The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-01

Senator Henry NJ. Teller, of Colo
as there is to be found anywhere. In
the senate Wednesday he and Senator
Sherman had passage at arms in
which the Colorado senator did some
pretty plain talking, talking that was
all to the point.
Senator Sherman, the day previous.
had taken occasion to administer a
rather sevetre castigation to those
senators who held up the Dingley
revenue bin. Teller resented this and
certainly gave the Ohio senator as
good as he sent He boldly declared
that nobody cared whether the
Dingley bill passed or not 'as it was
introduced merely to make tariff is
sue and to attract attention away from
the financial issue Truer words were
never spoken in the senate chamber.
What Senator Teller said we have
said repeatedly, but it is high
Nv gratifying to have it said
by a Republican member of the senate,
for he speaks as one having authority.
He further said that if a sincere eff
fort had been made to raise the reye-
nue., it would have been made on non
partisan and patriotic grounds He in
stanced a tax on beer as one method of
raising this revenue. This was not
done, and it was not done, declared
Mr.. Teller, because a revenue bill that
would pass was not wanted. Another
truth When he said that the McKin-
ley bill would never be re-enacted, he
uttered what we take to be a fact.
Should the Republicans carry the
country next fall, they will certainly
undertake protective legislation, but it
VIII not be a re-enactment of the Nc
Kfnley bill. Even if it were to be re-
enacted, it would not, as Mr.. Teller
said, bring back prosperity. 1t never
lid bring prosperity, it never could.
The Colorado senator closed his
speech with the following bold and
manly statement of his position to-
wards his party should it declare for
the gold Standard:
What will I do if the party to whom
have been attached advocates the
gold standard? Mr. President, [ nave
NO flesibancy in saying here, as l have
before and will say again, that when
a political organization ceases to repre-
sent the sentiments / hold, then l cease
to act with it. When the Democratic
parity became the party of opposition
and wickedness, I got out of 1T. I would
despise myself if l lifted hand to put
in power a man who from executive
chambers would continue the gold
standard. Holding these views, if 1
lift my voice and do not vote in lhe
same way l should despise myself for
hypocrisy and deceit, and SO as l
speak, so I will vote.
This becomes doubly Important when
1T is understood that he has consented
ITO lead the Colorado delegation ito ST.
Louis, should the state convention at
Pueblo so request. That 1T will there
is little or no doubt. The Denver Re
publican says: There is not the slight
est misgiving but that the state con-
vention will unanimously elect Senator
Teller Ito head 1.-The delegation from this
state
Senator Sherman attempted a
ireply to Senator Teller in his |
usual vein. The one important 7
thing in his speech was his admission
the much vaunted reciproc-
ity clause of the Mckinley bill. at
was weakened by the reciprocity clause
in my Judgment said Mr. Sherman,
land the reciprocity agreements under
1t ended in loss of revenue.
That is very like the opinion the late
dr. Blaine entertained of this same
fause. And are not Blaine and Sher-
nan to be accepted as authorities on