, 1888-10-18


democratic by ten. The commtte on for.
sign relations was authorized to sit dur
hg recess for the Investigation of the La
Abra claim against Mexico. The senate
then resumed the consideration of the tar.
if bill, and was addressed by Teller. He
would not, he said, have ventured to
tpuble the senate with any remarks IT the
secretary of the treasury had not seen fit
recently to make some statements in pub
lie speech from the steps Of the sub.treas-
urv in New York which he (Teller) thought
were not supported by record, and needed
contradictions. The secretary had fallen
into the very general mistake that the in
terests OF Wall street were the interests of
the whole country. and that If the acts of
the administration were in acceptance
with Wall street ideas they must be nec-
essarily in the interest of the whole peo-
pie. He (Teller) denied that such in.
OF was that the financial policy of the ad-
ministration had been conducted on the
Wall street basis, and that the govern
ment was controlled by Wall street in
tluences and Wall street interests, to the
entire disregard of the great interests of
the people. Teller having. referred
to the attempt of the administration
to suppress the silver dollar coinage.
and having upbraided democratic senators
oppose them, Pugh asked him whether
the bulk of souther democrats had not pre-
vented the suspension OF silver coinage,
and whether they were not now
charged as being conspirators in the
movement to destroy northern industries.
Teissq<~plied that he had, on more than
one occasion, given due credit to the
democratic senators for their enlightened
and advanced position on the silver coin
$50 hn., ha. tha a,,,a
senators now supporting the administra.
tioD which directly and positively opposed
their former avowed policy on that ques-
ton he was amazed. He characterized
the course of the treasury department in
not using the surplus for the purchase of
the 3 per cent bonds as "imbecllity OF the
grossest character" and said that more
money had been lost in that way than
would have paid every vetoed pension bill
for more than 150 years. But that course
had been in the interest OF the bondholder,
money lender and money Rrabber, and not
in the interest of the poor man. The
economy policy of the administration did
not, he said, commend itself to the Amer
lean people
At the dose of Teller's speech, Allison
offered q concurrent resolution for recess
Of congress from Saturday next to Novem-
Der u.
pested n could be much better to provide
Tor alsS.t adjoui nmept with the under
standing that there would be no Christmas
holidays and that the tariff bill would
then be pressed to final action. After some
discussion, the resolution went over till to-
morrSw.
Motean proceeded to address the senate
on the tariff bill. The senate bill was
mere masquerade of monopoly disguised
-, pf fai dnalinu
and Justice to the country. He quoted
somes statements made by Mr.. Beck and de-
clerel that the senate of the United States
was DE subsidized slave of the monopo-
lists Aldrich desired to make denial OF
the flcts stated by Beck but Morgan de-
clined to yield, because Beck was not pres.
ent. Without action on the bill the senate
adjourned.
WlsHISGToN, Oct 17.--The speaker
laid yefore the house twelve pension veto
invalid pensi ons. Cox Of New York,
spoket to question of privilege. He sent
| to the clerks desk and had read an editor
| ial from the New York Tribune, charging
him with sending unfrankable matter
through the mails under his frank Cox
said be called on the editor of the New
York Tribune and was shown the package
referred to. He declared that the sigma
ture Of his name on it was forgery Cox
added that he requested the post office de-
part nient to investigate the matter and
that the inspector found that the package
was without Cox's authority, and was a
forgery; that it did not appear that the
package which was sent to Mrs. Beebc,
postniistress at Apaachin, New York, was
authorized to be mailed at the lnterna-
tionat, the state democratic headquarters
in New York, and that the name OF the
forgef could not be discovered as the Trib-
une refused to give up the package. Cox
said he brought the matter before
the house with view OF
having action taken which woulG prevent
the violation of the franking privilege in
the future. Unfrankable matter was still
bel q sent out by Senator Quay and 9th
ers, Notwithstanding the post master gen.
eral called attention to it.
Henderson of Iowa inquired what evi.
deucesthe gentlemen had that such docu'
mtnts were being sent out.
Cox stated that he had information from
the acknowledgements. The gentleman
from Missouri (Mansur) told him thai
Missouri was flooded with such documents
directed to r. II. HuId, Newberne. NORTH
Carolina. which were not frankable, bu,
bore the frank Of Senator Quay. Contin
uin9 Cox said the Tribune had made hin
q handsome apology on the 3Oth. ult. III
knew the article was libelous. He knew
that the matter would be developed afte
he had been elected, and he rested eas,
over 1t, but the Tribune had since pub
lished fac simile of the frank, reduced II
size, so that the signature was. about th
size of his signature. He had no knowl
edge that his colleague. Delare. who ha'
sent the package 10 the Tribune, wa
mixed up in this business. He hoped h
; was not. He had notified his colleague +
be here but he did not answer.