The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-27
THE SILVER DISCUSSION =!
1t Creates Another Day of Stormy
Personal COllOquy,
SENATOR CARTER'S ATTITUDE
The Chairman of the Republican National
Committee Denounces the Movement to
Drive Him Out of the "Party"-Mr
Aliens Cuban Resolution.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 27.-The tariff crisis
in the senate brought another day of in
tensely dramatic action, of impetuous de-
bate and of stormy personal colloquy. The
speech of Senator Carter, of Montana, one
of the five Republican 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.. Carriers position as chairman
of the Republican national committee.
The senator used very plain words in de-
nouncing 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 convic-
tions to him, and whether his construc-
tion of the Minneapolis platform agreed
with the construction given to it by Pres
ident Harrison. Mr.. Carter responded
with great vigor that Mr.. Harrisons 5
course had not been all that was desired,
but it was at least n beacon of hope for
the future. But it was not the construc-
tion applicable to the situation in the SEN
ate today.
Mr. Gear, of Iowa, sharply questioned
Mr.. Carter upon the circumstances of
framing the financial plank of the Mime
apolis 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 misconstruction of it's
| terms. Thereupon Mr.. Gear, referring to
Mr.. Carter's conduct of the national cam
paign in 1892, asked if this plank was not
the one by which he (Carter) and the SEN
ator from Colorado (Teller) sought to
| carry the state of Colorado for the Repub-
lican party. Mr.. Carter replied that the
plank was so accepted because the Repub-
lican party had always kept its 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, and fiery denunciatiOn of the
bimetallism of Mr.. Sherman. The latter
in turn arraigned 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 DlmetalllSm.
To this Mr.. Teller rejoined with intense
feeling that Colorado would never follow
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. Sherman. Mr.. Teller closed
| x1rith ha II
glorious past of the Republican party
would be obliterated if it committed the
infamy of following the financial leader
ship of Mr.. Sherman.
The latter part Of the day was given to
the Cuban resolution, Mr. White of Cali
fornia, arguing that the executive was the
proper branch to grant recognition of bel
ligerency. Mr.. Allen gave notice of his
intention to offer the following amend
ment to the Cuban resolution presented
by the foreign relations committee:
Resolved, That the president of the
United STATES be and is hereby authorized
and requested to issue proclamation rec
ognizing the republic of Cuba as it exists
under the constitution and form OF gov
ernment proclaimed at Jimaguaya, under
President Cisneros in May 1895, rs free
and independent nation, and according the
| envoy extraordinary and minister plenl-
potentiary of said republic all the rights
and privileges accorded to the minister of
the government of Spain"
The Van Horn Tarsney contested cleo
tion case from the Kansas City (Mo.) dis
trct occupied the attention of the house.
The contestee, Mr.. Tarsney spoke in his
own behalf, and two Republicans, Messrs.
Powers of Vermont and Parker of New
Jersey, opposed the report of the majority
of the committee to seat the contestant.
The vote ON the case will be taken this af-
ternoOn.
| Although there is considerable defec.
tion OH the Republican side which tavors
the minority recommendation that the
case shall be recommitted and the testi-
mony reopened, the indications are that
the majority report will be adopted
The senate amendments to the house
bill to extend the time in which the gov
ernment under the act of 1891 can bring
suits to annul patents to lands in railroad
and wagon grants were agreed to. One of
the senate amendments reduces the ex-
tension from five to one year.
SCheiflY House.