Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-20
TIE SILVER pr.ATE.
syn"p-i- 81 tEs Discussion In IN. t-,,,.s
states Seaat.

"atnah 'desn- Miss) had spoken
- " 1.'nAN tnca argued In favor OF binet.
-.-'oNi- rae expressed LIS readiness 10 c,<re-.
~, , pson'p action on The bill. and suggested
.na' ihere Was simple mode OF arriving
pronp, action II the declaratioos !,
policy. he said. which the Suhstitu,. $3.50
were embodied in the form OF An rnact,n.n,
~ osrpNee vote could be reached In half
.ns TIME he argued that the bin shoula ~,
addressed 10 some other legislation mar H.
mere repeal OF the sherman Act. th.t 60,
Iress should strike al the root, NOT uerel, a,
nc iEuie II u we're found that the sherman
A"' anu not the Mckinley Law. had been IN,
culniinating atrocity OF recent ie,-iSlat,or 49,.
'shoniu b" made 10 ppl.nent the eiucationai
feature oI the campaign % fs9s by teachin. -
people no" that that campaign had been con.
auciee 10 success on mistaken issue
mr. stewart then csurned his remarks oman.
ING with TRADE against the awnors Of t,r,,
ne" YORK newspapers for prcsuminr 10 dfctat.
.ne pohcy OF the senate and reflect pubic sen
unient Then he took up Mr. Voorhees, record
On the silver question and quoted from his a,,to-
biography ia the Congressional Dir-r,o~, -
snow his Inconsistency He read Documents
ana NEWSPAPER clippings 10 show th- tariff and
.ne force Oil we're the oyershacoN Ing issues
IN The presidential campaign
Att;is Mr.. Stewart announced that n. vop,a
oowfiose saying; There are several branches
or the subject which have not vet touched ana
winch wish 10 speak upon but will close
this speech here
n
spoke on the silver question He announced
ois Intention 90 vote for the rcuc.i hin but in
doing SO expressed his BELIEF In silver a y
money metal and declared his intention OF
emit oil providing for the eoinngo Of ssOoo.
~ OF silver per month ups1
the aggregate circulation % silver OF 49,.
country shall reach $4,000 600 No evidence
was furnished, he said 70 show that the charge
40 freely made, that The purchase OF tb0l Ono
ounces OF silver per month has leeu ne chief
disturbing element Ia our financial system WIS.
true and he conien1cd that the want Of con-
noence which had been manifest by the peoplo
vas want OF confidence in our financial inst.
money. '"N VI
Mr. Turp.e Cdem. Tnd) advocated birretal
ism. The issue which confronted congress
WAS not whether silver should be fprthor
used as money but whether It's purchase
should be continued. The very act Of
Purchasing was discrimination nralnst
silver, because gold was brought to the treas
ury. He predicted that an epoch OF free trade
was about 10 appear and Of freedom OF the bal
lot and there could be no doubt that when
these two things were secured the free coinage
OF silver would necessarily be brought about
DIR. Jones dem, ArlS) favored the repeal Of
the sherman act not IN part, but the whole
He would vote against the pending bin ana
would resist il enactment into Law As long as
possible unless IL were coupled with some
measure recognizing silver and providing for
an expansion OF the volume OF the countrys
money.
On the 9th Mr.. Teller erep. Col, smoke on
the repeal bill He began by referring 10 the
"lecturng' which the senate was receiving
from the newspaper press OF the country Sen.
ztors, he said We're ordered. a. n they had mas.
ters, 10 proceed without deliberation 20 do
with hot haste that which in tbs Judgment
OF II not majority AT least very res pectable
minority OF tho senators would be very dis.
astrous thing 10 do Not only had senators
hrnn fG1H hat 81.
been asserted over and over again that senators
who represented states fortunate enough 10 be
nlled with mineral wealth were representing
their individual interests ana had not even the
right 10 vote on the question.
Mr. Teller then quoted from New Yorl,
papers 10 the alleged pressure which tie
administration was 10 exert on the house and
senate FOR the pass1-c OF the -crcul bill lie
read dispatch from the Washington CORE.
spondent OF the New York American stating that
the negotiations for the surrender OF the silver
democrats In tho senate were al an end that
the administration insisted on unconditional
surrender. that senator Vest was now the
angriesi man against the administration that
could be found In the country ami had threat
enod To Join in delaying action
Mr.. Teller yielded 10 Mr. Vcst dem Mol
who said: III there Is any uitimatum coming
from the president 10 Is not known 10 myself
nor TO any OF my associates. However much
we may diner from the president none OF Va
shall ever come 10 the degrading conclusion
that he win send message 60 United State.
senator's seeking 10 control their action. As TO
what is stated IN regard TO my action about de.
lay It'll simply ana Internationally false and
the product Of newspaper Imagination melted
by newspaper rivalry. %
Mr.. Teller then made some sarcastic
illusions 20 what ''purported to be a telegram
from the president OF The United States 10
member OF congress congratulating him and
his associates on the pasriRc OF tho repeal bil
by the house OF Representatives" The
speaker wanted 10 know. Tin wel-feigned
astonishmeuU II anybody could tell him
that "the president OF the United
States was guilty OF that gross breach Of
public decencyf Why, % course IL was q news
paper yarn and a newspaper falsehood The
president OF the United States attemuting
TO procure legislation, having carried q
from his summer home as Buzzard's
Bay. sent his fhanhs-we arc told
to Mr. Wilson and his associates. Incompre.
hensiblc. Impossible! What further need do
you require Of the mcndaoity OF the press
Mr.. Teller then addressed himself 10 the
sherman act alleging that under 80 for over
two years the country had been prosperous
and that It's only influence had been beneficial
Before the conclusion OF Mr Tellors remarks
the senate adjourned
On the 18th Mr.. Pugh dem Ala, smoke In
opposition 20 the repeal bill He said it was
the determined and unatcrablo purpose OF the
opponents Of repeal 70 stand upon their con-
victions Of public duty and hdeiify TO their
pltNAt1 70 INC NtNpif WHOM LAfF represented
and who had honored eu with their conf.
iencc on the vital question until their physical
strength was exhausted
Mr. Teller rep, COLI resumed his speech
againt the repeal BIZ lie asserted and he be-
iievcd u could be- demonstrated. that x 80 mad
not been for a prcconcertod effort in the
money center OF the country Co prevent
a., the ist Of September woald have
seen better times in the finances o. the
country than the people we're experiencing 90
day. The calling o. congress did not relieve
the country. 10 fact thc condition became
worse from the time congress was called iu tx.
traordinary session. Mf Teller said be would
% some other time give % the senate his con.
cepti0n Of the cause for She recent distressed
condition in his opinion 10 vas due 90 lcgsla-
tive misconduct
Mr. Teller next directed himself 90 stock Oh
erations. a New York papcr had published
daily for some time the dcprcci alton ln value of
stocks OF she destruction ~ values occasioned
by the sherman Jaw. as the paper said
The paper had finally got She amount
up 20 t7l00Oo00 rn his opinion % great
many stocks were selling on the market
today for more than they were worth Hc
cited Northern puci1c. which he said a1l
fallen from 20 TO "a 10 was said al the great
owners come ted wilh 10 uuioa1ed -lc1 So ras
20 That company had f-O0D1.010 o. in.
debtedncss. t1aO01OO1 held in Germany.
great amount owned in Holland and
England He Then iustnnced Erie stock
He dId not suppose anybody pretended
that Erie would ever pay OUT re ucFL
rc -red to Reading Did any intelligent man
believe that any of those three great concerns
were insoiVeutf This disturbance asa nos come
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