The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
All Efforts to Amend the Declaration
Defeated by Majorities Ranging
from Five to Twenty-Nine.
FEATURES OF THE DEBATE
MsKINLEY AND GAGE EXCORIATED
BY WESTERN SILyERITES.
Latter Evidently Angered by the
Presidents Speech to Manufacture
ers at the New York Banquet.

WASHINGTON Jan. 2S--After a debate,
animated at all times and occasionally
acrimonious, which occupied the greater
part of this week. the Senate this evening,
by the decisive vote of AZ to %, passed the
Teller concurrent resolution. The resolu-
tion is a practical reaffirmaton 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, principal and interest, at the
option of the government of the United
States, in silver dollars of the coinage of
the United States containing 4l2l2 grains
each of standard silver, and that to restore
to its coinage such silver coins as a legal
tender in payment of said bonds, principal
lie faith nor in derOgation of the rights of
the public creditor"
All efforts to amend the resolution were
voted down by majorities ranging from five
to twenty y-nine, Mr.. Lodges gold-standard
substitute being defeated by the latter ma
jority. The vote on the Lodge amendment
was: Yeas, "a; nays, So.
The events of the day leading up to the
final vote were full of interest and i'm
portance. 1t was field day for the orators
of the Senate, no less than twenty-five SEN
ators embracing the opportunity to speak
on the subject under discussion. That the
debate was interesting was attested by the
attendance IN the galleries, which were
crowded throughout the day, and that it
was important was evidenced by the state
ments of several of the speakers that the
discussion was but the preliminary align
ment of the great political parties for the
contest of 1906. From 10 O'Clock this morn
ing until p m. the contest was continued.
When the voting began it was evident that
party lines were being broken on both sides
of the chamber, but it was on the substi-
tute offered by Mr.. Lodge of Massa-
chusetts, that the most decided break oc-
CURED. On the Republican side Mr.. Allison,
Of Iowa. and Mr.. Burrows OF Michigan
dld not answer TO their names on that roll
call, and many of the Republicans voted
directly against it. Upon the final passage
OF the resolution some Republicans who
supported Mckinley and the St. Louis plat
form in 1896, like Carter of Montana
Chandler of New Hampshire, Clark of Wyo-
mng Pritchard of North Carolina Shoup
OF Idaho, Warren of Wyoming, and VOL
cott of Colorado, voted for the resolution
because, as Mr.. Wolcott announced, they
those who supported il to the free and un-
limited coinage of silver
PARITY AMENDMENT REJECTED.
The speech making ended promptly at
p. m, at which hour Vice President Hobart
announced the voting would proceed The
Nelson amendment was first presented. de-
claring that it is the duty of the United
States under existing laws to maintain the
parity in value of its gold and silver money.
so that the dollar of the one metal shall for
all monetary purposes always be equal in
Valle 10 the dollar OF the other metaln Mr.
Vest moved to table the amendment The
yea and nay vote gave the first test Of the
respective elements, resulting AZ to 81 in
favor of tabling the amendment. The vote
was as follows: