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" delayed He therefore opposed the


Finance Committee. said that that committe,ee
| would Investigate the matter as last us "
tho com mittee would report promptly. lie did
not undertake to say that the national banks
OF those three cities ana elsewhere had thr
reserves to fall below the lawful limit; but he
| their power to grant accom- m odation TO their
depositors and to the business interests Of the
country. and had done 1t in perfectly safe
Mr., Teller msep.. Col Does the Senator I'M
derstand that these banks have now the neces-
Mr. McPherson-T think they have. II they
| have not, | want to say that at this .particu ar
! does In the soundness OF tho banks Of those
| three great cities. which came To the aid OF all
5 he s
! or any other senator should undertake. by res
| olntion to produce more conservation than
| exists to-day. In time OF great national peril
think that every Senator and every member
! Of the body polite ought to do everything in
ms power TO aid in the passing oil these diliicul-
Mr. George referred to tho opposition OF such
national bank. and said that he could not un-
derstnnd why; II one national bank was I'M
should not be very cry conssltutional He would
hereafter undertake to prove that the national
& s he s the
and support OF the Senator from Indana-the
Chairman Of the Finance COMMITTEES.
! ject OF the resolution and that q proper inves-
tigation would DO made He appreciated the
fact that any busy. activo man III e the senator
from !. Kansas ,,s s9uld pTomulgate resolutions
at a department until great embarrassment
was brought about lie had no desire to cover
hst thu nnnes suuS
ton than was suggested in the resolution.
hour exnlred; and under the rules the rssoia.
ton went to the calendar. from which 1t can
only be taken on motion and by majority
The bill to repeal the purchasing clauses of
ate. and MIR. Teller Rep, COLI took the floor.
before proceedihg with his speech. however:
The ro I'D sns @
SENATORS exactly quorum answered.
a, Mr.; Teller began ,i hs speech by referring to
Not only had ai told that they
over again that Senators who represented
States fortunate enough to be tiiled with min;
interests and had not even the right
TO- vote on the question He Mr Tel,
silver ng than any "a he
body. He had no properties in silver. and had
never mined an ounce OF silver in his life. But
produced a large amount OF metallic money.
and he had come to protest against any legis-
people. not OF his state alone but OF that por-
ton Of the country which was; in area at least.
should not be deferred from doing his duty as
he saw II by any newspaper attacks. or by any
Of T appeal sd there
would. on the 18th OF this month. three or
four or Ave or six hundred representatives OF
Chamber OF Commerce or boards Of Trade.
they would be powerless to affect his vote or
TO change his course on the pending, measure.
World Of this morning. and he found in It an
editorial eat artiele in the lo.m Of letter to him
tors who repleSeQted the section OF country
from VIII ch he had the honor to come. ~
M Heller en went as he to nen a ts Il IN
every, great, metropolitan Journal during the
in all great journals with dissertations on the
inequality of representation in the Senate.
1ided how little States. like the state Of Yer
mont mont with little more than l5o;0lO inha6-
He had supposed that the senators from Yer
mont and Rhode Island. with less than half the
s 9 n a ns Ge ssme
that every other senator was entitled to. 1t
seemed to him thtt they we're enteWying
those the tn" newsp uin in iti,eir hot
haste for legislation which they thought
loved was against the interest Of the great
masses OF the people Of the United States and
destroy the constttution? How long my" Would
the senate stand in their way II there was not
can bs doprVe se of ts in the
Senate except by Its consentl. How long
would # he before that same public sentiment
which they talked Rbout-manufa featured, cre-
would destroy the representation Of the little
Mr.. Teller ,' denied nHi that the public at large
had declared in favor Of repeal of tho sherman
House that the Courtesy due to that body pre-.
vented mis- saving what In his Iudgment; in
ether pSoe where % ] ho
tramme lIei with the rules which existed
!rigattqlyy he thopg9t' in regard to the treat
despa,tc patch, q Avg: 8 which appeared in the
ure which the Administration was to exert on
the app p and senate for the passage 81 s OF the
ildence OF the Administrat ion. but he was told
that tho Herald was its real organ; that it was
nearer ana ah closer to the EXec4t tt 81 the
subjects. He did not know what tho oppor-
tunities OF the UPrdM correspondent had been
for obtaining the information which he pro-
fessed to have got but his statements In that
buke. without any qualification, without any
exclamation: and. therefore with the Presi
we'll informed. or else he was a. wonderful
proPhetIso good prophet Pm that MS services
Teo or seStea despatch from the paiy
America Of New lors Of to-day which said that
the negotiations for the surrender OF the silver
the Administration insisted on unconditional
surrender: that Senator Vest was now the
anCriest man against tho Administration that
could be found in the country. and had threat
ened TO join in delaying action. and that sena-
tor German was convinced that the vote
could not DO taken soon that he was going to
take his family to the Chicago Exposition for
n fortnight. He said that he would yield tho
floor to any Senator whose name was men
toned in the article.
Mr.. Vest dem. Mo- did not avail himself
Immediately OF the offer, but after q few, more
remarks by Mr. Teller he rose and said that.
RADIO did not expect any Of the Senators men
toned to make a deliberate reply to such news
paper sIuibs.
. Oh. do not" said Mr.. Teller.
"Of course not" said Mr.. Vest THAT would |
exhaust the time OF the Senate. and tho |
strength OF each senator in it. | want. how |
eyer. to make one statement lest my silence |
should be taken as consent to such statements. |
irresponsible as they are. II there is any |
ulttmatum coming from the President Of tho
United states 1t IS MT KNOWN 2Wm to myself nor