The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-05-07
Teller Declares Himself.

Wnen the naval appropriation fll
was called up in the Senate Mr.. Teller
was recognized and started to ans ter
Mr.. Sherman's speech of Tuesday lin
which the Ohioan said that no hon st
effort had been made to pass a tafff
bill. He declared that Dingley revefte
bill was not presented with any i}ca
that it would become a law. It Vas
introduced merely to make q tariff is-
sue and attract attention from the firtn.
cial issue. "
Referring to the boarding of ta,t
sums in the treasury, he said If there
was country on the globe ruled by
imbeciles it was this. He did not TO-
pose to let the Ohio senator (Sherm4n)
fool the people by telling them that II
the Mckinley bill was re-enactel it
would bring prosperity. The Mckinley
bill would never be re-enacted and il
it was it would not bring prosperity
Traversing the country and shdigi
ing" continued the senator, ~ o.
band of men who have labeled .astS
candidate the advance agent Of pros
perity. The people who look to him
as the savior will find they have been
deluded and deceived. The agent of
prosperity is not in sight, and will not
be in sight until this system of finance
of ours is changed.
Mr.. Teller paid glowing tribute 60
the republican party and its great
achievements, but, he added, it looked
as though the great party had reached
the point where it would drop the in
terest of the masses and become the
dupe and agent of those who had no
sympathy with the masses, of those
who represented only the dollars.
Il am republican, exclaimed Mr..
Teller, with great feeling. Il helped
to create the republican party was a
member of that party before the sena-
tor from Vermont was, and l came into
it voluntarily. The senator from Yer
mont must allow me to go out of it
in the same way. He cannot fix my
line of conduct any more than demo-
cratic or republican convention can
command my confidence and my judg-
ment
"What will l do if the party to
which have been attached advocates
the gold standard2" proceeded Mr.
Teller. "Mr. President l have no
doubt in saying here, as I have said
before and will say again, that when
political organization ceases to repre-
sent the sentiments hold, then I cease
to act with it. When the democratic
party became the party of oppression
and wickedness I got out of it. l
should despise myself if I lifted my
hand to put into power man who
from executive chambers would con-
tinue the gold standard. Holding these
views, if lift my voice and do not
vote in the same way, l would despise
myself for hypocrisy and deceit. and
as speak, SO will vote. 4"
Mr.. Sherman said he respected the
honesty and intense earnestness of the
Colorado senator. What had been said,
however, was not new. The Colorado
senator believed in the free coinage of
silver-meaning a dollar worth fifty
cents as the salvation of the coun-
try. There should be no blind fad pres
ented to the public. He himself be-
lieved in the largest possible use of sill.
yer consistent with the maintenance of
a gold standard, As to the reference
made to the Mckinley bill, there had
been differences of opinion as to it. 1t
was amended and changed in the Sen,
ate, until it should properly be known
as the Mckinley -Allison-Aldrich bill
1T was weakened by the reciprocity
clause. in my Judgment. said Mr.. Sher-
man, "and the reciprocity agreement
under it ended in loss of revenue.