Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-01-29
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Silver Won--TeIIer ReSoIu-
tons Passed the Senate.
VOTE WAS AZ FOR 81 AGAINST
Alabama Election Decision Unseats
a Populist,
VOTE WAS AZ FOR 81 AGAINST

CupleU Jn6 greater part vi Tue week
the serate last evening, by vote Of Al
to 81 passed the Teller concurrent res
| ClutiOn,
All efforts to amend the resolution
were voted down by majOrities rang
ing from FIVE to twenty-nine. Lodges
gold standard substitute being de-
| feated by sharp majority. The vote
on the Lodge amendment was. ayes "a;
and noes SO.
The events Of the day leading up to
the final vote we're full of interest and
Importance. 1t was field day fOI
the orators of the senate, not less
than twenty-five senators embracing
| the opportunity TO speak upon the
subject under discussion. Public in
terest In the debate was, well attested
| by the attendance.
Upon the final passage of the resO-
luton some Republicans, who sup
ported Mckinley and the ST. Louis
platform in 1896, like Carter, Chan
der, Clark, Pritchard, ShoUp, Warren
and WOlcott, voted for the resolution
because, as Wolcott announced, they
did not believe the resolution com
mitted those who supported 1T to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
Aldrich closed just as the clock
marked 6, the honr set for voting, and
the vice president promptly an
nOunced that the voting would pro-
ceed. The galleries were filled to
oYertiowing, and large number of
the members of the house, including
Speaker Reed, occupied the area back
Of the senators.
The Nelson amendment was first
presented, declaring THAT it is the
duty OF the government OF the United
States, under all existing laws, to
maintain tile parity in value Of its
gold and silver money, so that dol
lar of one metal shall, for all none
tary purposes, always be equal in
value TO the dollar of the other
metal"
Vest moved to table the amend.
ment. The yea and no votes gave
the first test of the respective ele-
ments, resulting in vote of AZ to 81
IN favor of tabling the amendment.
Then came the Lodge amendment,
as follows: THAT the bonds Of the
United States, issued or authorized to
be issued under the said acts of con-
gress herein before recited, are pay
able principal and interest) in gold
coin or its equivalent, and that any
other payment, without consent Of
the creditors, will be in violation of
ublic faith and in derogation of his
ghts."
ent. 81 hope the senator will
the motion to table," in
terposed Wolcott, $50 that we may
have direct vote on gold"
Vest consented and the vote was
taken directly on the Lodge amend
ment, resulting on its defeat by vote |
Of "a to SO as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Baker, Caffery |
Cullom. Dayis, Fairbanks, Foraker, |
Gear, Hale, Hanna, Haw- |
ley, Hoar, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan,
Mason, Morrill,, Penrose, Platt, of |
Platt of New York,
Sewell, Wellington, Wetmore-24.
Noes-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berny, |
Butler, Cannon, Carter, Chandler. |
Clark, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel, |
Gray, Hansbrouch, Harris, Heitfeld,
Jones of Arkansas, Kenny, Kyle, |
Lindsay, McEnery, McLaurin, NAL |
Iory, Mantle, Martin, Mills, Mitchell, |
Money, Morgan, Murphy, Nelson,
Pasco, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pettus, |
Quay, Rawlins, Roach,
Shoup, Smith, Stewart, Teller, Thurs |
ton, Tlllman, Turner, Turpie, Vest, |
Warren, White, Wilson, Wolcott.-53 |
There'was Intense interest during |
this vote, as it presented more di-
rect issue than had been anticipated. |
A number of amendments were Of
ferred by oponents of the resolution |
but all were laid on the table. The |
decks were cleared for the final vote |
on the Teller resolution.
son this vote" announced the vice.
president, "the yeas are Al, and the |
noes 81, and the resolution is
agreed to-"
The vote in detail: Yeas-Allen,
Bacon, Bate, Butler, Cannon, Carter,
Chiffon, Clark, Clay, Cock
rell, Daniel, Gray, Harris Heitfeld,
Jones Of Arkansas, Kyle. Lindsay, |
Nc Enemy, McLaunin, Mallory, Man
tie, Martin, Milts, Mitchell, Money, |
Morgan, Murphy, Pasco, Pittigrew,
Pettus, Pritchard, Rawllns, Roach,
Smith, Shoup, Stewart, Teller. Till |
man, Turpie, Turner, Vest, Warren,
White, Wolcott- At.
Noes-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bur-
rows, CaffTey, Cullom, Davis, Fair |
banks, Foraker, Galllnger, Gear,
Hale, Hanna, HansbrOugh, Hawley, |
Hoar, Lodge. Mcbride. Mcmillan, |
Mason, Morrill,, Nelson, Penrose, Per-
kins, Platt, of New York, Quay, Sc
we'll, Thurston, Wellington, Wetmore |
Wilson-32.
The pairs throughout the voting
were as follows: Turley with DebOe |
Faulkner with Elkins; German with |
Frye: Jones, OF Nevada, with Proctor;
Walthall with SpOoner.
The first named In each case would |
have voted with those sustaining the |
resolution against the amendments, |
while the last named would have voted |
against il and for the amendments.
The senate adjourned until Monday.
An unusually severe arraignment OF |
alleged election frauds is made in the |
report by the house committee on
election, No. /, in the case Of William |
Aldrich against Thomas s. Plowman
from the fourth district of Alabama Y