Show FUNDING BILL DEFEATED house lays out ut the powers bills bill to OZ the decent Is looked epou an AM the all I 1 corts torts to compro comero anisse or E debt or of the ra pa elite railroads washington jan ia tle pacific rallay railway w ay funding bul bill went to its doom 11 in in the house today under an adverse majority of 66 16 the friends blends ol of the in measure who had predicted ata pas passage sage up to the last moments moment were surprised by the decisive character of 0 their defeat they had been I 1 led ed to hope f from tom the votes voter on the substitutes t that I 1 at the bill bibi had more than an equal chance of pas sage gage the bell substitute provided that if the union pacific and central pacific would clear off the first mortgage and advance the government lien the government would extend the indebtedness at 3 per cent it was defeated no to the harrlson harrison substitute providing for a committee to negotiate a settlement of the debt was wag rejected by the house by a vote dote of 55 to many of the members were as much opposed to these substitutes as a to the powers bill the california L and middle west members voted almost solidly against them when the vote came on the main proposition the opposition swung into line and and crushed it b bj an adverse vote of to the vote was not taken directly on the passage of the bill but on the preliminary laminar y motion to engross and read the billa bill a third time bills which become the subject of liard lard tests are usually brought to a final test before the last parliamentary stage Is reached the reilly pacific funding bill two years ago was defeated in the same sami manner on the same motion this was the fourth funding bill killed in the house in ten years an analysis of the vote today shows that 86 republicans and 16 democrats voted tor for the bill and 99 republicans 58 democrats 6 populists lists and 5 independents against it mr air powers chairman of the pacific railroad committee presented a motion to recommit the bill today after lie he had recovered from the shock of his defeat saying that the members of tile the house were all in favor of a settlement but evidently opposed to the principle of tle the rne measure asure hir hi committee had brought in ile he thought his committee should have an opportunity to forni formulate another bill in the hope that it would atwould prove acceptable cep table A point ef f order was wag made against mr air powers motion but at the suggestion of the speaker the po point lilt was not ruled upon today but w allbe when the house convenes tomorrow mr air rowers powers said tonight that he did not know what would be done but expressed the opinion that another effort should be made to pass an acceptable bill the opponents of the bill on the other hand are rejoicing and say ray the vote today settles the fate of all the schemes to fund the debt a t this session before the house convened the floor was crowded with members standing about arguing |