Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-04
He Says If the Cleveland Silver
Ultimatum Story
CAN BE TRACED NEAR GROVER
Il Is the Most Indecent Statement Ever Made
by Public Man.
Vest Says no Public Mans Reputation Is Sale
HNswspaper Uiiorances Are Held Against
Him AniL0plOn Bill In The House.
Hawaiian Commissioners Arrive.
THE SENATE.

Washington. Feb g. The question Of
the repeal OF the sherman act, on at
least the suspension of the silver bullion
purchase provision Of it. was uncXpcet-
pdly preCpitatcd In the senate today by
Mi Teller. lie made a presentation OF
souc petitions on tho suhjcct, the occ0-
sion for launching ont into discus.
sion of the whole question. and expressed
the confident assurance the repeal ot the
sherman act was not among the prob
abilities of the present session. lie COM
mpntcd with sOmp bitterness upon news
paper statements as 10 the determination
OF MIR Cleveland to have the sherman
act repealed
MIR Vest repealed the newspaper state.
mcnts as unworthy of considerations ana
said the character and position Of NO
public man would be- safe II reliance
were To bee placed iu such statements
Mir sherman stated he had not moved
TO take up the hill because he was not
satisfied that there was n majority ia
IT. favor, and finally notice was gwen
10y Nlu lin that he would treat that
question next Monday by q motion 60
take up the hill aud pass H.
The feature of the proceedings was Mt.
Shrrmnn's implied threat that ClOturc
would be- applied in the senate VI ncccs-
sary To give effect TO the will of the ma
jority.
The house hill To ratify aud confirm the
agreement with the kiCkupou Indians
In Oklahoma territory, aud appropriate
| SGl,GJu for the purpose was passed ana
| a conference asked.
MIR. Teller in presenting a couple ui
| petitions ON the silver question, addressed
| the senate on the subject lie declared
| that m his Judgment there was u decided
majority ON both sides of the chnmhcr
/ opposed at this time, To repeal ui the
| act; aud that also IN his opinion, II could
not be made u political question nt the
! next session. whatever might be- the ~
! clinatiou of the coming president Tie
| quoted IN an article FROM yesterday n
| New York Herald tO the effect That the
! prcsidrnt.clect desired Co have The Shcr
| man law repealed ut this session, and
| snid lac was unable 10 determine what
| the Wesidcut-olcct had 10 DO with this
session He would not assert that the
! article was authorized, ana yet it com
! ported with the general tenor of reports
| lie had never seen anything that was ~
| indecent az that publication, it u should
hc traced anywhere near To th' incoming
| administration
I'm conclusion MIR Teller re-nsserted
! the confident belief 1t was not among
the possibilities that the sherman nri
would bee repealed at this session OF con
gress,
Mr.. Vest felt compelled ns Demo
cratic scuntor tn notice what had beer
| snid about the prcsidcntclcrt Ill" mn,
mo- authority TO spenk for hiu, Nuu ~,
not agruc with him ON the silver qucs
ton. but hc had never suspected any In
discretion ON Cleyeuud's part ln rgnr,
to that or any public question Tie char
ncter of no public man was sute II h,
were held responsible for newspaper ut
tcuuccs,
Mr. sherman anid whenever lac wai
assured there was "a majority of the sen
ate In favor of the bill reported 10y hin
to- suspend The purchase Of silver hul
lion hc would move tO take IL up.
MIR Gray Inquired what better cvi
doncc there could DEE ON the disposition
oi the senate than roll cnll
Mr. sherman replied That II was th'
right aud the duty of amy other senate
who believed the hin could De passed {,
move that II bee taken up. He had tukc
means 10 ascertain the sentiments %
tine senators, aud was not satisfied thn
the bin could be- passed nj the prcscn
session
Mr.. lin said that In his judgment th
best way 30 test The sens" Of the sennt
was by direct motions, and he there
fore gave notice that Monday next dur
ing the morning hour he should move Il
take MP the bill TO which MIR. Shermul
referred
Al 3 y. m business was suspended, II
order that fitting tributes might be mad
to the memory Of the late senator Bar
hour of Nirginiu, after which, NJ u ful
iher mark OF respect, the senate ud
Journcd.