The herald., 1898-01-28
FREE SILVER
Pops Up on Every Possible
Occasion
VOTE ON TELLER'S MEASURE
is SET FOR SIX O'CLOCK THIS
EVENING
VOTE ON TELLER'S MEASURE
The House Also Talks on Silver in
Discussing the Needs of
the Indian
Associated Press Special Wire

| Associated Press Special Wire
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Tomorrow
at p. m. the senate will vote on the
Teller resolution and the pending
amendments thereto. When the senate
today took up the resolution the agree
ment made last week that the final vote
upon it should be taken before adjourn
ment today was changed in order that
all senators might have an opportunity
to speak. Tomorrow's session will be-
gin at 10 a. m. and after 2 p. m. the
speeches will be confined to Is minutes
each. Today's session continued for
more than six hours, the resolution be-
ing under discussion throughout prac-
tically the entire session. While the
speeches for the most part were studied
efforts the session was replete with live
ly incidents and spicy colloquies.
After agreement had been reached for
the vote on the Teller resolution, Mr..
Daniels resumed his speech begun last
evening. He made legal argument in
support of the pending resolution, hold
giving to the governments creditor the
option as to the kind of money he was to
be paid The creditor would naturally
pick that dollar which was the most
valuable to him but if he did not know
which he would receive he would do his
utmost to maintain the parity of all
dollars. He enumerated the great men
who supported the resolution in 1878,
beginning with the distinguished author,
Stanley Matthews, aud concluding with
the present president of the United
States.
He thought, therefore, the attacks up
on the honorable motives of supporters
of the resolution now were i'll timed and
unwarranted. He closed with a tribute
to the Democratic party
Mr.. Lodge followed Mr.. Daniel. He
said he had always been an interna-
tional bimetallist and was one now. He
had done everything in his power to
promote an international agreement, as
he believed that would do much to sim
plify the question. He was constrained
to believe, however, after hearing the
eloquent statement of the senator from
Colorado (WolcotD that the attempt to
secure an International bimetallic
agreement had failed, temporarily at
least He held, therefore, that the coun-
try was confronted with two PROPOSE
tions, one of which it would have to ac-
cept. Either the existing gold standard
must be maintained or the country must
authorize free silver coinage. The latter
alternative means, said he, the disap-
pearance of gold from circulation and
the placing of the country upon silver
basis.
1t has now come to a contest between
the two standards. Mr.. Lodge declared
that any change in the monetary STAN
dard would fall with dire results upon
the masses of the people. The adoption
of the resolution and the enforcement
of its provisions, he thought, would be a
policy fraught with great danger to the
country and to the people.
Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky followed in
a set speech in support of the resolution.
Mr.. Lindsay thought the question had
been answered. He held that the oppo-
nents of the resolution had made a false
issue in endeavoring to make this reso-
luton an important matter.
In colloquy between Mr.. Lindsay and
Mr.. Caffery, the latter declared: 1.-THE
government is morally bound to pay it's
obligations in the best money. If gold
should depreciate or silver should exceed
it in value, it would be violation of
public faith to pay our obligations in
gold.'
In reply to Mr. Lindsay's statement
that the opponents of the resolution had
forced the fight, Mr.. Aldrich said the
senator from Kentucky is under a mis-
apprehension. We did not bring this
resolution from Kentucky before the
senate. 1t was brought here by Mr..
Vest, one of your distinguished friends,
after it had been introduced by the sem
ator from Colorado (Teller).
Three years ago it was introduced in
the house by the Hon. William ]. Bryan,