The herald., 1896-02-26
which eyerybody who has read and exam.


1nod il comedies.
"Mr. President, l charged here land
shall undertake TO make the charge good
before this debate is over) that this bill was
never introduced in either body. nor has it
been supported in this body, with any ref
erence to its becoming a law. OF that
shall speak at another time. II he sem
ator from Vermont thinks that he can en-
barrass us who have stood by the Rspubli-
can party as long and as zealously as he
has, because we do not agree with him
upon every subject, he is entirely mis-
Mr.. MorrlE"I have read no man out of
the Republican party, but l allude to the
fact that there are eighty-nine senators in
this body, of which the Republican party
has forty-four only who claim to be Re-
publicans. OF course we are in the minor
Mr.. Teller-"Of course, we knew that
before. The suggestion is that we who
have not voted to take up this bill are not
Republicans. For thirty days the great
Republican metropolitan press has read
out of that party enough of the members to
make it in the minority, if it had hereto
fore a majority here. Every man who
voted for the free coinage of silver amend
ment to the bond bill no matter what was
his motive for it, whether he was free
coinage man and anxious to promote that
purpose and that end, or whether he
was against the bill, has been read out
OF the Republican party by the Republican
press"
.'At the proper time I am prepared to
GhoW that the great metropolitan Republi-
can press has declared that eighteen men,
bers of this body are not worthy to be
called Republicans, and we have been
notified that unless we change our views
upon financial questions ard submit to the
Cleveland Democracy and Morrill, Repub-
NcAnism of this country on the financial
s1uaation in this country must 90 out of
the party.
"Mr. President, we can get along without
the party as we'll as the party can get
along without us, But we deny the right
of either the newspapers or members OF
the committee on finance TO read us out of
the party. We shall stay in the party
until we get ready to go out. and we shall
discuss these questions that are now SO
important, not from partisan stand
point, but from the standpoint OF the
2merican senator charged with great in
verests, charged with doing that which the
senate has shown itself incompetent to do,
and nobody moro incompetent than the
men who voted for the gold proposition of
this administration, charged to bring to
this country prosperity, which has been
denied to it under our legislation now for
twenty years, charged to devise some sys-
tenn that shall satisfy the people that we
can enter upon that degree of prosperity
to which We are entitled by reason of adj
y0QtagoS WHICH eNlSt III ttll5 country
~ wish to enter my protest and to say
that am not to be frightened by the
sneers of the chairman OF the committee,
nor by the attacks of the press. l shall do
what think is my duty to do here, regard
less of consequences, and it seems to me
that it would be in better taste and more
in accordance with the dignity of the
senate if we should hear less here and else
where about our partisan duty"
Mr.. Sherman of Ohio followed Mr.. Tel
Ter, and said:
WMr, President, As a member of the
committee on finance. disclaim all parti-
san feeling in respect to the bill which the
senator from Vermont moves to bring be-
fore the senate. The bill does not belong
to any party; it is not the representative
Of any party. The only merit to the bill
10 that it proposes to furnish S40,OO0,O0O
Of revenue for the support of the govern
m INT, enough to meet the current expenses
OF the government.
''It is bill prepared for an occasion, not
epolitical one. I say now. Mr.. President.
shall vote for any tax whatever which
may be proposed by anybody. whether
Democrat, Populist or Republican, which
shall supply sufficient revenue for the sup
port of the government.
ut is disgrace to our civilization; it is
disgrace to the country itself that we are
now expending 100000 a year more
than the receipts OF the government, and
that the congress now in session. with both
houses fully armed with the power to furn-
ish the revenue, is idle and refuses to act
~ will vote for tex on tea, on coffee,
on anything in order to meet the deli
cheney. and say that if the present con-
gress does not adjourn in the face of the
declarations now made to us, of the official
reports sent to us. of the statements by the
president of the United States and of the
secretary of the treasury, that we are now
going on day by day like a careless spend
thrift to Involve the country in debt, SELL
ing bonds when it is the duty of congress
at once to supply the reyenue-."
Mr.. Peffer-The president asserts that
we do not need any more revenue.
Mr.. Sherman-I do not care what the
president says.
Mr.. Peffer-l thought so.
Mr.. Sherman-Every man within the
sound of my voice knows that we need
more revenue. There is statement show
ing that since the last day of July and I'D
to the present month of + Fs.ruary, 1896,
there has already been deficiency in the
current revenue of $20,696,000 and that
before the end of the fiscal year at the
same ratio the amount of deficiency will
be $3O,OO0,OO0.
s'If such condition should occur in
Great Britain or any other country where
they have a parliamentary law it would
dethrone any party in power, and an im-
mediate effort would be made to increase
the income tax or to provide some other
penses. Yet now, and every day, and
every hour since the passage of the pres
ent law, and even before, in view of its
passage, we have been running in debt and
Increasing our debts. There is no occasion
for it.
"a tax on tea and coffee would be paid
cheerfully by the people Of the United
States.
ANY tax whatever, the most obnoxious
that could be collected, would be supported
by the people of the United States rather
than to see the funded debt increased Al
ready $263,O00,000 of bonds have been
issued during the present administration
1.-THE issuance of the great body of these
bonds was made necessary by a deficiency
Of revenue; as for the remainder it was
caused by the doubt whether under this
process of financering, we ahould be able
to maintain the standard of cur money in
this country.
''Sir, l have not one word to say about
Populists; L have not one word to say to
wound my friend. the senator from Colo
rado Mr.. Teller, or anyone else. | do not
wish to arraign any individual, but what
do is to appeal to the senate of the United
States. The other house having sent us
over so faulty bill, let us take it up, and
il it is not right let us make j, right and
send it back to the house and we Will have
ready concurrence. But for us to adj
iourn with these deficiencies accruing
more and more is, as | say, not manly
action TO be taken by either of the great
parties or by any party that is responsible