Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-03-09

seigniorage bill, general debate to close
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Further proceedings under the call
were dispensed with, 1913 to 8, and Mr..
Bland seeing it was probable that
quorum could not be secured. withdrew
his motion to limit the debate and
moved to go into committee of the
whole for further debate
Mr.. Hatch took the chair and Mr..
Bowers, of California, spoke in favor
Of the bill and was followed by Mr..
Allen, of Miss, in favor of the bill.
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, opposed the
bill. The republican party, he de-
clared, always stood for honest money,
for maintaining all classes of currency
at parity. Mr. Heard argued in favor
of the first section of the bill and
urged that it would be well to separate
it from the second section.
Representative Bryan, Of Nebraska,
said he did not share in the criticisms
Of eastern democrats. He regarded it
as a valuable safeguard to the minority
to refrain from voting. Mr.. Bryan
turned his attention to the recent bond
issue. He read a letter from the treas
ury department stating that from Feb
to 10 over $18,0OO,00O gold had been
paid out in redeeming notes. Mr.
Bryan said that this disclosed that the
men who gave gold to the treasury by
buying bonds first drew gold out of
the treasury. The present indication
was that the gold reserve is being de-
pleted for the purpose Of compelling
another bond issue. The western re
publicans would be as Independent as
the eastern democrats. They should
voice the sentiment of the west to give
the people more money"
When" said Mr.. Bryan, addressing
the republican side, twill you ever
give the people more money!
Mr.. Walker, Rep.,) of Massachusetts,,
Never"
M. Bryan-"Yes, the gentlemen will
never give the people the money they
want"
Mr.. Walker-"I said never fiat
L oney."
At the close Of Mr.. Bryan's speech the
house adjourned.
Washington, Feb. 2S.-The senators
were for the most part interested in
the caucus on the tariff bill so little
was done in the upper house. A batch
of Hawaiian correspondence was read
and commented on by Senator Frye.
In the house Mr.. Bland moved to go
into committee of the whole in con
sideration Of the seigniorage bill; that
general debate close at 3 o'clock to-
morrow, and demanded the previous
question.
Mr.. Johnson, of Ohio, called atten-
ton to the fact that the rules of the
house expressly require members pres
ent to vote. The speaker ruled that the
roll call should not be interrupted. Mr.
Johnson then reserved his point till
! the conclusion Of the roll call. When
this was completed Mr.. Livingstone
renewed Mr.. Johnson's point of order
and demanded that Mr.. Tracy, who re,
fused to vote, be held in contempt of
| the house. Mr.. Johnson said he had a
list of twenty-five members who mad
| not voted.
Mr.. Livingstone demanded that the
speaker enforce the rule under the de,
cision OF the supreme court. But
! returned the speaker, 1.-The chair only
has power to request members to abide
by rule. The chair is the organ of the
house, not its mI4er (applause) and as
long as the present occupant is in the
chair he will never make the rule
renewed applause)
The vote on Mr.. BANDS motion stood
169 to 5, five short Of a call of the
house. The cali developed the presence
of 265 members. Further proceedings
under call were dispensed with. 1S1
to 3, and the vote required upon Mr.
BANDS demand for the previous ques.
ton on motion. The deadlock was
broken on the vote after two weeks
Of filfbustering. The demand for the
previous question On Mr.. Bands mo-
ton was sustained, 1T to Z. Loud
cheers greeted the announcement. Mr.
Tracy Immediately moved to recon
slider the vote by which the demand
was sustained.
The house was again blockaded just
as the last barrier was being removed,
a quorum being lost ON the question of
adoption Of special order. Mr. Outh-
waite stated that this question would
come up as soon as the house convened
tomorrow and moved adjournment.
Carried