The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-27
THE TARIFF CRISIS
1t Brings on Another Storm in
the Senate.
SHERMAN SPEAKS AGAIN
Silver Republicans Denounce
the Bill.
CHAIRMAN CARRIERS CHARGE
SAYS the Effort to Force the Bill on the
Senate is an Attempt to Drive
Silver Men Out of
the Party.
CHAIRMAN CARRIERS CHARGE

Washington, Feb. 26.-Ihe tariff
crisis in the Senate brought another
day Of intensely dramatic action, of inn
petuous debate and of stormy personal
colloquy. The speech of Senator
Carter, of Montana, one of the five Re-
publican Senators who voted against
proceeding 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 chair
man of the Republican National Com
mittee. The Senator used very plain
words in denouncing what he termed
the movement to drive him and his
silver associates out of the Republican
party.
This, however, was but the prelude to
more stirring events. Mr.. Hoar ques-
toned Mr.. Carter as to whether he in
tended to defeat any protective tariff
bill unless Senators surrendered their
convictions to him, and whether his
construction of the Minneapolis plat
form agreed with the construction
given to it by President Harrison.
Mr.. Harrison's course had not been all
beacon of hope for the future. But it
was not the construction applicable to
the situation in the Senate to-day.
Mr.. Grear. of Iowa, sharply ques-
toned Mr. Carter upon the circum-
stances of framing the financial plank
of the Minneapolis platform, bringing
out that Senators Jones of Nevada,
and Teller of Colorado, had taken part
in shaping that document.
Mr.. Carter asserted that while this
was true, the men who framed that
plank never dreamed that the English
language would permit such miscon-
struction of its terms. Thereupon, Mr..
Gear, referring to Mr.. Carter's conduct
of the national campaign in 1892, asked
if this plank was not the one by which
he (Carter) and the Senator from
Colorado (TeIler) sought to carry the
State of Colorado for the Republican
party. Mr.. Carter replied that the
plank was so accepted because the Re-
publican party had always kept it's
promises and it was now incumbent
on that party TO again redeem its
promises.
The references to Mr.. Teller's part
in framing the platform brought him
To his feet with an explanation OF
what had been intended as fiery de-
nunciation of the bi-metallism of Mr..
Sherman. The latter in turn arraign-
ed the dishonesty of the policy Of free
silver which would pay the laboring
man in fifty cent dollar.
Mr.. Sherman prophesied that even
Colorado would reject the free silver
idea and accept true bi-metallism. To
this Mr.. Teller rejoined with intense
feeling that Colorado would never fol-
low the course suggested by the Ohio
Senator, and if she did he (Teller)
would cease to represent that State.
He predicted that free silver was not
dead, as Mr. Sherman had asserted, but
that it was lively corpse which would
rise in the Senate to perplex Mr.. Sher-
man.
Mr.. Teller closed with the impas-
stoned utterance that the glorious past
of the Republican party would be OBJ
liberated if it committed the infamy of
following the financial leadership of
Mr.. Sherman.
The latter part Of the day was given
to the Cuban resolutions, Mr.. White,
OF California, arguing that the eyecu-
tive was the proper branch 70 grant
recognition of belligerency.