The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-15

the university Of the United States. and
nan Is referred 70 select con- mislee.
The silver ball VAS then taken up and TEL
Ter addressed the senate He spoke al the
ball IS relating TO perhaps the most import
ant question that bad been presented to
me senate since the demonstration OF
silver IN ISIS. IL il could be sruthsuiiy said
that the question VAS ever presented to the
Senate. He disclaimed any anxiety or sny
special interest in promoting the prics Of
silver. save and exreps that silver vas an
American product and therefore every
American ougns TO have an interest in a1-
vancing its price. The people Of Colorado
had comparatively little interest IN the ad-
vancenent Of the price of
silver, because. although they pro-
duced one-sixth OF All the silver
produced IN the world. they did not de-
pend alone upon the silver product. aud
very soon the other interests Of the state
would far outweigh the interest OF mere
silver production. The silver production
in the state last year was insignificant in
comparison with the great interests OF the
country that we're interested Ia the yestora-
tioa Of silver rs . money metal 1t would
not do 20 say the silver harons Of the West
were demanding characterization, or that il
was in the interest of cheap money. Il
was demanded in the interest Of humanity.
In the interest Of civilization. in the inter-
est Of progress, in the interest OF the whole
human race. He criticised the Window
bill, and said he could not see what
was the purpose and object of
that scheme. 1t met the approval
OF gold advocates everywhere and
that was reason enough to warrant the
opinion that il was unfair to the people.
OF the bill reported from the finance COM
mittee he said it was founded on the same
system OF financial poiity and there was
the same philosophy in IL, but 1t did not
propose to use silver as money. Its funda-
mental idea Was. as in the other bills. that
silver Was = metal and nothing more. Tel
ier went on TO speak Of the silver plank in
the national Republican platform as
promising full recognition OF silver money.
and said the plank was inserted in recogni-
ton Of the universal demand of the coun-
try for silver IS money. and he would in
sist upon its observance whether it parted
him from the administration or not. Did
the pending bill, he asked, recognize silver
in accordance with the PLATFORM He
tnoakut HOt.
Without concluding his speech Teller
yielded to motion TO go into executive
session. When the doors were reopened
the silver bill was laid aside informally till
tomorrow. and the Senate proceeded to
business on the calendar. and after the
passage of several bills adjourned.
xoMIHATIoNs.
Pay Inspector Edward Stewart, United
States navy, to be chief OF the bureau of
provisions and clothing and assistant pay
master-general Of the navy. with the rank
Of commodore; Thomas H. Long. receiver
of public moneys as The Dalles, Or.
coSFIRMATIoSs.
Oklahoma officials: George w. Stokes.
OF Indiana. governor; Robert Martin. Of
Oklahoma, secretary; Edward d. Green. of
illinois. chief justice of the supreme court:
A. J. Leay, of Missouri, and ]. g. Clark, of
Wisconsin. associate justices; w. s. Lurty.
marshal; Horace Speed. of Oklahoma. at
torney. Mrs. Clara darcy. postmistress at
PuyalIup, Wash. The nomination of VIII
lam d. sarsbery. OF Mississippi. to be con-
sui general 20 Ecuador. was confirmed by
. party vote after vigorous fight had been
made on him by Southern senators.