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NO SILVER NOR TARIFF.
House Rejects Free Coinage and the
Senate the Revenue Bill.
NO FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.

Bv Vote of 215 to 90 the Representa-
tives Refused to Concur in the Free
Silver Substitute Attached to the Bond
Bill in tho senate---The Tariff Side
tracked in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. c., February 15.-Signif-
cant events happened at both ends Of the
Capitol Thursday afternoon. Free coinage
or silver was defeated, after ten days de-
bate, for this Congress at least, by vote OF
30 to 100, in the House, and by a vote OF 81
to 20 the Senate refused to take up the Ding
ley Tariff bill. which action probably ends
all attempts at tariff legislation by the Fifty
fourth CONGRESS. Four Republican silver
Senators bolted from their party and voted
against the motion to take up the tariff bill.
Al. OF these four Senators were from silver
producing States, and one OF them was Sen
ator Carter.
In the House the silver men of both parties
mustered eighty votes for free coinage out OF
total membership of over three hundred
and fifty.
Although the galleries were thronsed to-
day. and there was good deal OF outside IN
lCEtSt III tUo ClOSiuS VI tno uOpest.. ~
denced by the presence OF Senator sherman
and Others from the other end OF the Capitol,
the debate itself was only saved from utter
stagnatien BY q very spirited ana very per-
soral encounter between Messrs. Dearmond
and Hail, both Missouri Democrats, on dill
ferent sides of the financial question.
Propositions were offered during the day
to concur with amendments as follows: 10
coin the American silver product. for the re-
tention ofthe ssigniorage by the Government
and to open the mints to the free coinage OF
silver at the ratio Of 15I< to when Germany
and France should have agreed upon similar
action. ALI were defeated by large majori-
ties. The last proposition, offered by MIR.
Towne, Of Minnesota, mustered hfty-three
votes, the highest number OF any. Mr..
Towne had stated to the House that similar
propositions would be submitted to the
Reichstag and French Parliament at the
present sessions.
The most significant statement came is
the form OF an intimation from Mr.. Dingley
that bill might be reported from the Ways
and Means Committee looking to the lnltla-
ton by this country Of q project for another
internationa, monetary conference to meet
within year.
Just before the close Of the debate 4 very
spirited and personal encounter took place
between Mr. Dearmond and Mr.. Hall, both
Missouri Democrats on different sides OF the
financial question. Mr. hall took the In
itIative.
The debate on the silver bill was closed in
the House by Mr.. Crisp, Of Georgia, Ia favor
Of free coinage, and by NIr. Turner, OF
Georgia, and Mr.. Dalzell, OF Pennsylvania,
against It. When the vote was taken there
was majority OF 125 votes against the free
coinage substitute for the bill to protect and
maintain the coin redemption fund and pro-
vide for temporary deficiencies OF revenue.
Ex-Speaksr Crisp's motion to agree to the
substitute was lost by vote OF 80 yeas to
2l5 nays. Fifty members were absent. IL
every member had been present and had vot-
ed, the majority against the Senate substl-
tute would have been nearly, if not quite,
l40. The affirmative votes were cast by sixty
FIVE Democrats and Popullsts. one silver
member and twenty-four Republicans. The
negative votes were cast by 1874 Republicans
and thirty-one Democrats.