St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-13

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL. - Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, occupied the atten-
ton OF the senate today for three hours
In an elaborate argument against the
bill to repeal the purchasing clause of
the Sherman act. After he got through
there sprung up between Senators Tel
ler, of Colorado, and Hawlev, of Con-
necticut, quite discussion. into which,
finally. Mr.. Stewart, of Nevada, en-
tered. Then as the hour was late and
the senators were weary of the days
debate a motion to proceed to executive
business was welcomed on all sides, and
after at short executive session the sen-
ate 5:15 adjourned.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Mitchell's
speech, Mr.. Hawley (Rep.. Comm adj
dressed the senate. He said he was in
favor of the passage of the pending
bill, and while willing to be as patient
as possible with the opponents of re-
peal, there was one general misstate-
ment which had been reiterated
until he was tired of it.
That was that there was some
body who believed in the total
destruction of half of the cur
rency of the world. There is not
senator in the chamber now or at any
time to whom it would apply. 1t was a
terrible misstatement; sophistical
statement; false statement, prac-
tically.
All who favored the repeal of the
Sherman law expected to continue the
USE OF SILVER
literally, as far as it could be done
without reaching silver monometalllSm.
MIR. Mitchell asked whether the sena-
tor from Connecticut thought any
other legislation in reference to silver
was necessary after the repeal OF the
Sherman act, to carry out his views,
and on being answered in the affirma-
tive, asked: why not put in this
bill?"
Il won't; that is ALL" replied Mr..
Hawley, and laughter ensued.
IF you begin to compromise or patch
or tinker and add schemes, you simply
kill the scheme"
Mr.. Teller (Rep.. COLI said if the SEN
a.or from Connecticut was tired, he
Creller) was disguised. The senator
from Connecticut had gone away, and
remained absent during the session. If
the newspapers were correct land MIR.
Hawley was newspaper NAM, he had
spoken of senators from the West as
silver lunaticS OF silver fanatics or both.
He (FelleT did not know that. the SEN
ator from Connecticut had said any
thing of the kind, but it had been so
current and prominent, the stock phrase
of those who agreed with him on these
questions, that he had not much doubt
that it was true.
Il told the senator himself" said Mr..
Hawley, impatlently, "that it was not
true"
mo, sir" Mr.. Teller asserted.
II did," repeated MIR. Hawley alb
ruptly;
heard him. L called his attention to il,
and he
SAID IN SUB STANCE
that he did not know what he had said.
l do not suppose he did," Laughter. |
Everybody was bimetafliSt, said MIR.
Teller, and yet he could point 20 many
prOfeSSed DimetalliStS in the senate who
had never given vote in favor of BIZ
metallism. 1t was bimetallism in
which gold was the standard and silver
was subordinate to it.
MIR. Teller said he was in company in
his position on silver with the most rep
utable people who ever lived, and with
people of greater intelligence than any
man who assailed bimetallism. The
directors of the Bank of England were
pronounced bimetalllsts, and he did not
propose to have anybody point their
finger at him or make him blush be-
cause he was bimetallist.
Mr.. Mcpherson (Dem., y. J.)inquired
whether any of the distinguished gen.
tlemen who favored free coinage Gn
whose company Mr.. Teller had said he
was) had been sufficiently influential to
impress their ideas upon the country in
which they lived.
1--WE have in the senate thirty able
advocates of free coinage,and they have
never been able to impress upon the
American people that it was a proper
thing for the United States to do.
I'VE have not taken the sense OF the
American people recently" re plea Mr..
Teller. 'lf there had been any express
sion Of the American people it was at
Minneapolis and Chicago"
"And Omaha" suggested senator
near by, and MIR. Teller included
Omaha.
He then proceeded to discuss the
platforms of the different parties.