The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-15
A Senate Bill About Imported LIQUORS,

WASHINGTON, May l4.-Among the bills
placed on the calendar was the Senate bill
subiecting imported liquors to the pro-
visions of the laws Of the several states.
Hoar, member of the judiciary commit
tee, explained that the bill was rendered
necessary by late decision of the supreme
court. He fully concurred in the purport
OF the bill, but supposed the principle of
the courts opinion extended to other things
than distilled spirits, to opium for instance,
and he should have preferred that the bill
should have applied TO all articles which the
states might desire to prohibit the sale of
However, IN order not to delay action in the
matter, he had assented to the report of
the Dill, Edmunds, also member of the
judiciary committee, expressed the same
idea. After further discussion, Plumb de-
sired to know what question was before
the Senate and was informed by the Vice
President that there was no question
pending. He then demanded the regular
order and when Hoar desired to make
some further remarks, Plumb objected and
insisted on the regular order. This was
resented by Hoar, who remarked that he
never had seen such an exhibition of boor-
ishness before. "Then you never looked
into a glass;" was the retort of Plumb.
Edmunds introduced bill to establish the
university of the United States, and had it
referred to select committee.
The silver bill was then taken up and
Teller addressed the Senate. He spoke of
the bill as relating to perhaps the most i'm
portant question that had been presented
to the Senate since the demonstration of
silver in 1873, fit could be truthfully said
that the question had ever been presented
to the Senate. He disclaimed any anxiety
or any especial interest in promoting the
price of silver, save and except that silver
was an American product, and therefore
every American ought to have an interest
in advancing its price. The people of
Colorado had comparatively little interest
in the advancement of the price of silver,
because, although they produced one sixth
OF all the silver produced in the world,
they did not depend upon the silver pro
duct, and very shortly other interests of
the state would far outweigh the interest
of mere silver production. The silver pro-
duct of the United States 10000 900
ounces last Year, was insignificant in com.
parlson with the great interests of the
country that were involved in the rehabili-
tation of silver as money metal 1t would
not do to say the "silver barons of
the west' were demanding it; or
that it's demand was in the interest
of cheap money. 1t was demanded in the
interest of humanity, in the interest of
civilization, in the interest of progress, in
the interest of the whole human race He
criticised the Window bill and said he
could not see what the purpose and object
of that scheme was. That scheme met the
approval of tie gold and mono-metallists
everywhere, and that was reason enough
to warrant the suspicion that it was a
Trojan horse. Of the bill reported from the
finance committee, ne said it was founded
on the same system of financial policy, and
there was some philosophy in it, but
it did not propose to use silver
as money. Its fundamental idea was, as in
the other bill, that silver was metal, and
nothing else. Teller went on to speak of
the silver plank in the national Republican
platform as promising full recognition Of
silver as money, and the said plank was in
serted in recognition of the universal de
mand of this country for the use of silver
as money, and he would insist upon its OBJ
servation, whether it parted him from the
or not Did the pending
bill, he asked, recognize silver in accord
ance with the platform! He thought not
Without concluding his speech, Teller
yielded to motion to go into executive ses
sion. When the doors were opened the sill
yer bill was laid sside informally till to-
morrow and the Senate proceeded to the
business on the calendar, and after passing
several bills, adjourned.