The herald., 1896-04-30
THE EF|FTY-FOURTh CONGRESS !
The Navy Bill Sidetracked for
Finance Discussion
MR.. TELLER WILL SECEDE
If the Republlcan Platform Favors The
Gold Standard
Protests Do Not Prevent Acceptance oi Fathee
narquette's Statue-Fisuss Consldssns
tlou of the Baukruptcv BIN
MR.. TELLER WILL SEcEDE
Associated Press Special wire.

| WASHINGTON, April 29.-Two nota-
BILE speeches by Senator Teller and Sem
ator Sherman, representing opposing
elements on the financial question, were
heard in the senate today. Mr.. Teller
addressed himself particularly to the
Ohio senator, controverting the views
held by him and maintaining that no
honest effort had been made in the
| present congress to pass q tariff bill
! The senator referred to the Mckinley
candidacy, saying that the motto Of
advance agent of prosperity" was elu-
! sive, as no prosperity could come until
| the financial condition was reformed.
The climax Of Mr.. Teller's speech was
reached when he announced that he
would vote as he spoke. and that he
would not hesitate to separate himself
| from the great party with which he
had been allied for forty years II 1t
pronounced for the gold standard.
| Mr.. Sherman answered Mr.. Teller, ar
! guing against 50-cent silver dollar and
! announcing the time had come for q de-
| cisive opinion from the people. He APP
pealed the case, he said, to the tribunal
| Of the American people at the next
| election.
The early part Of the day was given to
| speeches by Senators Villas and Mitch
ell of Wisconsin, Palmer and Kyle. eu-
logizing Pere Marquette, after which
| the resolution was adopted accepting
| the statue presented by Wisconsin.
The naval appropriation bill is NOM
| inally before the senate but Is being
thrust aside for the incidental tariff
and financial debate.
Mr.. Hale, in charge Of the bill, pro-
tested vigorously against the distract
| ing debates, declaring that IL 1t con-
| tinued congress would remain in Wash
ington until next fall.
| The naval bill was temporarily laid
aside to consider the acceptance of the
Sto nf 70 70 J>x-
the state of Wisconsin, now in statuary
| hall.
At the outset Mr. Palmer, Democrat of
Illinois, presented resolution express
ing the thanks of congress to Wisconsin
for the statue of the renowned explorer
and discovered Of the Mississippi river"
and formally accepting the gift.
| Mr.. Mitchell, Democrat, of Wisconsin,
| was then recognized for a speech re-
| counting the services of Marquette
among the Indians of the northwest.
Senator Mitchell's speech was followed
by remarks from Messrs Kyle, Palmer
andtVilas, all of whom eulogized Father
| Marquette and declared that he was
| honored not as a churchman, but as a
great historic character.
At the close of Mr.. Villas speech the
| resolution accepting the Marquette
statue was adopted without division.
| Consideration of the naval bill was
then resumed, the question being on the
| item of battleships.
| Mr. Teller was recognized for some
general remarks on the financial issues
| involved, devoting himself in particu-
lar to answering Mr.. Shermans re-
marks. He declared that the castiga-
| ton of the senate by the senator from
| Ohio for declining to pass revenue
| law was unwaranted. The Dingley bill
was not presented with any purpose of
! passing 1t. There was the certainty
in advance that it could have an execu-
| tive approval If it passed and that no
Democrat and no Populist would vote
| for it in the senate.
| Nobody cared whether the bill
passed or not" declared Mr. Teller, "as
| it was introduced merely to make a
| tariff issue and to attract attention
| away from the financial ISSUE
| The senator said if sincere effort
had been made to raise revenue it
should have been made on patriotic and
partisan grounds, which would have
| avoided the conflict created by the
Dingley bill. A tax on beer and num-
erous other methods of raising revenue
| would have accomplished the end with
out precipitating the issue of protection
and thus making success in the senate
impossible. But that was not done be-
| cause revenue bill that would pass
was not wanted. Certain people were
afraid it would pass. They feared It
might shatter the prospects Of some
| presidential candidate.
| Referring to the boarding Of vast sums
in the treasury, Mr.. Teller said if there
was a country on the globe ruled by
imbeciles it was this. He did not pro-
| pose, he said, to let the Ohio senator
| (Sherman) fool the people by telling
them that if the Mckinley bill was re-
enacted it would bring prosperity. The
| Mckinley bill would never be re-enact-
ed, said Mr.. Teller, and II it was it
would not bring prosperity. "Travers-
| ing the county and shouting" contin-
ued the senator, lis band of men who
have labeled their candidate the ad-
| vance agent of prosperity"
1.-The people who look to him as the
| saviour will find they have been deluded
| and deceived. The agent of prosperity
| is not in sight and will not be in sight
until this system of finance of ours il
| changed
Mr.. Teller paid glowing tribute to the
! Republican party and its great achieve
| ments, but he added, it looked as though
| the gold party had reached the point
| where it would drop in the interest OF
the masses and become the dupe and
| agent of those who have no sympathy
with the masses-oI those who represent
! only the dollars. The senator rejected
| the imputation of the senator from
| Vermont (MorrilD as to the Republican,
ism of those who voted against taking
| up the tariff bill.
! Il am a Republican," exclaimed Mr..
| Teller. II helped to make that party.
| l was a member of the party before the
| senator from Vermont was, and came
| into it voluntarily. The senator from
! Vermont must allow me to go out Of 1t
| in the same manner. He cannot fix my
| line of conduct any more than a Demo-
cratic or Republican convention can
oomand my confidence and my 5udg-
| ment."
| The senator said that when the great
| parties formed in battle array next
| summer one of them might be the cham
| pion of the white metal. He confessed
| that he looked with fear and trembling
| on the cause of the great party with
which he had been allied for forty years.
(, Would it yield to the false. seductive.
| lying shibboleth of sound money? II II
| became the party of the gold standard
| then it's disintegration had begun.
What will 1 do if the party to whom
I have been attached advocates the gold
standard" proceeded Mr.. Teller. Mr.
| President, I have no hesitancy In say
| ing here. as have before and VIII say
again, that when political organixa-
| tinn ceases to repreaant the lQut1M1yec