The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-02

anc the bill is open to amendment. am
the other side one. two or. three hours, or
an other reasonable time"
Nr. Livingstone offered as a counter
Pre- position that the previous question be
considered as ordered at O'Clock. Mr..
Wilson, however. did not seem disposed to
trent with Mr.. Livingstone the leader
OF the opposition. He still looked to Mr..
Bland.
!. Stockdale wanted to know. with evil
de- ces of much irritation, if the bill was SO
e. sctive that the friends of the measure
We afraid of amendments At this point
so much confusion existed that the Speaker
Mr.. Raynor Mr. Outhwaite and Mr.. Catch
ins who had been standing at Mr. VIII
Son back, retired to their seats.
THE HOUSE LAUGHED.
As soon as order was restored Mr.. Liv-
ine tone again renewed his proposition He
called attention to the fact that every one
war anxious to get away, and all the silver
men wanted was an opportunity to give
rea sons for their votes. He chided Mr..
Bland, who was now obdurate, and who
has Just returned to Washington after a
. six weeks absence, for standing in the way
of an amicable agreement, which, he said,
wo'ild go far toward harmonizing the Dem.
ocratic party. "If he won't accept it," S61e
Mr.. Livingstone, with mock seriousness
Il will accept it myself" The House
Mr.. Bryan asked Mr.. Wilson if his pur-
pose in demanding the previous question
''Yes, SIR replied Mr.. Wilson.
- want that fact to go on record" re
torted Mr.. Bryan. II want the country to
know that you are unwilling that this
House shall vote on amendments"
I'VE have already voted on every amend
ment offered retorted Mr.. Wilson, calm
ly. ~ would like to know he continued,
turning toward Mr.. Bland for the last
time whether you are willing TO accept
the proposition 1 have made"
~ will accept nothing" replied Mr.. Bland,
snappishly, that does not come in the
regular way"
said Mr. Wilson. facing the Speaker.
MIR. Bryan tried to address the Chair,
but chorus Of voices drowned his appeal:
When he was recognized after the din had
subsded he moved that the House ad-
journ.
Fiibusterng was to be the last resort
OF the extreme silver men. They were de-
tersnined to force the committee on rules
to bring IN cloture. But it was a feeble
effort. Mr.. Bryan's first motion only mus
tered tWenty-six votes against 49, Mr.
Sn9dgrass, who joined with him in MAX
ms the filibUstering motions, secured but
twsnty-one votes for his motion to take a
recess. They were not numerically strong
enough TO order the yeas and nays Such
a illbuster could last but short time
For fifteen minutes motion after motion
Led.
At last Mr. Wells rising to a parliament
taIy inquiry, asked whether the committee
or rules had rot already made rule that
defson of Iowa. supplemented the inquiry
with the motion that the House take
recess for thirty minutes to give the hve
czars constituting the committee on rules
time to bring in a rule The House merely
The Chair declines to. put the notion"
Mr. Wilson, of Washington, inquire
whether If the previous question were o.
dered it would be in order to offer any
amendments TO the BILL remarkng that
when the bill was debated in the House
before all the amendments came from the
Democratic side. Would the republican
side have any opportunity 10 oHer aineilu-
ments?
The Speaker ruled that when the previ-
Gus question was ordered the bill would
At lis filibustering motion had been
lost and Mr.. Livingstone was making an
appeal to his colleagues to deslst. Both
Mr. Bryan and Mr.. SnodgraSS were listen
ing to the Georgian instead of renewing
their filibustering motion This left the
per ling question the motion to order the
prs ious question. The tilibusterers We're
tnrown off their guard The Spea ker put
the motion and il was carried with roar
Of assent. The filibusters called for di-
vision, but they could not muster enough
votes TO call the yeas and nays. The Dill
was then in the arena or debate for the
last time, fifteen minutes being allowed on
a side under the rules. After some little
wrangling 1t was arranged that Mr.. Bland
should control the time for the opponents
and Mr.. Wilson for the supporters of the
BLAND'S AMENDMENTS.
Mr.. Bland sent to the desk and had read
his amendment. 1t revives the free coinage
act of 1897. Mr.. Bland said q vote must now
be taken upon the all-important question of
returning to the Sherman law of 1873. The
recent panic was precipitated by the mon
eyed interests of the country for the pur-
pose OF affecting legislation. With the law
to be wiped from the statute books he had
no sympathy, and he and those who be-
lieved with him had only fRen battling
that it might not be wiped out until after
the political party TO which he and they
belonged had performed its pledges by re-
storing the free and unlimited coinage of
silver He offered an amendment upon
which the Democratic party of the South
and West would do battle in the future. 1t
was a repeal OF the Sherman law of 1873,
to follow the repeal of the Sherman law of
1898. Mr.. Bland said he would have des-
paired Of the future of his party had he
not seen in the House and in the Senate a
small unterri1ied force which had battled
for the last three months seeking to eS-
tablish the principles announced in the
Democratic platform. In those he saw the
nucleus wherein and whereby, on the plat
form announced, the Democratic party in
all sections west of the AlleghenieS would
stand In his opinion the great mass of the
Eastern Democracy would finally also stand
this, and together upon that platform
the Democracy would march to triumph.
The advocates of silver were not discour-
aged on the contrary, when the sherman
. law was wiped from the statute book, the
sole issue would be made whether this
country should go to the gold monOmetal-
lisn, which had practically bankrupted Eu-
rope or re-establish the monetary system
of the Constitution. There might be a spas
modic revival Of business now, said Mr..
Bland but it could not last. In this coun-
try stocks h I'd already begun 70 fall and if
anything should rise on account of the re-
peal Of the Sherman law and going TO a
gold standard, it should be stocks, for the
legislation had been in the interest of stock
jCbbing operations. applause. The old
world in distress, however, and Amer
lean securities were sent back to this cOun-
try, notwithstanding the repeal of the Sher-
man law The law has been rel ealed in the
interest of stock gambling, and wheat and
cotton and the products of the farm had
been depressed by il.
When Mr Bland had finished he yielded
to Mr.. Bryan, who said: I'VE have been
told that the Democratic platform demand
ed the unconditional repeal or the Sherman
law No person has yet brought in single
word of any platform that substantiated
the statement. Gentlemen who favor this
bill may follow the leadership OF John Sher-
man and call IL Democracy, but, so help me
God, until ne is converted 10 the true prin-
ciples Of finance, 1 shall never follow him
and call It Democratic or honest. You have
done this" Mr.. Bryan referred 70 the bi-
metallic declaration contained i'm the bill as
il passed the House, and declared that Con-
gTesS was not established 10 make promises.
Its duty was to legislate At the time OF
the ballot was the means by which the
American people remedied their grievances.
What would the people say when they
elected Representatives pledged 10 a plat
form and 10 principles. and then found that
those pledges We're not binding when the
Representatives came TO represent the
cause? Jt was a blow at representative
government