The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-15
THE DEFEAT ON SILVER
Another Setback for White Metal
Adherents in Congress.
THEIR DEFEAT OVERWHELMING.
Senate Amendment Defeated by 215 to 90.
At the Night Session Mr.. Tslbert Is As
sailed by Mr.. Hardy and Retaliates in
Gentle Sarcasm.

Gentle Sarcasm.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The majority
against free silver in the house yesterday,
when the final vote was taken on concur
renee in the senate free coinage amend
ment, was larger than that of Thursday
in committee of the whole. On Thursday
the motion to concur was defeated by 100
to 80, a majority Of 10; yesterday it was
beaten by 2l5 to 80, majority of 1875. The
vote was record making vote and count
ing the pairs but thirty-seven out of 356
members were unaccounted for. Perhaps
few absentees lodged, but most Of them
were unavoidably absent and were unable
to secure pairs. An analysis of the vote
shows that 1884 Republicans and thirty one
Democrats voted against concurrence and
flfty-eight Democrats, twenty-five Repub-
licans and seven Populists for concur
renee. 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 number of SEN
ators sat through the five hour debate.
Secretary Herbert was also present. Ex-
Speaker Crisp presented the closing ar
gument for the silver men, and was re-
piled to by Mr.. Turner, Democratic col
league from Georgia. in two hour speech.
The personal rivalry between the two
leaders of the opposing factions of the
Democratic side of the house added to the
interest of the occasion. Mr. Dalzell, of
Pennsylvania, closed in behalf of the Re-
publicans. The partisans of the respective
champions missed no opportunity to ao-
claim their approval when telling points
were made
A very exciting row was only prevented
at the night session of the house, which
was devoted to the consideration of private
pension bills, 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 resolution to censure him for
Unreasonable and seditious" language.
Last night Mr.. Talbert was opposing a
bill to pension soldiers widow who had
subsequently remarked and had been di-
vorced from her second husband when
Mr.. Hardy, Indiana Republican, arose and
made a savage personal attack upon Mr..
Talbert. South Carolina, he said, had al
ways been raising her voice in opposition
to the Union.
eve have heard from South Carolina "
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 G.. 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
| gentleman from South Carolina appears
in this body and a gentleman with sim
liar propensities appears at the other end
of the Capitol. Her record here is with
! out parallel. | am here to vote for every
pension bill presented to this house, in
spite of South Carolina, which has not
sent an honest representative to congress
since 1872"
Mr.. Talbert was evidently suffering un-
der great excitement while this attack was
being made and an outbreak was expected,
but he restrained himself with difficulty
and turned the attack with pleasant ref
erence to the fact that Canada had been
heard from (Mr. Hardy was born in Can
ada) Later however, while he was dis
cussing another bill, he took occasion to
remark that he had noticed those who
had taken no part in the war were loudest
in their proclamations of patriotism and
their denunciations of those who had
fought against the Union. Mr.. Talbert
himself served in the Confederate army
throughout the war. Mr.. Hardy did not
serve in the Union army. II have no
ticed," concluded Mr.. Talbert, that those
who are invincible in time of peace were
generally invisible in time of war"