Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-20

Lep8rtmeot- Tue present dista ,h~d
stsse on the public mind Concerning all
Yer Teller asefsesd 10 the atszcks rsd.
90 IL py Goverpment ofncial.- Fvarx
ssoeae that could disQrsce siIy~r had
.oe ssnction Of that Dep .rtneot. n II
oid mos dir-ctiy originate in the Dera,t-
nent- The Tteasur Of the Cni,sd
, stes had gone into q convention of 81
o .nkers-a Convention the ohis,t Of
vetco va the dsprecission Of silver
ana ms presence among the banker.
vas carefully telsersphsd 10 all
corners OF toe earth. That vas a
scheme to brighten the people into
TOE ioea that silver coinage voul! bring
ruin 10 our industries, and the Treas
orer . presenc- Ia that eonvansion vzs
zoe most indefeasible attack that has
EVER been made on the credit of the
tvSernDept be its evn officials sworn
70 respect and exesct. the laws Of the
country. Another attack on silver vas
round IN the system NJ bookkeeoioq
newly adopted by the Treasury Depart
meat 10 tressIs2 "a liability and DOT
an ASSET the fi00, 900 600 Of revenue held
10 order 70 redeen green backs. Accord
ing 20 this idea the more money
toe Government had on hand or
its vaults vi Which to redeem its
Q o. money, OF paw its deot, the great
er sess its liabilities. This change OF
book ks-pina came of long experience
In Wall street. IL vas for the purpose
of deceivinQ the people a. 10 the amount
Of available funds in the Treasury, as
u w,sid always show 800 .0O. 0O0 lees
than Vas actually in the Treasury. No
~ l. k.-fs.
tat the continued accu mutation and
ret nsion OF money In the Treasury vas
beneficial to the country, and that a
OF 81 yer coin age would
be also beneficial to the Treas
officials Vas that they bad consulted
tue national banks and money loaners
and not the real business men of the
Had our ovn 6evernmeut OH
GERS executed the laws Of tbs land as
they fonnd them, there would have
been no trouble With the silver question.
Teller commended to those OH -ers the
Example of the q Ivernment Off siais of
France. Who bad given the laws Of their
republic q loyal and hearty suDpsrt.
T. iier said he did not demand foroed
circulation of silver. He merely de-
handed for silver an equal chance
with gold. When that Gas given
he would abide the decision of
the commercial world. L Il the gold
advocates give to silver free coinage. as
they gave 1t 10 gold. AZ d let the juda
ment OF mankind be taken on its value
a. money. Do not allow 9overnmsnt
officials 70 discredi, il. Do not allow
agents 1.-THE National
banks to refuse to receive it on deposit.
LIST all men understand that paw msnt
IA il vas 0 just and fair payaeut of Q
debt within the letter and spirit of toe
lay, and when that vas done silver
voali resume its place "A the fsvorite
mones met Of commerce.
IL IL was said that the speeiai inter
ests Of Colorado warped Mr.. Teiier's
Judgment, he vo Id reply that although
Colorado produced one quarter of all
the annual silver yield of the world, yet
the qaestion Of silver coinage was one
Of bot little more Importance TO Colo
RADIO than 10 toe other States Of the
Union. The real qsstion was whether
the worlds commerce should be con
Quoted With all the worlds stock OF
coin or with only one half Of 10. That
question affected nine men 10 ten in
the United States. H. spoke, therefore,
for all Who toiied In mill and 6eld-ihat
great host. as mighty in numbers as
modest IN aspiration, who constituted
the strength and power Of the Nation,
who though forbe 4rant and long endur-
ing, yet when aroused In defense of
their rights, knew ho~ to compel their
agents to respect their will.
The resolution offered by Mitchell, OF
Oregon, vas agreed tn directing the
Committee on Indian Al airs to enquire
as TO the expdiency Of opening up to
settlement certain lands OF she Siletz
indians Ia Oregon.
A resolution offered by Mitchell Vas
laid over until tomorrow directing the
on Public Lands to enquire
whether the conditions Of their grants
have been complied with by the rail-
roads in Oregon.
The Senate then adjourned.
A large number Of executive comma
nicstioas we're laid before the House bv
the Speaker. amsne them a letter from
The Chief Of Engineers asking tor an
immediate appropriation OF $50 900 for
general work IN the survey ON Aissis-
sippi river.
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