Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-02-04
Senators VOTE ON SILVER.
THE TELLER RESOLUTION GOES
THROUGH BY GOOD MAJORITY.
MANY AMENDMENTS ARE TABLED.
The Debate Was Lively Throughout Final
Dsy-Tho Vote as Recorded Was Al
to az In Favor Of Resolutions.

BY vote OF At to 32 the senate, at
7 o'clock Friday evening, passed the
Teller concurrent resolution, which
declares that the bonds of the United
States are payable, principal and in
terest, at the option OF the govern
ment of the United States, in silver
dollars of the coinage of the United
States containing 412i grains each Of
standard silver.
The text Of the resolution is:
"That all the bonds Of the United States
| issued, or authorized to be issued, under the
said acts OF congress herenbefore rected,
are payable principal and interest, at the
optlen OF the United States In silver dollars
or the coin OF the United States containing
412h grains each Of standard silver, and
that to restore to Its coinage such silver
coins as legal tender In payment OF said
bonds, principal and interest, Is not In vio-
lation OF the public faith nor in devogation
Of the rights Of the public creditor"
The final action on the resolution
was, Of course, as expected, as the de-
bate had disclosed the position of most
OF the members OF the senate. But
the interest in the question involved
was sufficient to crowd the galleries,
to fill the floor with those entitled to
its privileges and to hold the large
crowd until the final vote was taken at
7 o'clock.
Mr.. Stewart, Of Nevada, in support
ing the resolution, maintained that
money, whether it be silver or gold or
paper, was q creature of law, the crea-
ton of money being inherent in oil
independent nations. He said that
this statement had been upheld by
the highest of tribunals, and cited his
torical instances of such creation OF
money. After legal discussion OF
the money question, Mr.. Stewart, re-
ferring to the speech OF President Nc
Kinley in New York Thursday night,
said that he regretted to see that the
president had not studied this question
more deeply and that he was utterly
misguided.
There were several test votes, two
of them of particular interest. The
first aye and nay vote taken was
on Vests motion to table Nelson's
amendment, which added parity de-
claration to the resolution. Then
amendments by Quay providing that
payment shall be in the highest money
in use in the world, by Hoar and For
aker, the effect of which was to sub
titute for the language of the reso-
luton in the st. Louis platform, and
by Gallery declaring that should the
market value of silver be less than
that of gold payment shall be in gold
at the option of the creditor, were
tabled in order.
Twenty-four votes were cast in favor
of straight-out gold declaration and
all of these but Gallery were republic
cans.
This vote commits the party through
its leaders as declaring that the bond
holder must be paid gold if he asks
it, and puts them on record as favor
ing the transfer of the option now ex-
listing in the government to the
creditor.
Those who voted for this amend
ment were:
Aldrich, Baker, Gallery, Cullom,
Davis, Foraker, Gallinger, Gear, Hale,
Hanna, Hawley, Hoar, Lodge, Nc
Bride, Mcmillan, Mason, Morrill,,
Penrose, Plat of Connecticut, Plat
of New York, Sewell, Wellington and
Wetmore. Republicans who were pair
ed in favored OF the amendment were
Deboe, Elkins, Frye, Proctor and
Spooner.
All the other members OF the body
either voted against the amendment
or. what is the same thing, were pair
ed against it.
On the final vote an analysis of the
roll showed that all the men elected
as democrats voted in favor of the
Teller resolution, except Caffery. All
the populists voted in favor Of the
resolution, while the silver republic
cans who voted for the resolution
were Cannon, Mantle, Pettigrew and
Teller.