Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-29


a legal tender in payment of said bonds,
principal and interest, is not in VIOLA
ton of the public faith nor in deroga-
tion of the rights of the public creditor"
All efforts to amend the resolution
were voted down by majorities ranging
from ) to 80 Mr.. Lodges gold standard
substitute being defeated by the latter
Z majority. The vote on the Lodge amend
ment was: Ayes "a; nays 80.
The events of the day leading up to
The final vote were full of interest and
Importance. 1t was a field Gay for ora-
ecs Of the senate. 10 less tnan o sem
ators 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 through
out the day; and that it was important
was evidenced by the statements of sew
eral of the speakers, that the discussion
was but the preliminary alignment of
the great political parties for the con-
test of 1900. From 10 o'clock this morn
ing until Z this evening the contest was
continued
When the voting began it was evil
dent that party lines were being broken
on both sides of the chamber; but it
was on the substitute offered by Mr.
Lodge of Massachusetts,, that the most
decided break occurred. On the republic
can 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 resolu-
ton, some republicans who supported
Mckinley and the ST. Louis platform in
1896 like Garter of Montana, Chandler
Of New Hampshire, Clark of Wyoming,
Pritchard of North Carolina, Shoup of
Idaho, Warren of Wyoming, and VOL
cotts of Colorado, voted for the resoluH
ton, because, as Mr.. Wolcott announc-
ed, they did not believe the resolution
committed those who supported it to
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
Yer
The Nelson amendment was first pre-
scented, declaring that it is the duty of
the government of the United States I'M
der existing laws to maintain the parity
IN value Of its gold and silver money so
hat the dollar of the one metal shall
~ " all monetary purposes always be
dual in value to the dollar of the other
metal
Mr.. Vest moved to table the amend
nent. The yea and nay vote gave the
first test Of the respective elements re-
sulting 42-37 in favor of tabling the
amendment.
Then came the Lodge amendment as
IpllONSs nat all lQG DOnQS oil the Tn
tied States issued or authorized to be
Issued under the said acts of congress
herein before recited, are payable, prin-
cipal and interest in gold coin or its
equivalent, and that any other payment
without the consent of the creditor
would .be violation of the public faith
and in derogation of his rights"
Mr.. cyst moved to table the amend
lnent Il hope the senator will with
draw the motion to table," interposed
Mr.. Wolcott, 80 that we may have a
direct vote on gold'
Mr.. Vest consented. and the vote was
taken directly on the Lodge amend
ment, resulting in its defeat, 24-5S, as
follows:
Yeas Aldrich, Baker, Canery. Cullom.
Davis Fairbanks, Foraker, Ciallinger.
Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hawley, Hoar,
Lodge. Mcbride. Mcmillan, Mason, Nor
rill, Penrose, Plat Comm, Platt (N.YO.
Sewell, wellington Wetmore-24
Nays--Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry But
Ter Cannon. Garter, Chandler. Chiffon.
Clark. Clay, Cockrell Daniel. GRAY.
Hansbrough. Harris, Heitfeld. Jones,
tAlix), Kenney, Kyle, Lindsay, Mem
ery McIaurin, Mallory. Mantle, Martin.
Mills, Mitchell, Money, Morgan MUIR
ply. Nelson, Pasco, Perkins, PettigreM,
Pettus. Pritchard, Quay, Rawlins,
Roach, Shoup Smith, Stewart, Teller,
InuIStOu, lilllildI, turner, Iurple,
Vest. Warren, White, Wilson, Wolcott-
SO.
There was intense interest during this
vote, as 1t presented a more direct issue
than had been anticipated. It was seen
aat the outset that party lines We're
Broken Chandler, Carter and other re-
publicans voting against the amend
ment As the vote closed Mr. Chandler,
snoting some republicans in their seats
had not voted asked that names of SEN
- tor rot voting be read. The clerk read
Slowly: Allison Burrows" and there
being no response, the result as above
was announced Mr.. Quay now came
FORWARD with a new amendment. as fol-
lows: Strike out all after the enacting
cIause and insert That all the bonds
Or other obligations Of the United States