The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-01-14
SENATOR TELLER TALKS.
He Discusses 81 Matter that is Personal ts
Himself.

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| Himself.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 1o--In the
senate Mr.. Teller, of Colorado, said he
did not often give heed to the pub
lications concerning himself or the
convictions OF those who believed aa
he believed upon the financial or
other questions, but he felt that 4
statement recently published-and
low going the rounds of the press
was a gratuitous insult to those who
believed upon the financial question as
he believed. The report, he said, was
to the effect that the friends Of silver
were trying to bring about rupture
| between the president and the secre-
tary of the treasury. He declared that
the Republican party was for the gold
standard, and that there WAS 10 diff
ference between Mckinley and Gage
on the subject. Mr. Teller then dis
cussed at length the efforts that have
been made to obtain an international
agreement upon the silver question.
He declared that every intelligent per-
son knew when the message Of the
president was laid before congress on
the Oath day of last July asking for q
monetary commission there was no
possibility of an international agree
nent. Mr.. Teller quoted from Sec
retary Cages statement before the
house banking and currency commit
tee, indicating that it was the desire
OF the seer etary to commit the toun-
try to the gold standard. He referred
in terms of high respect to the secre-
tary personally and expressed his
qualification that Mr.. Gage had the
courage of his convictions and was
willing to stand sQuarely upon his
opinions.
Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire,
interrupted to say that the president
is not to be judged by what his secre
tary of the treasury may say upon
any question. Mr.. Chandler main
tsined that Teller was doing much to
prevent the successful fruit1OIi of the
efforts to bring about international hi
metaiism. He thought tnat such eff
forts as the Colorado senator were
making were not only unfair, but un-
wise in view CT his (Teller's) hereto
fore expressed desire to bring about
international bimetallism.
Il should like to bring about inter-
national bimettalism," said Mr.. Tel
ler, "and | think have done as much
to bring it about as any man in this
chamber, if | except the senator who
sits in front of me (Allison). When
he returned from Europe, however,
without success, l felt that it was
practically useless to proceed further
i'll that direction" Incidentally Mr..
Teller drifted into discussion Of the
foreign relations Of the United States.
He maintained that the money power
held tNv county - firmly w!!nin its
grasp that the government was unable
to take such action upon foreign rela-
tions as the people desired should be
taken. He hoped that the time would
soon come when we could say to a
fifth rate power like Spain: "Take
your hands off that bountiful island
III islcnd which you have nearly de.
populated, and say it, too, with
power. Said he: ''I attack the Repub-
lican party because it is the party of
the gold standard. 1t hope too see it
go down in 1900, and pledge you that
shall do everything in my power to
drag it down. Their policy is not
such as is demanded by a great and
free. people. In conclusion Mr..
Teller referred to what he said ap-
pears to be purposed dismember-
ment of China by the European pow
ers. He declared that he would see
to it, if he were in the position Of
president, that the powers Of Europe
should not partition that great en-
pire without strong protest from this
country. He believed that a word
from the United States government to
RI ssia, France and Germany. tha.
they must keep their hands Off our
rights and privileges in China, and
that the autonomy of the Chinese en-
pire should remain as it had been for
4, 600 years, would be sufficient to
cause those great powers to stop in |
their course of rapacity.