The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-18
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.



WASHINGTON. Oct iz.--fn the senate at
The bcgianing q husiHess the Republican
side VAS represented hy eight Fenafcrs
and the ierncrssle side by ten.
Tue committee en- foreign reiatloaS vas
authorized 70 sit during recess for tse IN
vestigafion of the Ia Ahra clasa against
Mexico.
The senate then resumed consideration
of the tariff bill. and was addressed by
Teller. He waaid not" he said. have
ycatafec 10 trouble the scaste With any
remarks II the secretary of the treasury
had not seen st 10 mxke sonae statements
in a public speech fran fhe steps % the
s70-ireaSGry IN New York. which he
Teller thought were net supported by the
records, aud needed contradiction. Toe
secretary bad fallen into the very general
mistake that the inttrests ef Wall street
aud that IL the acts OF the administration
were in accordance With Wall street ideas
they must be necessarily IN the Interests
Of the whole people. He fTeiierl deGied
that such al inference Nas correct What
he complained OF was that the financial
dncted on = Wall street basis. and that the
government vas controlled b. Wall street
Influence and Nau street interests
TO tae entire disregard Of the
great interests OF the people.
Teller having referred to the attempts of
dollar coinage and hsyiag nperaided the
Democratic senators aud representative
for their failure 10 Oppose, fagA asked him
whether the bulk of the Southern Deina-
Gratis had not prevented fha snspention Of
silver coinage, and whether they were now
charged with helng eouspigaters in move
inelit 70 destroy Northern industries.
Teller replied that he had On more than
one occasion given dfe credit 10 the Demo.
cratic senators for their enlightened, ad-
Nanced position on the silver coinage qGes-
tion. bnt when be saw the same senator's
now supporting the administration which
directly and positively opposed theit
former ayowcd policy on thai question he
was amazed. lie characterized the course
Of the treasury department. in not using the
surplus for the purchase OF per cent.
bonds as ''imbecllity OF the grossesischsr.
acter," and said mere money had
been lost Ia that way than
would have paid every vetoed pension bill
for more than Ia0 years. But that course
had been ia the interest of the bondhola-
eFs and maney-lenders aud money grab
bers, and not in the interest OF the poor
man. The economic policy OF the admin
istra.ion did ret, he said, commend itself
TO the American people.
At the close OF 1sflcTs speech Allison
offered concurrent resolution for a recess
OF congress from Saturday next 70 Noyen-
ber 10.
Coekrell opposed a recess and suggested
that /; wonid be much better 10 provide
for final adjournment with the under
standing there would be no Christmas
holidays and that the tariff bill would then
be pressed to iinai action.
After some discussion The resolution
went over till tomorrow.
Morgan proceeded TO address the senate
on the tariff bill The senate bill, he said
was mere masquerade of monopoly. dis
gulsed IN the inheccnt appearance OF fair
dealing and Justice 70 the country. He
quoted some statements made by Mr.. Beck,
aud declared that the senate of the United
States was the subsidized slave OF monopo-
lists
Aldrieh desired to mako denial of the
facts stated By Beck. but Morgan declined
10 yield, because Rsek was not present.
Without action on the bill the senate ad-