Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-02-10
KILLED IN THE HOUSE
TELLER RESOLUTION MEETS
WITH DEFEAT.
After Lively Debate, Every Repub-
Iican, with One Exception, Votes
Against Measure Result Is 1872 TO
1872.
Vote AGAINST Silver.

payable in silver, under an adverse ma
jority of fifty votes. The Republicans
were solidly arrayed in opposition, with
two exceptions, Mr.. Linney IN. %, who
voted with the Democrats and Popullsts,
and Mr.. White IN. c., the only colored
member Of the House, who answered
present" when his name was called. The
assertions from the Democratic side were
Mr.. McAleer Pa.) and Mr.. Elliott Is. %.
Both voted with the Republicans against
the proposition. Speaker Reed, although
It 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 or
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 1t
also in 4 measure intensified the interest
in the galleries, which were crowded ali
day, and the combatants on the floor were
cheered by their respective sympathlZers.
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
a carefully prepared speech sounding the
keynote of the opposition, assumed the
position that the last clause of the reso-
luton was in reality q disguised declara-
ton for the free coinage of silver, While
the assaulting Democrats, under the oil
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 committed the Re
publican party. The debate was at times
fast and heated.
Limitation of Debate.
The struggle opened Immediately after
the reading of the journal, when Mr..
Dingley Rep., Me.), chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, reported
back his resolution, with the recommends
ton that sit do not pass"
Mr.. Henderson (Rep., Iowa., one of the
leaders of the majority, followed this by
presenting a special order agreed upon
by the Committee on Rules providing for
the immediate consideration of the reso-
luton and vote without intervening mo-
ton at o'clock.
Mr.. Henderson yielded moment to Mr..
Bailey, the Democratic leader, who said
that while the minority strenuously OPP
posed the undue limitation of the debate
proposed, still, as his side desired as much
time as possible for debate, they would
not consume any of the time allowed on
roll call
There were evidences of disturbance
and excitement on the Republican side, of
which Mr. johnson (Rep., Ind.) was the
center in the confusion. The Speaker put
the question and the rule was adopted 143
to l15.
Ding1ey Opens Debate.
Mr.. Dingley then opened the debate in
opposition to the resolution. The pend
ing resolution, he said, was not one which
if passed by both houses would have force.
If adopted it would be only an expression
of the opinion Of the two houses.
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 minute each to half a 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 bimetallists 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
| silver in any form, free or unlimited. No
| one disputed the law, he said. No one
denied it. Silver was 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., I'D 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 Dcm., Ala.) asserted that
| the defeat of this resolution was dictated
| by the masters Of the Republican party,
| who gathered at Il New York banquet
| table the other night at 500 plate,
which meant at Alabama standards, that
| every man ate II bale of cotton and
couple of mules.
From Different FONTS OF View.
Mr.. Grosycnor Rep.,. o., in opposition
q the resolution, said that throughout
all the changes and mutations of the
money question in this country the Repub-
lican party had maintained its unyarying
| devotion to what was denominated hon
est money"
1 Mr.. Dolliver (Rep., Iowa. made a ten
| minute speech Mr.. Mcguire (Dem., CALI
| said he agreed with Mr.. Dingley. Mr..
| Cannon (Rcp., lid. 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 cx-Gov. Boies refusal to long