The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-31
TELLER SQUELCHED
House Of Representatives to
Vote Down Repudl.
alton Today.
BAlLEYs FOOLISH FIGHT
Cuban Belligerency Funnily In
terjected = Party Lines
Sharply Drawn.
BAILEY's FOOLISH FIGHT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81, 1S9S.-The
Ways and Means Committee decided this
morning by a vote of II to 5, on party
lines, to report at once the Teller resolu-
tion for the payment of bonds in silver
with recommendation that it do not
pass.
The committee met in a special call at
10:3O this morning, there being a full at
tendance with the exception of Mr.. Nc
Millin, Democrat, of Tennessee. Chair
man DingIey at once brought forward
the resolution and without discussion Mr.
Payne of New York moved that it be
reported to the House with recommen-
dation that it do not pass
Mr.. Bailey, of Texas, in behalf of the
Democrats moved to amend that it be
reported with recommendation that it
pass.
The vote on the Bailey amendment was
first taken, resulting in its defeat, 5-l,
as follows:
Yeas-Bailey. Wheeler, Robertson,
Swanson and Mcclellan. All Democrats.
Nays-Dingley Dalzell, Hopkins, Gros-
venor, Russell Dolliver, Steele, Johnson
Payne, Evans and Tawney. All Repub-
licans.
On the Payne motion the previous vote
was reversed, ALI the Republicans voting
in the affirmative, Democrats in the mega
tive.
No amendments were proposed, and no
discussion indulged in as to programme,
as Chairman Dingley stated that would
depend on the action of the Rules Com
mittee.
Following the session of the Ways and
Means Committee, Speaker Reed and his
associates on the Committee on Rules as
sembled to determine on a course of ac-
ton. They decided to take the final vote
on the resolution at five o'clock this
afternoon. Mr.. Bailey objected to this
but was overruled
There was a great deal of activity
among the leaders on both sides before
the House met today in anticipation of a
very exciting debate over the Teller reso-
luton. The members on both sides had
been notified in advance, and the attend
ance on the floor was very large.
The struggle opened Immediately after
the reading of the journal, when MIR,
Dingley (Rep., Me.), chairman of the
back the resolution with the recommen-
dation that sit do not pass
Mr. Henderson (Rep., Ia.), one of the
leaders of the majority followed this by
presenting the special order agreed upon
by the Committee on Rules, providing for
the immediate consideration of the resolu-
ton, and a vote without intervening mo-
tion at five o'clock today. The rule was
as follows
Resolved, That Immediately upon
q a6 nf ion hn
House shall proceed to the consider
alton of Senate concurrent resolution
No q CTeller reSolution), that general
debate shall be had thereon until the
hour of five o'clock, at which time,
without any Intervening motion vote
shall be taken upon the passage of
said resolution.
General leave to print upon the
subject of said resolution for five days
from this date is hereby granted.
Mr.. Henderson yielded a moment to Mr.
Bailey, the Democratic leader, who said
that while the minority strenuously op-
posed the undue limitation of the debate
proposed by the rule, still as his side de-
sired as much time as possible for debate
they would not consume any of the time
allowed on rollcall
Mr.. Wheeler (Dem., Ala.) and Mr.. De
Almond (Dem., Mo- protested vigorously,
however, and the latter said if he had had
an opportunity he would have proposed a
Cuban belligerency amendment.
IO ILLS SGSSSSliOH OpSdheIp Iteeu re-
torted curtly that it would not be in order
and when Mr.. De Almond appealed to
him not to decide the question hastily
he Speaker exclaimed:-'' That it is not~in
order is too plain for argument
During this colloquy there were evil
dences of disturbance and excitement on
the Republican side of which Mr.. Johnson
(Rep., Ind) was the centre. At last
Mr.. Johnson insisted on asking question
of Mr.. Henderson. He wanted to know
with much emphasis whether it was true
that all the time was to be consumed BY
the members of the Ways and Means
Committee
There is no such proposition, called
out Mr.. Dalzell (Rep., Pa), but Mr..
johnson did not subside, and continued to
protest. declaring loudly that he antag-
onized this rule if such was the intention.
He had wordy war with Mr.. Dingley,
but in tone so low that it could not be
heard in the confusion
The Speaker cut off further incident by
putting the question and the rule was
adopted-143 to 115-the Democrats re-
framing from demanding roll call. There
followed d controversy over the division