The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-24
THIS DAY TO END 1T
SENATE VOTES ON THE CONFER
BNCE REPORT At THREE.

SENATE VOTES ON THE CONFER
BNCE REPORT At THREE,
Opposition Having Talked Itself Into q
Mood of Resignation, Caves in at Last
and Comedies the Right of the Ma joriiy
to Have Their Will-Teiler, White and
Pettus Harangue the Senate Opposi.
Quarrel About Ohio's vote-A Day OF
Exciting Debate.
Washington, July 23.-The final vote
upon the tariff conference will be taken
in the senate at 8 D. m. tomorrow. A
unanimous agreement to that effect was
reached late this afternoon. after an ex-
citing and dram3 tic debate. The pro-
| position for the final vote came most I'M
expectedly from Democratic sources, the
senior senator from Alabama, Mr.. Nor
! gan, presenting x. Ii was greeted with
shouts OF good, good from the sena-
tors on the Republican side, who for
| the first time saw the path clear for the
| final enactment of the tariff bill. Mr..
| MOrgan's proposition was coupled with
one that the senate meet a. 10 a. m. to-
morrow, in order that speeches might be
| heard before the vote was taken. This
was accepted as whole and the agree
ment was formally announced. Mr..
Morgan expressed profound reluctance
in submitting the proposition, but said
ne recognized the right of the majority
to register their will. The agreement
was preceded by the most heated per-
sOnal colloquy that has occurred during
the consideration of the tariff bill. SEN
ators Foraker Of Ohio and Allen OF Ne
braska joined issue over Mr.. Aliens
charge Of fraud in the Ohio elections OF
last year. The early part of the day
was given to speeches against the bill
by Senators Teller, White and Pettus.
Washington, July 23.-There was no
outward evidence in the senate today
that the session was fast drawing to
close. although senators gathered in
groups and discussed the prospects of
getting away.
the tariff conference report.
a joint resolution was passed for the
erection of a government building for
the Mississippi international ex-
position at Omaha.
The consideration of the tariff report
was then resumed and Mr.. Teller (Col)
took the floor for a general speech. He
said he did not favor the pending bill
and did not believe 1t would accomplish
the purposes Of it's friends. Its passage,
however, would dispose Of The question
and enable congress to devote its at
tention to other subjects. He regarded
the money question as the paramount
question. A great many people VINO
voted for the Republican candidate did
not believe in the gold standard but felt
that the tariff was more important. Mr..
Teller turned his attention to the prin-
cipal methods Of the last campaign. 1t
was the mos; remarkable contest in our
history, he said, remarkable for agencies
set at work and the methods employed
for the first time. a system Of terroriZ-
ing. deception, Of fraud, the like OF
which had never before been seen was
put in operation. And having been sue
cessfui in this the senator expressed
the fear that such methods have be-
come a permanent part OF our political
system until the people were aroused
and repudiated them. If any one chal-
lenged these statements, then, Mr.. Tell
err said. he would go INTO details.
SAYS LIES WERE TOLD.
He would show that the press had
termed with falsehoods as to the Demo-
cratic candidate. who was charged with
having views which he had expressly re-
pudiated.
The same method OF misrepresentation ton
were directed against the Democratic
platform. The senator referred to the
intolerance and bigotry of Republican
campaign speakers. saying Their bitter |
ness exceeded that of the heated days of |
the civil war
Mr.. Teller spoke ironically Of Republi- |
can promises OF prosperity. first during |
the election. then preceding Inaugural |
ton, then when the tariff bill was franz
ed
The senator said he had not found a |
man in the senate who was satisfied |
With the pending bill except perhaps the |
Republican members OF the finance COM |
mittee. and certainly that was the limit |
of those who approved the measure.
The bill was. he asserted. full Of alb
surdities and inequalities. IL not Of
crime. 1t was vicious, unfair, extrav-
agant and unsatisfactory bill.
Mr.. Teller commended the recent state
paper on the seal question.
as that remarkable paper OF good
American ideas expressed in a good old
fashioned way
He said he did not know who the ar-
thor was, but would congratulate him if
be did
Mr. Teller stated that great sums Of
paign by the successful party. He had
heard ii said that the Republican party
had spent more money in the last cam
pa On than in all the previous campo .gns
since its origin.
1t would be worth mint OF money"
exclaimed Mr.. Teller. 'if we could know
what the sugar trust gave. what the
Standard Oil trust gave. and what the
great financial concerns gave"
THE CURRENCY COMMISSION.
Mr.. Teller spoke sarcas,ically Of the
reports that the president would recon-
clend the creation Of a currency COM
mission. The American people were not
Yet ready % turn over the great none
.ary question 10 a commission or the II
Annapolis convention. He believed the
people themselves would settle that