New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-10
THE CURRENCY BILL DEAD.
TEST VOTE IN THE HOUSE.
AN ORDER FOR CLOSING THE DEBATE
REJECTED.

| ND ECl
! DEMAND FOR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE
PROPOSAL. or THE COMMITTEE on RULES
DEFEATED BY I2t To 1870 THUS ENDS
THE PROSPECT OF FINANCIAL
LEGISLATION At THIS sES-
sloN-No MoCRNERs At
THE FUNERAL.
feY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEI
Washington. Jan. 9-By a vote Of 12i yeas 10
1870 nays the House Of Representatives. to-day
fused to second the demand for the previous ques-
tlon on special order reported by the Committee
on Rules. which provided that vote should be
taken on the Administrators Currency bill and
all pending amendments on Saturday. This vote
did not by any clearly disclose the
strength. or the weakness rather, of that meas
ure which would probably have been buried
under an adverse majority of at least sixty Il the
question had been on It's passage. At least thirty
Democrats who voted to sustain the report Of the
Committee on Rules stood ready to vote against
the bill Itself
II is probable that the demand for the previous
question would have been sustained and the spe-
clal order adopted II "A reasonable request. made
10y Messrs. Reed ard Dingley in behalf OF the Re-
7 puul'dhS, ndu brFn granted lH'S HtSlIeu
have the order 50 modified that Sections Q and 10
~ the bill-which the concluding sections an1
upon which the first eight sections depend
should be- first considered and disposed Of in order
that Intelligent action might be- taken upon the
other sections Sections and 10 are those which
provide for the rehabilitation Of State banks Of
ssuc upon certain conditions. There a we'll
defined and wholly reasonable fear that within
the time allowed before the final vote was to be
taken Il would be found impracticable to consider
more than the first six or eight sections. and
therefore that the vital sections. relating t. State
banks. would receive no consideration whatever.
Past experience under special orders ike the one
proposed to-day has taught tho Republicans the
wisdom and necessity Of exceeding caution. An
other obstacle t. the adoption Of the rule was the
fear Of Bland and other free silver Democrats
that ~ opportunity would be given to offer free
silver substitute for the bill and obtain a vote
upon II.
SPRINGER STILL CONFIDENT
The vote of to-day did not alter the parliamen-
tary status o, the bill motion to 20 into the
Committee of the Whole 10 consider il will he
IN order whenever the chairman = the Banking
and Currency Committee shall be recognized to
make It. and It will then bc FOR the majority 10
determine whether r. shall receive further con-
sidera ion Tho moral effect ~ to-day's vote l. an
entirely different matter. The pertinent and I'M
portani question is: rs the Administrations
Currency bill dead" Mr. Springer. Of course. re-
plies I'm the negative. with great emphasis ana
with an anectation OF cheer.uness and serene
confidence that in any other man would be pa
th~.' 10 Tribune correspondent this after
noon the Sangauon statesman said:
40 a. not consider that t0-days vote impars
%
iicai,s ina, a majority of ne House Is un"IunS
,o acc.p. u confidently expect thai some sort
u currency legislation Will be- had AT this session.
and intend az every proper oppoI .N 10 prsss
ihlnk we'll u a soldier Who would run away before
% gun had been nrel because he sh% me si'hm "l
whether tho Committee Rules wi,i brink in
another special order or not, h"i snail tfl I'D 40
MS lu'y ia ans event ani keep on trying until tne
lth ~ March y neccssary
What Mr. Springer would d. after that dat"
he did not say. In reply to "a question he said
hat he hal not considered or heard Of any prop'-
s.fon for substitute for ihc substitute which
would haze been considered in Lou of the pending
hu II tnc special order had been adopted to-day.
II there vas another member ~ the House oi
Representatives his afternoon who shared Ch'lr-
man Sprnger's opinion that the bill was not drai
beyond the hope Of resurrection. that man was
not discovered Every friend ~ the measure
present had voted 10 sustain tie demand for th"
by at least thirty Democrats who would have
voted against the bill itself. AMI together they
mustered only l2i votes. Despite the fact that
.yerybodv regarded the vote a. having sealed the
fate of the measure no sign of grief. nconsola-
ble or otherwise could be detected. II there were
niourners they succeeded admirably in control
ling or comcealing their real feelings
What Will you do next" asked tribune
correspondent Of Speaker Crisp half an hour
after the vote
we will take up and consider the appropria-
tlon bills and dispose of them IN regular orde''
was the reply.
But what about the Currency biiii
well. do not see how anything can be done
about that unless the House changes hS h'h"
The bill could not be brought To maj Vo'' "a
cept by a special order, and the majority mas just
refused even 10 consider special order
win another special order be- reported IN taN'r
~ the bi?'
no. / think not Judging from present "Pp'"'
snces I regard the matter as closed.
CARLISLE TAUGHT \ LESSON
Secretary Carlisle arrived at the Capl'o' h""
an hour later aud held u private conference WIN
Speaker Crisp In which IL Is undefs'oo" '' VI So
that another effort be made to secure ''' ""'P
,io, or snoclaI order for the consideration ana
disposition of III" currency p""
succeeded in persuadinS the speaker 80 ''''
course is not yet known. 1t may p' sal" y"
fairly good authority that the Secretary OF th'
Treasury has prepared some '"P"''"''
mcnts t. the pending bill. which. II IL Sha" w
dcared exnedient will he proposed I'm the form o'
suhstitute to take tn place OF the pehu"H /
suhs,Itute Two provisions of the new sche"e
,re s,id IA n. first a ,cciion authorizing the
issuc ~ honds hearing interest at the ra'e "'
not exceeding per cent per annuW i"' ''V
purpose of maintaining the gold reserve anu
meeting any deficit in the current revenues ""'"
ovor pocess,rv and second. authorizing the com !