Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-04
FIFTY.sECOND CONGRESS.

! MT. Teller Addresses the Senate
 Against the Repeal Of the Sherm a n
 Silver Act-Senator Hill Will Move 1 on Monday to Take Up the Hill to l Suspend Silver -AaricuIt- l ural Appropriations.
 | WASHINGTON, D. 0 Feb. 3-The agri-
 cultural appropriation bill, as completed ] by the house committee carries an appro-
 priation of $3, 1s9, 800, @ reduction of ss3,- | 360 as compared with the bill for the cur
 rent fiscal year, and is $1s5, TOO below the I estimates.
 Dispatches from Minister Stevens and the | commander of the Boston were received by
 mail at the state and navy departments to-
 day.
 It is stated they contain no more infor-
 nation than has been made public through
 press dispatches from San Francisco and
 telegrsms received by the state and navy
 departments concerning the Hawaiian rev.
 olution.
 MT. Teller, in presenting some petitions
 against the repeal of the Sherman act, ad-
 dressed the senate. He declared that in his
 judgment there was decided majority on
 both sides of the chamber opposed, at this
 time, to the repeal of that act, and also
 that in his opinion it could not be made a
 political question at the next session, what ever might be the inclination of the incom- ing president. He quoted from an article in a New York paper of yesterday to the effect that the president-elect desired to have the Sherman law repealed at this ses- d. har J.I mine what the president-elect had to do with the question. He would not assert that the article was authorized, and yet it comported with the general tenor of re- ports. He had never seen anything more indecent in a publication if it should be traced anywhere near to the incoming sd- ministration.
 MT. Teller also quoted from statements made by MT. Henry Willard whe, he said, was personally interested in the repeal of the Sherman law, to the effect that foreign CTS would not buy American securities so long as that law was in force. He denied that assertion and said that American se- curities were the gilt edged securities of could not be said only by such men as MT. Willard and subordinate official of the treasury department usually denominated director of the mint In conclusion Mr. Teller reasserted his confident belief that it was not among the possibilities that the Sherman act would be repealed at this ses- sion of congress.
 Mr. Vest said he felt compelled ss democratic senator to notice what had bsen said about the president elect. He 1 had no authority to speak for him and did 1 not agree with him on the silver question, but he had never suspected any indirection l on Mir. Cleveland's part in regard to that or any other public question. The charac- ! ter of no public man was safe If he were held responsible for newspaper utterances.
 MT Sherman said that whenever he was assured that there was @ majority of the | senate in favor of the bill reported by him | to suspend the purchase of silver bullion l he would move to take 1t up.
 MT, Gray inquired what better evidence l there could be of the disposition of the | senate than a roll-call.
 Nr. Sherman repeated virtually what he I had already said, and added that 1t was the right and duty of any other senator I who believed that the bill could be passed | to move to take 1t up. He had taken | means to ascertain the sentiments of the | senator's, and he was not satisfied that the I bill could be passed at the present session. |
 MT. Hill said that in his judgment the l best way to test the sense of the senate | was by direct motion. and he therefore | gave notice that on Monday next, during | the morning hour, he should move to take | up the bill to which MT. Sherman referred. l
 A feature of the proceeding was Mir. | Sherman's implied threat in his remarks I that cloture would be applied in the senate I if necessary, to give effect to the will of | the majority.
 The house bill to ratify an agreement | with the Cherokee nation of Indians was | taken up and many amendments were offered, discussed and disposed of. The | bill was laid aside without final action I and then eulogies of the late Senator Bar bour were pronounced by Messrs. Daniel. ! Faulkner, Gallinger, Platt, Hill, Hiscock and Hunton. |
 The usual resolutions were agreed to and the senate ss further mark of respect l to the memory of MT. Barbour sdiourned.