Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-02-20
Washington Notes.

On Thursday, the Senate by vote OF
90 to 7r. refused to take up the tariff bill,
the majority vote being made up OF
Democrats, Populists and four free silver
Republicans, Carter and Mantle, OF Mon
tana: Dubois, of Idaho, and Teller, OF
Colorado. The spectacle of Mr.. Carter,
chairman of the Republican National
committee, thus voting with Democrats
and Populists against measure embody-
ing his party's cardinal principle, SHOWS
upon what small-sized men Its honors
and confidence have been OF late bestow-
ed. 1t was the intention OF the real Re-
publicans to call up the bill and endeav-
or IN strike out the free silver amend
neut. but Mr.. Carter and his three asso-
cites helped their party's foes to defeat
the move.
While the Senate was doing this the
House was taking a more pau1ouc
course. The Senate free silver substitute
was under final discussion IN committee
of whole. and on every occasion the
sound money members lined up solldly
An amendment to coin only American
silver was defeated by IIS to As. Mr.:
Towne's amendment, that the United
States agree to coin silver at the ratio OF
IsH to I if Germany and France will dc
the same, was defeated by I46to So, the
latter being cast by 27 Democrats and 1T
Republicans. On division, ex-Speakei
Crisp's motion to concur in the Senate
substitute was most decisively defeated
by 100 to So, majority Of ITO, or over
to 1. OF the noes, II were Democrat:
and I63 Republicans, while 81 Democrat:
and Is Republicans stood up to be count
ed for concurrence. Thus the committee
of the whole refused to concur, and i
was so reported to the House.
By the decisive vote of 2I5 to 90 The
House on Friday killed the Senate fret
| silver substitute for the bond bill. L
was a regular waterloo for free silver
The Republican party has ample reason
for pride, and the whole country TO
| gratitude at the sight of I84 Republican,
voting against the free silver heresy, ant
only 25 for it. The free silver Republi
cans. who have been claiming from 30 t.
Az votes for the Senate substitute, were
dazed at the result.
| The total vote for and against the sub
| stitute was as follows; For, 5S Democrats
25 Republicans, 6 Populists and silver1te
| Newlads, of Nevada. Against, 1874 Re
publicans and Al Democrats. The sub
stitute did not receive single vote eas
of the Ohio. Two OF the Ohio delegation
Mcclure, Republican, and Layton, Demo
| crat, were its lonely supporters: !ndl
ana voted solid against it. In Illinois i
| received the vote of one Republican ant
one Democrat The remaining 23 Re
publican votes cast for the substitute
were from the West and South, but 1t
gratifying to observe that nearly halt o
the Southern Republicans, and most o
those from the West, outside of the dis
| tinctively free silver States, vote 10
sound money.
Every Pennsylvania Congressman pres
ent voted against the substitute.
The debate was closed by Congressman
| Dalzell, of Pittsburg, who made a yer,
strong speech, The House, thougl
wearied with a long debate, accorded
him marked attention, and he was hearti
ly applauded. The feature of the debate
on the Democratic side was the speeche
of ex-Speaker Crisp and Judge Turner o
Georgia, Crisp for free silver and Iurne
for sound money. The announcement
the vote on the bill was greeted with en-
thusiastic cheering.
The bill introduced by Congressman
Phillips, for the appointment OF a non
partisan commission OF IL members, com
pose lof representatives of business, la
boz and agriculture, to investigate inous
trial problems and suggest legislation t.
meet them, was favorably reported iron
the House Labor committee Friday:
The House on Tuesday passed tn
Agricultural appropriation bill, increas
ing the appropriation for free seed
distribution from $4,000 to $4,000.