The record-union., 1896-02-27

nominate such Republicans as con-
spirators against the public veal. while
others had gone SO far as to invite them
to relieve the party of their obnoxious
presence. They have been advised that
their States were not needed in Repub-
lican columns
ITO the candid judgment of honest
men, said Carter, I leave the deter
msnation of the questions relating to
fidelity of Republicans in this Senate
to their party principles. The Repub-
licans alleged to have proven recreant
to Republican principles resisted the
effort to strike the last silver coinage
Law from the statute books. They re-
sisted the passage of the Wilson bill;
they resisted the issuance of bonds in
times of peace; they resisted the con-
trection of the currency by the retire
ment of the greenbaeks. and they now
resist an inferential volition of the
laws of the Republican platform by
refusing assent to horizontal tariff leg
islation.
"On protection and bimetallism," he
said, "as the basis of the economic and
financial policy of the country the whole
West is united The party which ac-
CEpNS lIe OilG anu I1QlCulSS l1iC OliACA
cannot expect support from the people
OF that section of the country"
Carter concluded as follows: "The
maintenance of the unity and integrity
of the Republican party is of overshad-
owing Importance to the country. In
the midst of the prevailing chaos of
theories on public questions we owe it
to the past and to the future to stand
firmly by our proclaimed principles,
without evasion, mental reservation
or purpose to deceive. The pending
measure, born under the passing ex-
citement of the manufactured war
cloud, would do the country no good
but it would do the party great in
jury by making it share responsibility
for the gloom which appeared and will
depart with this administration"
Carter was still speaking to a deeply
interested audience when the morning
hour expired, and the Cuban resolu-
ton came UP as the unfinished busi-
ness, but at the instance of Sherman
Rep) of Ohio, Hoar (Rep.) Of Massa-
chusetts and Frye (Rep.) Of Maine
who all rose simultaneously-the Cuban
resolution was temporarily laid aside
and Carter was permitted to finish his
speech, which he did at 2:15, his pero-
ration being generally applauded.
Carter's speech was followed by a
discussion started by Hoar, and par
ticipated in by Garter, Gear and Teller
as to the proper Interpretation of the BIZ
metallic clause in the Minneapolis Re
publican platform. Carter asserted
that under the Interpretation given to
If in the East it meant the wiping from
the statute book of every vestige of
legislation in favor of silver.
Teller explained the part he took in
drawing up that provision, and declared
that the Republican party had never
taken a step in favor of that provision.
The only men who did so were the silver
men, and now they were to be turned
out of the Republican party because
they believed in maintaining all the
provisions of that platform, and not a
part of them.
Sherman defended his own position on
the money question. IT was now felt
and believed that the bimetallism now
established by law was not only the
fixed rule in the United States. but was
growing to be the rule in all other
States in South America and Mexico.
Teller said that the minneapolis con-
vention would never have entertained
such definition of himetallism as the
Senator from Ohio. 1t was laughed out
The Senator could not put the Repub-
lican party on that kind of bimetallism.
Everybody knew that the people could
not get along without subsidiary silver
ccin. To define that as bimetallism was
playing on the American people what
might be called in common parlance a
"bunco game Teller said he wouIt
quote an item from the New York
Evening Post" which never said a
kind word for silver.
Nor can anybody else,' Hawley
prompted.
1T is said to be owned by British cap
itaI," Teller added, and I understand
that that is the truth of nearly all the
great metropolitan dailies."
In the further course of his speech, de-
livered in a very exciting manner, Tel
Ter exclaimed that the Cnly thing that
would bring prosperity and progress to
the country and would silence the dis
content Of the people, which was shown
by a Republican success one year and
Democratic success the next, and
Populist success the third year, was
honest, sound money, made up of the
two metals.
Stewart (Pop) of Nevada took the
floor, and was about to begin a speech
when he was interrupted by call for
the regular order-the Cuban resolu
ton A great laugh rang through the
chamber when he asserted solemnly
that he would have been through imme
diately if he had not been interrupted.
The humor of the assertion consisted in
Stewards habit of making long speeches
on the silver question.
The discussion of the Cuban belliger-
ency question was proceeded with.
White Dem) of California, a member
of the Committee on Foreign Relations,
spoke in advocacy of the substitute for
the resolution which he had offered
few days ago. The passage of the pend
ing concurrent resolution would have
no effect as an announcement of bel
ligerency unless it was presented to the
President and approved by him. The
power did not reside in the two houses
Of Congress Independently of the Presi-
dent to declare be1ligerency. Were SEN
ators, he asked, to suppose that the
President would not act when the time
came? And if they were to suppose so,
would the pending resolution remedy