The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08
F1FTY.rqa CONGRESS,


WAsHINGroE. Jan. 6y--But seven senators
were present at 10 o'clock when the vice
president called the senate to order After
the lapse of three quarters of an hour sew
eral members appeared, and the journal of
| yesterdays proceedings were read and ap-
proved. The morning business having been
concluded the senate iesumed consideration
of the financial bill, and was addressed by
| Senator Teller.
| During the three hours Of his speech Sem
ator Teller discussed the section of the bill
providing for the pure hass of $12, 900 of
silver. He said that lie washed his hands
of the responsibility for that. He had no
/ interest or sympathy with men who specu-
iiStedin silver. 1t had been said in the
pubiHp press and in another place (meaning
the house of represent atives) that when the
silver bill OF last session passed a large
number OF senators were holders of silver
bullion. If that was 50 ne had never hea d
oft; as far as he was personally concerned
ne had lever owned an ounce of
silver, except in silver dollars or
| nail dollars. lie had never
engaged in speculatioul of that character or
any other character and had no SYM
pathy with men who bought silver and put
II up or put il DOWN. The pending bill was
not brought forward in the interest of the
silver states. If $i2, 10000 of silver were in
the hands Of the miners of Colorado there
would not have oeeni he asserted, sny
hands of people in political and financial
circles in New York, and that was the rea-
son why there was 80 much anxiety about
il to concern Others. The proposition
had come from New York, and not from the
silver states. He opposed the fourth sec
ton of the bill, which provides for the issue
of $500, ,0C0 090 of Q per cent bonds. 1t was,
Tel er asserted, in the interest of classes
only the silver SPECTATORS of New York
and the bankers Of the country. 1t abso-
lutely ignored the people OF the United
States ana their demands for more money.
He alluded tc the silver act of the last ses-
sion as Is mere .makeshift,, and said
there was but on sure method, and
that was The free coinage of
silver. rhs senator :om Ohio had told
the senate yesterday that free coinage
Senator spoken i0t the house of rep, esenta.
tves or spoken fer another tribunal to
fgh!cb the tili wound nave to go he (reller)
aAd not Care for whom the senator had
spoken. Ha couId not speak for him, nor.
'0r i've majority Of senators on his side of.
the chamber. Il senator's believed that
free coinage was essen tial to the welfare Of
,I,S CCuAltIH ~ WAS ttASlr uuIy " NOUe lor IL.
The other branch OF congress could
pass 1r defeat il. The president
could sign Il rr decline to. 1t was the
business Of senetors 10 legislate according
TO their Judgment sud that was what he
propOsed 10 10
Senator Sherman said, he would at some
future time reply TO PeIler's remarks, but
he did moi care 10 90 so row.
Senator hlorsNA then addressed the
senate
Senator Vest areiled in favor of free
coinage ot silver and replied to Senator
Morrill's speech. Tne senator from Yer
mont, he said, had spoken of the Demo-
cratic party hanng lucid inter ,als, and
had said at least BY Implication that every
public man who favored free coinage was
afflicted with a sort of financial lunacy.
Between the two classes, the Democrats
purse and the citizens of the United
States who favored free silver coin
age senators (if the senator from
Vermont were oorrect), were living in
very large lvnatic asylum because the last
election had developed the fact that the en-
tire face of the country was covered with
Democrats and free coinage people. Senator
Vest went on TO allude to the statement
that be had received letter from ex Presi-
dent Cleveland recounting some of his
views on the silver question, and said that
that was mere hgment of
the imagination coming from some
newspaper source and that it had
not the slightest foundation. He never had
d letter from Cleveland on the silver ques-
ION and had never had a conversation with
him on that subject. All that he (Vest)
had ever said WAS that he had reason to be-
tieve that Cleveland had, after futherex-
animation, modified to some extent his |
opinion in regard to lree coinage of silver.
At the close Of Senator Vests remarks |
the senate went into executive session and |
soon adjourn ed.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. B.--The military af |
fairs committees today ordered favorable |
report to be made IN he McAdoo resolu
ion calling for correspondence and papers
with reference to the Killing of Sitting Bull.
Mr.. Farquahar Of New York moved that
the House go into committee of the whole |
for consideration of the shipping bill.
Mr. Springer of Illinois moved as amend
ment that committee reconsider bill. De-
terring options anen dment was rejected, |
yeas 50, nays l01.
Mr.. Farquahar's motion was then agreed |
to. 1eas, l07; nays, 49, Burrows, Michi-
gan, took the chair, and Wheeler of Ala
bama, being accorded she floor in opposition
10 the measure.
Mr.. Herbert of Alabama, said that an or
ganized lobby had been at work for ten
years 10 press this bill through and it was
nere now because 1t was slast opportunity
for passage.