Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-07

and called attention 10 the fact that tue
Senator from Vermont ~ well M the
President OF the United States IN bis
annual message, treated the silver bill
Of July |, 1880, az the work Of the bi-
mclalIlsts In COngftds. He (Icller)
dUnlcd that assertion. THE bill, hc
said, was not the work or product ~
the committee which had hton known
tO be- for many year, deadly hostile 10
m.motaillhm. He did not Intend 10
quarrrl with the act " July ], 1890,
but he did intend 70 show that Il was
not n silver act. II wa. money act,
and NJ such IL received the approval OF
los Senators who had voted for free
coinage aud received the condomna-
ton VI twenty-five Senators who voted
for free coinage.
After quoting q sentence from the
Presidcui'a mrgsnge 10 the effect that
the bill had been expected 10 bring
the price Of silver up % l2J per ounce,
Teller challenged the executive for the
ground " that statement, and assert
ing only one Senator (ailuding TO
Jones, ~ Ncvada,) hn1 minated the
net Of 1890 would bring silver up to
par. On the other hand. more than
twenty Senators asserted Il would not
bring silver 10 par. II disaster came,
NJ IL would come " that policy was
| persisted In, Il would have 10 be- laid
~ the door Of the men who for fifteen
I years steadily resisted this general pub.
I lie demand for the use Of silver on
equal terms with gold. But there was
| another proposition coming from the
executive. What was ~ IL was that
I the United States should accumulate
all tho gold OF the world, aud the
money centres Of Europe would say
| tho United Statoe, having got all the
! gold they would Join the United States
/ in the work Of using silver. Coming
~ Il did from the executive Of the
! nation, he (relier) was bound
! u speak Of ~ with respect
whatever he might think or feel.
How was the United States 70 accu.
mulatc the gold Of the world? Even
when this country had an ahund.
auoc Of crops and was enjoying great
PROPERTY. gold lef, the country al tue
rate OF a million dollars a day.
TuE UNITED STATES WAS THE DEBTOR
NATION,
owing 10 Europe more than $1,000.
900. How was tile United States 10 get
Europe to unload her golfers and seud
gold here?
Teller referred to the fact ~ tue Pres.
| ident having sent New York banker
| (Seligmanl 10 Berlin in connection
with tho silver question, and said that
! the President had not selected for that
/ trip u prominent silver man. He
! (rellorl could name twenty men In
| public liie who could have gone 10
/ Europe and made u report that would
have been Of value, but no such report
would bo got from bankers or mono.
nclalists. He,untorei a protest against
| the declaration Of tho Executive
and the Senator fromNormont that the
| silver mon were responsible for tho
| legislation oi 1880. Every American
statesman ought 10 direct bis attention,
/ Teller said, a. see how the two metals
/ could be tied together 80 that they
never would be parted. That could
not be done by having silver put down
10 % cents an ounce, nor could IL be-
| done 10y accommodating gold from
Europe. II could only be done by TAX
ing heroic step aud passlng FREQ
coinage bill, IN the hope that II would
bring the world 10 tho American policy
or ulso lead 10 an international agree
ment.
Senator Dolph sent to the clerks
deck aud had road an extract from n
/ speech VI senator Stewart TO the effect
that the purchase by the government
| Of 600, 900 ounces OF silver per month
would use all tho silver produced IN
| the United States and put up the price
\ OF oliver 10 par.
senator Stewart admitted that this
prophecy failed, but pleaded that the
conditions had been changed, and il
had been proven that nothing would 10
| but free coinage.
No action was taken on the bill, and,
| after short executive session, the
| Senate, out Of respect 10 the memory
OF the late Representative Gamble,
adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
In the uoueo this morning Blount
OF Georgia asked that the Senate jolnt
resolution authorizing the Secretary OF
| the Navy 10 transport contributions
for the relief Of the suffering poor Of
Russia be referred to the committee on
naval affairs,
There was much discussion on the
matter.
Bryan Of Nebraska hoped that the
appropriation OF 100000 would be
| stricken from the resolution. II Con.
klAHT was lANA hiiINMtItA W AlN tht
cltizous Of it, own country In Nebraska
during the drouth, how WAS IL
empowered to carry corn raised
this year In Nebraska to peoplo
OF another country? Where would
this stop2 Our Republican frlonds are
asserting that the Mckinley oil has
been throwing out OF employment
many lab0rurs in other countries, anu
they are now In distress. II II was our
duty To aid those whom the wisdom Of
God had brought to distress, how much
more would IL be our duty % aid those
whom the folly OF tho American Con.
gress had brought 10 distress.
Pendleton Of West Virginia argued
that Russia was perfectly able 10 aid her
own sutjncts II che desired. Russia
WAS menace 10 modern civilization
aud n threat 10 peace.
The House then on motion Of Blount
agreed to proceed 10 immediate con.
alteration OF the resolution.
Holman n Indiana moved 10 strike
out the appropriation clause.
Breckenridge oil Kentucky argued
for tho resolution.
BrecAlnrldge remarked that IL
WAS perfectly clear that the United
States navy had no ships which could
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