Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-08

kind of lawful money in which they
should be paid, that such option should
| never be surrendered.
Mr.. Allen spoke briefly in favor OF
the adoption of the propositions set
forth in his resolution, concluding with
the statement that he would at some
! subsequent time go more fully into the
details of his reasons and the reasons
or the populist party in favoring the
plan he had set forth in the resolution.
Mr.. Teller (Col) said that a statement
now going the rounds of the press was
a gratuitous insult to those who be-
lfeVed upon the financial question as
he believed. He read from a newspaper
the article of which he complained Of.
1t charged that the recent reports to
the effect that the secretary of the
treasury had rendered his resignation,
We're the result of a conspiracy to Gre
ate trouble between the president and
! his secretary of the treasury,
and perhaps to disrupt the cab
met. Il resent this charge said
Mr. Teller, with great emphasis 81 do
not believe that it comes from the sec
rotary of the treasury, or that he be-
lleves any such thing. / resent the inn
putation that any other but the broad
est consideration and reasons have in
t1uenced me or moulded my sentiments.
| ought not to be charged with such
article. 1t is perfectly plain that today
the republican party is the party of the
gold standard, and it is equally plain
that there is no distinction between the
sentiments of the president and secre-
tary of the treasury upon the question"
Mr.. Teller discussed at length the eff
forts that have been made to obtain
an International agreement upon the
silver question. He declared that ev
cry intelligent person knew, when the
| message of the president was laid be-
fore congress on the Gath of last July,
asking for a monetary commission,
there was no possibility of an interna-
tional agreement He quoted from Sec
rotary Cages statement before the
house banking and currency commits
sion, indicating that it was the desire
of the secretary to commit the country
thoroughly to the gold standard, He
referred in terms of high respect to the
| secretary personally, and expressed his
qualification that Mr. Gage had the
courage of his convictions. The secre-
tary was, in his opinion, an exception
in this respect, to many other prom
inent republicans
| Mr.. Chandler, N. H., said he desired to
call the attention of Mr.. Teller to mat
ter which he was evidently overlooking.
| The point make" said Mr.. Chandler,
lis that the president of the United
| States speaks for himself, either through
state papers or in such other manner as
| he may deem wise, and he is not to be
| judged by what his secretary of the
| treasury may say upon any question.
| Neither is he to be judged by the utter
ances Of the senator from. Indiana, made
in the full flush of enthusiasm over his
| entrance into the senate of the United
! States, before an audience of his constit-
uents in Indianapolis. The president, as
said, must, of course, speak for him
self; and we cannot fairly judge him or
his opinions by the utterances of any
body else
Mr. Chandler maintained that the
senator from Colorado was doing much
to prevent the successful fruition of the
| efforts to bring about international BIZ
metallism. He thought that such efforts
as the Colorado senator was making
were not only unfair but unwise, in
view of Mr.. Teller's heretofore express
ed desire to bring about International
| bimetallism.
He hoped, therefore, that he would do
nothing to paralyze the efforts now
making in favor Of an international
agreement upon the silver question.
~ should like to bring about internal
| tional bimetallism," said Mr.. Teller,
| land 1 think 1 have done as much to
| bring it about as any man in this cham
/
| he returned from Europe, however,
| without success, 1 felt that it was prae-
tically useless to proceed further in that
direction
! incidentally Mr.. Teller drifted into a
| discussion of foreign relations of the
| United States. He maintained that the
| money power held the country SO flrm-
| " within it's grasp that the government
| was unable to take such action upon
l ac
! should be taken He hoped that the time
would soon come when he could say 70
a fiftb-rate power like Spain, rake
your hands off that bountiful island
an island which you have nearly de-
populated" and say it too, without Tear
| of the opinion of the money power
do not believe" said Mr.. Teller, that
war would result if we should put out
our hands to support Cuba. 1t would pc
a humane thing for us to do
4 Reverting to the financial question,
I Mr. Teller said: 81 attack the republic
! can party because it is the party OF the
gold standard l hope to see 1t go
/ down in 1900, and pledge you that l
/ will do everything in my power to drag
it down. Its policy IS not such as y :
/ demanded by a great and free people. L
/ have no quarrel with the president, but
! he stands for the gold standard, pol
i lev which in my Judgment will impover-
H ish and wreck our people. In concur
sion. Mr.. Teller again adverted to for
eign questions, speaking particularly OF
4 what he said appeared to be a proposed
! ACKNOWLEDGMENT of China by the Euro
] pean powers. %
/ He declared that he would see to it, II
! he were the president, that the powers
4 Of Europe should not partition that
/ great empire without a strong protest
from this country, He believed that
a word from the United States govern
| ment to Russia, France and Germany
that they must keep their hands Off our
! rights and privileges in China, and
that the autonomy of the empire should
remain as it had been for 400 years
would be sufficient to cause those great
powers to stop in their course OF rapac-
4 ity. r.,,,
speech, Mr.. Turner, Washington, called
i M the immigration bill He strongly
4 onnosed the bill He was not in favor
! IF an educational qualification, and in
! sisted that the enactment of that fea-
t1n,e of the bill into law would falsify
i fine entire record OF the country.
i Mr. Rutler North Carolina) presented
/ a Joint resolution, proposing an amend
ment to the constitution. providing for
i election of the federal judiciary
The resolution went to the table, to
nerrnit Mr.. Butler to make a speech on
r A message from the president in
formed the senate that the sale of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad had been post
/ noned to Feb 1918, and also submitted
the agricultural department reports on
7 experiment stations.
At 2.45 the senate went into executive
session. and at $40 p m. adjourned I'M
til Monday
l CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION.
WAYS and Means Committee Have in