, 1890-05-15
Mr.. TELLER ON SILVER
Gold Monomctallists Favor
the Window Bill.
ERGO, IT is A VICIOUS MEASURE
He Is Anxious That the Repub-
lioans Fuihil Their Promise
to the People.

TO the People.
WAsHrseror, u. O., May H.
Among the bills placed on tho calendar
In the senate to-day was tho senate bill
subjcctlng imported liquors to provis'
ions OF tho laws Of the several states.
Mr.. Hoar, a member of tho Judiciary
committee. explained that tho bill was
rendered necessary by the late decision
OF the supreme court. He fully con-
CURED in ths purpost of the bill but
courts opinion extended 10 other
things than to distilled spirits; TO
opium, for instance, and hc should have
preferred that the bill should have ap-
piled TO all articles which the states
might desire to prohibit tho sale Of.
However, In order not 20 delay action in
the matter, he had assentsd TO the report
OF the bill.
Mr. Edrnunds, also member OF the
Judiciary COMMITTEES. expressed the same
idea.
After further discussion Mr.. Plumb
desired 20 know what question was be-
fore the senate, and was informed by the
vice president that there was no ques.
tion pending.
He then demanded the regular order,
and when Mr.. Hoar desired to make
uomc further remarks Mr.. Plumb OBJ
jected and insisted on the regular order.
This Was resented by Mr.. Hoar, who
remarked that he had never seen such
an exhibition Of boorishness before. =,
Then younever look into the glass" |"
was the retort Of MIR. Plumb.
Mr.. Edmunds introduced bill To es-
tablish tho University OF the United
States, and had It referred to select
committee.
Mr. Teller addressed the senate. He
spoke of tho bill as relating 10 perhaps
been presented 10 tho senate since the
characterization Of silver In Is7S He
discnimcd any anxiety or any espaciai
interest In omoting the price Of silver,
save and except that silver
was an American product, and that
every American ought therefore to have
an interest IN advancing rs price. rhe IN,
little interest in the advancement Of the
price OF silver, because, although they
produced one-sixth of all the silver pro-
duccd in the world, they did not depend
on their silver product, and very shortly
other interests OF the state would far
outweigh the mere product of silver.
The silver product OF the United states
cant In comparison with the great in
terests ofth country that wero involved
In the rehabilitation OF silver ns
money metal. il would not do to say
that the silver barons Of the West were
demanding II, or that its demand was
in the interests OF cheap money. II was
demanded in the interests Of humanity,
terests Of pn1grcss and In the interests OF
ho vince human race. Ho criticised
he Windom bill, and said that he could
not SEQ what tho purpose of that scheme
was.
gold monometaliists everywhere, and
that was reason enough TO warrant tho
suspicion so,ss rsa that bill reported iS}an fae%
the finance committee, he said.
Was founded ,on the same system
NJ financial policy, and there was the
same phiIosophy in II, but it did not
nroposs the use OF silver for money.
H. fnnda IN cntal ideas was. as In the
other bill. that silver was a metal and
nothing else.
silver plank IN the national republican
piatform as promising the full recogni-
lion Of silver money, and said that the
,Inak was inserted In recognition OF the
pniversal demand OF the country
In favor of silver as money,
and he would insist upon its observa-
,rvn, ,n Mi .sration or not. Did the pending
Xii he asked recognize silver In nc
cordance with the PLATFORM lie
hon pht not.
'"v W}ihous concluding his speech Mr..
Teller Yielded TO the motion TO go into
executive session.
When the doors were reopened tho
silver bill was laid aside informally un,
hi tomorrow, and the senate proceeded
to the business on the calendar, and
after passing several bills adjourned.
coNsrRMArIoss.
The senate this afternoon confirmed
tho following Oklahoma offlcials' o. w.
stoke, OF Indiana, to be governori Robert
Martin, OF Oiiahoms, to be secretary I;
Edward D. Green, Of Illinois, 70 BE- chief
justice Of the supreme court; =. ,x,y, " seay,
sin. 10 ba associate Justices; W. !: Lutty
TO he marshal; Horace Speed. OF OKLA
hon,n. 10 be United States attorney.
The following were also confirmed
Albert Jones. TO bo United States mar
z Z. h Bscius, to bs postInas'sr at San
The ncmin alton ofwiI.lam d. Torsby.
of Mississippi TO be consul general 10
Ecuador, was confirmed by party vote.
A vigorous fsht has been made over
him by the southern senator's
Removal OF INDIANS Propo ossd-
wAsmisoros. May fl.--Ths secretary