The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-29
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON, TUESDAY AUGUST 20 1898

where the SILVER leaders sat. Thev sat
IN consultation some time. aud then
Bryan by easy stages made his way back
20 his own seat. The vote On the question
Of Tree coinaee AZ ratio Of IL 10 resulted. /.
Yeas. loo. nays 20 On this vote. besides
TIE loss OF the Populist votes. The mem
hers Of that party withhold N their votes.
there were several negative votes from
those Who voted in favor Of The ratio of ss
10 I.
The first indication of the game feeling
on both sides was the almost unanimous
vote Ia favor OF the yeas and nays on the
coinage amendment Bland was on his
feet promptly with the first amendment,
and stood up TO his bargain like a man.
demanding the regular order to snuff out
McNilisn's attempt to create diversion
with an amendment coafining free coinage
TO the American product. II think
know the amendment the gentleman from
Tennessee would propose. !" said he. in his
blunt way, 1t Is for the free coinage of
the American product alone, and that is
not free coinage at ali"
With the close of the roll call the clerk
announced single pair. specifying with
great partieularity the side on which the
member would have voted If present. This
- common custom in the senate, but
very unusual in the house. and indicated
with what extreme care pairing contract
was made. It is very uncommon, also. 10
find so few members pairing. and the roll
call revealed only eight ahsentees who
were not provided TO make their votes
count in total result With the wave OF
applause and jubilation which swept over
the hall as the crushing defeat of free
coinage was announced the whole house
seemed to take deep breath and lose in
terest in what was to follow for the next
few votes. These were on the various
ratios. but every one knew the ratio ques-
tion was dead. The first Of the ratio votes
taken was amid such buzzing a. fairly
drowned the voice of the clerk at times,
and the few members who were keeping
tally on the rest had to appeal To the
speaker repeatedly to preserve enough
order to make hearing possible None OF
the 'soid stagers" on the silver side stood
out for the IL TO 1 ratio. For the
most part that faction was not
going to fool with any ratio If
1t could not get the one il wanted.
Man after man who had voted ..aye"
on the first roll call voted "nay" on
the second. and many others left the
chamber, Indifferent to the result When
IL came to the Is to amendment, the
chorus of dissatisfaction which arose
when Hatch Of Missouri insisted on de-
mand for the yeas and nays, showed that
the house was in no temper for delay.
Bland did not JOIN in the demand.
The vote on the second ratio amendment
made . slightly better showing for the
silver men. not because of any consider
able increase in the vote. but by the fall
ing off in the number of adyersaries
BY the time the third vote was called
Bland had recovered wind enough to make
. demand for the yeas and nays himself.
although he did not stay in his seat long
enough to see how things were going.
The anti-silver men, who had united their
efforts to prevent further roll calls, con-
cluded to let things go and put every body
on record on every phase of the question.
The ratio of 10 to ! was rejected. los
to 237.
The ratio of 20 to I was rejected, il9
to 222
The amendment to re-enact the Bland
Allison act was defeated, lS6 to 2l3.
Finally the Wilson repeal bali Was
passed, 3i1 70 ffo, as Follows: