The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

| Pasco, PETER, Roach, stewart, lelier,
| Turpie, Vest, WaIthall. Whites.
| When the vote was announced Morrill,
| stated that he did not think that 1t would
f, be becoming of him TO ask the Senate Tor
any further consumption OF time on the
| bill He added that it was perfectly OBJ
vious that the Republican party was In a
minority in the Senate.
Teller (R.) of Colorado took offense at
what he said as an attempt to read the
silver men out OF the party. He notified
the Senator that he and his colleagues
who believed in the cause OF silver had
| been as Jealous and worked as long in the
Republican party as the Senator from Yer
mont or his colleagues. The silver Re-
| publicans did not propose to be read out of
| the party; they would only go when they
saw fit. They could he assured the Sena-
| tor. get along as well without the party as
the party could without them.
Sherman tR.) of Ohio, a member of the
Finance Committee, disclaimed all parti-
san feeling in relation to the House tariff
bill. That bill did not belong to any party.
Its only merit was to furnish forty mil
lions additional to the revenues of the
Government. Itwas bill to provide Tor
an occasion. He declared that it was a
disgrace to the country and to civilization
that the Government of the United States
was now spending $30,Oo0000 year be-
yond its income. Here was Congress in
session, both houses fully armed and with
power to furnish the remedy, but Congress
was idle and refused to act. He would
vote to put tax On tea on coffee or any,
thing in order TO meet the deficiency of
/ revenue.
1.-The President says" PETER (Pop.) of
Kansas broke in, "that we do not need any
more revenue"
"I do not care" Sherman declared ex-
citedly, "what the President says. Every
body within the sound of my voice knows
that we need more revenue. If that same
thing occurred in Great Britain or in any
other parliamentary country, it would de-
throne the party in power, but now, every
day and every hour, we have been running
IL debt, and are increasing our debts, and
there is no reason for it. A tax on tea and
coffee would be paid cheerfully by the
people. Any tax, however obnoxious,
would be supported by the people rather
than see the funded DEBT increased. Now
that the House has sent us so faulty bill,
let us take it up, make it right and send it
back to the House, but for us to adjourn
without providing for this deficiency is not
manly action for either of the great
parties or for any one else who is respon-
sible for it. Let US in the name of heaven
do something"
Harris (D.) of Tennessee asked Sherman
why he did not advise the Treasury De-
partment to coin the $50, ,000, 900 of seignior-
age and the rest of the silver lying idle in
the treasury and utilize it for the purposes
OF the treasury as it was bound to do under
the third section of the Sherman act.
Sherman replied that that question had
been tested in the House of Representa-
tives and that by vote of more than to
that foolish and dangerous policy of de-
parting from the now lawful standards of
money OF the country had been denounced.
That was the action OF a body directly
representing the people, while in the
Senate ten States where Senators voted for
the free coinage of silver contained less
people than two-thirds of the State of
Ohio.
He prophesied that Senator Harris
remedy would never be as strong IN the
| future as it had been in the past In his
| judgment the sober convictions of the
people would settle down in favor of the
| best standard of money. He would not
| consider his duty discharged until some
action was had on the subject. If they
| went home without performing the duty
OF providing for the treasury every man of
| them would be held responsible to the
people. He intimated that he would make
another effort to have the House bill taken
up and acted upon.
| Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada said he could
not hold his peace and allow the false pre-
tense to exist that the House tariff bill
was designed to produce revenue or that
there was any necessity for a bill to pro-
duce revenue. The most wicked part of
| the recent bond sale was the impounding
of the peoples money in the treasury.
| After Stewart had beer speaking for a
quarter of an hour, Allen (Pop.) of Ne
| braska expressed his regret facetiously
that his Populist colleague had talked
| Senators Morrill, and Sherman out of the
| cham Der.
| ''They always leave the chamber when L
| talk" +" Stewart said with an air Of trium oh.
cit is impossible for them to hear me
speak of their misdeeds." Laughter
| Allen said nothing practical was to come
|
| Vermont and Ohio had been permitted to
| run away after the Senator from Vermont
had undertaken to cast on the Populist
party the responsibility for failure to
| carry his motion. 1t was perfectly willing
| to assume that responsibility. In the ab-
sence of those Senators he would ask the
| Senator from Rhode Island (Aldrich), who
| always coached the Senator from Yer
mont, whether he was willing to take the
| House bill with free silver coinage amend
ment to it.
II say no, SIR Aldrich promptly re-
piled, with as much emphasis as it is
possible for me to USE"
would you take the Mckinley act with
free-c coinage provision ?'' Allen asked.
The answer mo" came simultaneously
from Aldrich and Platt.
"Are there any circumstances" Allen
persisted, under which you would take
free coinage?"
'No SIR" Aldrich replied. Except by
an international agreement"
There are no circumstances under
which you are bimetallist," Allen said.
"You have lied on the question: 1 may