, 1890-05-15
TELLER'S THREAT.
Silver Must be Fully Recog-
nized as a Money Metal
Or There Will be War in the
Republican Camp.
All Amendments to the Tariff
Bill Defeated.

WASHINGTON, May l4.-Among the
bills placed on the calendar was the SEN
ate bill subiecting imported liquors to the
provisions of the laws of the several
states. Hoar, member of the judiciary
committee, explained that the bill was
rendered necessary BY a late decision Of
the supreme court. He fully concurred
in the purport of the bill, but supposed
the principle of the courts opinion ex-
tended to other things han distilled spir-
its-to opium, for instance, and he pre-
ferred that the bill should have applied
to all articles which states might desire
to prohibit the sale OF. However, in or
der not to delay action in the matter, he
had assented to the report of the bill.
Edmunds. also a member OF the judi
ciary committee, expressed the same ideas.
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 regu-
lar order; and when Hoar desired to
make some further remarks Plumb OBJ
jected and insisted on the regular order.
This was resented BY Hoar, who re-
marked that he had never seen such an
exhibition of boorishness before.
Then you never looked into a glass"
was the retort OF Plumb.
Edmunds introduced a bill to establish
the university of the United States, and
had it referred to a select committee.
The silver bill was then taken up and
Teller addressed the senate. He spoke
Of the bill as relating to, perhaps. the
nnocf a~ nraatfar thai LoI hann
presented In the senate since the demone-
tization of silver in 1873, if it could be
%truthfully said that the question had ever
been presented to the senate. He dis
claimed any anxiety OF any especial inter
est for promoting the price of silver, save
and except that silver was an American
product and therefore every American
ought to nave an interest in advancing its
price. The people of Colorado had com
p%aratively little interest in the advance
ment of the price OF silver, because, al
though they produced one sixth of the
silver produced in the world, they did not
depend upon the silver product, and
very shortly other interests of
the state would far outweigh
the interest Of mere silver production. The
silver product Of the United States (50,-
000. 900 ounce. last year, was insignificant
in comparison with the great interests of
the country that we're involved in the re-
Mobilization of silver as a money metal. Ii
would not do to say that the silver bar
ons" of the west we're demanding ii; or
that its demand was in the interest OF
cheap money. 1t was demanded in the
interest of humanity, in the interest OF
civilization, j nthe interest of progress, 10
che interest of the whole human race. He
criticized the Window bill and said he
could not see what the purpose and object
of that scheme was. That scheme met
the approval of the gold monomet-
alists everywhere and that was
reason enough to warrant suspicion that
it was a Trojan horse. OF the bill re-
ported from the finance committee, he
said it was founded on some system of f.
nancial policy, and there was some phi
losophy in it, but it did not propose to
use silver as money. Its fundamental
idea was las in the other billy that silver
was . metal and nothing else. Teller
went OF to speak of the silver plank in
the National Republican platform as
promising full recognition of silver as
money and said the plank was inserted 10
recognition of the universal demand of
the country tor the use of silver as money,
and he would insist upon its observation
whether it parted him from the admins
tration or not. Did the pending bill, he
asked, recognize silver in accordance with
the PLATFORM He thought not. With
out concluding his speech, Teller yielded
to a motion to go into executive session.
When the doors were reopened the silver
bill YVES laid asi lie informally till to NOR
row and the senate proceeded to business
on the calendar, and after passing several
bills adjourned,