The House Refuses

Washington, Jan. 12.- The Pacific funding bilí was defeated in the house this morning by a vote of: Yeas, 102; nays, 168. This kills the measure outright. It required eomo time to straighten out the parliamentary situation. Speaker Reed stated his understanding of the status. There were, lie sai;l, no pending amendments to the MU. There were, however, two substitutes, that of Mr. Harrison of Alabama, to provida for a commission of three cabinet officers to negotiate a settlement of the debts with the two roads, and the Bell substitute, providing that if the roads would clear off the flrst mortgage so as to advance the government's lien to the position of a first mortgage thp government would agree to an extensión of theperiod íor the payment of the debt at 3 per cent interest. To tne former sub3titutes there was pending au amendment proposed by Mr. Northway of O'hio, provided 'hat the commission created should be appointed by the secretary of the treasury, secretary of the interior and attorney general, instead of consisting of these three inet officers. The Northway amendment, he sald, was to be voted on first, then the substitutes in their order. If either of the stiDstitutes were adopted it would, he said, take the place of the original bilí. some wrangling the speaker's statement of the situation was aocepted by tbe house. The Northway amendment to the Harrison substitute waa defeated on a viva voce vote, after which the Bell substitute was submitt'.d. Without dividing, Mr. Bell, the .uthor of the substitute, demandod a record-making vote. His demand was sustained by seventy-odd members, rno3tly on the democratie side, and the roll was called. As the voting proceoded it was evident that the substituto would fail and the friends of the bill were correspondfngly jubilant. Senator White of California, Senator Daniel and other senators from the north end of the capital were present at various stages of the proc eedings and watched the progress of the struggle with keen interest. There was a flurrywhen the speaker announced the defeatof the Bell substitute by a vote of 110 to 150. The opposition appeared somewhat staggered, but it was pointed out the Californis tnembers and others known to be opposed to the measure voted against the Eiibstitute. The Harrison substitute was then submitted. On a viva voce vote the volume of sound was distinctly against the substitute and the speaker was about to declare it defeated when Mr. Harrison (Dem.) of Alabama demanded the veas and nays. The vote resulted: Yeas, 55; nays, 214. After the Harrison substitute was defeated the ppposition decided to make a final stand on the motion to engross the bill and read it a third time. This was a square test of strength. Mr. Maguire's demand for a roll-call was seconded by a large number of members, apparently almost half of the house. The interest was intense while the vote was being taken. The result of the first rollcall on the critical motion to engross and read the bill the third time was: Ayes, 85; nays 145.