The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-01-12
1T IS SHOWED UNDER
The Pcwers-G,ar Funding Bill Nailed
in q Coffu.
WESTERN STATES REJOICE
BY a Majority OF &c. the House
Shows Its Disapprovai of the
Methods of Railroad Mag
mates on the Coast.
WESTERN STATES REJOICE

W" "ent :" "' "'''
IA ,"e house ,o-uay uhuer an ADVERSE
ihaJority OF 70. The friends OF the
measure who had predicted its passage
up to the last moment were surprised
by the decisive character Of thair 40
feat. They had been led TO hope from
the votes on the substitutes thai the
bill had more than an even chance of
passage. The California and Middle
West members voted almost solidly
against the substitute. When th,. vote
came on the main proposition. the
whole opposition svept into line and
crushed ii.
This was the fourth funding hill KILL
ed in the house i'm ten wears. An analy-
sis Of the vote to-day shows that s6 re-
publicans and l6 democrats voted for
the bin and 30 republicans. IS demo-
Gratis and six populIsts and five indie
pendents against In
MIR. Powers said Tonight that he did
not know what would lie done. but ex-
pressed the opinion thai another effort
should he made Ia mass nm arenntable
bill The onnonanta NJ tha Lilt nn ,bo
other hand ara reioIcino ard sa,, ,ha
yute to-dav sa,tlss The ,ata ~, aI,
schemes to fund tbe daht n, ibis sos,
| sion.
troo, ,,,,or.,,, ,,.... ....,,-z.-, ~.
outcome of the hattie royal over the
| Pacific funding biIl pa,nr, tha h,,,sa
convened the aoor ,,as e.r.,,'aea ,,,ith
members. standing nhout arg,ino ,ba
merits of the bili Tb. yalIsrI.. also
We're filed.
| IL required some ttue IN strat,h,an
out The parljamentarv el,uation s,caL-
| or Reed stated thai there were no nand.
| ing amendments to The M rha,..
were, however. two subs,itutes. thai of
Harrison of Aiabama ,o nro,iJe ynr a
commission of three cabinet otIlrers IA
negotiate a settlement of the deht ,yith
the two roads and the ReIl substitu,,
proyidinp tbnt n tho road, vo,,Id ,,aar
on inc tirst nnortgasa GO as 80 aS,,an-.
the governnen,,s lien 10 n nosi,ior rs a
! first mortgage the government yvo,,,d
| agree 10 an extension of tba nariod sor
| the payment of the deht nj 2 nor cent
| interest 10 tba f,rmar ,rh,,,,,,,a
there was the pending amepdman, nro-
no.ad h,, N,,, mus a,I,cnuilien, pIo-
| that the commissIor crsataJ sho,,id Us
7, appointed by the ssoretarv If ,hs ,rsas-
ury, secretary of the interior and nt,or.
ney general, instead OF CONSISTING Of
these three cabinet officers. The North
way amendment he said was to ha
voted ON first. Then the s,,hsti,u,as A.,
order. "'
After some wrangling the sneaker,s
statement of the situation was accent
ed by the house. The Mort bwav anend.
ment TO the Harrison sunstiiute u,as
| defeated on A yiye yoce vote after
which the Rel substitute ,as .,,tn,,,
ted Bell demanded a record -nai,in,
vote The demand was sustained hy "a
odd members. mostly ON tho denocra,ic
side. and the roll was called As the
voting proceeded, IL was evident The
substitute would fail and tho friends of
1 the bill were correspopdinrIv uhtIart
Senator White of raI,fnrnia $500.
Daniels and other serators watched th.
struggle with keen interest
1 There was a furry when the snoator
| annunced the defeat of tho Ron s,,Ls,i-
tute 10 to 1876. The onnosi,inn an,,oar-
! ed somewhat stnprerad In, I, -,
pointed out that the CniIfarni, ,,,sr,9
bers and others known ia he onn,saS 10
the measure voted against tba suhstil
tute
The Harrison substitute wa, the,
| submitted. on viva voca N,,,, ~. -
ume of sound was AGAINST III. s,,,,s,i-
| tute and the sneaker ,vas, atn,,, -, ~
clare /, defeated whom JJa,riso,, a.,
manded the ayes and novs
There were cries of "Noi No," h,,t
| Harrison succeeded In sect,rtr,- AZ 49,,
hers To back his demand this ,ras, ~,
a fifth OF the preceding vote Nv, ,ho
other side was unable to nus,e, move
| than 1aa so Tho sraal',,. -, M a.
roll called, The substitute wae o,,a,.-
whelmingly defeated-55 10 1Ii
The opposition then decided In Toe,
their strength by securing a roll oaII
on the usual formal uoiion q, a,,,..s,
and read the bilI Accor5,ngi,, NJ
guire ldem1 Of california de,,,,i',d
| the yeas and navs and hais ~, ha,,.,s,
seemed 10 respond to bis demand A.
the roll call hogan every bod,. rn.i,,ad
the critical moment had co,,e Ths
buzz of excited Conversation suhs,iad
and a hush felI an the ho,sa pan,ar,
| ard his clerk ken, taiIias C,,n,,,Jrs
tdem.) of New Work Na~,,iro Sd",,, \ =,
California, and several Cher ,,,e,,,i'ars
also checked tho vote Vybe, 4, ,as
quietly whispered aho,,, a, ,h. - 80
the first roll cali ON The r,o,inn 80 an
gross that The vote wo. a. 60 ,iS ~
adyersaries of the measure v,sro o,,a,-
loved. Maruire stared a ronr5 80 ~
plause and abandoned bis ,aiI,. "'
The completencss ~ The desas, ~, ,ha
bilrs adyocates hecar,a ,na,e .,i.,a'1 ni ~
ent as tbe second roll coll ,.oo,,I5,a
| When the cIerks bad og,,-dd 49,, ~,
| totals the snealror s,,hnets,aa ~
| sul,-vaas no nays Ies .r,,.', W.
great outburst ~ anniause n,h,,, H.
defeat ~ The ,,essur,, ,''as ,,e,,.i,ii,. a..
nounced '''' "'