Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-14

mont Morrill, as to the Republicanisr
of those who voted against taking n
the taft bill.
"I am a Republican, exclaime
Mr.. Teller, in great feeling. II helI
ed to create the Republican party
/ was a member OF the party befor
the Senator from Vermont was. An
as came into it voluntarily the Ser
ator from Vermont must allow me :
go out of it in the same way. He car
not fix my line of conduct any NOR
than a Democratic or a Republica
convention can command my conf
dence and my judgment.
The.Senator said that when the grea
parties formed in battle array mex
summer one Of them might be tn
champion of the white metal. He cor
fessed that he looked with fear an
trembling on the course of the grea
party with which he had been allie
for forty years. Would it yield to tn
false, seductive, lying shibboleth O
sound money! If it became the part,
of the gold standard, then its disin
tegration had begun.
What will / do il the party t.
which l have been attached advo
Gates the gold standardF" proceeded
Mr.. Teller.
"As / SPEAK So / WILL VOTE"
II have no hesitation in sayinl
that when a political organization
ceases to represent the sentiments
hold then / cease to act with 1t. Whel
the Democratic party became tn,
party of oppression and wickednes
| got out of it. / should despise my
self il l lifted my hand to put int
power a man who from executive
chambers would continue the golC
standard. Holding these views, il
lifted my voice and did not vote il
the same way l would despise mysel
for hypocrisy and deceit, and as
speak SO 1 will vote"
There was a noticeable stir in the
galleries as Mr.. Teller closed, which
was quickly checked.
Mr.. Sherman, answering Mr.. Tel
Ter, respected the honesty and the in
tense earnestness of the Colorado
Senator. The Colorado Senator
however, believed in the free coin
age of silver-meaning dollar worth
80 cents-as the salvation of the coun
try. Mr.. Sherman said there should
be no blind fad presented to the peo
Pile. himself believed in the largest
possible use of silver consistent with
the maintenance Of gold standard
AS to the references made to the Nc
Kinley bill, Mr.. Sherman said there
had been differences in the opinion
as to it. 1t was amended and chang,
ed in the Senate until it should prop,
erly be known as the McKinlev-Alli.
son-Aldrich bill.
ut was weakened by the reciproci.
ty clause, in my Judgment" said Mr..
Sherman, land the reciprocity agree
ments under it ended in loss of reve-
nue."
SHERMAN FOR A FIGHT.
MIR. Sherman said the time had
come for a final settlement of the sill
yer question by the people. Each
party should state its position hon
estly and manfully and then let the
people decide whether we were to
have a 80 cent dollar or dollar equal
to any in the world.
"That cannot be settled here" said
Mr.. Sherman closing. ''It can be set
tied only by the American people. I
appeal the case to them. Let it be
tried by the tribunal of the people
of the United States in the coming
election"
Senator Teller's break from party
lines is the first and the most signifi-
cant. Two things led to Teller's open
declaration Of party renunciation to-
day. One was Senator Walcott's (his
colleague) open letter, published to-
day, indicating that free silver had
become to him subordinate to party
and the other the ripen-
ing of the Newland movement to
bring the free silver protectionist
of the West into harmo-
ny with the free silver, free trade
Democrats. of the South.
Senator Teller declared that it was
we'll known to inside Republicans
that President Harrison had said
emphaticaIly that he would veto a
free-coinage bill, and that the Sher-
man bill was passed as sop to GER
tain silver Republican Senators, who
would have otherwise joined with
the Democrats and placed free sill
yer coinage rider on the Mckinley
bill, thus compelling President Har-
rison to accept free coinage with that
measure or veto it, and thus prevent
any tariff legislation.