The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-13
A WORD ABOUT NEW STATES.

Washington dispatch says that the
Arizona and Oklahoma are devoting
themselves exclusively to efforts to Sc
cure the admission of those Territories
to the Union as States. If the Repub-
lican House listens to the Republican
voters outside the silver producing
States, who are now intently watching
the progress of events in the Senate, it
will go slow in the matter of admitting
more States with small populations and
no evidences of immediate and large
growth. The Republican House will at
least wait to see if the two or three Sem
ators representing silver States will live
up to their threats to attach a free silver
coinage amendment to both the loan and
the tariff bills which the House has
passed. If Senator Teller or any Re-
publican Senator in sympathy with him
shall offer a free coinage amendment to
the tariff BILL and enough of the Sena-
tors calling themselves Republicans shall
vote for it to make it part of that
measure and thus defeat 1t, the Repub-
iican House should turn a deaf ear to
all appeals and arguments for the ad-
mission of more States whose Senators
will join a conspiracy to force the free
coinage Of silver upon the country by re-
fusing to permit the passage of tariff
and revenue bills until the whole Re-
publican party submits to a minority of
alleged Republican Senator's represent
ing a pitiful minority Of the people.
1t is not that the Senators from the
proposed States will be in favor of the
free coinage of silver that admission to
the Union should be denied them, but
senting silver producing States threaten
to enter into a conspiracy with the reac-
tionary Senators OF the South to defeat
Republican measures which are believed
to be necessary to the maintenance of
the public credit and the general pros
perity of the country. If this combina-
ton of ex-Confederates in the Senate,
who, for the most part, are not recon-
ciled to the loss of their cause, and the
Senators representing the silver States
now propose to defeat revenue bills in
order to force upon the country the
disaster of free silver coinage, they may.
in their desperation, go a step. and only
step. further by attaching free sill
yer rider to the ordinary appropriation
bills of the House and refusing to pass
them until the large majority yields to
their demand for free silver. The cabal
of Senators who defeat a revenue bill
because two-thirds of the House refuses
to double the wealth of the owners of
silver bullion can just as well proceed
to stop the wheels of government by re-
fusing to pass the necessary appropria-
ton bills. This practically means the de-
struction OF government. In fact, if the
Southern leaders had hit upon this
method OF destroying this government
| instead of taking up arms to do il they
might have been more successful than
| they were.
| To increase the number of Senators by
| the admission OF other Territories who
| will join the cabal to defeat all legisla-
ton proposed to strengthen the resources
| of the government, to give public conf
| dence and promote the general industry
| OF the country would be tantamount To
recruiting for the enemies of the whole
people. Therefore. no encouragement,
should be given to the delegates of the
| Territories desiring statehood until 1t is
seen what Messrs. Teller, Dubois and
! their associates do In regard to the House