Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-27

Been Captured by the Gold Bugs.
Takes Its Cues from the White
House Rather Than from the
Platform - Silver Republicans
Not Willing to Help in Passing a
Bunco Tariff Bill.
Washington, February 26-The tarH
crisis in the Senate brought another
day of intensely dramatic action, Of i'm
/ peuous debate, and of stormy personal
colloQuy. The speech of Senator Car
ter. of Montana, one of the five Repub-
lican Senators who voted against pro-
ceeding with the tariff bill, was the
main formal event of the day. There
was added interest in the speech owing
to Mr.. Carter's position as chairman
of the Republican National Committee.
The Senator used very plain words in
denouncing what he termed the move
ment 10 drive him and his silver as
sociates out OF the Republican party.
This. however. was but the prelude TO
more stirring events Nh Hoar ques-
toned Mr.. Carter as to whether he in
tended to defeat any protective tariff
/ bin unless Senators surrendered their
convictions to him, and whether his
construction of the Minneapolis plat
form agreed with the construction Civ
en- to it by President Harrison.
Mr.. Carter responded with great
vigor that Mr.. Harrison's course had
not been all that was desired, but it
was at least a beacon of hope for the
future. But it was not the construc-
tion applicable to the situation in the
/ Senate to-day.
Mr.. Gear. OF Iowa. sharply questioned
Mr. Carter upon the circumstances of
framing tn, financial plank OF the Min
neapolis platform. bringing out that
/ Senators Jones. of Nevada, and Teller,
of Colorado. had taken part in shap-
ing that document Mr. Carter assert
ed that while this was true the men
who framed that plank never dreamed
that the English language would per
init such misconstrucuon of its terms.
Thereupon. Mr.. Gear, referring to Mr..
Carter's conduct of the national cam
paign of 1892, asked if this plank was
not the one by which he Carter and
the Senator from Colorado (TelleD,
sought to carry the State of Colorado
for the Republican party. Mr. Carter
replied that the plank was so accepted
because the Republican party had al
ways kept its promises, and it was
now incumbent on that party TO asaln
redeem its promises.
The reference to Mr.. Teller's part
i'm training the platform brought him
to his feet with an explanation OF what
haf Jeen nin5endedandanery denuncia-
tion OF the bl-metallIsm OF Mr. Sher-
man. The latter in turn arraigned the
/ dishonesty OF the poncy oI free silver,
which would pay the laDOring man III d
hIty cent dollar.
Mr. sherman prophesied that even
Colorado Wuuu reject the free silver
idea ana accept true bi-metaiusm. To
this Mir. 1euer reJOned with intense
feeling that Colorado would never fol-
low the course suggested by the ONO
Senator. anu If she did he tIeller)
would cease TO represent that State.
He predicted that Tree silver was not
dead. as Mr.. sherman mad asserted,
but that it was a lively corpse which
would rise i'm the Senate to perpleN
Mr. Sherman. Mr. Teller closed with
the impassioned utterance that the
glorious past of the Republican party
would be obliterated if it committed
the infamy of following the financial
leadership of MIR. sherman.
The latter part of the day was given
to the Cuban resolution, Mr.. White, OF
California. arguing that the executive
was the proper branch to grant recog-
milton Of belligerency
MIR Allen Rep Neb) opened the
. proceedings ON the tariff question by
referring TO the statements of Mr..
Morrill, Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Platt
during the exciting debate yesterday.
Mr. Allen said ne had believed that
it was the honest purpose OF the Re
publican party to enact q law placing
cold and silver on equal terms. But
the deaate Of yesterday developed that
the Republican leaders under no cir
cumstanCes would accept a free coin
age measure. Under these circum-
stances he would submit a distinct
nrOpositiou TO the chairman of the Fl-
nance Committee namely, that ne
l,lleu) would assure sufficient Pop
Mist votes 10 give a majority OF the
Senate If the passage of the tariff bill
was accompanied hy the adoption OF
free silver amendment
Mr. Morrill, remained I'm his seat with
ont res0ondirC. but Mr.. HOar lRen..
Nfassl made the point that the discus
sion was ont Of order.
Unanimous consent was given, how
ever 10 Mr.. Allen TO proceed He went
ono 10 criticize the financial record of
Mr. sherman. The Republican party
could not escane. said Mr.. Allen. from
the attitude of declining to remOnetze
silver
THE Populist Senators are ready to
swallow your nauseating and unjust
+arif measure" said Mr. Allen. elf
Won win place silver on equal terms
with gold. but you viii not do it,
N~. Allen next turned his attention
to Nrr. Mckinley and had read from
the desk speech said to have been
delivered by the eV-Govnor Of Ohio.
Vr. Allen referred 70 Mr.. Mckinley as
the "Chief anost1e Of protection and