Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-10-18
THE NATIONS CAPITAL
Franking Privileges, What are
They, and by Whom
Violated?
Republicans Not Afraid to Propose Ad-
jOurnment.
Wall Street Methods in the Fiscal Pol.
icy of the Administration.
WAsHISGToN, Oct. II.
Senate.

At the beginning of the morning business
in the Senate the republican side was repre-
sented by eight senators and the democratic
side by ten. The Senate resumed consider
alton of the tariff bill and was addressed by
Teller.
Teller in his speech complained that the
financial policy of the administration had
been conducted on the Wall street basis and
the government controlled by Wall street in
tuences and interests to the entire disregard
of the great interests of the people. He ad-
mitted that southern democratic senators had
prevented the suspension of the silver coin
age, but was amazed to find them support
ing the administration which had positively
opposed their avowed policy on that question.
The voices of those senators who had been
the loudest in declaring the proposed sus
pension of the silver dollar had been ST.
fenced. He had seen a remarkable spectacle
of the democratic House allowing the bill in
accordance with the sentiment of two thirds
of the members to be suppressed by the
committee on ways and means and the bill
not allowed to come before the House. He
characterized the course of the treasury de-
partment in not using the surplns for the
purchase of per cent. bonds as an ''imbecll-
lty of the grossest character,' and said that
more money was lost in that way than it
would have taken to pay every vetoed pen,
sion bill for more than $50 years. That
course had been in the interest of the bond
holder, the money lender, the money grab
Der, and not in the interest of the poor man.
He had heard good deal of talk about the
people being robbed through the tariff, but
what did the senators say about robbng. the
people of the interest of their money through
national banks. He desired to submit to the
people whether they wanted the silver dollar
destroyed. That was the cardinal feature of
tile faith of the administration and further
idea of the administration was the distribu-
ton of greenbacks. The economic policy
of the administration did not commend itself
to the American people.
Allison offered a concurrent resolution,
providing that at p. NJ, on Saturday, the
10Th of October, the president of the Senate
and the speaker of the House adjourn their
respective Houses, to meet Monday, the 18TH
,iay of November, at noon. He asked unan-
imous consent for its immediate considera-
ton.
Cockrell suggested tina, it be referred to a
select committee of five senator's He op-
posed it.
Cockrell, Reagan and Hale advocated an
adjournment to the first Monday in Decem-
Der. Allison said that the object was to
prove that Cockrell's charge of yesterday
that there was no intention to pass the re-
publican tariff bill--was not well founded.
Under Morgan's objection the resolution
went over one day. Morgan then proceeded
to address the Senate on the tariff bill.
He said if the republican senators had any
faith in their bill they ought to show their
faith by works, attend the sessions and vote
on the bill; but the chamber had been de-
serted for weeks by majority of those who
claimed to be earnest, united, and the only
capable tariff reformers. The resolution
lust read was intended to excuse republican
senators for not returning to vote on the bill.
The republican senators did not intend to
pass the bill now or hereafter. Referring
TO the enormous fortunes made by such
men as Gould and Vanderbilt he said that if
Washington or jefferson had had an idea
that the government they were establishing
would be warped so as to allow such fortunes
to be made BY men who tolled not, they
would have tried some other plan. He
looked upon such fortunes with amazement'
have been sent by the State of Alabama
for the purpose of rectifying laws, and it is
NV duty to stay here and look at those laws
over night, day and Sunday if need be, until
relief is brought to the suffering people. He
declared with emphasis that the Senate OF
the United States was the subsidized slave of
monopolles.
Without action on the bill the Senate ad-
jourred.