Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-11
OUR LAWN MAKERS.
What They Are Doing at the
National Capital.
TELLER A SILVER TALE UNF0LDS.

The Senators Appear Determined to Ex-
haust the Subject; Also the People
The House Puts an Appropriation Bin
Through In Short Order-Action of the
Republican Caucus on the National Elec-
tion Law-Canaday's Successor Chosen
Official Notes.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 1l-During his
speech on the silver bill in the senate yes
terday Teller said he was not fiat money
man. He believed that gold and silver
were made las Sherman had said the other
day. by the Almighty for money; that
they We're twin metals, and that the dis
carding of either the one or the other
could not be afforded But if there could
be only one money metal, then he asserted
that the interests of the United States and
the interests of the world demanded that
it should be silver. 1t had been demon
strated beyond the possibility of doubt
that there was not gold enough In the
world, and that there was not enough be-
ing produced, to carry on the business of
the world on gold alone.
Controverting Sherman's Statements.
In reply to statements made in Sher-
mans recent speech, Teller said that there
never was an hour previous to 1878 when
the gold dollar was the unit of value in
this country. The silver dollar was the
unit of value up TO the act of 1878. An
other point in Sherman's speech which
Teller disputed and denied was that the
increase of circulation had kept pace with
the increase of population. As to the state
ment by Sherman and others that the sup
porters of the bill wanted cheap dollar,
Teller said that it was a species of dema-
goguery which was disgrace to the SEN
ate. They wanted the honest dollar re-
stored-the dollar that had been stricken
down without the will of the people and
without their knowledge.
The Purpose of the "GoIdites."
If the purpose could be accomplished for
which Sherman and his associates at home
and abroad were trying, if they could
complete the decentralization of silver
(which would be done effectually if the
senate should pass the house silver bilD they
would add 80 per cent. more to every pub
lie and private debt and every man would
be compelled to make 60 per cent. more
effort, co per cent. more sacrifice, to pay
! his debts than he would have had to make
before 1878.
The National Platform Again.
Teller then went on TO speak of the sill
yer plank in the Republican national plat
form, and said that if he had supposed it
| to be mere clap-trap the Republican ticket
| would not have had such support from
| him, and would not have got the great
majority that it did in the state of Col
| orado.
Blair remarked that Teller felt in rela-
ton to the silver plank in the platform
| just as he Blair felt in relation to the ed
| ucational plank.
Stewart-Does the senator think it right
that any party should do that?
Blair-No: and the party that does it is
| certain to be blanked. Laughter
A Whack at Wall Street.
Teller went on to say that there was no
| feeling favorable to bi-metallism in high
| places, and would not be while Wall
street could influence political parties.
He remembered the case of a president
| cleveland addressing crowd of people
in Wall street, and saying that he saw be-
fore him the representatives of the great
interest of the country. But the fact was
| TELLER said that he did not see before
him single man who had ever done an
honest days work; ever produced an arti-
| Gle of commerce, or ever promoted the in
dustrial pursuits of the country