The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-02-27
PENCE TAKES The FLOOR
The WlS.ern SILVER Chlmpion Talks
From The Shsaldsr.
DESERTERS ARE ROASTED
Bland's Silver Bill Still Falls to
Reach a Vcts and the Day
is Consumed In Lively
Debate.
ARE ROASTED


inGs in the house were full of exciting in
cidents. Bland, being unable TO secure a
quorum, concluded tn allow the debate on
the bill 10 proceed, at the same time de-
clarlng he would return TO tho assault to-
morrow. Two sensational speeches fol-
lowed, ono by Pence of Colorado, who de.
nounced the republicans for submitting
To the crack OF ex-Speakcr Reeds whip,
and warned him if the election OF presi-
dent were thrown into tho house in 1906.
he would rue his iilihustering course; ami
the other by Fithian, who condemned
IN the severest terms the action OF his
democratic colleagues in taking part IN
the h!ibusier. Toward the close of the
session, Pence's reflections on PickIer
and Ellis OF Oregon drew forth from them
q statement which Pence characterized as
absolutely unirue.h He was twice called
10 order and the .iouse, by a vote, refused
10 allow nm 10 proceed. Ii is probable
'na' fehces speech will be The occasion
OF turtle comment tomorrow.
ln5 battle over the silver bill was re-
su.ned. Bland moved to go into the COM
nnlttee OF the whole on his bill, and pend
ing that to close the debate at 1 o'clock
tomorrow. On the latter motion he de.
nanded the yeas and nays. Warner
made the point Of no quorum, Bland
called for the yeas and nays. Having
again failed to obtain n quorum. Bland
| withdrew his motion 10 limit debate and
! moved to go into committee of the whole.
ihe fliiousicrers interposed no objection,
| as II lett the debate running as before,
without limit, aud was carried. Bland
explained his move by saying that mas
much as II was evident that no quorum
could be obtained to-day, he thought the
liroe could best be spent in the debate.
Fence followed in speech denouncins
the democratic backsllders from silver
supporters and Reeds tactics il, whipping
INTO the ranks of the fiIibusterers republic
cans faroring silver. He said:
ii have never engaged in the role Of
prophet, but am going TO do so now.
The next president OF the United States
| VIII be elected by vote OF the Fifty
fourth house OF representatives. II there
Is any one man here especially interested
| IT.. Knowing what will be the answer on
1 the roll call of states at that time, proba-
bly, it is the gentleman from Maine, who
to-day and upon every occasion is stand
ing up here and elsewhere 10 be measured
against Major Mckinley as candidate for
president in 1886 uaughterl. When the
question comes before this house, the voto
of daho will be as big as the vote OF
! Pennsylvania; the vote of Montana as
big as the vote of New York, each state
having one vote. / say TO him now that
whcd that roll comes by states he will rue
this day and the last Is days.
Patterson, TO whom Pence had referred
as one OF the democratic backsliders, re-
| piled. denying that he had changed his
position. Last summer he made a speech
opposing free coinage and was still OPP
| posed TO il, but lie was in favor of the
coinage of the scigniorage. Fithian, DEM
ocrat, Of Illinois, said if forced TO make a
choice between tho New York goidbugs
and the populists, the people Of the south
| and west would not be slow in choosing
the latter. There are three kinds of dem-
| ocrats in this house-real democrats,
| cuckoo democrats and Tom Reed demo-
| Gratis. As between Colorado populists
| and Tom Reed. the democrats, Enhian
said, would join the former.
"As to cuckoo democrats" said he.
"they are that class of vacillating, dodg-
| ing. uncertain, now you SEQ him and now
you don't fellows, who make speeches for
silver TO send 10 constituents and then SIT
| silent during the vote on silver; men who
| dodge the roll call" II few of these
men could block the scigniorage bill.
| Fnhan warned them that the great ma
| iori,y of democrats could with equal pro-
| priety stay here until next summer and
block the Appropriation bills.
Bland made vigorous appeal to the
democrats opposing his bill TO cease fill
| clustering. lie announced that tomorrow
morning he would move to close debate
| and every day thereafter until the bill is
| brought to a vote. The democtaiic caucus
had dccreed that it should be kept before
the house until voted up or down, and it
| would be. The ihbustercrs must tako
the responsibility for such delay as IL
| caused.
| Nelll, democrat OF Arkansas. supported
the bill and was followed ny Hepburn, re-
publican of Iowa, who called attention Ia
the fact that throughout this struggle
constitutional quorum had been present
| and he demanded that il be counted. Re
| publican apnlauseI.
| Il desire to say" intcrjcctcd Picker,
| vi DehOAhs W
feet, "tlat Pence told me he wanted to
put the democratic party in a hole and
did not intend 10 vote on a certain roll
call. but came Sinking in. lie told me
he did not want the bill 10 pass
This statement caused something of a
sensation. Pence and Ellis of Oregon
rose al the same time. And also desire
To bear witness" SAID Ellis. Pence told
me the same thing
The members crowded about the com
barants. Hepburn yielded two minutes tc
Pence.
II want 70 say" said Pence, slowly and
deliberately, "ihat Pickler states that
which is absolutely not true. and Ellis Of
Oregon-l mention names in order thai
there may be no m.siake-Ellis, whosI
wind!ngs in and out no man can keel
track OF. states that which is absolutel,
false. With neither OF them did | hay,
any such conversation"
P,ckcr insisted loudly, He did
I'll the gentleman from South Dakota.
replied Pence. "will rise to question o
privilege / will tell the house what said
and | will detail 10 the country what
have seen, and what some OF US hay,
heard IN the last five days"