Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-19
HOUSE PASSES BILL
Eleven Democrats Vote for Financial
Measure in the House.
oNs HUNDRED AND NINETY ARE FOR IT
Every Republican Votes for Bill, Which
Passes Under Special Rule,
HENDERSON SURPRISES The MEMBERS
After Announcement Of Vote Speaker
Reads the List of Committees.
GEN. WHEELER'S NAME is NOT INCLUDED
Observes Time-Honorcd Custom OF
Giving Old Members Hest Chnir-
manships-Ncw Representatives
Receive Due Recognition.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1S.-The currency
bill, which was debated last week. was
passed today by the house by a vote of lgO
to 80. 1t had the united support of every
republican in the house, of eleven democrats
MeSers. Clayton, Briggs, Fitzgerald, Louis,
lSuppert, Scudder. Underhill and Wilson OF
New York; McAleer Of Pennsylvania, Denny
OF Maryland, and Thayer Of Massachusetts
All of the other democrats voted against the
measure or were paired against 1t except
John Walter Smith, governor elect from
Maryland Stallings Of Alabama aud GEN
.ral Joseph Wheeler of Alabama.
Stallings of Alabama had not been present
II. the house this session. owing to illuess,
and one of his colleagues announced that
ii present he would have voted in the mega
tive. General Wheeler Is serving in the
Philippines. When the speaker announced
the result the republicans cheered Justify.
After the vote the speaker rather uneX-
pectedly announced the committee selections
and the reading of the lists was followed
with intense eagerness by the members,
whose opportunities for distinction depend
largely upon their committee assignments.
The only incident in connection with the
lists was Baileys interrogatory of the
speaker as to whether General Wheelers
name had been placed upon the committee
on ways ana means speaker Henderson re-
sponded in the negative.
Announcement of the death of the late
Representative Bland of Missouri, which oc-
CURED last summer, caused an early ad-
journment.
Vote on Currency Bill.
The vote upon the currency bill was taken
Immediately after the reading of the journal.
Neither motion to recommit nor an offer of
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the special rule under which the house was
operating.
Gaines Of Tennessee asked If it was in or
der to recommit with instructions to report
back free coinage bill.
1T is not replied the speaker.
The bill was then read third time and
placed on it's final passage.
Il oenIand the yeas and nays said Over
street Of Indiana, in charge OF the bill Mem
bers rose Oh both sides enmasse to- second
the demand. Evidently a sufficient num-
ber," said the speaker. THE clerk will call
the roll"
The roll call was followed with great in
terest. There was no demonstration when
the democrats who broke away from the
majority of their party voted iu the affirm
ative. The clerk called the names of the
democrats who declined to respond twice on
each roll call. Every republican voted for
the bill.
The democrats who voted for the bill were:
Clayton of New York, Denny of Maryland,
briggs Of New York Fitzgerald of New
York Levy of New York, McAleer of Penn
sylvania, Rupert of New York, Scudder of
New York, Thayer of Massachusetts,, I'm
derhill of New York, Wilson of New York.
Paired against the bill: Catchngs of Mis-
sissppi, Campbell of Montana. Brossard of