New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-15

TIVE DEBATE, IN WHICH
MEssRs TURNER AND Dali
zELL sHoNE TO GREAT
ADVANTAGE
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE.1
Washington Feb. 1-The valentine which
the Republican House OF Representatives sent
to tn, politically piebald Senate to-day was .
majority of 125 votes against the free-coinage
substitute for the bill to protect and maintain
the coin-redemption fund and provide fer tenn
porary deficiencies of revenue. Ex-Speaker
Crisp's motion 10 agree to the substitute was
lost by of 80 yeas to 2l5 nays. Fifty
members We're absent. and at least a dozen Of
them for whom pairs could not be obtained,
would have voted In the negative II they had
been present Among the latter were Messrs.
Foss, Loriner and Belknap. of Illinois; Hainer.
Of Nebraska; Foote, Of New-York and Arnold,
Of Pennsylvania. Republicans, and Clarke. OF
Alabama; Buck OF Louisiana. and Elicit. Of
Virginia, Democrats II every member had been
presen, and had voted. the majority against
the Senate substitute would have been nearly, II
not quite. 40
ANALYSIS OF THE VOTE.
The affirmative votes cast by sixty-nvS
Democrats and Populists silver member
from South Dakota. Colorado Wyoming Mon
tana. Idaho Utah. Nevada, California, Oregon
and Washington who voted to-day We're recorded
in favor Of the motion. and that accounted for
fifteen Of the twenty-four Republican votes, Mr..
Picker. Of South Dakota not voting The other
nine Republicans who were recorded in favor Of
the motion were Messrs. Broderck and Curtis.
Of Kansas; Aitken Of Michigan; Linney and
Pearson. OF North Carolina; Marsh Of Illinois:
Mcclure. Of Ohio; Towne, of Minnesota and
Walker. Of Virginia.
The negative votes were cast by ls4 Repub-
cans and 81 Democrats The Democrats who
voted in The negative were Messrs. Bartlett Sui
zer. Walsh and Mcclellan Of New-York; Berry.
Hendrick. McCreary and Owens. OF Kentucky:
Boatner. Price and Meyer. Of Louisiana; Catch.
ings and Denny. OF Mississippi; Cobb Hall and
Tarsney Of Missouri Cooper, OF Florida: Ell
liott, Of South Carolina; Erdman and Hart. OF
pennsylvania; Harrison. OF Alabama; Lawson
Russell and Turner, OF Georgia.; Miles and Rush.
Of Maryland: sorg. of Ohio; Turner and Tucker.
OF Virginia, and Patterson and Washington Of
Tennessee. OF the Republican votes recorded in
the negative. came from Delaware. from
Maryland from Wes, Virginia; from Ken.
lucky. from North Carolina 3 from Tennessee
from Missouri and rom Texas These twen-
ty-four Southern Republican votes offset the
twenty-four affirmative votes cast by Republi-
cans.
SILVER MEN DISAPPOINTED
The froe-sllver men were naturally disappointa
ed and chagrned at the result. They had conf
IDENTITY expected thirty-fve Republican votes,
and strongly claimed ten more. and with equal
confidence they counted on at least seventy
Democratic votes Among the Democrats who
voted against free coinage to-day were Messrs
BoatneT. OF Louisiana; Hall and Tarsney of
Missouri. and Lester, of Georgia, all OF whom
voted FOR II in the House in August 1894 despite
all the influence the Democratic Administration
could bring TO bear 10 induce them TO vote
against 1t The Administration was not re-
qulred 70 exert any influence to-day either on
them other Democrats, or to prevent the
passage IF a free-conage bill by a Republican
House Of Representatives..
1t will be observed, however that the Demo.
cratic members in the House today voted abou.
two TO one in favor Of the Senate free-coinage
substitute. while the Republicans voted nearly
eight 10 one against IT, II will also be noted
that the number of Republican and Dem
ocratic votes-twenty -four-from States south OF
Mason and Dixons line recorded against
free coinage to-day.
AN INTERESTING DEBATE
That the debate which lasted until 4:30 oclock
this afternoon was interesting one was at
tested by the unusually large attendance of
members as well as by the crowds which over
flowed the galleries and remained until after the
vote was taken. Ex-Speaker Crisp occupied the
floor for hour and naf. and spoke with
great earnestness and vgof in favor OF the Sem
ate substitute. His colleague. Mr. Turner. OF
Georgia. who is also member OF the Ways and
Means Committee. repied in a speech OF equal
length Georgian pitted against Georgian
with a prospective United States Seratorship an
the possible prize Of the victor and the contest
watched with deeU interest II was ONLY
fair TO say that Mr. Turner had altogether the
best OF 1t in the opinion OF overwhelming
majority Of those who witnessed the Intellectual
duel. He had studied the subject more thor
oughly. and armed with more effective
weapons and a better supply OF ammunition than
his antagonist had At command. Mr.. Turner's
speech in every respect the ablest and most
powerful one that he has ever delivered In the
House of Representatives. and 4; was among the
best that have been heard on this phase OF the
money question in that body in score OF years
at least In fact. II simply unansweraol@
MIR. DALzEI.Ls ABLE SUMMING UP
Mr. Dalze of Pennsylvania. another memoeA
Of the WAYS and Means Committee. closed the
debate in a speech remarkable FOR Its
breadth lucldty and directness. He spoke only
an hour but he left point uncovered. ana as
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