The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-28
SENATE.

Discusses the Indian Bill and Red uction
of Number of Letter Carriers
SENATE.
Washington, January 26.-Debate
on the Teller resolution was opened by
Senator Teller. He maintained that
the existing contract concerning the
money i'm which bonds of tine United
States were payable could not be
changed without action of congress
one of the parties to the contract-and
THAT the government had a right to all
the advantages the contract afforded
it,
in response to a statement by Sena-
tor Teller that 1862 1000, 900 Of bonds
We're sold for the purpose of maintain
ing the gold standard, Senator Gear,
OF Iowa, said that it was well known
that more than 5000, ,00O, 900 of these
bonds were SOLD to meet a deficit in the
trslasury This statement WAS fatty
contradicted by the Colorado senator,
VINO mainta aimed that there was no ne
cessIty for the sale OF bonds to meet
current expenses when there was
plenty of silver to meet pressing obli-
CATIONS of the government.
Senator HOar, of Massachusetts, fol-
tanned the position he took yesterday
THAT the questinon under discussion
was not one of law but ONE of honor
anId Integrity. He said that the adVO-
caItes of the pending resolution main
a
ver had been reduced Until the silver
SIN dollar was worth only Al cents, and
the same senators who made the
charge of THAT "crime" advocated the
payment of the governments Obliga-
tIOns in this deprecated m0ney-mOney
THAT haId been deprecated, as they
claimed, by crime.
In the course of his REMARKS, Sena-
tor FIoar referred incidentally to the
present industrial situation in New
England and it's relation to the Ding
ley tariff law. Further along he re-
verified to the situa tIion and briefly dis
cuSSed it, He was satisfied that the
Industrial trouble in. New England was
not due to the operation of THE tariff
gaw, but to quite different causes.
He was glad and the people Cf New
Eng,and were glad of the industrial
prosperity of South Carolina, Alabama
and Georgia but he did hold that the
people of New England did not want
to be brought into competition with
communities where long hours are the
rule in industrial establishments and
where child labor was Employed in the
factories He said that these prac-
tices We're net known i'm New England
where limited hours for workman and
no child labor Were provided by law.
Senator Platt of Connecticut. said
THAT he had been endeavoring since the
opening of the debate to ascertain
what the purpose of the advocates of
the pending resolution was in pressing
dt. but had been unable to do So I'm
less 1T means something more now
said Senator Platt, then it meant
twenty years ago, There is absolutely
no reason for it's passage. 1t Is OLD
and moldy. If this resolution means
anything lit means the free and unlim-
fted coinage of silver
Snator Daniel, of Virginia, said that
we Were confronted upon all sides with
THE clamorous statements of the gold
men that agitation of the financial
question was unsettling business and
destroying the credit of Our people.
Yet, he said, the gold men We're hold
ing conventions; the financial ques-
ltion was being investigated by con-
puessional committees and THE presi-
dent Of the United States in his mes
sage to this congress had advanced
propositions in support of fastening
upon the country the single gold stand
ard He maintained that it was not in
violation of public faith, as had been
suggested by the senator of Massa-
cihuSeTtts (HOar) to pay THE bonds of
the Unfted States in silver, at the Op-
tfcn of the government. He wanted
to call attention to the fact that the
bulk of the outstanding bonds had
been secured from the United States
at a. reduced price and HE maintaine ed
that any payment of those bonds in
the coin of this country would amply
repay the holders.
He said there was no disposition to
pay the government obligations i'm dis
credited silver bullion but in finished
silver dollars-dollarS that were just
ais good as gold dollars-dollars that
would buy as much as gold dollars in
any market of the world. He Thought
THE adoption of the pending resolution
would prevent raids upon the treasury
and he quoted a statement made by
Secretary Sherman before a congress
ssional committee i'm 1878 to that effect
hut HE maintained 1T did not mean
that any government creditor would
be paid i'm a clipped coin Or i'm a de-
precIalted currency.
On motion of Senator Aldrich the
senate then went into executive ses-
sion and ten minutes later adjourned.
HOUSE OFF REPRESENTATTV
The house devoted another day to the
consideration of the Indian appropria-
tion bill, most of the TIME being con-
Sumed, as on the two previous days,
in discussing extraneous subjects. By
far the most interesting feature of the
day was the debate on the question of
reducing the mail carrier service in
the large cities, owing to the failure OF
the senate to attach the estimated de-
ficiency of $3.50. 900 ITO the urgent de-
ficiency bill. A dozen representatives
from as many different cities protest
ed against the proposed reduction and
urged an immediate appropriation
when Chairman Loud, of the postoffice
committee, and Chairman Cannon, OF
the appropriation committee, aliayed
the wrath of the members by assuring
them that there was no occasion foI
alEaa-n: that the service could not pos