The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-13
MITCHELL Hits VERY HARD.
His Compliments to the Money
4 Changers and Stock Gamblers.
TELLER TALKS AGAIN.
The Repeal OF the Sherman Law
Would Be a Crime.
It Was Not the West AIone-One-third OF
the Country That Would BE De-
ssroyed, But the Effects Would
BE Felt by All.

w -1HMeToN. Sept. 12.-Stewart's
resolution for committee to ascertain
whether any senator was financially in
terested in any national bank went over
till tomorrow end the Repeal bill was
taken up.
Mitchell, OF Oregon, addressed the
Senate against the bill.
Mitchell dwelt upon the SURPRISING i'm :
poltance OF equestion which confronted
Congress and discussed the causes which
produced the recent distressed condition
of the country. He maintained the Sher-
man law was in no degree responsible Tor
it, and yet repeal was to be brought
about because of the clamor from bank
Eng interests. There was no danger of
the United States becoming the dumping
ground OF foreign silver. 1t was needed
Tor money purposes aud could not be
spared. Mitchell referred to the disas-
/ tT0us effects of the depreciation of silver
on the interests of the farmers. The
money changers on Lombard street and
the unconscicnable stock gamblers OF
Wall street waited with ill-concealed
anxiety the result OF the vote that would
increase by half the purchasing power of
gold and cut down in like proportion the
produced in this country.
Hawley Of Connecticut then spoke. 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
repeal, there was one general misstate-
ment had been iterated and reiterated I'M
til he was tired of it; that was that there
was somebody who believed in the tota
destruction of half the currency OF the
world 1t was a terrible misstatement,
sophisticai statement, false state
ment. Practically all who favored the
repeal of the Sherman law expected to
coin silver literally as far as could be done
without reaching silver mono metalllsm.
Then there was a sharp colIoquy be-
tween Teller and Hawley, in which SUBJ
sequently Mitchell, Mcpherson and Allen
joined.
Then Teller spoke further on the BILL
He said he should consider himself craven
TO degree and unworthy of seat in the
Senate if he should allow this great crime
SIS he considered it, to be carried out
without protest. If his protest should
ring III the ears of senators until it be-
came tiresone and tedious, they must
remember it was not only one-third of
the country that was to be 6esolafed and
destroyed. but in his Judgment
the disaster would be a part and lot
Of all the people in aue time.
he would oeYO6e MS Time TO the inter-
ests OF his people and the country al large.
and there was no labor, no sacrifice, no
contumely put upon him that would
phase him from his opposition 10 this
damnable bill.
Hawley said if the bin passed and a few
months should develop that the east and
west were desolated, 1t was quite compe-
tent Tor Congress to reconsider It's action
ana it would likely do so.
Stewart finally got the floor and was in
the midst Of long speech when be re-
luctantly yielded for an executive session,
after which the Senate adjourned.