The morning times., 1896-02-27

1t was day of Republican verbal fire
| works in the Senate yesterday with some
| picturesque effects.
As Senator Cockerill put it, there was
some pretty lively Scrapping among the
| Republicans and the Democrats sat by
and enjoyed the fun. Senators HILL Cor
man and mith sat in line all day long,
while Senator Carter was delivering his
| speech and later answering the cross fire
of Senators Hoar, Gear and others, and
| while Senators Teller ard Sherman had u
tilt at the close of the day.
| They exchanged an occasional word with
broad smiles accompanying. Senator
Palmer sat in his conner by the door and
Senator Cockerll down In the front row
and both gray heads wagged with salts
faction and good hunor as searching ques-
tion and sharp reJoindcr were inter
changed.
Between them were Senators Vest and
Caffcry and Alien and Kyle and a dozen
others each manifesting his interest in
the entertainment in bis own way.
1t was pure politics, and that within
the Republican party from beginning to
end. Perhaps the most Signficantutterances
were Senator Carter's statement regard
ing EX-PrcSidcnt Harrison and Senator
Tclicrs rcaffrmation Of allegiance to
the party and dramatic exclamation.
wait for st. Louis before you read us
outr'
HARRISON NOT OUT OF IT.
Mr.. Garter evidently does not accept
Ex-Prcsidcnt HarrisOn's withdrawal from
candidacy as taking him out Of the race.
He said:
IF the gentlemen eject to accept the
theories of Grover Cleveland and walk
away from their party we shall look upon
them with sorDw.'
A gCntlcstir rOfaniusementripp!e through
the Senate and galleries. Mr.. HoHr asked
whether he accepted ezPresident Harri-
sons Interpretation of the silver plank
OF the Minneapolis platform
Il regret very much" was the reply,
that this question has been put 10 me.
II has been my purpose not 10 injure or
advance the political fortunes OF any
honorable member of the party aspiring 10
the Presidency of the Republic.
But | will answer as hest | am able.
We have not been wholly satisfied with the
treatment of silver by Mr.. Harrison and
his administration. Yet we believed and
now believe that ii was conscientious
effort with an honest purpose TO carry
out the provision Of the Minneapolis pro-
nOunccment as President Harrison under
stood it."
There were steady efforts in favor of
silver, an attempt 10 bring the metal back
to its true position. There was the pur-
chase and coinage of silver under the Sher-
man law and the proposal of Secretary
Window TO inCEease the amount used from
$4,000, 900 10 100000 month. There
were other things that Sho wed a rcasonab bly,
satisfactory Interpretation and furnished
a beacon light OF hope in the way to the
.plete re-esta blishment. OF silver in it.
Old time position OF honor.
CONSTITUTING THE PLATFORM.
But now the Republicans OF the East are
come to make the platform adopted in / Sa2
at Minneapolis command them to wipe
from the statutes the least vestige of leg
! iSIation favorable 90 silver. That interprc
tatiou is as far from President Harrison's
as the East is from the West. With that in
, depreciation 1 am a war and VIII be-"
+, AS a net result of the days discussion
/, however. there was some evidence that The
two factions of Republicanism are clearing
away some of the disagreement over defin
itions and words that separate them anC
: coming to recognize more exactly what theiI
differences are.
Mr.. Teller admitted that the Minneapolis
platform demanded biIEetallism only so fal
as it should be found practicable and Mr.
Hoar declared that he was in favor of bi
metallism so far as it was possible TO have
it and maintain the parity Of thetwo metals
In this he had the substantial indorsemen
; OF Mr.. Sherman in spite of thelatter's sspeect
t as chairman OF the State convention a
2 | GAINESVILLE last year when he defined prac
tiCal bimetallism in this country as the U.s.
l OF silver for subsidiary coins as in Grea
2 Britain and on the continent OF Europe.
: Mr.. Sherman neatly turned Mr.. Teller
rdicule of this position by pointing ou
that it had received the Endorsement o
l a thousand Republican leaders in Ohio, as
sembed in that convention.
: Mr.. Teller came into the discussion ol
n Mr.. Gears assertion that the bimetalli
j plank at Minneapolis had been drawn b.
/ Messrs. Jones and Teller.
Mr.. Teller arraigned the Republican
= party for never taking a step in favor o
. that provision of the Minneapolis plat
!. form. The only men VITO did so were th
= silver men. And yet" he exclaimed wit
b, great bitterness, we are to be read out o
>, the party now because we believe in main
| tiIHuiS dh lle DfONlNiouS OIL Tue pIdtIOru
and not part OF them"
q ON THE CUBAN RESOLUTION.
l. The discussion on the Cuban belligerenc
resolution was then proceeded with. MI
White, DEM, Cal, member of the Com
nlittee on Foreign Relations, addressed tn
Senate in advocacy OF the substitute fo
the resolution he had offered few day
ago.
0 There was no Senator, he said, who di
|, not sympathize with the struggling patriot
f in Cuba-no Senator who would not b
q rejoiced to witness the establishment by tn
people OF that island of a government O
their own choice. But while enterta inin
o those views and those sympathies, ii wa
important that the Senate should procee
o IN an orderly and constitutional manner.
The passage OF the pending concurren
q resolution would have no effect as al
n announcement of belligerency unless i
y was presented TO the President and ar
+ proved by him. The power did not reside il
/ the two Houses of Congress independent
8 of the President, to declare belligerency
s Were Senators, he asked, TO suppose tina
n the President would not act when the tim
came? And if they were to suppose sc
would the pending resolution remedy tb
evil? He argued that it would not; an
that the President and Secretary OF Stat
had manifested no disposition to stan,
by the glory and honor of the country.
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