Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-02-03

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-After a de.
bate, animated at all times, and occa.
sionally acrimonious, which occupied
the greater part Of the week, the sen.
ate yesterday evening, by a decisive
vote Of Al to SO, passed the Teller con.
current resolution. The resolution Is
practical reatiirmation 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 reclted 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 4l2h grains each Of standard
silver; and that 10 restore TO Its coinage such
silver coins az q legal tender In payment Of
said bonds principal and interest," is not in vio-
lation Of the public faith nor In derogation Of
the rights Of the public creditor
All efforts to amend the resolution
were voted down by majorities rang
ing from five to 30, Mr.. Lodges gold
standard substitute being defeated by
the latter majority. The vote on the
Lodge amendment was, ayes, "a;
nays, 53.
The events Of the day leading up to
the final vote were full of interest and
Importance. 1t was field day for the
orators Of the senate, no less than %
senators embracing the opportunity to
speak upon the subject under discus.
sion. That the debate was interesting
was attested by the attendance in the
galleries, which were crowded
throughout the day; and that 1t was
important was evidenced by the state
ments of several of the speakers that
the discussion was but the preliminary
alignment of the great political par
ties for the contest of 1900
From ten o'clock in the morning un-
til seven in the evening the contest
was continued When the voting be.
gan it was evident that party lines
were being broken on both sides Of the
chamber, but 1t was on the substitute
offered by Mr., Lodge, of Massachusetts,
that the most decided break occurred.
On the republican side Mr.. Allison, OF
Iowa, and Mr.. Burrows, 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 re-
publicans who supported Mckinley
and the st. Louis platform in 1896, like
Carter, of Montana; Chandler, of New
Hampshire; Clark, of Wyoming; Pritch.
ard of North Carolina; Shoup. of Ida.
no; 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 1t to
the free and unlimited coinage Of sill
YER The vote in detail
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Bate Berry, Butler,
Cannon, Carter, Chandler Chiffon, Clark Clay,
Coclrell, Daniel, Gray, Harris, Hetfeld, Jones
Of Arkansas, kenney KYLE, Lindsay, McEnery,
McLaurln, Mallory, Mantle, Martin, Mills,
Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Murphy Pasco, Pet
tigrew, Pettus Prtchard. Rawlns, Roach,
Shoup Smith, Stewart, Teller Tillman, Tur-
pie, Turner, Vest Warren, White and VOL
oott-4I
Nays-Aldreh, Allison Baker Burrows, CAT
fiery, Culom Davis, Fairbanks, Foraker, Gal.
linger, Gear, Hale, Hanna Hansbrough, Haw
ley Hoar, Lodge, Mcbride. Mcmillan, Mason,
Morrill,. Nelson, Ponrose, Perkins, Plat Of Con-
necticut, Plat OF New York, Quay, Sewall,
Thurston, Wellington, Wetmore and Wilson
g.!
The pairs throughout the voting were as fol-
lows. Turley with DeBoe, Faulkner with
Elkins German with Frye, Jones Of 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 amendments
There was no demonstration on the
announcement, and at seven p. m, on
motion of Mr.. Allison, the senate ad-
journed till Monday,
THE HOUSE,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The bill to
pay the book publishing company of
the Methodist Episcopal church south
S2sS,OoO for damages sustained by that
corporation during the war, after en-
countering an obstinate filibuster
which STAYED off vote on two previous
private bill days, was piloted to its
passage in the house yesterday by Mr..
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