Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE feature of
the senate session was a speech de-
livered by Mr.. Teller (sil. rep, COLI
regarding press reports that the re-
cent efforts to make it appear that
Secretary Gage had rendered his res
ignatiOn as a member of the cabinet
to President Mckinley were a part of
a conspiracy of the silver men to dis
rupt the cabinet and create dissension
between the president and his advis-
ers. Mr.. Teller branded the publica-
ton as an insult to the advocates of
flee coinage of silver. He was salts
Gage were in full accord upon the
financial question. He attacked the
republican party because it was the
Larty advocating a gold standard, and
expressed the intention of doing all
in his power to defeat the party in
1900 and to drag the present admins
tration from power, because the policy
of the party was in his opinion mimi
cal to the best and highest interests of
the people of the United States. Mr..
Teller resuming drifted into a dis
the United States. Il do not believe"
he said, that war would result if we
should put our hands to the support
OF Cuba. 1t would be humane thing
for us to do and a reasonable and just
act. The French came to us at time
when we were struggling as are the
Cubans and it is doubtful whether we
could have achieved our independence
without their aid" Referring to the
present eastern situation he said that
he believed that word from the United
States to Russia, France and Ger
many that they must keep their hands
off of our rights and privileges in
China and that the autonomy of the
empire should remain as it has been
for 1000 years would be sufficient to
cause these great powers to stop in
their course of rapacity.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Teller's
speech Mr.. Turner IS. Co. called
up the immigration bill. Mr.. Butler
(pop., N. Co. presented a joint reso-
luton proposing an amendment to the
constitution providing for the election
of a federal Judiciary by the people.
Mr.. Allen (pop., Neb.) offered a reso
luton declaring that the United States
should Independently and without de-
lay begin and continue the free coin
age of silver at ratio of 16 to 1; that
such coinage should be supplemented
by a safe and sound national paper
money to be issued by the government
in the discharge of it's obligations,
should use it's option as to the kind
of lawful money in which they should
be paid and such option should never
be surrendered. Mr.. Allen spoke
briefly in favor Of the adoption of his
resolution
Washington, Jan. THE civil SER
vice debate was continued in the
house All efforts to fix the time for it's
termination failed, and it is certain
now to run over into next week. In
terest in the discussion does not seem
to be waning. The speakers were
Messrs. Gillette (rep., Mass.), Bur-
ton (rep., o. and Fitzgerald (dem.,
Mass.) in support of the law; Messrs.
Cummings (dem., N. ", Faris (rep.,
Ind.), Mahaney (rep., N. ", Driggs
(dem.,) N. Y. and Bradley (dem., N.
" in opposition and Mr.. Kerr (rep.,
o. in favor of modification of the
law. Mr.. Bartholdt (rep., Mo- took
occasion to defend Carl Schurz from
what he termed ISLANDERS heaped upon
that gentleman by. Mr.. Grosvenor The
intimation that there was a stain
upon his personal honor was an in
confidence Schurz has retained for
years.