For 80 minutes,
under the rule, followed the rattle of
oratory amid the greatest confusion and
excitement At its conclusion the vote
was taken on Mr.. Bands free coinage
substitute. The majority was 73 against it.
Then came the final vote on concurring
fx, tba oapata amendments Tha yota
stood 1873 for concurrence aud 81 against.
When the original bill passed the house
Aug 2s the vote was 20l TO 100, SO that al
though the total vote yesterday was
smaller the proportion was practically
the same.
The Climax.
The final vote was taken at $50 p. m.
The bill was engrossed Immediately, and
in % minutes, at $40, the formal an
nouncement was made to the senate that
its amendment had been agreed TO by the
house. The bill was hurriedly enrolled by
Chairman Pearson of the committee on
enrolled bills, and at $3.50 was presented to
Speaker Crisp for his signature.
A feet-footed messenger carried IL to the
senate, where IL was signed two minutes
later by Vice President Stevenson. Chair
man Pierson, with the bill under his arm,
entered carriage waiting for him on the
plaza in front of the Capitol and drove
rapidly to the White House.
The president had been kept duly ad.
vised of the progress Of events. Indeed,
he manifested so much interest in the
vote in the house that at his request
duplicate OF the names of those who had
voted for or against the concurrence was
made soon after the rolcall was COM
Al Il -.
when Mr.. Pearson arrived with the bill.
Secretary Carlisle, Attorney General Oh
ney and Private Secretary Thurber were
present
After felicitating with each other for
few moments over the victory that had
been achieved. the president took up the
engrossed copy Of the bill and read it
aloud. Then picking up a quill pen he
afli ixed his autograph mt 4:25. And thus
So days hours and % minutes after the
extraordinary session convened the remedy
for the financial distress, which Mr..
Cleveland demanded in his message, was
applied.
Ihe analysis OF the vote shows that l24
Democrats, GS Republicans and one Pop
ulist, Cannon OF California, voted for con-
currtnce, and 40 Democrats, Is Republic
cans and nine Populists against the mo-
tion. The following members voted for.
the Bland free coinage substitute and also
for concurrence:
Anderson, Black of Georgia. Brookshire,
Donovan, Edmunds OF Virginia. Geary,
Holman, Richardson, Mitchell, Marshall,
Turpin, Post and Tyler while Neill,
Weaver aud Kyle, who voted tor the free
coinage subsu,ute, did not vote on the
final vote.
How They Voted.
The following Is the vote In letsil
YrAs-Abbott, Adams, Aldersln, Adrich,
Apsey, Avery. natcock. Bakor 6. H., Bald
win, Barnes Rartlctt, Barwlv, Belden. Belt
ehooyer. Berry. Binghs "a. Black (Ga.). Black
Qlls), Blair, Brawlcy. Breckinridgc fArk.),
Breiz, Brickner. brookshirc. BrOsius, Brown.
Bann. Bynum, Cahaniss, tadmus. Caldwell.
Campbell, cannon (Cal.l, Carruth, Catchlngs,
Causey. Chickcrng, Clancy. Cobb MOI,
cochran. COgs.ell. Compton, Coombs. Cooper
Hla.). Cooper ind.) Cooper CWisL Cornish,
Covert, Crane, Cummings, Curtis (N. ",
Daniels, Dayey. Deforost, Dingley, Donovan.
Draper. Dunn. Dunphy. Dutborrow, I'd.
munds, Engll-h,- Brdman, Everett. Fcl-
lows, Fielder. Fitch, fletcher, Fore
man. Funk. Gardner, Gcary, Gels
senhemer, Gillett (N. Y.l, Goldzier, Cor
man, Gresham, Grout, lIaincs, Jfall Mimi.
Hammond, Hafmcr. Hartcr. Hangar. Hen
derson da.l Hendrix. Hines. Hit. Holman.
Hopkins fIlls.D. ilonk tOl. Ilouk (rcnn.l. Hun
ter johnson dnd.). johnson ~. d. johnson
tOl, JOY. kiefcr. kribbs. Lapham. Layton. Le-
ferver, Lilly, Linton. Liste, lockwood.
Loudcnscger. Lynch, Magncr, Mahon, Mar