The San Francisco call., 1898-01-21
TELLER'S
 RESOLUTION
 TAKEN UP Senate Decides to Pro- ceed With It's Con-
 SideratiOn. Provides for Payment of Bonds in Silver at the Governme ent'S Option.
Vest Champions the Measure Because of the Policy Of Sec
 retary Gage.
CENSUS BILL DISPLACED.
Now There Is Prospect of Long Debates on the Financial
 Question.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House

Call Office, Riggs House.
 Washington. Jan. 20.
 By the decisive vote of fl to 25 the Senate to-day decided to proceed at once to the consideration of the resolu- tiGn introduced a few days ago by Tel Ter of Colorado providing for the pay ment of bonds of the United States in silver at the option of the Government. The resolution provides: That all bonds of the United States, issued or authorized to be issued, under the said acts of Congress hereinbefore recited, are payable, principal and interest, at the option of the Government of the United States, in silver dollars of the coinage Of the United States, contain ing 4121A grains each of standard sil- yer; and that to restore to its coinage such silver coins as legal tender in pay ment of said bonds, principal and inter- est, is not in violation of the public faith nor in derogation of the rights of the public creditor"
 Vest Of Missouri, the member of the Finance Committee who had charge of the resolution, spoke briefly upon it. but disclaimed any desire at this time to thresh over old straw of financial discussion. He believed, however, that the time was ripe for a reiteration with emphasis of the declaration of the Stanley Matthews resolution, which had been placed on the books twenty years ago, particularly in view of recent statements of the Secretary | of the Treasury, in which the President. ! who had, as a member of the House, voted for the original resolutions, evil ! dently concurred. Vest announced his l intention to secure final vote upon the 1 resolution as soon as one could be reached, and accentuated his intention | by forcing the displacement of the cen- sus bill with the Teller resolution as the unfinished business.
 The day after o'clock was spent in l executive session.
 Mills of Texas secured the passage of a resolution directing the Secretary of War to make an examination of the Port Ar thur ship canal. with a view to its exten- sion to deep water.
 Gallinger of the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine secured the adoption of a resolution empowering the committee to investigate the desira- bility of removing the quarantine station from Ship Island to some other point in 1 the Gulf of Mexico.
 Frye of the Commerce Committee re-
 
 1 of bill providing for the construction, al q cost not exceeding $70,000 of a light ship to be located near Cape Elizabeth. | Lodge of Massachusetts moved that the Senate go into executive session. This | was antagoniZed by Vest of Missouri who called attention to the fact that he had given notice of his intention to call up the Teller resolution.
 Hoar objected to the consideration of the resolution, but withdrew his objection to afford Allen opportunity to make a 1 statement. Allen then read a statement ! directed to the President by Mrs. Roberts She says that she is the widow of How | ard Roberts, a Union soldier. that she was summarily discharged from the Pen sion Office for misconduct affecting her character. Charges were preferred have been treated cruelty and without opportunity to vindicate her character.
 Gallinger said the presumption was that the statement of Mrs. Roberts had been properly referred and was now in the proper place to receive consideration. | Gallinger then asked that the resolu- tion go over until tomorrow.
 The chairman held that Lodges motion took precedence and the ayes and noes were demanded. The vote resulted: Ayes
 The motion of Vest. to take up the Tel Ter resolution, was then carried-41 to 25- as follows:
 Ayes-AIIsn, 1Isg,o Bason Hste. Berry Butler. ner. Harris. Hetfeld. Jones of Arkansas, Ken MIlis, Mitchell, Money, Morgan. Perkins Petit. grew, Pettus, Pritchard. Quay. Rawiins. pie. Vest, Walthan. Warren. White and Vol
 Noes-Aldrich. Allison. Baker. Cullom. Davis | Fairbanks, Foraker. Frye. Galinger Gear. Gray. Hale. Hanna, Hansbrough. Hoar. Lodge, Mcbride, Morrill,, Nelson. PIatt of Connecticut, Hsg PEget0r' sewell' sD00neF' ThnrstOn' wetnoFs | Vest then spoke in support of the reso- | lution, saying that he had no desire at | this time to thresh over the old straw of l financial discussion, but hoped to be able | to call the Senate's attention to some reasons why the pending resolution should | be agreed to by the Senate. He said that | twenty years had passed since the Matthews resolution was first put on the | statute books, but he believed that there was no reason why there should be re- l iteration of the resolution and the dec | larations contained therein. Vest main tained that If the resolutions were orig | fnally correct and proper they were cor 1 rect and proper at the present time | They do not in any sense" said Vest, involve either repudiation or dishonor. j l The Senator maintained that the issue | involving the consideration of the reso- | lution had been thrust upon the Senate by the administration. and that the Sena- tors were required either to remain silent and by their silence give tacit assent to the recent declarations of the Secretary of the Treasury in favor of a gold stan. l dard, those declarations being evidently | indorsed by the President, or else to re- affirm the Stanley Matthews resolutions which had been passed by the Senate by | a vote of more than two to one and by | the House by an overwhelming majority.
 Vest moved to lay aside the unfinished business and to proceed with the dis cussion of the Teller resolution. The mo- ton prevailed without discussion, the ef- feet being to make the resolution the un- | finished business.
 Vest then yielded to a suggestion of AL drich that further consideration of the | resolution be postponed until tomorrow | in order that those opposing 1t might have opportunity to prepare for the de bate. At 2:l0 the Senate went into exec