The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-10
FIGHT FOR WHITE METAL
The House Refuses to Grant Clio
ture on the Silver Bill.
REPEAL MEASURE KILLED.
Entire Silver Special Order Recon-
mitted to the Rules Committee.
A Close Vote on the Measure, Advocates
of the White Metal Having Ma
jority of Ten-A Very Warm
Time on the Floor.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Immediately
after the reading of the journal in the
House today Mr.. Catchings, Democrat
of Mississippi, called up the resolution Of
the committee on rules setting apart this
Legislative day and (if necessary the next
Legislative day for consideration OF the bill
repeating the Sherman silver act.
Mr.. Bacon, Democrat, of New York,
offered an amendment for vote on the
the bill and all pending amendments at
p. m. tomorrow, after which dilatory mo.
tions shall be entertained until the bill is
finally disposed of. In brief speech he
said the silver question should be disposed
of here and now. The amendment in
form was exactly like that proposed by
Mr.. Bland last summer and was in sub
stance the same as the rules reported by
such staunch Democrats as Randall ano
Mills and by Republicans such as Reed
He would accordingly move to vote down
the previous question in order that a vote
might be obtained. Gentlemen should
understand that vote against his motion
was vote against the bill and they must
take the responsibility. He told his side
of the House that the rulos committee
were not here opposing his motion, au-
thority for which statement Mr.. Pierce OF
Tennessee disputed.
Mr.. Bland, Democrat, of Missouri then
took the floor for the other side. Gentle
men Who were here now demanding
cloture were all opposed to considering
it last summer. Now they wanted a
cloture in order to demopetize silver at
the dictation of Wall street. The bill
proposed to be brought up was mon
frosty. Leave silver alone until the
tariff is revised and the alien laws re-
formed, on which they were all agreed
Mr.. BANDS words were loudly applauded
Mr.. Bartine, Republican, of Nevada, q
free silver Repu blican, followed in a
speech against the amendment of Bacon e
and the repeal of the subsequent law.
He gave warning that the Andrew Cate
bill would never be brought to vote il
he could prevent it, for the gentleman
from New York and his associates had
filibustered the free silver bill to death.
Mr.. Watson, Republican, from Georgia
denounced the Andrew Cate bill as a do
nation to national banks.
Mr.. Bryan, Democrat, of Nebraska OPP
posed the amendment to the rule because
he opposed The bill. The Sherman bill
was hostage given the free coinage men
by the gold bugs, and they would hold
the child ugly and deformed as it was
until they were given free coinage.
Mr.. Walker, Republican, of Massa-
chusetts pleaded with every Republican
to vote against the previous question.
Mr.. Taylor, Republican OF Illinois, OPP
posed Mr.. Bacon's amendment, stating
this bill was brought in Sat the dictation
of the gentleman we declared elected
president Yesterdays He was surprised
that Democratic president had any in
fluence on the Republican side. The
Sherman act was Republican measure
and the Republicans should stand by it.
Mr.. Cox, Democrat of Tennessee,
closed for the silver men in speech de-
nouncing the proposed measure as a con-
traction of the currency.
Mr.. Springer, Democrat of Illinois,
closed for the other side, declaring he was
in favor OF the amendment and that clo-
ture was Democratic.
There was great confusion, amid which
Mr.. Bland could be heard shouting
sswhere is the tariff
Mr.. Catchings, Democrat of Missis-
sippi, on behalf of the rules committee
Welded to Mr.. Reed, Republican o.
Maine, who said the Sherman act was 8
compromise measure passed to stay thu
strong feeling in favor of free coinage
Mr.. Reed then spoke for cloture. De-
liberation, he said, sometimes went OF
until it ceased to be an absolute, unquali-
fed advantage to community. Laugh.
ter. He hoped and expected to see the
currency question removed from the do
main of politics and closed by ridiculins
Bryan's speech and proposition, saying
he would find that the Democrats in power
must be bound by common sense and
eternal verities.
Mr.. Catchings, Democrat, of Missis
sippi, said the Committee on Rules had ne
feeling one way or the other about the
action of the House on its report, ano
then demanded the previous question
When the roll call was taken ordering
the previous question the interest was in
tense and many members followed the
call with tally sheets of their own wher
it was generally known that the silvel
men had carried the day and ordered tn,
previous question Mr.. Williams demanded
a reorganization of the vote, after which
the speaker, amid applause, declared thu
previous question ordered by vote OF
yeas 152, nays 143. The detailed vote il
as follows: