The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-17
If That Is a Remedy for Exist
ing Conditions.
STRONGLY NEGATIVE
Are the Silver Forces in the
Senate, He Says,
But They Will Not Interfere
Except to Talk.

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wife. The senator will remain in Col
orado one or two weeks, but he declares
emphatically that he will take no part
in local politics.
1.-The silver men are still in control
of the senate" said Mr.. Teller in re-
Spouse to inquiries concerning the sit
uation at the national capital There
can be no legislation hostile to silver
put through the senate during the spe
ciaI session. This is at least a mat
ter of congratulation. While we may
not be able to do much affirmatively,
we are pretty strong negatively.
There will be nothing of Importance
done in the senate the first two weeks
of the special session except to con-
firm appointments made by the presi-
dent. This will be largely a matter of
FORM The house will discuss the tar
im for two weeks or more and it will
probably be three or four weeks before
the senate takes up the tariff bill. 1t
is probable that the senate will first
ratify the arbitration measure. The
treaty will be amended as to be I'M
objectionable to those who are opposed
to placing so much power in the hands
of the president as was contemplated
in the original measure. 1t will amount
simply to declaring our willingness to
submit disputed questions to arbitra-
ton, but the important feature will be
added that every case will have to be
submitted to the senate. The clause
providing for a supreme and circuit
judges on the board of arbitration will
be stricken out and the president will
be given the power to appoint commits
sioners with the advice and consent of
the senate. The constitution gives to
the senate the treaty making power and
the senate does not propose to relin-
quish that responsibility. The treaty
as originally prepared would have re-
ally been an agency of war instead of
an agency of peace. 1t proposed to
grant to the president of the United
ln1.1 hxr I1r
queen of England, who appoints with
out consulting any other branch of the
government. We have not reached
that condition in this country yet
viii there be any delay over the en-
actment of the tariff bill?" was asked.
There will be no unnecessary delay
was the reply 1.-The silver people are
in favor of giving the administration
chance to test its panacea, and if tariff
is the remedy, then let it be tariff A
moderate amount of talk may be in
dulged in, but the silver men will not
attempt to delay the passage of the
tariff bill. The appropriation bills which
President Cleveland failed to sign will
be reintroduced and passed. The list
includes the Sundry civil service bill, the
Indian appropriation bill and the agri-
cultural bill. I believe there will be
short session. There is a general feel
ing that the country should be allowed
to wrestle with the new tariff at the
earliest time possible"
ity?"
Il think not" replied the senator. 81
cannot believe that the new tariff will
help the country in the slightest de-
gree. It is possible We may get more
revenue in certain directions, but that
is not certain. We may get more on
sugar, but we may lose it on something
relief to the prevailing distress. My
views have not changed on that sub
ject for years. A change in the none
tary system is all that can restore the
country to its former prosperity
How does Mckinley please you, SEN
ator?''
His message is somewhat disap-
pointing replied Mr.. Teller. THE mes
sage clearly indicates, in my opinion,
ment of the tariff law is all that is nee
essary to restore prosperity to the
country. His message was disap-
pointment also from the fact that it
said nothing about conditions in Cuba.
1t is notorious that the sentiment of the
country is in favor of the Cubans. The
sympathy of the American people is
with the Cuban patriots, but Mckinley
passes it by in silence. Then his ideas
on the currency question offer no hope.
His suggestion for a currency commits
sion indicates that he means to tenn
porize A great many people in this
country feel that if congress cannot set
tie the money question no outside al
legged nom partisan commission viii be
able to settle it. 1 have no faith that
his financial policy will be satisfactory.
In fact, 1 do not look for any aid in
forwarding an American policy under
Mckinley, and see nothing encourag-
ing in the new administration. 1t will
be practically a repetition of the CleVe-
land administration with the exception
of the tariff
Are business conditions in the east
improving"
Very farm from it. There are more
n
than when Mckinley was nominated
and elected, and there is greater dis
tress and want than was ever known
before in the history of the Union. Out
here in Colorado you do not feel the
Inconvenience of hunger, but in the
eastern states the condition is almost
alarming. Leading members of the
party now in power are already deny
ing that the party promised anything.
They say that a few Sanguine persons
made promises, but the real leaders
didn't. They are promising better
times when the tariff passes. If they
don't get them then, they will be oblig
ed to invent some other scheme"
The senator does not expect any COM
plications on account of European
wars He has been noting carefully
the course of events in the Mediter-
ranean, but says the money power will
not permit general European war
Things are somewhat excited in the
region of Crete said he, but Greece
is not big enough to make a fight, and
it seems that the powers are bent on
protecting the Turkish government. A
war might injure the value of Turkish
bonds, and European capital is largely
invested in Turkish bonds. The Turks
will be allowed to slaughter Christians
just as long as it does not jeopardize
the bonds. The money lenders will
take no chances in losing the interest
on the bonds. The money power is the
great power that holds nations together
today, and I have no doubt the money
power has something to do with the
Cuban policy of the administration in
this country Spain is a large debtor
and the loss of Cuba by Spain would