Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-02-06

SENATOR TKLIRR, the Republican
free silver senator, has knack of
telling the truth even II II is not al
ways pleasant to his Republican col
leagues. In debate in the senate a
few days ago Senator Sherman de-
clared that the silver coinage at 10 to
was a dead issue and he berated the
Republican silver senators for want
ing to discuss it and refusing to re-
port and pass the tariff bill sent over
from the house without debate. This
stirred Senator Teller and he respond
ed to Senator Sherman in this wise:
know very well that the free sill
yer bill will not become a law. But
| am tired of being lectured by sena-
tors who know equally well that the
tariff bill will not become a law.
There has never been the slightest ex-
pectation of it becoming law. Even
il it should be brought before the
senate, and finally passed by the aid
of two or three Populist votes, 1t
would be sure to meet with an execu-
tive veto. Had you the slightest eX-
pectation OF it ever becoming law
it would have been framed on very
different lines. 1t was just put into
congress as political move, and for
no other purpose. AS this is to be a
political play, we will play politics
on our side.
That is pretty good coming from
Republican senator, but it was not
all. Senator Teller continued:
What complain of is that on this
sideof the chamber the majority of
the Republicans are absolutely with
out a policy. You have not got any,
you have not dared to have any, and
you will not have one now. You dare
not redeem the greenbacks. That
you know would afford you relief.
You dare not go before the public in
1896 with your candidate on that kind
of platform. You know where you
would land. The people of
the United States are now demand
ing of us some action that will relieve
the country, not temporary thing,
not the issuing of bonds to-day and
more tomorrow, and then wonder
what we are going to do at the
end, but they ask for some sys-
tenn. The president and the sec
retary of the treasury have offered
us one. We reject it. Now, then
ought we not to offer something? We
offer free coinage. You offer moth
ing.
Drifting to the argument made by
Republicans that the issue of bonds
to obtain gold was because of the lack
of revenues, Senator Teller said:
The lack of gold in the treasury is
not, in my judgment, the result of a
lack of revenue. 1t is because there
is an increased demand in Europe for
the gold to pay our debts. That may
be owing to two or three causes. One
is, granting now that this is the
scheme of the administration, that it
is distrust. That may be the cause.
1t may be that the distrust has oc-
casioned the sending here of our Sc
curities and selling them. 1t tdoes not
make any difference what the revenue
is, If that distrust exists our securi-
ties will come here. 1t does not make
any difference what the revenues are,
If the balance of trade is against us
we have got to send the gold abroad.
1t is fact we did not break into the
reserve of 100000, 900 until after the
present administration came into
nto power. To be fair, | am bound
20 say that | have not the slightest |
ioubt that we should have broken
nto it if Mr.. Harrison had been re-
elected. 1t was not the Democratic |
party that came into power that
made it, it was the condition of the