Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-02-29
Their Votes Cast Against the
Tariff Motion.
Reason for Their Acknowledgement
by Messrs. Cannon and sh0up-
Brown Votes for the Motion, and
Tells why He Did sO-BIII to Pre-
vent Further Bond Issues.

Senator Cannon, when asked this
evening the grounds for his vote, in
view of his understood attitude upon
the vote of February 18TH, said: "When
the proposition to take up the thrift bill
was before the Senate on the 18th,
inst. at that particular hour pending in
the House bill which had passed the
Semitic by the aid of the Utah votes, for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
As this, the first commercial and indus
trial question of the age, had been set
tied so far as the Senate was concerned,
l stood for taking up the tariff bill But
on the following day the measure for
tree and unlimited coinage of silver was
Overwhelmingly defeated in the House,
thereby completely changing the situa-
ton. | was elected to work for bimetal-
ism and protection. | do not believe
that tariff will be effective except as
an accompaniment to free coinage, so
long as we are threatened with the
Asiatic peril, and while l was ready to
vote for tariff on the 18th inst, after
voting for bimetalism, and while bimet-
alism was still as much of possibility
as this Dingley bill, l am not ready to
help protection to march to power over
Iti1e grave of slaughtered silver. If the
Republican party sets its face against
lbsnetalism, it will leave Gthe ground on
Which prote, ton is based"
"What effect will this have on the
wool interest"
proposed measure will be worse
than Useless to the wool-growers of
| Titan, as 1key will see when the expos
isre Of its insidious determinations shall
be made in the senate on Senator Car
ter's resolution to recommit the bill to
the committee on finance"
This position of Senator Cannon was
endorsed by others of the free coin
age republicans who voted with him, on
the ground that, bi-metalism having
been killed since February 18th, he was
Qulle consistent III NObAhS aSo'N S
sideration of an insufficient protection
when unlinked with free coinage.
Senator Brown, of Utah, in explana-
ton of his vote for consideration of the
tariff bill, said: 81 voted to take up the
tariff bill because there was an under
standing among free coinage republi-
cans that, having placed ourselves on
record for free coinage, and with the alb
solute impossibility of free coinage leg
islation being enacted into a law, we
believed it to be due to the interests of
the West to make an attempt to pass the
best tariff bill obtainable. | have pre-
viously put myself on record and will do
SO again whenever an opportunity oc-
ours. do not place the tariff before
silver in importance. Both are of high
est importance to our state and to our
section. If as stated on the senate floor
to-day, neither free coinage nor tariff
legislation can pass, and votes OF sena-
tors are simply declarations OF princi-
pies, l propose whenever opportunity
offers to 90 on record for republican
tariff. or as near as we can get to II, just
as have and will for the free and un-
limited coinage of silver
Senator Shoup of Idaho said ~ have
nothing whatever to add to my former
interview upon my vote cast on the 18th
inst. said that in my judgment vote
should be had upon both free coinage
ENSs M 40 No ashAs aAsls.sOs -
thsn assa ~ not belless nos
ssrssi ,ssli slsaas ateafed ID z
s,s.sts .Eof IL pa1Blsss y indiEAtiss I
! supposed added loyalty to the cause OF
silver"
Senator Shoup said that he had ia,
yored and would favor the consideration
: Of another bill In the nature OF an emer
! eency measure, which gave possibility
Of relief to the people of his state, and
that he could see nothing y the less
: than two weeks which lad inter
ven.a since the last vote to change his
opinion.
This view was evidently sBred in b.
: Senators Clark and Warren q Wyoming
Squire and Wilson of Washington
it Mitchell and Mcbride of Oregon am
e PEI, ms of California, who we're not re
le coded with the five republican senator
N tho voted to defeat consideration o.
n he floor of the senate on the motion 9
~ Senator Morrill,.
Of Washington, Feb. as. - The ofna1
es committee on finance today disease
pit Senator Bacon's bill to prohibit sus
ii ther issuance of goveremer .son
I'd without authority of Congress snal9
% Harris urged the proprietEas o. ID
On Of action indicatnd by thaSsEf III
re Republican senators 80 daeIart
20 vote TO