Arizona republican., 1898-01-29
lThe Passage of the Teller Con-
 current Resolution
MOST DECISIVE MAJORITY
The Vote was Preceded by
 Lo gsn1 Bitter Debate
Mir. Lodges Gold Standard Substi- tute Overwhelmingly Defeated. The House Recognized South ern War Claim for Damages.

Washington, Jan. 2S-After a de bate animated at all times, and oc- casionally acrimonious, which occu- pied the greauer part of the week, the senate this evening by the decisive vote of 47 to 32 passed the Teller con- current resolution.
 The resolution is practically a re- affirmation of that of Stanley Matth- ews in 1878, and is as follows: That all bonds of the United States sfsued, or authorized to be issued under the said acts of congress hereinbefore' re- cited, are payable, principal and inter- est, at the option of the government of the United States in silver dollars of the coinage of the United States, containing 4121k grains of standard silver, and that to restore to coinage such silver coins as legal tender in payment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the pub lie faith nor in derogation of the rights of pubic credit"
 All efforts to amend dhs resolution were voted ddwn by majorities rang ing from to 29, MT. Lodges gold standard substitute being defeated by the latter majority.
 The Lodge amendmenr is as follows: "That all bonds of the United States. issued or authorized issued under the acts of congress hereinbefore rechted, are payable, principal and interest, in gold coin or its equivalent; and that any other payment without the con- sent of the creditor would be in yio- lation of the public faith and in de- rogation of his nights" The vote on the lodge amendment was: Yeas, "A; noes, 53.
 A,blic fntereSt in the proceedings was attested by the attendance in the galleries, which were crowded through out the day, and that it was import ant was evidenced by the staftemenhs of several of the speakers that the dis cussion was a preliminary alignment of the great political parties for the contest of 1900. From 10 o'clock this morning until z this evening the con- test was continued. When voting be- gan it was evident that party lines were being broken on both sides of the chamber, but it was on the reso- lution offered by MT. Lodge of Mas sadhusetts that the most decided break occurred
 On the republican side MT. Allison of Iowa and MT. Burroughs of Mich igan did nolh answer to their names on that roll call and many republicans voted directly against it. Upon the final passage of the resolution some republicans who supported Mckinley and the St. Louis platform in 1896 like Carter of Montana, Chandler o1 New Hampshire, Clark of Wyoming Pritchard of North Carolina, ShouI of Idaho, Warren of Wyoming. amd Wolcott of Colorado, voted for the resolution because, as MT. Wolcot announced, they did not beliefve ths resolution committed those who sup ported it to the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
 "A WAR DEBT,
 Washington. Jan. 2S.-A bill to pa, the book publishing company of thu Methodist Episcopal church soutl $288,000 for damages sustained b, that cor ponation during the war. af ter encountening an obstinate filibus ter which stavad off a vote on tw,
 
 by the house today.
 This was the first night session 0 this congress dewoted to pension legis lation. The entire calendar 0 twenty-nine bills was cleared. Non of the bills presented were co tested