The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-17


on Soiu mopomctallsm, declared Mr..
-N'len' ~ understand that he laughs
anu reloiccs with Republicans over their
| mutual victory this fall
| MI Sherman and Mr. Teller were both
on thelr feet rs Mr.. Allen closed. seeking
RECOGNITION on the floor and in the gal
ier'eS. Mr. Sherman was first recog-
n'"cu' lie spoke with great carncstncss
10 was crime, Mr.. Sherman declared
that Congress remained idle, failing to do
IT'S paramount duty of providing sufli-
| cleht revenue for ;hc expenses of the Gov.
eminent
| we ought to DO it. declared the SEN
| ator. 1t is Il shame, IL disgrace to the
congress OF the United States to compel
the issue OF bonds in time OF peace to
| meet the Governments expenses
MI. sherman said he would take up
| Tue plnSley bill or any other bill that
offered revenue. But the bill should be
| passed as 1t came from the House of Rep
resen'atives without the silver substi-
| tute.
mat silver rider is II mere cowardly
evasion of legislation declared Mr.. Shcr
man passionatcly. 81 say it with all the
emphasis can give to IT, 1t was placed
there to prevent action on measure
framed tn aid the operations of the Gov
ernmcnt.n
There was an added interest when Mr..
icller arose to contribute his share to
the debate. His remarks were highly
interesting The sole question before the
Senate, said Mr.. Teller, was could the
i'ihsiey bill he pasScd.' He had no hes
ltation i'll declaring rs an answer 20 that
| question that there was no earthly reason
FOR suopoSing it could pass. without
desiring To violate any confidence he
would shy that there was an obstruction
IN ne senate which would not permit il
to become Il law without Il silver attach
meat
This bill Mr.. Teller went on. sneak
| ing earnestly, was not introduced to he
passed. We have heard here over ana
! over again from the Senator from Ohio
fisherman and from others that this is
not protective bill; that i; is "A mere
makcShiit, Il temporary cNpcdient
The Republican purity" he continued
| is about To come into power II it was
not so late might express I'm opinion ms
to the agencies which enabled it to do
So he added parenthetcnlly, II NAV
discuss that subject ut another time We
were told during the campaign that the
era OF prosperity would bcgin-as soon as
the election wa, over. II the predicted
prosperity has appeared on the horizon.
have Jailed to see it. The Republican,
| party,haS duty to uisciarge but it won't
he dlschnrsing it by talking about the
| Dingley bill"
MIR. Chandler of New HAMPSHIRE. here
arose to call Mr.. rcler's attention to the
fact hat the movement to proceed with
consideration of the bill did not come
from any senator who supported NcKin.
ley, but from the Senator from Nebraska
| CHR. Aiicm. who tried to elect Mr.. BRYAN.
II am not so we'll satislicd.n inter.
i'uptel Mir. Teller, ''that Mr. Bryan was
not elected The Republican Senators
sinllci nut when he added that no Re
publican senator was supporting the bill
in good faith there were protests from
Messrs. Chandler and Gallingcr of New
Hampshire, Frye, cf Maine. and Sewau
of New Jersey.
Mr.. Teller said he would accept the dis
chalmers and modify his statement so as
TO say that he did not see how il could
pass But, he asked, why was it if there
were any considerable number of Repub-
lican Senator's who wanted to pass the
| bill, IT WAS not pressed.
Mr.. Chandler replied that his side did
| not claim there were no obstructions
| What they objected to was the imputn-
| ton of their motives
II say again. said Mr.. Teller shnrplv.
whether it is offensive or not. ana say
1t on my own responsibility. that the bill
/ WAS not introduced To- be passed. but for
| political advantage
When Mr.. Hale called for facts To sus.
| tain this 'eXtraordnary statement Mr..
Teller declared that everything TOUCHING
| the bill showed it was Il political move To
distract attention from the financial
| lSNuc. The Republican campaign that
| followed had proceeded with that end i'm
view.
In conclusion Senator Teller declared
| that he wanted tn see II return of pros
| pcrity. He believed it could ONLY he
| brought about by "a decent financial svs.
| tenn, hut if any other system was proposed
| that would stand the test of logic he
would support it. lie did not mean shat
| he would vote for tariff bill. He would
reserve the right TO decide that question
later. Mr. Teller then gave way to Mr..
German, who declared the Democrats,
would fight the Dinglcy bill.
Mr. Hale then admitted if what had
| been sad ny Mir. Teller who represented
a faction on the floor and bv Mr.. Cor
man. who could he assumed TO voice the
| sentiment of the other side, were true.
there were many difficulties in the way.
| ana he expressed the hone that the cnun-
! Try would take notice of these difficulties.
| My Teller interpOsed to sly that he
only spoke for himself
After some Spnrrinr Mr. Gorp,nn
| shrugged his shoulders ana said:
! II do not care about the mere Gucs-c
! But you know you cannot accomplish
/ anything at this session. The Dingiev
! bill will not suffice. You cannot afford
! TO pass IT aud upturn .hc business uf the
| country again mt the next session ana,
moreover, we won't permit You to do it,"
| With this definite statement Mr.. Cor
man closed.