The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-28
TELLER MOVED TO TEARS.
He Sounds a Note of Warning to the Ma
ton.

Washington, Oct 27-In the Senate
Cullom offered a joint resolution trans
ferring the naval exhibit of the gov
eminent at the Worlds fair, known as
the model battle ship Illinois, to the
state of Illinois as armory for the ma
val militia of the state, on the termin-
alton of the fair
A bill to aid the states of California,
Oregon. Washington, Montana, Idaho,
Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and South
Dakota to support schools of mining,
allowing each rs per cent. of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the mineral lands
within the state but not to exceed
$4,000 per year, was on motion of Du-
bois, of Idaho, considered.
After speeches in advocacy of the.
measure by Teller Dubois, Pettigrew
and others, on motion of Washburn.
Minnesota was included and the bill
thus amended passed.
Consideration of the repeal bill was
resumed and Stewart resumed his
argument against it.
At 1870 p. m. he yielded to his col
league, Jones'
After Jones had been speaking a
short time, amid frequent Interrupt
tons, the vice-president stated the
question to be on the amendment of
the senator from Kansas Peffer)
PETER said he was not ready to vote
on the amendment; referring to the re-
ports he had surrendered, PETER said /:
we nave not surrendered, nor do we
intend to, but we do not intend to in
terpose factious opposition
The question was then put on the
amendment and rejected-yeas %,
nays 49,
The detailed vote is as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bate, Berry. Black
burn, Butler, Call Coke, Daniel On
ools, George, Harris, Irby, Jones ARK. J
Jones (Nev.0 Kyle, Martin, Pasco.
PeHer, Power, Pugh, Roach, Shoup
stewart, Teller, Vance, Vest, Walthall
and Wolcott-2S.
Nays-Aldrich, Caffery Camden.
Carey, Cullom, Davis, Dixon. DoIph'
Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, GIBSON
Gorman, Gray, Hale, Higgins, Hill.
Hoar, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcmillan. NC
Emerson, Henderson, Mitchell Owls
Morrill,, Murphy, Palmer, Perkins.
Proctor, Quay, Ransom, Sherman
Smith, Stockbridge, Turpie, Villas.
voorhees,, Washburn, and White of
Louisiana-39.
The following pairs were announced.
the hrst named being the affirmative:
Cockrel and Allison, Cameron and
Brice, White (of CALI and Chandler.
Colquitt and Wilson; Pettigrew and
Gordon; Hamsbrough and Mills; Nor
gan and Hawley; Hunton and Plat.
Mitchell (Ore.) and Squire
The amendment thus voted down
revived, with some slight exceptions
the coinage act of 1897 and provided
for the free coinage of silver
voorhees, then moved that he sub-
stitute reported by the finance com
mittee for the House bill be adon n3s,5-
On his motion, the yeas and NAYS were
taken and by a vote of yeas 50, RAYS
y, the substitute reported by the
finance committee was agreed 10.
Those who voted against tho sub
stitute were Allen, Bate, Call, Coke
Irby, Kyle, PETER, Roach and Vance
Perkins, Republican, of California
then offered an amendment providing
for the coinage of American silver at
the existing ratio with a seisnorage
charge of 20 per cent. No gold Issue
of a less denomination than $40 is to
be coined and no legal tender, rational
currency or treasury notes of less de-
nomination than S. are to be Issued.
The holder of any standard silver dol
lars may deposit the same ct the
treasury or at any assistant treasury
of the United States and receive there
for notes of a denomination &C less
than $40, which notes shall have the
same legal tender quality as coin, for
which they were exchanged.
There is to be appointed a commit
tee of five monetary experts, members
of which shall not be otherwise con-
nected with the government. whose
duty it shall be to keep the treasury
and the executive advised on ali
necessary matters pertaining to the
currency.
Stewart, Republican, of Nevada.
called attention to the change over
on the part of Voorhees,, Gordon. Ran
som, Hill, Mills, Turpie and Squire on
the silver question, who last spring
voted for free coinage and now on
PETERS amendment voted against it.
Teller said he would vote for Per
lzins' amendment, as il was better than
the proposed act. Teller went on to
speak with great bitterness of the
desertion of the cause of silver by
the Republican senators. ITO me this.
is the most terrible moment of my
legislative life,' said Teller, with
much feeling. ITO me it brings more
fear than any other since | entered
public life. I fear we are entering
upon a financial system from which
there is absolutely no escape I know
there will be no favorable legislation
for silver until the American people
are heard at the ballot box, and heard
from III way that will compel atten-
ton to their DESIRES
Here Teller's voice choked and tears