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Show Bland Explains Where .the Dtmo ; crats Stand. . Washington, February 5. Bepresentative Bland, voicing the opinion of the silver Democrats of the House, desires to correct the impression which, he says, was current on Wednesday last against Hewitt's motion to recommit with instructions the resolutions resolu-tions reported from the Committee on Coinage, Coin-age, Weights and Measures, calling for information in-formation as to the silver circulation. He says that of the ninety votes for the motion, thirty were Republicans and sixty Democrats, while of the 164 votes against it, 80 were cast by Democrats, showing a majority of 20 Democrats against the motion. He further fur-ther says there were many Democrats. who are silver men who. voted for Hewitt's motion mo-tion because they doubted the propriety of asking the Secretary of the Treasury to define de-fine his future policy as to silver payments. |