Daily camera., 1897-08-16
Otherwise the Silver
Forces Cannot Win
SENATOR 1ELLER'S VIEWS
The National Republican Party
Is Welded to the Trusts.

accompanied by his son and the Hon.
| Willard Teller came over from Denver
this morning. After the latter had at
tended to some important business rela-
tive to the redemption of the Slide and
Spur mine the party was driven to the
Teller ranch, where the day was spent
and the return to Denver made this after
noon.
When interviewed by Camera repre-
sentative relative to the situation of the
silver parties of Colorado, Mr.. Teller
said:
81 have expressed myself on that sub
ject, but still maintain my idea that all
the silver people should stand together.
The National Republicans are bound to
follow Mr.. Cleveland's policy on the
money question, and l believe will 60
beyond Cleveland.
"The currency message which was
submitted to congress just previous to
its adjournment indicated that nothing
will be done for silver, because it endors.
es the principles expressed by the Indi-
annapolis monetary convention of last
January. have made close examina.
ton of the proceedings of that conven-
ton since the submitting of the currency
message, and find that the paramount
idea is that the gold standard must be
maintained. There is no talk of bimet-
alllsm, either national or international,
but an advocacy of the gold standard
pure and simple. For the purpose of
maintaining the gold standard it will
be necessary to retire the greenbacks
and treasury notes. There is in circula-
ton nearly s346,ooo,ooo in greenbacks
and SI5o.ooo.ooo in treasury notes. They
would retire this S5oo,ooo,ooo and issue
bonds in place of them. When that is
done, the only logical thing is to retire
silver and nothing will be left but gold
as standard money.
"Since the National Republicans have
taken that principle as head, the Sill
yer Republicans are farther away from
them than ever before, if they are honest
on their views of the silver question. For
that reason it is very injudicious for the
Silver Republicans to have any afilia-
tions with the Mckinley Republicans in
this state. We would lose more votes
than we could gain by such connection.
We would discourage the other silver
men of the entire country and make it
appear that we had abandoned the silver
idea"
In reference to his stand on other
points relative to party afiliation, Sena-
tor Teller said:
al haven't changed my views on the
economic questions, either as to tariff or
money, but the present Republican Or
ganization has abandoned the old Re.
publican ideas, except on the tariff ques-
ton and in that particular it has passed
the highest tariff ever passed, not except.
ing the tariff of war times. 1t has taken
syndicates and monopoiies that was pos
sible in the tariff. 1t is notorious fact
that the sugar people dictated the duty
on sugar 1t is also an unquestionable
fact that they having first dictated to the
house what that schedule should be-
they concluded that they could get more
through the senate and they did. They
secured amendments there that gave
them greater advantages and finally in
the committee on conference secured a
schedule that was more advantageous tc
them than in either the house or senate
proper. To cover up and hide that, il
was claimed that the house had secured
"a great triumph over the senate, Th<
fact remains, however, that they have
secured more than they had supposed
possible when they commenced thei
manipulations in the house and senate
1t was quite possible to have secured {
reasonable tariff, and it wasn't necessary
in order to secure the passage of the ac
that these concessions should be mad,
to the monopolies and trusts. But sucl
concessions were made, first, to repay
,, and compensate these trusts and monop
olies for the monies advanced to tn,
, Republican national committee in tn,
last campaign and second, to secure con
tinued contributions from the sam,
, source.
. "a number of senators, both Populis
and Silver Republicans, refrained from
voting on the tariff question because the.
believed that if the tariff bill failed, tn,
tariff question would be made th'
principal question Of the next campaign
and they believed it was better to le