Iron County register., 1891-01-15
The Bullion Thieves.

| AS Republican. Senator Teller il
| familiar with the inside work Of hi.
party and it is admirably condensed in
the following extract from the report
Of his latest speech in the S nate:
Proceeding to discuss the section ot
the bill proyiding for the purchase OF
Sl2 1000, 900 of silver, Mr.. Teller said
that he washed his hands of any re-
sponsibility for that. He had no in
terest or sympathy with the men who
speculated in silver. 1t had been said
in the public press and in another place
(meaning the House of Representa-
tives) that when the silver bill of last
session passed = large number of sena-
tors were holders of silver bullion. If
that were SO. he had never heard of it..
So far as he was personally concerned,
he had never owned an ounce of silver
except in silver dollars or half dollars.
He had never engaged in speculation
of that character or of any other charc-
ter. and had no sympathy with the
men who bought silver anu put it up
or put it down.
The pending bill was not brought
forward in the interest Of the silver
States. If the $4,000, 900 of silver were
in the hands of the miners of Colorado,
there would not have been, be assert
ed, any anxiety to buy it up. But ii
aUas in the hands of people in political
and fin 0nciat circles in NeaO York and
that Wds the reason aOhy there aOds so
much 0nCiety about 1T in certain quar-
ters. The proposition had come f, ON
New York, and not from the silver
States. 1t was not sop to be thrown
to them. They were Indifferent about
it. And they were Indifferent to the
price of silver as a single question.
They had some interest, of course, in
putting up the price of silver, IS they
would have in putting up the price eff
gold or any other commodity which
they produced, bat their great interest
in the question was that silver should
be used as money. That was bigger
gu, stion than whether the miners Of
Colorado and Montana were to get S1.29
an ounce or $1.10.
He opposed the fourth section of the
bill. which provides for the issue of
$500, 900, 900 1f2 per cent bonds. 1t was,
Mr.. Teller asserted, in the interest OF
two classes only-the silver specula-
tors of New York and the bankers of
the country. 1t absolutely ignored the
people of the United States and their
demands for more money.
by anxiety in certain quarters"
Mr.. Teller makes a delicate reference
to Messrs. Harrison, Window and John
Sherman, who are now engaged in at
tempting to force through bill to buy
the silver held by the Wall Street ring
which engineered the Window Bullion
Swinde. This ring or pool secured
very large quantity of silver and by
the Window bill authorized the admln-
istration to buy it from them at price
to be fixed by Window himself They
had unloaded IA good part of their hold
ing on the Treasury at Ia heavy advance
made by Window for their benefit
when Mr.. Mckinley interferred with
/ is panic, which embarrassed Mr.. Win
dom in fixing price high enough to
suit them. They were thus left with
part of their bullion on their hands.
They are now demanding additional
legislation under which the price can
be put.at figure that will allow them
to unload OH the Treasury and retire
OH their incomes from the loot.
While Mr.. Teller was exposing this
conspiracy in the Senate, Reeds Com
mittee on Rules was in session for the
purpose of preventing an investigation
Of the bribery used to secure the pas
sage of the Window Bullion Purchase
bill. If an investigation is allowed,
evidence is promised to show that Il
Senators and Is congressman were
taken into the Wall Street ring in such
a way that they made $1,000, 900 on
their votes for the RIGGS bullion pur-
chase bill. TheIe is no doubt OF Mr..
Reeds determination to suppress the
but the steal back OF this
business is one of the most gigantic in
A merican history ami it is bound to
come out in all its details -EepuLlic.