The age-herald., 1898-01-29
SILVER SENATORS
 WERE VICTORIOUS Teller Resolution Passed by Vote
 of AZ to 32. REAFFlRMS MATTHEWS ACl At Its Option the Government Can Pay
 Bends in Silver. mcKINLEYs NEW YORK ADDRESS And CIeveIand's Record Criticised in
 the Heated Debate. SILVER NOT DEAD, DECLARED JONES Methodist Publishing House Appropriation Bill in the Lower Branch-Night Session Resulted in the Disposal of Twenty
 Nine Private Pension Bills.
And CIeveIand's Record Criticised in
 the Heated Debate.
SILVER NOT DEAD, DECLARED JONES

Washingto Jan. 2S.-The silver men in the senate won a signal victory this after noon, when the Teller resolution was passed by vote of 47 to 32.
 The Teller resolution is a practical re- affirmation of that of Stanley Matthews in 1878, and is as follows:
 "That all the bonds of the United States issued, or authorized to be issued under the said acts of congress hereinbefore recited, are payable, principle and interest, at the option of the government of the United States in silver dollars or the coin of the United States, containing APE grains each of standard silver; and that to restore to its coinage such silver coins a legal ten- der in payment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith nor in derogation of the rights of the public credtor.'
 Ssnate Proceedings
 In accordance with agreement the sen- ate convened at 10 m. today
 By unanimous consent the routine bus mess was waived, and MT. Stewart of Me- vada opened the last days discussion of the Teller resolution
 In supporting the resolution, MT. Stewart maintained that money, whether it be sil- yer or gold or paper, was creature or law creation of money being inherent in all independent nations.
 After legal discussion of the money question, MT. Stewart quoted the following sentence from the presidents speech in New York:
 eNothing should ever tempt us-nothing -fo fha Sa- cred debt of the nation through a legal technieality. Whatever may be the lan- guage of the contract, the United States will discharge all of its obligations in the currency recognized as the best throughout the civilized world at the time of payment"
 Good Enough For the Bondholder
 MT. Stewart thought this was Q remark able statement which meant simply that nothing but gold was good enough for the bondholder. Mckinley, said Mr. Stewart, refers to the option of the government to pay its obligations in either gold or silver as a mere techncality, and he did this, too, in the face of his own vote in favor of the resolution we are considering. Now the president calls this option of the govern ment-wortn thousands of millions of dol- lars-a mere technicality.
 ''What language for a president to use." exclaimed Mr. Stewart We cannot use this money in the treasury unless 1t is rec ognized by other nations of the world as the best money. The despots of gold sym dicates in Europe are to name the kind of money regardless of what the law of the United States may be.
 MT. Cannon, of Utah, followed in sup port of the resolution. He firmly denied that the advocates of free coinage were in favor of anything but 1oo-cent dollar. .We do not believe, however" said Mir. Cannon, 'in the defined dollar of Grover Cleveland, which is worshipped by the present administration"
 Jones of Arkansas
 MT. Jones, of Arkansas, began hss speech in support of the resolution by criticising the position taken by MT. Ali son. MT. Jones said he made the broad statement that no democrat, silver repub- ucan or populist had ever declared in favor of paying government obligations in a depreciated currency.
 "Why,"- interrupted MT. Aldrich, "the senator's own colleague (Mr. Berry) said if free coinage should not produce rise in the price of silver, he would be in favor of paying our obligations in that metal"
 "But he did not say that free coinage would not produce such result" said MT. Jones.
 "Oh, that there is mere refinement of language" said MT. Aldrich.
 MT. Jones, continuing, said the newspa- pers who were unfriendly to the cause were saying that bimetallism was dead. "I believe" said the Arkansas senator "that the peoples conviction upon this question is more firmly fixed than ever before. They are determined to restore silver to its status before iS73 and we shall do all we can to accomplish that result"
 Silver Is Not Dead
 "We shall march in solid phalanx, with shields locked, down to the day of doom in our efforts for the restoration of silver and the republican cries that the issue of silver Is dead will fall upon deaf ears"
 At the conclusion of MT. Jones' speech Mr. Pettigrew introduced the following resolutions:
 '"rhat it is contrary to the policy and traditions of the United States to acquire