Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

tudied EFFORTS, the session was repltIc
with lively incidents and spicy col
loquics.
I'm the House.
The house finally succeeded in
passing the Indian appropriation bill
and the political debate which has
been raging since Monday was trans
ferred to the District of Columbia bill
which followed K. The only twO i'm
pOrtant changes made in the Indian
bin. as passed. was the elimination of
the provisions for the leasing Of the
gilsonite mineral lands of the kiowa.
Comarchc, Apache and Wichita res
ervations. both of which went out on
PORTS of order. The features OF the
debate were the speeches of Mr.. Hart
man of Montana. in denunciation of
the financial policy of the administra-
ton. and OF Mr.. Dolliver of Iowa in
reply To the general attack of the or.
position.
Washington. Jan. 29.-After a de-
bate, animated at all times, and Dc
casionally acrimonious, which occu-
pied the greater part Of the week. the
senate. by a decisive vote of AZ to -.
passed the Teller concurrent resolu.
ton. The resolution Is practically Il
r~eatiirmation of that of Stanley
Matthews in 1873. 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 Az IL grains
each Of standard silver. and that to its
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 majerities rang
ing from 3 to %. MIR. Lodges gold
standard substitute being defeated by
the latter majority, the vote being ~
to 50.
The events of the day leading up 10
the final vote were full Of interest and
Importance. 1t was "A field day for the
orators of the senate, no less than
twenty-five senators 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
that il was important was evidenced
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 Z in the evening the contest con-
tinued. When the voting began it was
evident that party lines were being
broken IN both sides of the chamber,
but Ii 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 Ii. 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. Pritchard of North
Carolina. Shoup of Idaho, Warren OF
Wyoming aud 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 UNI
limited coinage of silver. The follow
ing is the detailed vote upon the final
passage of the resolution:
Yeas-Allen. Bacon. Bate. Berry. Butler,
Cannon. Carter. Chandler. Chiffon. Clark, Clay,
Cockr,li. Daniel. Gray. Harris. Heitteld. Jones
Laurin. Mallory. Mantle. Martin. Mills. Mitch
shoup. smith. stewart. Teller. Tlllmaa. Tur.
pie. Turner. Vest, Warren. White. woicott-4T
Nsys-Aidrich. Allison. Baker, Burro vs.. CAT
fiery. Cullom, Davis, Fairbanks. Foraker. Gal
finger. Gear. Hale. Hanna. Hansbrough. Haw-
ley, Hoar. Lodge. Mcbride, McMalaI Mason.
Morrill,. Nielsen penrose. Perkins. PLATE
Comm. P;ast IN. W. Quay. Sewell. Thurs
ton. Wellington. W.trore. Wilson-32.
The pairs throughout the voting Were
as follows: Turley with Deboe; Foulkner
with Elkins; 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.
Methodist Claim Goes Through.
In the house the bill to pay the book
publishing company OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church South S2SS,O00 for
u1Il3EhS SNStulueu ny lldl OIpO dtlVu
during the war. after encountering an
obstinate filibuster which STAYED off a
vote on two previous bill days. was
piloted to its 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 nj no longer reluc-
family yielded. The vote on the bill
was 1873 to GO.
First Might 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 nOur Of adjournment arrived.
Washington, Jan. 81. = There seems
to be no prospect OF an abatement OF
the political debate which has been In
progress In the house during the con-
s!deration OF the appropriation bills.
Again Saturday almost the entire ses-
sion was consumed In the discussion
of political topics. The controverted
question as to whether prosperity had
arrived attracted the most attention
and interest and testimony DrO and