The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
Gives His Reasons for Support ing the Teller *Reso- :" :. :..:.1....-: lution. =:
. MORGAN IS NOT HEARD.
The Senate. Is Not. Yet Ready to Hear
 Open Debate on the Question .s.....:.- =. -: of Annexation.
Special. Dispatch to The. Call.
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 .:@z- :. Washington, Feb. 1.
 No business of importance was trans acted by the Senate in open session to- day. The feature of the short session was a statement made by Clark. lR.l of Wyoming as a matter of personal privilege concerning his vote in favor of the Teller resolution. He maintained that his vote was in no way incon- sistent with his Republicanism, and de clared that he would not permit any body to read him out of the party, as he was satisfied the masses of the party would not convict him of poll tical heresy.
 Rev. Hugh J. Johnston. pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Cnurch of Washington delivered the invocation day question of personal privilege a dispatch from his State, published in Eastern newspapers, to the effect that Henry 0. Hay, chairman of the Laramie County Republican Committee, has resigned be- cause of the votes cast by the Wyoming Senators for the Teller resolution. Clark said that much had been said regarding the votes of Wyoming's Senators, and as 10 the significance of those votes he deemed it wise to make a statement. He expressed surprise that the motives and
 
 should have been impugned. He said that an attempt to commit the Republ- can party to a line of policy never laid down and never contemplated by that party. and. the further effort to read out of the party those Republi- < cans. who voted for the resolution. would faif As. for himself, he declined most emnhatically to be read out of the Re . publican party, and was satisfied that tilez majority of that party would never convict him of political heresy on ac- 2 -5 IDy 1rl- | hgorr hot the. Democrats, in view of their record, bought to have supported the Nelson amendment providing that gold and sfl- .Ver#CUiI4s should be maintained at par .it tV He thought that the vote he had flst was no stain on his political honor. and his vote for the Nelson amendment was east as protest against silver mo- 5n9metallism.
 He felt that his vote was in line with the Republican policy outlined at St. | Louis. He.was earnestly in favor or in ternational bimetallism, and was as earnest as any man in his eHoTts to ! maintain the national honor. He felt ! that to the Republican party might be entrusted the duty, to solve the financial ! question. That solution was. not on the#- line of gold munornet alHsm, nor on the line Of. silver m0nom etallism,. but on. that I of srn-interpational or other ! Sooner perhaps thai many expected, -bi- 1 mefalliSm would be. a reality, and the time would be. here when gold and silver would be on1equaI terms. at the hints l and every dollar of the Government ! would be maintained at an equal value and use with every other dollar. That, i Clark. concluded, was one Of. the missions of the Republican. party, and 1t would be ]. performed with honesty and fidelity. T The resolution of Pettfgrew of South Dakota, declaring it to be the policy of i the United States not to acquire territory to defend which a. navy would be re- quired, went over until tomorrow at the request of the author. Morgan. resolution, presented .yester- do Call lfr7cr hn respondence and information relating to i the arbitration Of the British seizure ! claims, was adopted. .'-. The Senate then, at 12:40 D. n., on mo- i tion of Davis, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, went into execu- i tive session. At 4:40 p. m the Senate ad- 1 i01lrned =. :. 7