The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-11-09

be considered as ordered at 4 O'CLOCK
Mr.. Wilson did not seem disposed
TO treat Mr.. Livingstone as a leader o
the opposition. He still looked to MIR
Bland. :,
MIR, Stockdale wanted to know ii
the bill was so defective that the
friends of the measure were afraid Of
amendments.
AT this point so much confusion eX
listed that the speaker ordered the
aisles cleared.
Messrs. Cochran, Raynor, Cultivate
and Gatherings, who had been stand
inc at Mr.. Wilson'S back, retired to
their seats. AS soon as order was re-
stored Mr.. Livingstone renewed MS
nroposition. He called attention TO
the fact that everyone was anxious TO
get away, and all the gentlemen wanted
was TO explain their votes. He chlded
Mr. Bland, who was now obdurate'
and had lust returned to Washington
after six weeks absence. for standing
in the wav of an amicable agreement
which he said would go far towards
harmonizing the Democratic parry
of he won't accept it," said Mr.. Llv-
ingstone, will myself.
Mr. Brown asked Mr.. Wilson If his
nnrnose was to prevent the house vot-
ing on the amendments.
Eyes sir" replied Mr.. Wilson.
~ want that fact to go on record"
retorted Mr.. Bryan. II want the
country to know you are unWililng
that this house shall vote only Oh
amendments"
1--WE have already voted on every
amendment offered" retorted Mr.
Wilson. II would like to know ne
continued, turning toward Mr. Bland,
whether you are willing to accept the
proposition l made or not?'
II will accept nothing " replied MIR;
Bland snappishly, that does not
come regularly"
"Then demand the previous ques-
ton" said Mr.. Wilson, facing the
Mr. BRYAN tried to speak, but a
chorns of voices drowned his appeal
When he was recognized, after the din
snbsided, he moved that the house
adjourn. Filbustering was to be the
LAST resort Of the extreme men Ihey
were determined to force the com
mittee on rules to bring in cloture
Rut it was feeble effort. Mr.
Bryan's first motion only mustered ~
votes against 1870. Mr.. Snodgrass, who
Joined him in making the tilibuster-
inc motions, secured 81 for his motion
for recess for Is minutes. Motion after
motion failed. At last Mr.. Wells, rls-
ing to a question of parliamentary
inquiry, asked whether the committee
on rules had not already made rule
that would operate in this case, ana
Mr.. Henderson made motion that
the house take recess for 30 minutes
and give the committee on rules time
TO bring in rule. The house laughed.
1.-THE chair declines to put the mo
ton" replied the speaker. 49,.
Mr.. Wilson asked whether if the pre-
vious question was ordered it would be
in order to make amendments to the
bill. remarking that when the bill was
debated in the house before all the
came from the Demo
cratic side. Would the Republican
side have an opportunity to otfer
The speaker ruled that when the
previous question was ordered the bill
would not be amendable.
At lis the filibustering motion was
lost,
Mr.. Livingstone was making an APP
peal to his colleagues to deslst.
Messrs. Bryan and Snodgrass were
listening to the Georgian instead of
renewing their filibustering motion.
This left the preceding question the
motion for previous question. The
were thrown off their
guard.
The speaker put the motion and it
was carried with roar of assent. The
filibusters called for division but
could not muster enough votes to call
the ayes and nays. The bill was then
in the arena for debate for the last
time, 10 minutes being allowed each
side Under the rules. After little
wrangling it was arranged that Mr..
Bland should control the time for
the opponents and Mr.. Wilson for the
of the measure.
Mr., Bland sent to the desk and had
read his amendment. 1t revives the
free coinage act of 1887. Mr.. Bland
said the vote must now be taken upon
the all important question of returning
to the Sherman law of 1878. The re-
cent panic was precipitated by the
moneyed interests of the country for
the purpose of affecting legislation.
With the law to be wiped from the
statute books. he had no sympathy,
and ne and those who believed with
him had only been betting that it
might not be wiped out until after the
political party to which he and they
belonged had performed its pledges by
restoring free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
He offered an amendment upon
which the Democratic party of the
South and y est would do battle in
in the future. 1t was that the repeal
of the Sherman law of 1873 was to fol {.
low the repeal of the Sherman law of
1890. Mr. Blard said he would have
despaired of the future of his party
had there not been in the house and
senate small unterrified force which
had battled for the last three months
seeking to establish the principles an
nounced in the Democratic platform.
In these he saw the nucleus wherein
and whereby on the platform an
nounced by the Democratic party al
sections west of the Alleghenies would
stand. In his opinion, the great mas!
of Eastern Democrats would finally al