Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.


Washington. Jan. 2O.-By the decis-
i've vote of 81 to Is the senate DECIDED
to proceed at once to consideration
of fine resolution introduced few
DAVIS ago by Mr.. Teller (sil. rep, COLI
providing for the payment OF bonds OF
the United States in silver at the OPP
ton of the government MI. vest
(denn.. MOI, the member OF the
finance committee who had charge Oh
the resolution, spoke briefly upon IT,
hit disclaimed any desire at this time
to thresh over the old straw OF the
financial discussion. He said that
twenty years have passed since the
/ Stanley Matthews resolution was tlrst
put on the statute books, but he be-
| lieyed that there was no reason why
! there should not be rent
/ Grafton Of the resolution OF the
declaration contained in it. The
senator maintained that the issue
involving a consideration OF the reso-
luton had been thrust upon the senate
by the administration and that the
/
main silent and by their silence
give tacit assent to the recent declara-
tions of the secretary of the treasury
/ in favor of the gold standard, those
declarations being evidently Endorsed
by the president, or else to reaftlrm tn
Stanley Matthews resolution which
had been passed by the senate by a
vote of more than two to one and
by the house by an overwhelming ma
iority. ct will be recalled, said he,
.that the present president OF the
United States was then a member OF
the house and voted for the resolu-
ton Following is the vote in de-
tail by which the motion of Mr.. Vest
to take up the Teller resolution was
carried:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Butler, Cannon, Chiffon, Clark,
Clay, Cockrell, Faulkner, Harris, Heit-
field, Jones (Ark.), Kennedy, Kile, Nc
Emery, Mallory, Mantle, Martin, Mills,
Mitchell, Money, Perkins, Pettigrew,
Pettus, Pritchard, Quay, RaWlins,
Roach, Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Till
man, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, Warren,
White, Wolcott; total H.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Gull
lom, Davis, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye,
Gallinger, Gear, Gray, Hale, Hanna,
Hansborough, Hoar, Lodge, Mcbride,
Morrill,, Nelson, Platt Comm, Proc
tor, sewel, spooner, Thurston, Wet
more; total, 25.
Washington, Jan. 20-Speaker Reed
from the rostrum of the house
and Mr.. Bailey, leader Of the demo-
Gratis, from his place on the floor,
glared at each other at the close of
the Cuban debate and Joined issue
on veracity. Mr.. Bailey protested that
the agreement made Wednesday in
cluded a proposition for a vote on q
motion to recommit the bill under con-
sideration. He claimed he had an
understanding with the speaker to that
effect. Reed openly denied it. Bailey
made motion to recommit 1t was
overruled. Mr.. Bailey thereupon ap-
pealed from the decision of the chair
and Mr.. Dalzell moved to lay the APP
peal on the table. The roll was called
| amid much confusion, but party lines
| were unbroken and the vote resulted
16S to Ia; the appeal being laid ON
the table. The bill was then passed,
! 1853 to 95.
This sensational eposide completely
| oyershadowed the interest in the Gu
BAN debate which continued unin-
terruptedly in the house for three
days during the consideration of the
diplomatic consular bill. The debate
was opened by Mr.. Clark (dem., Mo-
who made a breezy speech declaring
that the duty of this country, if Spain
does not bring the Cuban war to "a
close shortly, is to expel her from the
western hemisphere. He declared that
The democrats of the house are ready
to give $50 votes for a vigorous for
eign policy, and if only q republicans
would join them, before sunset the glad
tidings would ring around the world
! that Cuba was free by act of the
American congress. Mr.. Williams
! (den., Miss. ,ssneered at the statement
made by Mr.. Hit, that the granting
of belligerency rights to the Cubans
would afford them no advantage. Mr.
! Williams was followed by Mr.. King
! (dem., Utah) who recently returned
fl ON q visit to- Cuba. He described
the narrowing conditions there, char
acterizing the scheme of autonomy as
delusion and declared that if peace
came on that basis Spain would saddle
the war debt on Cuba. Mr.. Simpson