The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-01
Poll LAL CORRUPT D
H9 -re Mckinney R1bbars
Ia-- was Secured By a
Trad. 10 Rob the
People.
TELLER TELLS THE STORY
T1e Biggest Political Sensation O. the
Year Cz1ss1 By the Senator's
Letting The Cat Ozt Of tie
Wallet

W=51zs5zy a ug surprise and
sensation, oE a political -a---e &C.
cu-r-5 u t1z United States Senate
Washington Ctr. Fer some
tine Tie -E1 Colorado Senators
Teller z1z Wz-1tt- have not been
in harmony. caused 1v the latter
dese7tiuE The cause Of silver. and
declaring that he expected % sup-
port The Republican party al all
hazards Wz1ott had come gut IN
z letter defining his position, and
Senator I-l-- answered him in q
speech ia the senate. giving -le
particulars re q p15ti-a. trade BE-
tween the Eastern protest 1-lsts
and Western silver u-1--l= most
remarkable and sensational. exp
sure t political corruption. made
p15 in wears If the people Of
this country ever again trust the
Republican party with control OF
the ua-1i1erT Of -r1y-u=1r they
deserve 10 wear forever the
collar Of s=rf5al and slavery
B-- We vii give H-. T----s story
as zig-- IN The press dirpzrc1=s-
here ID Is
Re laid shat 3, bad been the cu,
tom ut t1= r-g-g leans. and z- AS a
member at -azc party. perhaps
r---- 10 agree 10 what had been
@ than Is. thar the beginning OF
-1= t--11-=s Of the country and It's
e-5z--z..--1-s IL regard t. the
payments Of lis expenses COM
-e-155 when the d--a-rat5- party
z=ut into power This be could not
d. because il was not the truth. IF
the republicans had s-c-=-c=5 10
power when tl. democrats Did, the
t-i7rs thzt occurred s1ce, w8u.6
ANYHOW The government had been
running behind at the rate Of
$1,000 QUO a mouth under a demo
cratic adm.r.s-ratie1. and under
the republican administration for
the last few months of It's existence
il had been running behind also. II
the secretary Of the treasury. N-.
Foster bad paid out the appr0p-ia-
tig-s as be hal been Instructed 1y
congress, TO DO 10 the last days of
the r. -rl,u- administration the
government o have run behind
al the rate uf S4.HNul9 a month
T1f, was ,u~-ept tPr2oi and he
called on any one 60 uaks a denial
oft He pointed 10 Sherman when
be Issued this challenge. he then
went into the passage of the Nc
Elu.v aw. which be said was
never satisfactory as money
maker for the government and said
that 115e- ID the government had
constantly fell behind Its passage
was brought about by trade. Tins
be- z-c.utuzted He said that be
had been tod 5y President Harrison
that be would not sign a free
coinage BILL Then the Mckinley act
came over 90 the senate and he and
some 1tder republicans we're OPP
posed % i because he and they
Thought that the taxes imposed
were too high
He did not see how De could vote
for Ii and that wa, sHnwu by the
faerd, % the measure. Then il
was that the proposition was made
10 him by Sherman that it the
Silver men would vote for the tariff
measure the republicans would agree
10 pass bil, providing for the par
chase of 4,J00.00O ounces OF
silver every month. He agreed 70
this-agrred 20 IL because the silver
republicans though il was best TO
agree. though bis judgment was
against IL.
II has All along been said that
Harrison told Teller that he would
not sign a free coinage biI and
Teller ha- hiniei az itseyera' time,
Bot tw rit ior b whole stort
70 come out today. The members Of