People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-08-13

the Bland movement, II; against it,
rs. Congressional Record, volume
q, part l, page 6lS3.
COngers substitute was then voted
on, measure entirely unfriendly to
silver. Republicans voting for the
COnger substitute, 1877; against it,
In the Senate June Il, Mr.. Plumb
moved to amend the bill I'll. R. 5S3l).
His amendment was for free and un-
limited coinage of silver. Republi.
cans voting for, Is; against, q. The
bill, however, was not defeated. The
bill as amended passed the Senate.
Republicans voting for the bill, 10;
against, p. Congressional Record,
volume q, part l, page 6lS3.
Ia the House June q, a vote was
had on the Plumb Senate amendment
of this and the measure defeated.
Republicans for, 81; against, 100.
In the Senate June 4. Mr.. Stewart
moved free coinage to bill. Repub.
llcanS for it, Is; against, 81. Mr.. Vest
then offered a substitute providing
free and limited coinage of silver.
Republicans for, Is; against, 26. Con.
greSsiOnal Record, volume 116, page
1923.
In the house February 6, Mr.. Bland
moved an amendment to the Sundry
civil appropriation bill to the effect
that the bill provide for the free COIN
age Of Silver, which was ruled out on
a point of order Mr.. Bland appealed
from the decision of the chair. Re-
publicanS voting to sustain the chair,
III; against, IL.
In the House March a, 1892, a bill
for the free coinage of silver was up.
Mr.. Burrows Rep moved to table it.
Republicans for, So; against, II. The
motion was lost. A motion to recon-
slider was agreed 20, and a motion to
table, the second time, was lost. Re-
publicans voted as before. Congress
siOnal Record, volume l22.
ln the Senate July l, 1892, Senate
bill for free coinage of silver No. 81
passed. Republicans for the bill, 10;
against, 30. Congressional Record,
volume 125.
In the Senate July 6, an attempt
was made to refer this bill to the com.
mittee on banking and currency,
which failed, only 10 Republicans vOt-
ing against the movement.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
In the House August IL, 1893, Mr..
Wilson offered a bill repeating the
purchasing clause Of the Sherman act
lin peoples parlanCe) Of July IA, 1890.
For this Wilson bill Mr.. Bland pro-
posed an amendment embracing free
coinage of silver into legal tender
dollars, and with his amendment Mr..
Bland submitted special order as to
the manner OF the debate and the
questions to be voted on, which order
was agreed tG; and under the provis-
ions OF the order the House proceeded
to consider the proposition therein,
all of which are not material herein,
but some of them only, which 1 here
state, and first effecting this question:
First-Free coinage of silver at the
ratio Of l6 tOl. Republicans for, Il;
against, Ill.
SecOnd-Free coinage of silver at
the ratio Of Il to l, Republicans for,
Is; against, 10.
Third-On a proposition to restore
the Bland-AllisOn act, 10 Republicans
voted for the restoration; ITO against.
In the Senate October 2S, Mr.. Stew
art offered an amendment to a bill
providing for the coinage of American
UNITED Statesl silver into legal ten
der money. A large majority OF the
Republicans voted against this meas
ure. Congressional Record, vol
ume ID.
In the Fifty-third and last Congress
there were more than thirty measures
introduced in the interest Of silver,
for its restoration and its extended
use as money metal, which are not
embraced in this abstract, against
which little less than twO-thirds of
the Republicans in the Senate voted
and against which little more than
four-ffths Of the Republicans in the
House voted. All of which to men,
ton here in detail would be to extend
this abstract beyond what is necessary
for the proof. See the Record, which
covers the time.
My Republican friend, your friend
ship for silver is well illustrated by
the man and the sheep which he had
run into the Quagmire. When the
man had got the sheep well stuck in
the mud he began Immediately to ex-
pless sympathy for the sheep. He
said: "Poor creature, / will help it