Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-14
TALK IN CONGRESS.
TARIFF AND SILVER THE TOPICS.
Points From the Discussion in
the House Today.
SENATOR TELLERS SILVER SPEECH.
SENATE.

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Among the bills reported and placed on the
calendar were the following: House bill to es-
tablish new harbor lines in Portage lake,
Haughton county, Mich.
| STATE PROHIBITION LAWS
Senate bill subjecting imported liquors to the
! provisions Of the laws of the several states In
connection with the latter bill. Mr.. Wilson
| (lowa), who reported II from the judiciary COM
mittee. said that he would ask the Senate to
! take 1t up for consideration at an early day.
THINKS THE BILL SHOULD COVER OPIUM, TOO.
! Mr.. Hoar, member of the Judiciary COM
mttee, explained that the bill had been rem
dered necessary by the late decision of the Su-
| preme Court of the United States holding that
intoxicating liquors manufactured in one state
ana conveyed INTO another and there sold by
the manufacturer or his agent cannot be
lnterfered with by states. The court had
lntlmated that states could not pass such
prohibitory or regulating statutes without
the permission OF Congress. He fully con-
Cured III the purport of the bill but he sup
posed that the principle of the courts opinion
extended to other things than distilled spirits
ito opium for lnstance), and he should have
preferred that the bill should have applied to
all articles which states might desire to pro-
hiblt the sale Of However, III order not to de-
lay action Ill the matter, he had assented to the
| report of the bill.
MR.. EDMUNDs' IDEAS.
MI. Eumunds, also a member OF the Judiciary
committee, expressed the same idea He was
| OF the opinion that, phiosophically, the bill
ought to be comprehensive one and to cover
all the things that the states should have a
right to forbid as relating to health and safety:
but for the reasons stated by Mr.. Hoar. he had
| assented to the report OF the bill limited to in
toXicatlng liquors. After further discussion by
Mr. Vest, Mr.. Edmunds and Mr.. Wilson Uowa),
Mr.. Plumb desired to know what question
hpfn fha nd
by the Vice President that there was no ques-
tion pending. He then demanded the regular
order, and when Mr.. Hoar desired to make
some further remarks
Mr.. PLUMB OBJECTED
and insisted on the regular order. This OBJ
lection was resented by Mr. Hoar, who re-
marked that he had never seen such an ex-
hibitIon of boorishness."
Then it is because you never look into
glass, was the retort of Mr.. Plumb.
PROPOSED Z. S. UNIVERSITY.
MIR. Edmunds introduced bill to establish
university of the United States and had it re-
| ferred to a select committee of nine
Mr.. Hale, from the census committee re-
ported bill authorizing the registry of census
mail matter and it was passed.
The House bill for the sale of parts of the
grounds of the Brooklyn navy yard and
Marine Hospital was reported and placed on
the calendar.
BILLS PASSED.
The House bill appropriating $4,000 for a
public building at York. Pa, and the Senate
bill appropriating 100000 for public build
ing at Rock Island, ILL.,, were taken from the
calendar and passed
MIR. TELLER ON THE SILVER BILL
The silver bill was then Cat pm taken I'D
| and Mr.. Teller addressed the Senate He
spoke of the bill as being perhaps, the most
important question that had been presented to
the Senate since the demOpetization of silver
in 1873. if it could be truthfuly said that that
question had ever been presented to the
Senate.
NOT LOCAL ISSUE.
The question was not a local question. He
disclaimed any anxiety or any especial inter-
est in promoting the price of silver save and
except that silver was an American product
and that therefore. every American ought to
have an interest in advancing its price. Inc
people of the state of Colorado
had comparatively little interest
IN the advancement of the price
of silver because, although they produce
one-slXth OF all the silver produced i'll the
world. they did not depend upon the silver
product and very shortly Gn the immediate
future) the other interests of the
state would far outweigh the interest of
mere silver production. The silver product of
the United States 10000, 900 ounces last YEAR,
was insignificant in comparison with the great
interests OF the country that were involved in
the rehabilitation of silver as a money metal
1t would not do to that
THE SILVER BARoNs OF THE WEST
were demanding it. or that its demand was in
the interest of cheap money. 1t was demanded
in the interest of humanity, i'll the
| interest of civilization, in the interest
of progress, in the interest of
the whole human race. There
was in the country general
feeling mot confined to any class) that sill
yer ought to be used as money. on equal
terms. 80 far as practicable. with gold
He did not know a Senator, except
one. who did not hold that the demand
for silver coinage was proper demand and
one that ought to be met. Senators who had
hitherto been avowed supporters of the
! gold standard now admitted that silver was
wanted AS money. Coming down to q discus
| sion OF
THE WINDOW BILL.
Mr.. Teller said that even if he was convinced
that that bill would put the price of silver up,
not to 81 % an ounce, but to 81. so an ounce. it
would never receive his support 1t was clear
| TO him that silver, without its full recognition
AS money metal, would not remain at
the price at which it might be put In fur
ther discussion of that bill he said that moth
ing would suit the Secretary of the Treasury
but Treasury note. payable in a commodity
1t was the first time that
THE STORE SYSTEM"
which prevailed in mining and manufacturing
! regions, was proposed to be applied to the
Treasury Department of the United States He
could not support such wicked and nefarious
proposition. 1t had brought great salts
faction to certain class of people
in the country, and to some Senators, who
said that that was the end of the coinage of
silver. They said that there was no longer any
danger of getting on a silver basis Silver was
| to be taken in as a commodity and to be put
out as a commodity. 1t had always been
treated in the Treasury a commodity. And
| yet that bill was said to be in the interest of
! silver. and that it ought to be satisfactory to
the silver men if silver was put ND
to par. Nobody, he said, knew better than the
men who stood behind that scheme that it
would not put silver to par, and nobody was
more determined than those men that silver
should not 60 to par. II they had fooled some
people there we're good many whom they
| were not able to fool with that kind of state
ment.
HOUSE.
On motion Of Mr.. Morrill, (Kan.) the House
insisted on its amendment to the Senate de-
pendent pension bill, and conference was or
| dered.
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