The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-15
THE VOTE ON SILVER
Senate Substitute Mas showed Under
by Large Vote.
TWO GEORGIA DEMOCRATS CLOSED.
One for Concurrence and the Other
Against 1t.
TALBERT ANSWERED ATTACK
By saying "Those InvincibIc In Peace
We're lnvinciblc in War; He Pre-
a. vented "A Row.
For Free Silver, 90.
Against Free Silver, 215.

Washington. February 1.-THE majority
against silver in the house today. when
the final vote was taxed on concurrence In
the senate free coinage amendment. was
larger than that OF yesterday In committee
of the whole. Yet the motion to concur
was dcfeated-lso to So majority OF 10:
today It was beaten 2i5 to 30. n majority
of l25. The vote today was n record max
ing vote, and. counting the pairs but 81
out OF 1856 members were uhaccounted for.
Perhaps a few absontees lodged. but mos.
of them were unavoidahy absent and
were unable to secure pairs.
The silver men, who yesterday predicted
much greater showing of strength, to-
day were disappointed The sound
money" leaders had been disposed to con-
cede the silver forces 100 votes An analy-
sis of the vote today shows that 1884 repuh-
l,cans and 81 democrats voted against nom
concurrence, and IS democrats. % repub-
Leans and populists for concurrence.
The debate which preceded the vote was
! of an interesting character but devoid OF
any sensational feature
The galleries, as usual or n financial day
In tho lower branch of congress. were
crowded to the doors, and quite number
VI StIldlOlSs lHtIuullE fatiileT Oh liNlttls
Bacon OF Georgia, Cockrell of Missouri
| and Butler of North Carolina, sat through
the five hours debate Secretary Herbcr.
| was also present.
Ex-speaker Crisp presented the closing
argument for the silver men and was re-
piled to by Mr. Turner n democratic col
| league from Georgia, in n two hours
speech The personal rivalry between the
| ., Of
the democratic side OF the house addeu TO
| the interest of the occasion. MIR. Dalzell
of Pennsylvania closed In behalf of the re-
| publicans. The partisans of the respective
champions. missed no opportunity to ac-
/ claim their approval when telling points
were made, ana at tic close tho honors
! seemed even.
Mr. Dlngiey, chairman of the ways mnd
means committee, insisted on the regular
1 order as soon as the journal had been
read. ana under the arrangement made
| Yesterday one hour was allowed on each
| side for closing.
! Mr. Crisp Dem, Cal representing free
silver, said this was an economic question,
ana no matter what views the members
might have entertained In the past. he az
sumed IN casting his vote today each
member would do so conscicntiQusly IN
accordance with the dictates of his CON
Victons
/ Nlr. crisp opened his argument proper
| with the familiar words: I'm 1873 congress
/ dcmone i2td silver
| AT TIE very threshold of the subject. he
| said, TINS was denied, and ii was also de-
MED that up to 1873 we had had bimotal-
| lism in this country He quoted Baron
| Rothschilds statement that prices were
| regulated by the aggregate OF circulation,
gold asd silver. Prices were fixed by me
J amount Of primary money In the world
/ If the standard in ENGLAND was gold, IN
| FRANCE silver and in China silver, the
measure Of values would be the combined
amount of both gold and silver circulating
as money. Money WIS the thing, Tor
| which all contcnded. and the sum OF thc
demand for money was equal 10 the de-
mand fer all things clse on earth. II
metal was made money by law; deInanu
! for that metal would be created among al
| the people and It's value would necessarily
! Increase with the increased demand.
| Here he road from statements mae ny
! Senator sherman in 1876 that the demon
! citation of silver had caused "a rrducuuh
I of It's price and had created "A MAI seIah,-
he for gold on the part OF Ensi,'lu,
ciated IT'S price and had induced laii NJ
| prices throughout the world 1hat iail OF
| prices, Mr. crisp asSerted was llrgeN uue
| citation OF silver. II was not the ran OF
prices thai was complained or uut ln'
I constant and steady fan OF prices duc 70
! the '5!i".ti'S "Pi9 aifp,,,ss sneech of the
! feau IRON a. ,b., itnf,iish ,,brIiament at
nun ,istan, ~ oi,,,c 81 a"rlculture In gold
! u'hutlilE w ~, '..,,,.,ci,-iion Of gold and
c1GntlinsS 10 "a advspt,,os n rave 10 silver
lnG a, "a Mr. Hairo,ir mad also declared
! thal iue u 5''Ih ~ y,tr,. mn forward at
rom ""'o'
! Hoiiv, ti,,lno Mr. Crisp affirmed the exits
tancn 81 a We'll defined purpose by those
H., "o,tthorttv both here and abroad, 10
H,,,..g. no urire Of silver In order to
a,pro,S ,,s Ne rdmonetlzation. lie cited the
| i,ienSt ,r in which the Bland Allison act OF
| iRhn,l ~. ",,,,dd mo cninarc OF tho mini
Is,s wv a,,'o,,nt vnder the act and the re-