The San Francisco call., 1898-01-29

der existing laws to maintain the parity Tn value of its gold and silver money, so that the dollar of one metal shall for all monetary purposes always be equal in value to the dollar of the other metal.
 Vest moved to table the amendment. The yea and nay vote gave the first test of the respective clements, resulting 42 to g in favor of tabling the amendment.
 Then came the Lodge amendment, as fol- lows: That all the bonds of the United States issued or authorized to be issued under the said acts of Congress herein before recited are payable, principal and interest, in gold coin or its equivalent, and that any other payment without con- sent of creditor would be in violation of the public faith and in derogation of his rights. The vote was then taken di- rectly on the amendment, resulting in its defeat-A to 53
 Quay now came forward with a new amendment, as follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert That all the bonds or other obligations of the United States issued or authorized to be issued under the said acts of Con gress hereinafter recited should be paid, principal and interest, in the money that is the highest money in the world" Vest again moved to table. Carried-47 to 31.
 Hoar offered another new amendment to go at the close of the resolution as follows: That under no circumstances will the principal or interest of the public debt be paid in depreciated currency or in any money other than the best money of the world" The amendment was tabled on Vests motion-i2 to S2.
 Foraker proposed an amendment for merly suggested by Spooner, who was absent, as follows: That it is declared to be the financial policy of the United States that until there shall have been obtained an international agreement with | the leading commercial nations of the world for the free coinage of silver, which agreement the United States is hereby further pledged to promote, the faith and honor and credit of the United States are Solemniy pledged to preserve the existing gold standard; and all silver hn afv,f, at parity with gold, and all obligations of the United States shall be maintained inviolably at the present standard" The amendment suffered the fate of those going before-tabled, A to s.
 Hoar presented the same amendment as the last, proposing it as an additional section of separate declaration. This was lost, the vote being the same as on the Foraker amendment.
 Caffery proposed an amendment as fol- lows Provided, that if, at the time of payment of the principal or interest of the bonds, the market value of silver is not at par with gold at the ratio of IS to l, the principal and interest shall be paid gold or silver at the option of the cred itor. The amendment was tabled without a yea and nay vote.
 This disposed of amendments and the decks were cleared for the final vote on the Teller resolution. The earlier votes had shown that it's passage was a fore gone conclusion, yet there was the keen est interest at this eliminating feature of the contest
 "On this vote." announced the Vice President, "the ayes are 47 and the noes 32. and the resolution is agreed to-" The vote in detail:
 Ayes-Allen. Bacon. Bate. Berry, Butler, Cannon. Carter, Chandler, Chiffon. Clark. Clay, Cockrell Daniel, Gray, Harris, Het- field, Jones of Arkansas, Kenney Kyle. Lind say, McEnery, McLaurin, Mallory, Mantle Martin, Mills, Mitchell. Money, Morgan Murphy, Pascoe, Pettgrew, Pettus, Pritchard Rawlins. Roach, Shoup. Smith, Stewart Tel Ter. Tillman. Turpie, Turner, Vest, Warren, ffa apd tt--d
 Noes-Aldrich. Allison. Baker. Burrows, Caf- fiery. Cullom, Davis, Fairbanks Foraker, Gal finger, Gear; Hale Hanna, Hansbrough, flaw ley, Hoar, Lodge, Mcbride, McMllan, Mason Morrill,, Nelson. Penrose. Perkins. Platt of Connecticut Platt of New York Quay Sew all, Thurston, Wellington, Wetmore and VII son-32
 The pairs throughout the voting were as follows: Hurley with Deboe, Faulkner with Elkins, German with Frye, Jones of Nevada with Proctor. Walthall with Spooner. The first named would, in each case, have voted with those sustaining the resolution and against all amend ments, while the last named would have voted against it and for the amendments
 There was no demonstration on the an- nouncement, and, on motion of Allison the Senate adjourned until Monday