Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-02-09
KILLED In THE HOUSE
TELLER RESOLUTION MEETS
WITH DEFEAT.
After a Lively Debate, Every Repub-
lican, with One Exception, Votes
Against Measure Result Is IS2 to
1872.
Vote Against Silver.

Vote Against Silver.
The National House of Representatives
Monday buried the Teller resolution, ie-
claring the bonds of the United States
payable in silver, under an adverse ma
jority of fifty votes. The Republicans
were solidly arrayed in opposition, with
two exceptions, Mr.. Linney (N. CO, who
| voted with the Democrats aud Populsts,
and Mr.. White (N. c., the only eolored
member of the House. who answered
present" when his name was called. The
desertions from the Democratic side We're
Mr.: McAleer pa and Mr.. Elliott Is. c..
Both voted with the Republicans against
the proposition. Speaker Reed, although
1t is not customary for him to vote, had
his name called, and went On record in
opposition to the resolution. The vote
was reached after five hours of debate,
under special order adopted at the open
ing of the session. The limited time al
lowed for debate and the pressure of
members for an opportunity TO be heard
was so great that the leaders on both
sides were compelled TO farm out the time
by minutes. This detracted much from
the continuity of the discussion, but it
also in measure intensified the interest
in the galleries, which We're crowded all
day, and the combatants on the floor were
cheered by their respective sympathizers.
Many of the Senators from the other end
of the capitol were also present to listen
to the arguments. The majority, under
the leadership of Mr.. Dingley, who made
carefully prepared speech sounding the
keynote of the opposition, assumed the
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luton was in reality a. disguised declara
tion for the free coinage of silver. while
the assaulting Democrats under the di-
rection of Mr.. Bailey, maintained that
the defeat of the resolution was another
step in the direction of the establishment
of the gold standard, to which they al
lege both the President and Secretary
Gage had irrevocably conn tied the Re
publican party. The debate was at times
fast and heated.
After the close of Mr.. Dingley's speech
Mr.. Bailey was recognized for an hour.
He first yielded twenty minutes to Mr..
Wheeler Dem, Ala.), a member OF the
Ways and Means Committee, who sub
| mitted an argument in support OF the res
olution. Before closing Mr.. Wheeler
yielded a minute each to half dozen
| members on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Bland, to whom Mr. Bailey yielded
| ten minutes, said the course of the Pres
ident and Secretary Gage in pressing the
| gold standard upon the country had driv-
| en- the bimetallsts to Congress to intro
duce and insist upon the passage of this
resolution. Yet, said he, Mr.. Dingley
charged the minority with playing poll
/ tics. Every Republican who voted against
the resolution violated the St. Louis plat
, form and voted against the coinage of
F, silver in any form, free or unlimited. No
ohe disputed the law, he said. No one
denied it. Silver was a full legal tender.
| But every Republican vote against the
| resolution would declare that silver was
not fit to pay the public debt with.
Mr.. Hopkins (Rep, Ill.) said this reso-
| luton had clearly shown that the Senate
was not a Republican body, but was con
| trolled by the free silver element.
| Mr.. Clayton Dem., Ala.) asserted that
| the defeat of this resolution was dictated
by the masters of the Republican party,
who gathered at a New York banquet
table the other night at 500 a plate,
which meant at Alabama Standards that
every man ate bale of cotton and a
| couple of mules.
From Different Points of View.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep., o. in opposition
to the resolution, said that throughout
| all the changes and mutations of the
money question in this country the Repub-
lican party had maintained its unvarying
| devotion to what was denominated hon
| est money"
Mr.. Doliver (Rep., Iowa. made ten
minute speech. Mr.. Mcguire Dem, CALI
said he agreed with Mr. Dingley. Mr..
| Cannon Rep., Ill.), whose record had
| been attacked during the debate, said, in
| speaking of his former votes for free coin
| age and for the Matthews resolution, that
the difference between silver and gold
then was but few cents; it was now so
cents. Mr. Hepburn (Rep., Iowa. in op-
| posing the resolution, which he said was
| equivalent to free coinage declaration,
| referred TO ex-Goy. Boies' refusal to long
er follow the standard of free silver.
Mr.. Bailey closed for the Democrats in
a speech which stirred his followers to q
| high pitch Of ehthusine' Mr.. Bailey.
owing to the great pressure FOR time, had
only four minutes In which to close the
debate for his side The resolution un-
| der consideration he said, contained two
propositions, one moral and the other le
| gal. One asserts as a matter of law that
the bonds of the United States are re-
| deemable at the option of the Government
| in silver, and the other as matter of
| morals that to restore to its coinage such
| silver coins as q legal tender in payment
| of the bonds, principal and interest is not
| in violation of the public faith nor in de-
| rogation of the rights of the public cred
| itors. He would not dwell, he said, on the
! legal aspect of the question. There was
| not lawyer in the United States. nor in
any other country, who would venture on
| his professional reputation TO deny that
the bonds could be paid in silver. That
went without saying. The Republicans
| in this matter must justify themselves, if
at all, upon the proposition that in their
cOnsciences they believed that gold was
the money Of the contracts.
Mr.. Henderson (Rep., Iowa., the one
| legged veteran, and Mr.. Dalzell (Rep.,
| Pa.) closed the debate with minute
| speeches in opposition to the resolution.
| Mr.. Henderson recalled the Presidents
| declaration in his New York speech. His
| declaration said Henderson, means
! that the best money in the world shall be
i paid to the bondholder, the plowholder,
the hodholder, the pcnholder. the pension
holder and all who toll and all who
| sweat"
Result of the Vote.
| At ) o'clock came the vote which was
| f1ilowed with great interest, notwith-
standing the defeat of the resolution was
a foregone conclusion. The Speaker an
nounced that the vote would be directly
on the resolution, not on the adverse re-
port 1t was soon evident that party
ranks were being held intact After the
roll call was completed the Speaker asked
that his name be called and on the call
responded with a vigorous No" He
/ then announced the resuIt--yeas, l32: