Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-03-01
Congressional

WASHINGTON, February 26:-Iu the
Senate to day Allen Of Nebraska re.
turned to the tariff question by re.
ferring TO the statements of Morrill,,
Sherman and Platt during the cxcit.
ing debate yesterday. Allen said he
had believed it was the honest pur
pose OF the Republican party to enact
a law placing gold and silver on equal
terms. But the debate yesterday de.
veloped that the Republican leaders
under no circumstances would en-.
act Il free coinage act. Under the
circumstances he would submit Il
distinct proposition to the chairman
Of the Finance Committee and that
he (.Allen) would assure sufficient
Populist votes to give a majority in
the Senate il the passage of the tariff
bill was accompanied by u free silver
amendment. lie criticised the finan-
cial record of Sherman, and said the
Republican party could not escape
from the attitude Of declining to re-
mouctize silver.
The Populist Senators are ready
to swallow your nauseous and unjust
tariff measure said Allen, IF You
will place silver on equal terms with
gold but You will not dc. it He had
read from the desk the speech said to
have been delivered by Mckinley
containing severe criticism against
the decentralization OF silver.
In conclusion, Allen held up the
bill, exclaiming: Nov. TO test your
integrity and good faith. / offer this
bill. 1t is your tariff bill. and | say
to you il You are ready to show good
faith in your assertions for silver and
link it with the tariff bill, we pledge
YOU six Populist votes
Baker of Kansas asked il Allen
would agree to deliver six Populist
votes for the tariff bill with an amend
ment restricting coinage to the silver
production of American mines.
Il have not consulted my colleagues
on that replied Allen. Personally
| would not agree to IT."
Aliens comprc aisc bill went to the
table temporarily.
Carter of Montana took the floor
and defined his attitude on the tariff
bill. Sc spoke with great e~arnestneSs
and deliberateness. His statement
that he had no apologies to offer was
delivered with explosive force. He
said that during the business depres.
sion Of the last two years "A spark of
genius appeared i'll one Of the most
determined men that this country has
every known
when the history of our times shall
be written Cleveland will he accorded
the homer of having displayed the
most marvellous political tact OF any
mar of his time He SAID that the
Republicans had not maintained the
Minneapolis platform declaring for
bimetallism, and he declared that il
the party platform in st. Louis an.
nounces that the Minneapolis plank
on bimetallism WAS Il dclusion, fraud
and snare, then it would be better for
the Republican party at ST. LOUIS To
make no nomination for President.
At the close OF Carter's speech
lIoar asked il the Montana Senator
failed to accept Benjamin fIarrison's
construction of the Minneapolis plat
form on silver.
Garter replied that President Har.
rison's curse did not give entire sat
isfaction, but at that time it was the
beacon light Of hope.
Gear interrupted to tell Carter that
his silver associates. Jones Of Nevada
and Teller of Colorado, had written
the financial plank i'll tho Minneapo.
lis platform.
Carter ~retorted that when they
wrote it they did not think the Eng.
fish language would be tortured into
misrepresentation.
Gear asked: "Was it not the plank
on which you tried to carry Colorado
for the Republican party.
Yes replied Carter, "because l
believed the Republican party would
live up to its promises"
Carter added that it was not sup.
posed the platform would be constru.
cd to mean that the last vcstige Of
silver Legislation should be wiped of
the statute books.
Teller said hat the first lines Of the
Republican platform were written lT
him. lie did not write the ~rcstric.
tions, and was afraid il would be used
for evasion by skilltul politicians rs
they have done eyer since.
Tell Mother.