The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-21
ACQUISITION OF VERACT7Y
Between the Republican Speaker
and Democratic House Leader.
THEY GLARED AT EACH OTHER

The Senate. by the Decisive Vote of II
to 25, Decides to Take Up the Teller
Resolution Providing for the Pay.
Washington, Jan. 21.-Speaker Reed
from the rostrum of the house, and Mr.
Bailey, leader of the Democrats, from
his place on the floor, glared at eacf
other at the close of the Cuban debate
yesterday, and Joined an issue of yer.
acity. This sensational episode com.
pletely overshadowed the interest IL
the Cuban debate, which had contin.
ued uninterruptedly in the house fol
three days during the consideration OF
the diplomatic and consular appropria.
ton bill. on Wednesday notice was
given by Mr.. Williams, of Mississippi
that at the conclusion of yesterdays
debate a notice would be made to re.
commit the bill with instructions. Wher
the motion was made by Mr.. Bailey
yesterday it was ruled out of order by
the speaker
Mr.. Bailey thereupon startled the
house by affirming that he had a pri-
vate understanding with the speaker
by which a vote should be taken di-
rectly on the motion to recommit. This
the speaker emphatically denied, and
these two leaders of their respective
parties in the house, with white faces
and voices shaken by emotion, set theii
statements against each other, while
the galleries looked on in breathless
amazement and the members were in
an uproar. Mr.. Smith, of Michigan,
who said he was present, corroborated
the speakers side of the case. The re-
suit of the speakers position was that
an appeal was taken from his decision,
and by a strict party vote it was laid
on the table 16S to ia, the Democrats
and Populists, as on the two previous
days, voting against the solid Republi-
can strength.
The debate yesterday was not as in,
teresting as on either of the two pre-
ceding DAYS. The features were a
characteristic speech by Champ Clark
of Missouri, a strong appeal for con-
servatism from Mr.. Johnson, of Indi-
ana, a presentation of the results of his
observations in Cuba during his recent
trip to the island from Mr.. King, OF
Utah, and an hour speech by Mr., Ding
ley, of Maine, in explanation of the
causes of the reduction of the wages
in the New England cotton industry.
BY the decisive vote of Al to 25 the
senate yesterday decided to proceed al
once to the consideration of the reso-
luton introduced a few days ago by
Mr.. Teller, of Colorado, providing for
the payment of bonds of the United
States in silver at the option of the gov
ernment
Mr. Vest. of Missouri, the member OF
the finance committee, who had charge
of the resolution, spoke briefly upon it.
but disclaimed any desire at this time
to thresh over the old straw of finans
ciai discussion. He believed, however
that the time was ripe for reiteratior
with emphasis of the declarations of the
Stanley Matthews s--Eesolution, which
had been placed on the statute books
20 years ago, particularly in view OF
recent statements of the secretary ol
the treasury, in which the president
who had as a member of the house
voted for the original resolutions, evil
IDENTIFY concurred. The day after
o'clock was spent in executive session
when Mr.. Morgan concluded his speech
in favor of Hawaiian annexation.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, yesterday
followed his action of wednesday in of:
fering an amendment TO the treaty pro:
Viding for vote upon 1t by the people
of Hawaii by Offering the amendment
to Senator Morgan's bill for annexa'
ton.