| Show WILVER MILVER IN THE HOUSE teller R cAo lution rejected by a strictly party A oto ote washington feb I 1 the house has buried the teller resolution declaring the bonds of the united states payable in silver under an adverse majority of fifty votes the republicans were vere solidly arrayed in opposition with two exceptions mr linney of north carolina who voted with avith the democrats and populists lists andinor and andI mr NIr white of 0 north carolina the only colored member 0 of the house who answered present when his name was called the desertions sert ions from the democratic side were mcaleer of pennsylvania and mr elliott Elliot fc of south carolina the vote was reached after five hours of debate under a special order adopted at the opening of oatlie the session yesterday the limited time allowed for debate and the pressure of members for an opportunity to be heard was so great that the leaders on both sides were compelled to farm out the time by minutes this detracted much from the continuity of the discussion but in some measure me assure intensified tho the interest in the galleries which were crowded all day and the combatants on the floor were cheered by their respective spec tive sympathizers the majority assumed the rosi position tion that the last clause of the resolution was in reality a disguised declaration for the free coinage of silver while the ass assaulting democrats maintained that the defeat of the resolution was another step in the direction of the establishment of the gold standard to which they alleged both the president and secretary gage had irrevocably committed the 1 republican party the vote on tho the resolution was ayes nays 18 1 |
