The Portland daily press., 1894-02-09
BROTHER BLAND's BILL.
Despite Fillbustering He Tells How He
Would Coin the Seigniorage.

Despite Fillbustering He Tells How He
Would Coin the Seigniorage.
Washington, February S.-When the
House met today, Mr.. Bland moved to go
into committee of the7whole to consider
the silver seigniorage bill. Two roll calls
resulted. On the second roll-call, Mr..
Shaw, Republican of Wisconsin, when
the name of his colleague, Mr.. Babcock,
was reached, asked that he be excused.
son what excuse?n asked Mr.. Living
ston of Georgia
"On none at ALL" replied Mr.. Shaw,
defantly, "except that he is absent and
I desire to have him excused"
Some of the Democrats showed signs of
fighting, but finally concluded it was
wiser not to press the matter to- the point
of discussion and the yeas and nays, and
all objection was withdrawn. Before the
completion of the second roll-call, Mr.
Bland, having learned that 213 mem bers
had answered to their names, moved to
dispense with further proceedings under
the call. This was agreed to. The
seigniorage bill and the roll was
called. This disclosed the absence of a
voting quorum, the vote as announced
being 1916 to 6.
Mr., Bland moved a call of the House,
which was ordered The call showing
the presence of 259 mem bers, Mr. Bland
moved to dispense with further proceed
ings under it. Mr.. Tracy, Democrat of
New York, continued flipustering.r He
called for division and then for the yeas
and nays on this motion. The demand,
not being seconded by sufficient num-
ber was refused.
Mr.. Cochran asked for tellers, but a
sufficient number not having seconded
the request, il was refused. The Speaker
announced the motion to dispense with
further proceedings under tine call to
have been carried The question recurr-
ing on Mr.. Bland's motion to go into
committee of the whole, the yeas and
nays were demanded and the roll called.
On the last roll-call, the vote was, yeas,
III; nays. 4, from Democrats, and the
House went into committee of the whole
to consider the Bland silver seigniorage
bill, with Mr.. Hatch, Democrat of Miss
ouri, in charge.
Mr.. Bland explained the provisions OF
the bill. The first section provides fol-
the coinage of the seigniorage or gain on
the coinage OF silver which has accrued
to the government under the silver pur.
chase act of July IA, 1880. AS the bullion
will coin more dollars than it costs, the
gain is going on constantly while the
silver is being coined. The bill provides
for the issuance of silver certificates an6
silver notes on the seigniorage and ths
remaining silver bullion in the treasury
When these are redeemed by the silver
dollars so coined, they shall not be re
issued. The bullion is to be coined onl,
for the redemption of certificates and tn,
proposed bill is not for the purpose of re
deeming the notes issued under the Sher
man law, nor would it interfere with tn,
redemption of those notes. He though
all the silver bullion in the rreusllr,
should be coined and, as soon as the Ger
tificates issued on it are redeemed
they should not be reissued. When silye
dollars were once paid out, that ought t.
be the last of them. Mr.. Bland was sur
rounded by most Of the members On th,
floor and was the target at which thei
shafts were leveled, but without any
effect upon him;
At4.45, Mr.. Bland moved that the com
mittee rise, and this wassagreed ia. r
then offered resolution rescindin1 =,
much Of the order sdoptsA ysstsrday e e