Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1892 — KILLED. [ARTICLE]

KILLED.

The Free Silver Bill Is Laid Quietly to Rest. Sent to the Bottom of the Calendar by a Vote of 154 to 136—The Story Briefly TolC •The free coinage bill was killed In the House Wednesday by a vote of: Ayes, 13G;nays, 154, on a motion to take it up and give it preference. Mr. Reed led the opposition to the bill, and Mr. Bland advocated Its passage. An analysis of the vote on The silver resolution shows that the affirmative vole was cast by 118 Democrats, including the Speaker, ten Alliance men and eight Republicans. The Republicans were Bowers, Cheatham, Clark of Wyoming, John son, Jolley, Post, Sweet and Townsend. The negative vote was cast by ninety-four “Democrats and sixty Republicans. Messrs. Bretz, Brookshire, Brown, Cooper, Holman, Johnson, Martin, Parrett, Patton and Shively, of Indiana, voted with the sllverites, while Waugh and McClellan voted against the resolution. Bynum was at Pittsburg, and was paired with Wilson of Kentucky. The poll made by Mr. Raynor and other Anti-silver men just before "’’ht began in the House showed the ■ ig result: Number of members, (lumber of paired or dead, 31, leaving COl. Number of anti-silver Democrats, 98; number of anti-silver Republicans, 63, making the total antl-silver vote 161, with a possibility of but 140 silver votes, according to this calculation.