The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-29

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anticipation of interest on government
bonds since 1880 was taken up in the
senate to-day. II there was no obiec.
ton to It, Mr.. Teller said, he would not
MI. voorhees,, Dem, Indianal, said
literal compliance with the reaolution
would involve great labor. BE asked
Mr.. Teller to define the scope OF that
part Of the resolution asking under
what circumstances" interest had been
anticipated, which was the objection.
able part Of the resolution.
Mr.. Teller replied that the new ad.
ministration had been installed largely
because its party had found fault with
the financial policy Of the Republican
party and he assumed that it meant
radical revision and reconstruction Of
the financial policy Of the country.
Mr.. Platt (Rep., Conn., asked Mr.
Teller whether he had heard from any
body authorized to speak for the admin
istration any suggestion OF policy to
be inaugurated by the administration,
different from the financial policy which
had prevailed.
Mr.. Teller said perhaps he had, but
he did not suppose ne assumed too
much when he assumed that in tho four
years OF the Democratic administration
the administration would approach the
subject and deal with It. He did not
see how that party could go into the
next campaign and ask the support OF
the people unless II dealt with the
monetary question, and the repeal OF
the Sherman act was not dealing whit
Referring to resolutions OF inquiry
Mr.. Teller expressed his amazement
that Republican senators should tie
their hands by voting against resolu-
tons which were proper and called for
information which had never been de-
MED tho minority during Republican
administration. There was an attempt
now to refer such resolutions to the
committee on finance, and 1t was well
known that the interest Of the dominant
party would be best subseryed by their
remaining there. The resolutions were
then adopted.
ERNST sEYp AGAIN.
The repeal bill was taken up at
o'clock. Mr.. Hoar, (Rep., Mass.,} sent
up to the desk and had read an editOri-
al from the Peoria, ILL.,, Journal in rela-
ton to the controversy relative to the
part taken by Mr.. Ernst seyd, OF Eng
land, in the legislation Of 1873. The
Journal printed what purported to be
quotation from Mr.. Hooper's speech in
the house Of representatives. to con-
tradict the latter OF Mr.. Seyd's son. In
this quotation the words, referring to
Mr.. Seyd, "who is now here" wefe at
tributed to Mr.. Hooper. Mr.. Hoar had
that part of Mr.. Hooper's speech read
from the Congressional Record in which
the words who Is now here" did not
appear. These words, said Mr. Hoar,
are a deliberate, vile, audacious, un-
scrupulous and infamous forgery"
Mr.. Cuiium, tRep. Ill., knew the
editor OF the Peoria Journal (Mr.
Barnes), and while he was astonished
at the miseuotation he was sure Mr..
Barnes was not personally responsible
for the forgery in the sense Of having
committed it or being cognizant OF 1t.
The debate continued for more than
an hour and then Mr.. PETER, addressed
the senate. He sent to the desk and
had read the letter Of the President to
Governor Northen, OF Georgia. The
letter did not dissipate, said Mr.. Petfer,
the confusion in the public mind as to
the Presidents real opinions on the
monetary question. He might be a
monometallist, he might be bi-metal-
list, but there was nothing in the Presi-
dents letter to show what kind OF
metallist he was.
There was but one thing the Presi-
dent insisted upon and that was the
repeal OF the Sherman law. While pre-.
tending to be bimetallist as a number
Of senators pretended to be; while pre-
tending that he favored the use Of both
gold and silver, the President made it
plain, II anything in the letter was
plain, that he would measure by gold
standard, whereas the history OF the
country had been just the reverse. Gold
had been measured by the silver stand
ard, and Mr.. PETER insisted that the
system had not been changed so far as
concerned the law. Mr.. PETER said his
amendment, which is the pending one,
would give the country bimetallism.
"Whenever the administration. rep
resented by its friends upon this floor"
declared Mr.. PETER, "are ready to ac-
cept The pending amendment or some
other amendment which will bring
about the restoration OF the law Of 1873,
they can pass the repeal bill in twenty
five minutes. lido not believe there is
senator here who would care to say
one word more additional II only the
chairman OF the committee on finance
would indicate this to us. We are
ready to accent that compromise. Then
we could shake hands across the bloody
chasm, pass the bill and take a rest for
a week or two. Speaking for myself
and the people represent, that is the
only compromise we offer or will accept.
Anything less than that would be a
surrender"
MAY FORCE A VOTE.
There is good reason for believing
that the intentions of the repeal sena.
tors arefor making an attempt on next
Monday to force the senate to sit at
night, which was go strongly hinted at
yesterday, has been abandoned, or that
the day will be postponed until later in
the week. There is no doubt that an
effort was made on both sides OF the
chamber to secure an agreement look.
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