Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13
SILVER RESOLUTION.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, Speaks
for Free Coinage.
TELLER REFU1ES A PRESS REPORT.
The Immigration Bill Called Up-The Civil
Service Debate Continued In the House
Fraudulent All0tments to In
dians-Land Patenta

WASHINGTON, Jan. Sat the open
ing of the senate yesterday, the reply
of the attorney general to the senate
resolution calling upon members Of
the cabinet to inform the senate what,
if any, changes should be made in the
administration Of the civil service law,
was read. The attorney general rec
commended that attorneys employed by
the department Of Justice and deputy
United States marshals ought to be
excepted from the operation Of the
law.
Mr.. Allen, Of Nebraska, offered q
resolution declaring that the United
States should, independently and with
out delay, begin and continue the free
coinage Of silver at the ratio Of six
teen to one; that such coinage should
be supplemented by safe and sound
national paper money, to be is.
sued by the government with
out intervention of banks, the
notes to be full legal tender and to be
issued in an amount sufficient to meet
the business demands Of the country;
that any increase Of the interest bear
ing debt should be prohibited, and
that no government bonds should be
issued or sold except by specific act Of
congress, and then only in cases of
pressing necessity; that the govern
ment, in the discharge of its obliga-
tions, should use its option as to the
kind of lawful money in which they
should be paid; and that such option
should never be surrendered. Mr.. AL
len spoke briefly in favor Of the adop-
ton of the propositions set forth in his
resolution, concluding with the state
ment that he would, at some subse-
quent time, 20 more fully into the de.
tails OF his reasons and the reasons of
the populist party in favor Of the plan
he had set forth.
A speech was then made by Mr. Tel
Ter, Of Colorado, regarding press re-
ports that the recent efforts to make it
appear that Secretary Gage had ten.
dered his resignation as member Of
the cabinet to President Mckinley
were q part OF conspiracy OF the sill.
yer men to disrupt the cabinet and
create dissension between the presi-
dent and his advisers. Mr.. Teller
branded the publication as an insult to
the advocates Of the free coinage Of
silver. He was satisfied that the presi-
dent and Secretary Gage were in full
accord upon the financial question. He
attacked the republican party because
it was q party advocating the gold
standard, and expressed his intention
Of doing all in his power to defeat the
party in 1900 and to drag the present
administration from power because
the policy Of the party was, in his
opinion, inimical to the best and high
est interests of the people Of the United
States.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Teller's
speech, Mr.. Turner, Of Washington,
called up the immigration bill, saying
that as he was about to leave the city
he desired to submit some remarks up
on the pending measure. He strongly
opposed the bill. He was not in favor
Of an educational qualification and in
sisted that the enactment of that fea-
ture of the bill into law would falsify
the entire record of this country. His
speech was mainly directed against
what he termed the transportation
monopoly and other trusts.
Mr.. Butler, Of North Carolina, pre-
sented joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution provid-
ing for the election Of the federal ju-
dietary by the people. The resolution
went to the table to permit Mr.. Butler
to make speech on 1t.
At 2:45 the senate went into execu-
tive session and at $40 adjourned until
Monday.
THE HOUSE,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The civil serv-
ice debate continued throughout the
day in the house. All efforts to fix q
time for its termination failed, and it
is certain now to run over into next
week. The interest in the discussion
does not seem to be waning. The de.
bate yesterday was without marked
incident. Mr.. Bartholdt, of Missouri,
took occasion to defend Carl Schurz
from what he termed the SANDER
heaped upon that gentleman by Mr..
Grosvenor. The intimation that there
was stain upon his personal honor
was an insult to the German-Ameri-
cans, whose confidence Mr.. Schurz had
retained for years.
Delegate Callahan, of Oklahoma, in
troduced two bills. One Is to give a
preferred right Of entry to persons pro-
curing cancellation of fraudulent or
double allotments to Indians The
other bill is intended to enable per.
sons to obtain patents for lands Of
which they want to dispose.