The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-15
Wins in the House by Vote of
215 to 80.
The Senate Substitute Rejected
by 1925 Majority.
81 VOTERS DODGED.
Vote of the Kansas and Missouri
Representatives.
Representative Talbert Stirs Up
Rebellion Issues.

against silver in the House yesterday
when the final vote was taken on con-
currence in the free coinage amend
ment was larger than that OF
Thursday in committee of the whole.
Thursday the motion to concur was
defeated by 100 to 80, a majority of
Ito. Yesterday it was beaten 215 to
90, majority of 1875. The vote yes
terday was record making vote, and
counting the pairs, but thirty-seven
out of $50 members were unaccounted
for. Perhaps a few absentees lodged,
but most of them were unavoidably
absent and were unable to secure pairs.
An analysis of the vote shows that
1874 Repu blicanS and thirty-One Demo
Gratis voted against concurrence, and
ffty-eight Democrats, twenty-five Re-
publicans and seven Populists Cor con-
currence.
The debate which preceded the vote
was of an interesting character. but
devoid of any sensational features.
/ The galleries, as usual on a field day
in the lower branch of Congress, were
crowded to the doors, and quite a
number of senators, including Palmer,
of Illinois, Bacon of Georgia, Coclzren
of Missouri and Butler of North Caro-
lima, sat through the five hours de-
bate. Secretary Herbert was also
present.
Ex-Speaker Crisp presented the clos
ing argument for the silver men, and
was replied to by Mr.. Turner, a Dem
ocratic colleague from Georgia, in a
two hours speech. The personal ri
valry between the two leaders of the
opposing factions of the Democratic
side of the House added to the interest
of the occasion. Mr.. Dalzen, of
Pennsylvania, closed in behalf of the
Republicans The part1sans of the
tunity to acclaim their approval when
telling points were made, and at the
close honors seemed even.
The Kansas representatives voted
as follows: Yeas-Baker, Broderick,
Curtis. Nays: Blue, Calderhead,
Long.
Missouri: Ayes-De Almond, Dock
cry. Nays-Bartholdt, Burton, Clark,
Cobb, Crowther, Hall, Hubbard, Joy,
Tracey, Treloar, Tarsney.
A very exciting row was only pre-
vented at the night session of the
house by the good temper shown by
Mr.. Talbert of South Carolina, whose
utterances at the night session two
weeks ago caused Mr.. Barrett of
Massachusetts, to offer a resolution to
censure him for Unreasonable and Sc
ditious" language. Last night Mr..
Talbert was opposing a bill to pension
a soldiers widow, who had subse-
vorced from her second husband,
when Mr.. Hardy, Repu blican, Indiana,
arose and made a savage personal at
tack upon Mr.. Talbert. South Caro-
lima, he said, had always been raising
her voice in opposition to the union.
"We have heard from South Caro-
lima" said he, year in and year out,
except the four years when she was
out of the Union. She has caused
more trouble than any State in the
Union from the time when John c.
Calhoun tried to nullify the statutes
of the United States, in 1882, and
| Jackson threatened to hang him for
his pains, up to the present time,
when the condemnation South Car
| DINA appears in this body. and gen
! tIeman with similar Dropensities APP
| pears at the other end of the capitol.
! Her record here is without a parallel.
l am here to vote for every pension
bill presented to this house, despite
| South Carolina, which has not sent an
honestly elected representative to
! Congress since 1872"
Mr.. Talbert was evidently suffering
! under great excitement while this at
tack was being made, and an outbreak
| was expected, but he restrained HIM
self with difficulty and turned the at
tack with pleasant reference to the
| fact that Canada had been heard from.
| (Mr. Hardy was born in Canada.)
| Later, however, while discussing
another bill, he took occasion to re-
mark that he had noticed that those
who had taken no part in the war
were loudest in their proclama-
tions of patriotism and their denuncia-
tions of those who had fought against
the union. Mr.. Talbert himself
served in the Confederate army
through the war. Mr.. Hardy did not
serve in the Union army.
| al have noticed - ed Mr. Tal /.
| bert, that those who are invincible
in time OF peace, are generally in
visible in time of war" General
laughter)