Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-01
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Senate
opened At II o'clock today, with a
speech by the venerable senator from
Vermont, Morrill,, VINO said the House
promptly responded 10 the Presldeups
message aud supplemented It with an
emergency tRrlfl revenue bill. The
free silver substitute for the bond hill,
he added, "msy not be tho first time
whom bread has been asked for, that a
stone has been presented, but II IL the
| nfat time committec Of the Senate
seems 10 have perpotrated a ptaotlcEl
joke, almost good enough for a clown
Of Barnum's menaRerie."
The senator thought the deficient
national income should not be- less
swiftly .umodied than the excess, say
Ing: "rho present. administration,
however, exhibits a basnful diiildenco
about acknowledging any deficiency
Of revenue derived from tue tRrln be-
reaved OF its parents Ia early Infancy,
but with their hsnds behind them they
may quietly tnko whatever money
| Congress may place IN their haud for
| the treasury, where the outflow Of gold
| has been 40 swift rs 10 make even tire
heads Of the keepers dizzy"
Referring 10 tho assertion that
France maintains silver at par with
gold, he sAid: "Because there Is no
clustering silver party aud no silver
plated Democratic party that are daily
striving to pull down their money
standard TO that OF deprecated silver,
they keep silver In the amount Iof
$3.50, 600, 900, with S772, 900, 900 gold, on
a ratio OF l5l to /. Ths United States
has been u irend and patron OF silver
to Ter own hurt, II our late invest.
menls nearly Of $500 100000 In silver
have been notorious imporvidenl
aud unpiotltable, tho disastrous re-
sulis will appear 40 drop In the
bucket when compared with what
must fi0W from the on0rmity OF the
present. toposal, 10 open all our mints
to the free coinage Of tho silver OF all
the world"
morrill, paid his respects as follows to
| the threats TO form a now silver party:
'Some Whispered threats have iioated
Ia the air that the extreme silver
men, now ftateTnizins here and
NJ home with the Republican
party, would band themselves to-
gether on one dominant idea and with
auxiliary Democratic aid, hitch on 10
the tail Of the great Republican msa-
sure at the iirst opportunity, some
tinkling silver amendment, hoping
| thereby to secure the silver triumph
OF the hybrid combination, although
the grand old Republican party might
perish. But there IL little fear OF these
eruptive threats; for II carried out, the
riot act might be read at home 10 the
offenders, upon whom public opinion
would not iall to place ils brand, anu
Whatever party might survive, not all
the gATroters Of The Republican party
would DO GmOpg It's members"
Morrill, sad the Republican party In
tended to retain both metals In oircu-
| latiOn and recent elections showed
that the people had oonfiienes In that
| party.
"fhe election" said Morrill,, "of Re-
| publican governors In such states n
New Jersey, Maryland anu Kentucky,
| indicates that the old WING states OF
the South are wheeling into line with
| their former brethren on ques..
tions which concerns their In
dustrial prosperity. The Republican
party at It's earliest opportunity will
seek the cooperation Of the leading ma
| tons In tho coinage OF silver anu will
! meantime aim TO maintain the in
togfity Of the business affairs and the
honor OF the country by the mainten-
ance Of every dollar OF money In the
handB Of the people without de-
prt citation, at Its full face value"
Teller, tColo.), replied briefly to the
reference Morrill, made 10 tao cheap
ness OF silver whom coming from the
mires. He said the same could be SAID
Of golf. fhe very remarkable mineB
OF Cripple Creek were turning out gold
at % cents per ounce. Teller referred
sarcasticaliy to the frequent character.
igatlon OF "ailver barOns," and asked
what had become OF tue ''gold birOns."
From this time forward the speeches
we're brief, unuer the agreement that a
fivs-minute rule debate nhould prevail
URder this rule, also, various amend.
msnls were taken up for debate.
Az O'CLOCK discussion arose as TO
what was meant by unanimous cou.
sent 70 the agreement TO vote At .
O'Clock. Many senators c0ntonded that
amendments were cat of and others
mat all amendments could be offered
and voted upon until the bill was dis.
l0sed Of.
Lodge offered an amendment for the