The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
AGAINST FREE COINAGE
The House Refuses to Concur in the
Senate's Bond Substitute.
END or A THO WEEKS DEBATE
After Long Speeches for and Against
Free Coinage the Senate Substitute
Is Rejected by a Vote Of 2IS
to OO-Study Of the Vote.


thorizing bond sales to maintain the
gold reserve, sales Of treasury certifi-
Gates to meet the temporary deficiencies
in revenue and providing additional
revenue for the treasury. Nothing else
was presented in the course of the five
hours session. The closing debate was
notable principally because of the fact
that the principal speeches for and
against free coinage OF silver We're
made by two Democrats. both mem-
bers of the committee on ways and
means, and both from Georgia-Messrs.
Crisp and Turner, respectively. The
closing speech against the senate's sub
stitute was made by Mr. Dalzell. (Rep.,
Pa) The speeches We're Of unusual
length and throughout the speakers
We're listened to with attention
el spectacle of Messrs. Crisp and
Turner arrayed against each other be-
ing a strong factor In the case. While
Mr.. Crisp was speaking Senators Lodge,
Pritchard. Burrows, Halmer. Tillman.
Bacon. George. Cockrell and Mantle.
and Secretary Herbert We're observed
on the floor
the previous question was ordered. pro
forma, and at the suggestion OF Mr..
Dlngley, (Rep.. Me.b In order that there
might be no misunderstanding 1t was
put in this form: shall the house
concur In the senate substitute"
When the Roll Was Called.
The roll was called amid extraordln-
airy quiet, and at its conclusion the
cause of absence OF those not present
was stated by their colleagues, so great
was the anxiety to have the record
show the attitude OF every member
toward the proposition. a study Of the
vote shows that twenty-five Republi-
cans. fifty-eight Democrats. one Silver
ite and all the Populists voted In favor
of free coinage; and that lS4 nepubli-
cans and thirty-one Democrats against
it. The Democratic vote against free
coinage was six greater than the Re-
publican vote for 1t.
The yeas and nays were called, re-
sulting, nays 2l5 to 20 ayes. as follows:
tMissJ, Allen drtah,. bailey. Bakqr
,KasJ. Bankhead. Bahan. Bartlett 0aD.
Bell (ColD, Bell (Tex.). Black tGa.). Bow
ers. Broderick. Clarity Cockrell, Cooper
tKasJ, De Armond. Dinsmore- Doekery,
Doolttle. Downing, Ellis, GamDie. Hart
man, Hermann, Hil9orn, Hntcheson,
Hyde. Johnson Ca, y Jones. KEN. Ken
Little, Livingston. LstKasrt: Loud. MAI.
doy. Mcguire, Marsh, Mcclure, McCu-
loch. McKennsy. McLaehlin. McI.aurn.
McMillin, McRae. Meredith, ondell, Sney,
sou u nicS.rason RnSbns Rohertson ia
Ssysrs SbsW sufford skinner. SPENCER
stokes. Strait, Strswd IN. O., Swanson,
Talber, Tate; Terry: TSTRs, s..sr Tyler ,,1 Wn.
;sms Wi,ssn IdaS wilson Is. q.
ManS.rI ,Ss Vo.kun yeasNRep,IblIcsn
Is: Democrats. Is: Popullst. s; Silver, Mr..
NavsNlc cbjssn. Alrich. Andrews, Ar.
roIs IA IL Atwood Avery Babcock.
po,u RsN.r IN IJa - 'RaLsr ~ ~ Rarnsv. Sar.
tholdi sarsles, hInsS N ,shon 3 sau Hua Reatnsr
Ser,.; DinSm. brn,,,.,.r Wrn,,weu Rros',s
Dusee' pyon prn,,,m, nm Rnrreii Rnrton
Mo| Rnrtnn to1' Calderhesd' Cannon.
CytehingsS, S InleSerlnS nSan Hark Eottin NM coson
tMo.h. MooS i, SNo. Iu,is :, Wooka III, Coon'
scrEE az TETa Soonsr WIS., Corliss. Cousins
Crowther Crp'mn. curtis TaI. Curtis
CroWtheT; n,,uai, nam"p, na nf"rd nanisIs nenny
~: H. Daiara DnHra n,,ivor na mn,anor Oes nrs'
DeVii.. DihS ey; Sn Gans' En;r
PER Eliot .s' So, nroIilmi r;unh n'ai,S Tl.,char
Sninu. rsas. Gar,nn,. rr Sihsnn Gi,,st ~ w
c;,istt ,us.sr craff e;rifin' Grosvenor
Grn,,t Eraw ussiex Haxer Hail IMoG
Haltsrman. Hardy. Harmer, Harris Har-
rison. Hart, Hatch Heatwole. Heiner
(PaD Hemenway. Henderson. Hendrick
Henry Conn), Hepburn: Hicks, Hill
.Conh;,, Hitt lA.), Mo0keT, H9pkuils,
1o"e. Huupnra; uIIM unr,. w JanL;nss
w. va; a nuh nS.n St. nSrieS' 1oy Se"SaT' X arr
K,aysr Knnx KUN / 'acev' lawson. Lefe.
yre Lsighty. Lsisenring, Lewis, Long,
Jo,,derstager. Lok. Mahany, Mahan. Me-
Cs, (NsssD. Mccall (Tenn.). McCleary
Mirn). Mcclellan, Mccormick. Mc,rra-
nv tkvD. Mermer Msyes. Niles. Miller
Nv. Na.) inor wv Isy M"oo.; unrpns' nd
Noohan, Nor'n WY, Opo po.;.rsom paw.
,U.. psrt IN, U"e phi,Iins Pitnev' POOLE. price,
princa puah. Ouig< Raw. Reeves. Rey-
burn. Royse. Risk. Russell (Ga). Sauer-
herring. Scranton. Settle. shannon. Sher-
wan. Simpkins, Smith mn Smith tMich;).
Snover. Sorg. Soutrara: ssntnwick'
S2alains. Sherry; s1a me, Sae'e; Ws TspneI- ~
snn' ste"sr. W -, % "" S,roa fT.hI
so"t; ,,,,a,,a,. c,miyar Taft Harsney'
To TavIor Thomas' Trscpwell. Ira
cey' Hoar, Tucker. Turner Ga.). Turner
Vao. upnerdegros. Van .vorhis: Wads-
worth. Wolknr Mass, WaE, Wanger'
warner. Wasnineton. MASON .,',, ,nh,. WI NJ,
son ml. Wellington Whte: Mursr.
son 90. Moou, W rIn,, ~. total s15 @p"'"
c'r; M, 10 ,,,,e,ing nai,s we're announced.
e., ,,o,,,od he;ny in favor of the
.a ~ s,,hstitnta. McDearmon and
,r'''tc p,nLiar aad Adams panna.
S.o,',,,os -, onn.rd. XVII. and Rus
s",i nf Cow pardIeton md Handley.
Cohh Of Ala and powers: Howard and
E.ddy
,rh. ,,ota elbows that Mr.. Crisp was
o,ia "a ca,rv With him ali but three of
tba eleven representatives from Geor-
gia Messrs Lawson and Russell align
Inc themselves with Mr.. Turner against
free coinage
The house committee on labor today
ordered a favorable report ON the bill
NJ Mr. Phillips. Of Pennsylvania, pro-
viding for the appointment of n nom
partisan committee to investigate the