Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-18
AN HONEST CONFESSION.
Senator Teiler's untenable Position
Monroe Doctrine Affirmed.


comprehend the deadlock in the Sen.
ate Finance Committee over the Hous,
tariff bill. Acaucus of Republican Sen,
ators decided that the bill should b.
reported to the Senate without amend
meut, just as it was passed by tn,
House, but Instead of the bill being re
ported it has been hung up in the com
Inittee and nobody knows whether i
will be reported at all. Is It any won
der that Republicans are asking whai
was the use of recognizing the Senate
committees if a bill ordered reported
by Republican caucus can be dead
locked in committee which has Z
majority of Republican members
The alleged cause of the deadlock il
the action Of Senator Teller. of Colo.
rade. Republican member of the Fl.
nance Committee. in declining to al
low the tariff bill to be reported to the
Senate unless it be amended to pro-
vide Tor the free coinage of silver.
What makes the action Ex-senator Tel
Ter inexplicable is that the Finante
Committee has already reported bill
for the free coinage OF silver as a sub
stitute for the House bond bill, which
is now before the Senate and will al
most certainly be passed by the Senate.
That being the situation. what can
Senator Teller, or any other silver
hope to gain by putting freecoin-
ageanendment on the tariff bill The
tariff bill was passed by the House as
an emergency measure intended solely
to furnish the revenue needed by the
government, and if it is passed by the
Senate in that-shape it would at least
have chance to become law. With
free coinage amendment it will not
have even a ghost of a chance. 1t
might get through the Senate. but it
could not get through the House, and
even if it could it would be met by
the President veto toa dead certainty.
Senator Teller intentions are unques-
tionably good but nothing but harm
can come from the killing ofthe House
tariff bill, and that will be the result
if he maintains his present position.
Hon. Geo. Prince, South Carolina,
Democrat now visiting Washington,
probably gave away more than he in
tended when he said of the political
situation in his State: "For some
time it has been evident that the DEM
ocrats would sooner or later have to
contend with another party. and now
that all danger Of black supremacy has
been removed (by constitutionally re-
stricting the right to vote. and the
Democrats have virtually ceased fight
ing each other, it is apparent that the
Republican party will come into the
field prepared for vigorous battle on
purely economic issues. South Caro-
lima has of late years grown to be
heavily interested in cotton and wool
en- mills and other manufacturing en-.
terprises. The people who have put
their money into these are becoming
strongly impregnated with the doc
trine Of Protection With the race
problem settled. great many of them
will not hesitate to ally themselves
with the Republican party on the
ground ofits fostering attitude towards
American industries. From thissour
will come the future dangerto Democ-
raey in South Carolina. =
There was one portion of the speech
of Senator Jones, of Arkansas, in favor
of the free coinage substitute for the
House bond bill that was pleasing to
all Republicans regardless of the r
position on the silver question. That
has been the position of the Republic
cans from the first, and the attempts
on the part of Mr.. Cleveland and Sec
rotary Carlisle to make it appear
otherwise have not changed anybody's
opinion. AS has been repeatedly
shown by Republicans in both House
and Senate it has been lack of sufii-
Gent revenue that has kept the Cleve-
land administration in financial hot
water, and that will keep in there IN
til more money is provided.
notwithstanding Mr.. cieyeland's
grandiloquent letter TO Senator CAT
ferry, Of louisiana, denying that he
made deal with the Morgan syndi-
cate for those bonds, those best in
formed are predicting that the Nor
gan syndicate viii get practically all
the bonds when they are issued.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations has almost unanimously de-
cided that resolution affirming the
Doctrine shall be reported,
and subcommittee was appointed TO
draw up the resolution, which will be
along the lines of the one offered by
Senator Lodge early in the session
The one dissenting voice in the COM
mittee came from Democrat, Senator
Gray, of Delaware. The committee
also appointed subcommittee to con-
slider the Cuban and American ques-
tions. The friends of Cuba ought to
be we'll satisfied with the committee
put in charge of the question Sen
ators Sherman, Lodge, and Morgan.
The House committee on Foreign At
fairs has intrusted the Cuban ques-
ton to subcommittee composed Of
Representatives Hit. of Illinois,
Adams. Of Pennsy. vania, and Draper.
Of Massachusetts,.
Nervous Prostitution.
This maIady affects more business
and professional men. than any other