Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-17
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
Mr.. COX TALKS OF FRANKS
He Makes a Personal Explanation
SENATOR TELLER ON THE TARIFF

Tho Senate.
AT the beginning Of the morning business the
republican side OF the chamber was represented Dy
eight Senators [Allison, Chace Dolph, Frye Hale,
hoar, sawyer, and Teller, and the democratic
side by ten Drown, Cockrell Coke, George, Hamp-
ton, Morgan, Pugh, Reagan, Salisbury. and VIII
son OF Maryland).
THE LA ABRA INVESTIGATION.
On motion OF Mr.. Morgan, the committee on
foreign relations was authorized to sit during the
| recess in washington or New York in the investi-
CATION OF the La Abra claim against Mexico. The
special committee on the methods OF business in
the Departments was also continued-Mr. Cock
reii lts chairman, stating that this would involve
The House bill granting to the Aberdeen, Bis
marck and northwestern Railway right OF way
across portion OF the Sioux reservation, in Dakota
territory, was, on motion OF Mr.. Dolph, passed.
THE PRINTING-PREss BILL
Mr.. George said he mad given notice that he
would call up the House bill for "printing Govern
ernment securities In the highest style of artr
dispensing with steam presses) and asked to have
1t passed He had, however, had q conference this
morning Rhg WIN Sne legislative committee co OF the
the result OF that conference was that, owing to
the th1nness OF the Senate and to the fact that
bill, he would not make the motion OF which he
had given notice.
ANOTHER SENATOR ADJoURNS.
Mr.. George also asked and obtained, leave Of alb
sence for the remainder OF the session after to-
morrow, Mr.. Hampton suggesting, in an UNDER
tone that the same request should be made for all
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
The Senate then, at IL 30, resumed the consider
alton OF the tartn bill, and was addressed by Mr.
Teller. He would not he said, have ventured to
trouble the Senate with any remarks If the
"a hoA as
Gently TO make some statements In public speech
from the steps OF the subJreasury in New York,
porTed py Shs record and %o were nGS Sup
The explanation which the Secretary had made Of
the financial policy OF the Administration were,
were not the moving causes at the time Of the
commission OF the acts OF which there had been
considerable criticism. The Secretary had fallen
into the very general mistake that the interests OF
Wall street were the interests OF the whole coun-
try; and that, If the acts Of the Administration
must be necessarily in the interest OF the whole
people. Mr.. Teller denied that such an inference
was correct On the contrary, he asserted that
whole country. What he complained OF was that
the financial policy OF the Administration
had been conducted on Wall street basis, and
that the Government was controlled by Wall street
influences and Wall street interests to the entire
disregard OF the great interests OF the peo-
land had been to place a bank president at the
head OF the Treasury Department., ana to select
the Treasurer OF the United States from a New
into once thoroughly imbued with wall
street ideas. Neither of them had had
arid, an idea IN, IN common com Sa with the masses Of the
OF the democratic party in the senate or House OF
Representatives. And yet democrats had been
sion or commission on their part, and to resent
every criticism as to the administration OF the
finances OF the country.
soUTHKRNEKs AND SILVER COINAGE.
nNa1la
Administration to suppress the silver dollar coin
age, and having upbraided the democratic Senators
and Representatives for their failure to oppose
them Mr.. Pugh asked him whether the bulk OF
the Southern democrats had not prevented the
were not now charged as being conspirators in the
movement to destroy Northern Industries.
Mr. Teller replied that he had on more than one
for their enlightened, advanced position on the
silver coinage question; but when he saw the
same Senators now supporting an Administration
which directly and positively opposed their for
mer avOwed policy on that question, he was
amazed-and that was as much as he had a right
that the voices Of those Senators who had been
loudest in decla1ming against the pro-
posed suspension Of silver dollar coin
say by Executive influence, as that would not be
In accordance with the rules OF debate. He had
seen the remarkable spectacle Of democratic
House allowing bill in accordance with the SEN
timents OF twO-thirds OF Its members to be sup
pressed by the committee OF ways and means and
the bill not allowed to come before the House. He
had seen other remarkable exhibitions of wall
street influences which had got beyond the Execu-
tive Departments
House OF Representatives.
The Speaker laid before the House twelve pen-
sion veto messages, and they were referred to the
committee on invalid pensions.
Mr.. COX RISES TO EXPLAIN.
Mr.. Cox IN. ", rising to question of privilege,
tot t1,o docly "A had
from the New York Tribune Of the Goth ultimo,
entitled, as. s. COx's postal fraud" charging him
with sending unfrankable matter through the
mails under his frank Mr Cox said that he was
House or the reputation he might have
to his duty. This Sc editorial had been as @ much Of
surprise to him as 1t could have been to any one
else. The editorial had appeared while he was at
Tribune ONCE and seen the editor and also the
frankable package. The package was very unlike
1ss1 sen' Sut naa 0m his ne upon
1t In large letters The frank was tolerably good
imitation, although very much larger than his
IKE his writing. He had told the editor that the
signature was q forgery, and he had dictated q
statement declaring It 10 De SO. ne had always
been very strict in ranking documents, as he had
never favored the restoration OF the ranking priv
ilege. He had asked the Postmaster General for
sna %oaS
the matter. He sent to the Clerks
desk and had read Mr.. Morris report to the De-
partment. He states that the package was ad-
dressed to susan B. Beebe, postmaster, Appa-
lachie, New York; that he went to the Tribune
ONCE but that the editor refused to surrender the
package except upon the order OF Susan B. Beebe,
and that he went to South Appalachte TO see the
lady. He had there learned that Mrs Beebe's
nephew, who was delegate to the republican
county convention, had forwarded the package TO
MI. DelanO, Nj. C. He had received an order for
the package from Mrs. Beebe, upon the editor OF
the Tribune, but when he ha1 called for 1t he had
been refused on the ground that telegram had
been received reversing the order In conclusion,
the inspector nds, trst, that the Endorsement or
the name OF s. 8: Cox was forgery; second, that
his name; third, that It did not appear that the
package was authorized to be mailed by any one
either at the national or state democratic head
quarters in New York; fourth, that the tnvestiga
tion as to who forged the signature OF 8. Cox Is
practically defeated by the attitude OF the Tribune
in refusing to deliver up the package on which the
M. COX proceeded to say that, in response to his
request for an Investigation, he had received q
letter from the Postmaster General In this letter
the Postmaster General had stated that unfrank-
able matter had been sent through the mails un-
der the frank Of Representatives. A. p. H0vey, OF
Indiana, and John Kean, OF New Jersey. and Sena-
tor Quay, OF Pennsylvania. The attention OF the
Hovey had replied that the frank was not author.
ized by him. The Department had not received
from the other two gentlemen any explanation In
regard TO the matter. The Postmaster General
makes this statement 70 Mr. Cox In order 70 show
that the Department Is giving prompt attention TO