New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-10

In the soundness of the banks of those thfee great
cities. which came to the aid OF al Ihe %. pahks
OF the country whoa aid was -needed. : LOO. not
thnk~ that thee senxfn frpan F6loraa& :-SfsAny
other Senator. Should Undertake. by resoiutioH 10
produce more consterna ton than exists to-day.
Mr.. Teler-I hayrsuo 1irh. Plea
Mr. McPherson@fn: a. tipe Of great- National
peril think That every Senator anr every MEM
Der OF the body polite Ought to DO -eSerythng
in his power 10 aid in the passing Of thsse diff
culties.
Mr.. George referred to the opposition of such
good Democrats as Jefferson and Jackson TO Nat
tonai bank. and said that he could not understand
why If one National bank was unconstitutional
1000 National banks should be very constitutionb.
He would hereafter undertake to prove that the
National banks the cause OF the present pam
&c; and in that opinion he had the concurrence and
support of the Senator from Indiana, the Chair
man of the Finance Committee.
afr. Voorhees, said that the Finance Committee
would give proper attention TO the subject Of the
resolution, and that a proper investigation would
be made. He appreciated the fact that any
busy. active like the Senator from Kansas
could promulgate resolutions and fire them Of he
might that expression) at Department until
great embarrassment brought about. He had
no desire to cover up anything about the National
banks. but he thought that the Finance Committee
could formulate a more proper basis for invest-
CATION than suggested in the resolution
At this point of the discussion the morning hour
to the calendar. from which it can only be taken
on motion and by a majority vote.
The bill TO repeal the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act was then laid before the Senates and
Mr.. Teller CRep, COLI took the floor. Before pro-
ceeding with his speech. however, Mr. Stewart
called attention TO the absence of a quorum. The
roll was called and forty-three Senators exactly
quorum) answered
Mr.. Teller then addressed the Senate. He began
his speech by referring to the '1ecturing which the
Senate was receiving from the newspaper press OF
the country. Senators, he said were ordered as
II they had masters to proceed without debera-
ton. contrary to the traditions Of the Senate.
contrary to the principles laid down in the
Constitution. to do with hot haste that which in
the judgment Of If not\a majority, at least very
respectable minority, of Senators, would be very
disastrous thing TO do Not only had Senators been
told that they must vote at once. but 1t had been
asserted over and over again that Senators who
represented States fortunate enough to be flied
with mineral wealth were representing their indi-
vidual interests, and had not even the right to
vote on the question In the many years he had
served in the Senate he recollected no instance
where Senator representing manufacturing
State had declined to vote on the tariff question
because his people were directly interested in
manufactures. He (Mr. Teller had no. more in
terest individually In silver mining than any mem
Der of the body He had no properties in silver,
and had never mined an ounce of silver in his
had produced a large amount of metallic money
and he had come to protest against any legislation
that would seriously embarrass the people, not OF
his State alone. but of that portion OF the country
which was in area a least one-third Oh the Whoie
United States.
He should not be deferred from doing his duty
as he saw it by any newspaper attacks, or by any
Chamber of Commerce appeals: ana if there should
appear las il MAS published there w0uld)- on the
18th of this month three or four or hNe OF siA nun
dred representatives OF chambers OF commerce OF
boards of trade, they would be powertess "a AFFECT
his vote or to change his course on the pending
measure Not long ago it had been stated in the
public press that the destitute people of the country
intended to make a raid upon the Capitol; that
they were coming to see II they couid not nave
some legislation 10 relieve them. Ihat hau idiieh
through because it was said those people were 100
moor TO come But he had no doubt That the rep
resentatves of the chambers of commerce ana OF
the boards of trade would find it convenient 10
come.
After reading articles from several newspapers
Mr.. Teller said:
81 do not mean to say that these newspaper
statements correctly represent the president "'o
on this subject / leave that out Of consideration
except to say that they profess TO speak Tor 'he
people They say that the people without regard
10 party are demanding from us certain acuoh'
Then they tell us-what the Senator from Missoui.
(Mr VesO says is untrue-that the fresuehV Vi
the United States is interfering IN thls matter
The Senator from Missouri cannot change my
opinion as TO the mendacty of the public press OF
this country. l know that the day OF great news
papers edited by great editors. is past; and that
the publication of a newspaper is ike the running
of a mandatory. 1t is for money. 40 not niedh
TO say that they are always false. or even SOME
times false; but mean to say that they no longer
represent the public. 1t is a question OF influence
upon them 1t may depend entirely on VINO own
the stock of the paper. it may depend enurely
upon the private views of somebody VINO "'i'eS
the editorials. They no longer headed py men
like Horace Greeley and Henry j. Raymond "ioiii
we all remember. There is not such a paper in
the country And therefore, when the senator
from, Missouri SAYS that the article is unreiiape
and Enthusiastically accept his statement but
saw the other day an equally unreliable statement
which shows how mendacous the newspapers are.
IL purported to be telegram from the iTesiuen'
of the United States to a member Of Congress con
graduating him and his associates on the passage
of the repeal bill by the House OF Representatives.
..Wiu ANYBODY tell me-" Mr.. Teller exclaimed IN
well-feigned establishment. that the fres'ueht oi
the United States was guilty OF that gross oreao
of public decency? Why. of course 1t was news
naper yarn and newspaper falsehood. The fresi-
dent of the United States attempting TO procure
legislation having carried it from his summer nome
at Buzzard's Bay sent his thanks, we are toid, 10
Mr. Wilson and his associates. lncomprehehsip'e'
Impossible, What further PROOF 90 you require
of the mendacty OF the press! II any Seha'oi
thinks that he ought to defend the press on tha'
particular point | will give way for nm 10 make
the defence" daughter both SQes of the cham
ber.)
Mr. Teller then addressed himself to the sherman
act to show that under it for over two years the
country had been prosperous. and that its only
influence had been beneficial. If that were so. he
said IL was pusillanimous in the American Con-
rress-knowins that the cutlery against the Sher-
man act was a false cry, and that the indictment
s@ainst IL was untrue-o yield to public clamor got
up BY interested parties and repeal that act. The
YEAR 1899 he said, year OF great activity
and Of business success in the United States. He
did not hold himself bound TO analyze all the con-
things had brought that condition about
He only contending that that which which, was sad
fauacio,,s one He would road some commercial