Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-27

main silent and by their silence
give tacit assent TO the recent declara-
tons Of the secretary of the treasury
in favor Of the gold standard, those
declarations being evidently Endorsed
by the president, or else to reaffirm the
Stanley Matthews resolution which
had been passed by the senate by a
vote Of more than two to one and
by the house by an overwhelming ma
5oriJy. 1t will be recalled said he,
that the present president of the
United States was then a member Of
the house and voted for the resolu-
tion." Following is the vote in de-
tail by which the motion Of Mr.. Vest
to take up the Teller resolution was
carried:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Butler, Cannon, Chiffon, Clark,
Clay, COckrell, Faulkner, Harris, Heit-
field, Jones (Ark.), Kennedy, KiIe, Nc
Emery, Mallory, Mantle, Martin, Mills,
Mitchell, Money, Perkins, Pettigrew,
Pettus, Pritchard, Quay, Rawlins,
Roach, Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Till
man, Turpie, Vest, WalthalI, Warren,
White, Wolcott; total Il.
! Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Gull
lom, Davis, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye,
Gallinger, Gear, Gray, Hale, Hanna,
Hansborough, Hoar, Lodge, Mcbride,
Morrill,, Nelson, Platt Comm, Proc
tor, Sewell, Spooner, Thurston, Wet
more; total %.
Washington, Jan. 20-Speaker Reed
from the rOstrum of the house
and Mr.. Bailey, leader of the demo-
Gratis, from his place on the floor,
glared at each other at the close of
the Cuban debate and joined issue
on veracity. Mr.. Bailey protested that
the agreement made Wednesday in
Guided a proposition for a vote on l.
motion to recommit the bill under con-
slderation. He claimed he had an
understanding with the speaker to that
effect. Reed openly denied it. Bailey
made a motion to recommit. It was
oyerruled. Mr.. Bailey thereupon ap-
pealed from the decision of the chair
and Mr.. Dalzell moved to lay the ap-
| Called
amid much confusion, but party lines
were unbroken and the vote resulted
100 to ia; the appeal being laid on
the table. The bill was then passed
15S to 95.
This sensational eposide completely
oVershadoWed the interest in the Gu
pan debate which continued unin-
terruptedly in the house for three
days during the consideration of the
diplomatic consular bill. The debate
was opened by Mr.. Clark (dem., Mo- }
VINO made a breezy speech declaring
that the duty Of this country, if Spain
does not bring the Cuban war to a
close shortly, is to expel her from the
western hemisphere. He declared that
the democrats of the house are ready
to give $50 votes for a vigorous for
eIgn policy, and if only 27 republicans
would join them, before sunset the gIaC
tldlngs would ring around the worlC
That Cuba was tree by act of the
American congress. Mr.. Williams
(dem., Mss, sneered at the statement
made by Mr.. Hit, that the granting
OF belligerency rights to the Cubans
would afford them no advantage. Mr.
Williams was followed by Mr.. Kins
(dem., Utah) who recently returned
from q visit to Cuba. He described
the narrowing conditions there, char
acterized the scheme Of autonomy as
a delusion and declared that if peace
came on that basis Spain would saddle
the war debt on Cuba. Mr.. Simpson
(pop., Kas.) said the inaction of the
government is due to the fact that
holders of Spanish Cuban bonds have
not yet been guaranteed payment
Mr.. Dingley took the floor to reply
to remarks made during the course OF
the debate relative to wages reductions
IN the cotton industry. Mr.. Dingley
said those who are still cnattering
about the lack of revenues under the
new tariff law had better be prompt
about it for your opportunity to chat
ter Will soon be over" said he.
"wednesday our receipts from customs
were $S5O,OOO. The receipts themselves
Will soon silence these critics."