The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-A storm broke
over the Senate to day. 1t has been
gathering force ever since the defeat of
the motion to take up the tariff bill.
There was flercenese of debate which
set aside all the usual restraints of the
Senate and arrAyed Mr.. Teller, Of COL
orsdo, in wordy war against his party
associates, Mr. Morrill,, of Vermont,
and Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio. The contro-
versy arose unexpectedly on the motion
Of Mr.. Morrill, to take up the tariff bill.
The motion was defeated, yeas, 90;
nays, SO.
The Republicans voting in the mega
tive we're Cannon, OF Utah; Carter and
Mantle, OF Montana; Dubois. of Idaho,
and Teller, OF Colorado. The announce
an outbreak. Mr.. Morrill, declared that
he accepted the vote "a defeating the
tariff bill. Il showed, he said, that the
Republican Senators did not have q
majority in the Senate and he would
not again bring the subject before that
body.
Mr.. Teller responded in q speech
which will be long remembered for it's
d1rectness of statement and deep earn
estnegs.
The Colorado Senator protested
against the efforts Of Mr.. Morrill, to read
the silver Republican Senators out of
their party. He asserted that they had
the same loyalty, the same devotion to
the party as the Senator from Vermont.
1--WE can get along without the party as
we'll as the party can get along without
u.s." declared Mr.. Teller in an impetu-
GUS manner. He closed with the decla.,
ration that he and his Repu blican 1850
ciates could not be frightened or driven
from the Republican ranks by the sneers
OF the finance chairman or the press.
Mr.. Sherman followed in O striking
appeal to the Senate for action. He
declared that 1t was disgrace to civili.
cation and disgrace to the country that
the Government should be spending
moro than its income. The Senator
announced that he would not abandon
the tariff bill, but would again move TO
take 1t up snd give the Treasury the
reliefit required. He warned Congress-
that IL an adjournment was taken With
out action the people would visit their
condemnation on every man responsible
for the action.
MIR. sherman, continuing, disclaimed
all partisan feeling in respect to the
Dill. THAT bill does not belong to sny
party; 1t is not the representative of any
party. The only merit in the bill ia
that 1t proposes to furnish $40, DOC, 900 of
revenues for the support of the Govern
ment, enough to meet the current ex.
penses of the Government"
Mr. Pfeffer-"The President asserts
that we do not need any more revenue"
~ ~
President says"
Mr.. Pfeffer-"I thought So"
Mr. Sherman-"Every man within the
sound OF my voice knows that we need
more revenue. Here is a statement
showing that since the first day of last
July and up to the present month of
February, 1896, there has already been a
deficiency in the current revenue of SsO,.
696, 600 snd that before the fiscal yesr at
the same ratio the amount of deficiency
will be 100000, 000. II such q condition
should occur in Great Britain or any
other country 1t would dethrone anv
party In power. Yet, now and every dey
end every hour, since the passage Of
the present law and even before in view
OF Its passage, we have been running in
dept ana increasing our debts. There is
no occasion for it.
Every Senstor here appreciates the
necessity for increasing revenue. Every
senator knows that the hopes and ex-
pectations OF the President and the Seq
rotary OF the Treasury, as made in their
reports, have been erroneous, not from
any wilful design On their part, but be-
cause they did not see the natural
tendency OF 8 course of measures which
every day left the Government more
and moro In debt and every month the
necessity
Mr. Harris-"Why does not the SEN
ator from Ohio advise the Treasury De-
psrtment TO coin the SIS, 1000, 600 of
seigniorage and the balance of the sill
yer that lies In the Treasury idle and
utilize 1t to answer the purposes of the
Treasury?"
Mr.. Shermsn-"The Senator from
Tennessee wishes to divert me to the
question Of free coinage of silver. That
has been tried and tested ind II ever
that Question met its final solution liz
was In the House of Representatives.
freshly elected by the people, where by
q majority of slmost two to one the
Judgment OF the House of Representa-
tives pronounced their denunciation of
the most foolish and dangerous policy
OF departing from the now lswful
standards of m oney in the country.
'Mr. President. have said more than
intended to say. ] will merely add
that shall not consider my duty in the
Senate discharged during the present
BeB9lOn until some action Ia taken aC-