Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-02-03
TELLER RESOLUTION IS PASSED BY
THE SENATE.
Gives the Government the Option of
Paying United States Bonds in
Standard Silver Dollars-Culmina-
ton of n Weeks Spirited md at
Times Acrimonious Debnte-All
Amer dments Voted DOwn-RcsO-
luton Adopted by Vote of AZ
to :s2.

bate, animated at all times, and Oc-
casionally acrimonious. which occu-
pied the greater part of the week, the
senate, by a decisive vote of Al to 81,
passed the Teller concurrent resolu-
ton. The resolution is practically IL
reaftirmation Of that of Stanley
Matthews in 1878, and is as follows:
''That all the bonds of the United
States issued, or authorized to be is
sued, 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 412 10 grains
each Of standard silver. and that to it's
coinage such silver coins as legal
tender in payment of said bonds,
principal and interest, is not in viola
ton of the public faith nor in deroga-
ton of the rights Of the public cred
itor.'
All efforts to amend the resolution
were voted down by majorities rang
ing from to 90. Mr.. Lodges gold
standard substitute being defeated by
the latter majority. the vote being q
to 80
The events of the day leading up to
tho final vote were full of interest and
Importance. 1t was a field day for the
orators Of the senate. no less than
twenty-five senator's embracing the OPP
portunity to speak upon the subject
under consideration. That the debate
was interesting was attested by the
attendance in the galleries which
were crowded throughout the day; and
f1,C+ s,,or y~fo n1-iI
by the statements of several. of the
speakers that the discussion was but
the preliminary alignment Of the great
political parties for the contest Of
1890. From 10 o'clock in the morning
until in the evening the contest con-
tinucd. When the voting began it was
evident that party lines were being
broken on both sides of the chamber.
but it was on the substitute offered
by Mr. Lodge that the most decided
break occurred. On the Republican
side Mr.. Allison of Iowa and Mr.. Bur
rows Of Michigan did 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
platform in 1896, like Carter of Mon
tana, Chandler of New Hampshire,
Clark Of Wyoming. Prtchard of North
Carolina, Shoup of Idaho. Warren Of
Wyoming and Wolcott of Colorado.
voted for the resolution because. as
Mr.. Wolcott announced, they did not
believe the resolution committed those
who supported it to the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver. The follow
ing is the detailed vote upon the final
passage of the resolutions:
yeas-Allen. Bacon, late. Berry, Butter
| Cannon Carter Chandler. Chiffon. Clark Clay,
Ark), Kenny, Kyle Lindsay. McEnery. Nc
Laurin. Mallory. Mantle. Martin, Mills, Mitch
ell, Mercy, Morgan, Murphy. Pasco, Petit
| Shoup Smith. Stewart. Teller, Tillman, Tnr-
pie. Turner. Vest, Warren. White. Wolcott-41.
| Nays-Aldrich. Allison. Baker burrows, Cat
| linger, Gear Hale, Hanna. Hansbrough. .Haw-
ley. Hoar Lodge, Mcbride. Mcmillan. Mason.
: ! Morrill,. Nelson Penrese Perkins -; Plat
| ton Wellington. Wetmore Wi'son-32.
| The pairs throughout the voting were
| as follows: Turley with Deboe: Foulkner
| with Ell1ins: German with Frye; Jones
! (Nevada) with Proctor: Walthall with
| Spooner The first named would in each
| case have voted with those sustaining the
| resolution and against all amendments,
while the last named would have voted
| against the resolution and for the amend
| ments.
There was no demonstration on the an
| nouncement and at O'Clock the senate
| adjourned until Monday.
Methodist Claim Goes Through.
| In the house the bill to pay the book
publishing company of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South $2SS,0OO for
damages sustained by that corporation
during the war, after encountering an
obstinate filibuster which STAYED off L
vote on two previous bill days, was
piloted to it's passage by Mr.. Cooper Of
Texas, who was in charge of the
measure. The friends Of the measure
proved themselves in an overwhelm-
ing majority and the opposition find
ing it could hold out no longer reluc-
family yielded. The vote on the bill
was 1873 to 81.
First Night Session.
This was the first night session of
this congress devoted to pension legis-
lation No disposition to contest the
bills presented for consideration de-
veloped and the entire calendar Of
twenty-nine bills was cleared before
the hour Of adjournment arrived.