Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-26
A LIVELY DEBATE,
HAS THE PROMISED REPUBLICAN
PROSPERITY ARRIvEDs
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.
Acrimonious senate Discussion of
Teller RcsoIption--Tbc CoIoradoan
Resents Infsmation That Honesty
DwefIs Only In ynnkccland.


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WASHINGTON, January 25.-Under the
parliamentary fiction OF discussing thu
Indian appropriation bill. the House de-
voted almost the entire day TO a political
debate. in which the main question was
whether prosperity Id come to the coun-
try as the result OF tho advent OF the
present administration. The speeches
we're limited to five minutes each. many
members participating. and partisan in
terest was keyed UP TO a high pitch. The
acrimony which usually charscterizes
such debates was almost entirely absent,
but although good naturod, some hard
knocks were given and received.
Dir. Richardson CDemocraD. of Tennes-
see. speaking to pro forma amendment,
adduced figures and financial authorities
to prove that prosperity had not yet APP
peared. He quoted Mr.. Wharton Barker
TO prove that there had been decline
equal 20 1 per cent in the price OF 100
standard commodities.
IF prosperity has not returned" asked
Mr.. w. a. Stone Republican,. Of Penn
sylvania, ''how does IT happen that In
all the Industrial regions men are en-
ployed and are not supported by charity,
as they were under the Cleveland admin
istration?"
'sThe trouble with the gentleman" re-
Piled Mr. Richardson, us that his pre-
misses are all wrong. Labor is not en-
ployed In all the industrial regions. In
New England 1900 workers are now out
on a strike"
Mr. Grosvenor. Mr.. Stone. Mr.. Dingley, |
and other Republicans all rose 10 reply. |
and in the confusion Mr.. Richardson |
called out that he had no desire TO in
terfere with Mr.. Stones gubernatorial
boom.
ONLY TWO THINGS ALIKE.
Proceeding, Mr.. Richardson said he was
reminded of a colloquy between a negro
minstrel and an interlocutor I'm which |
the former replied TO the latter that
there were only two things exactly
alike-the Cleveland panic and the Nc
Kinley prosperity"
Mr.. Grosven0r raised n laugh by saying
II was a very poor case which had TO be
bolstered up with arguments from Whar
ton Barker and Illustrations from min
strels. Mr.. Grosvenor Illustrated the
wOOl-raising industry as an example of
what the Dingley law had done.
Mr.. Dockery DemocraO. of Missouri,
In discussing the cottOn-mill strike. con-
tended that the strike had been urged by
the operators. in order that they might
dispose of their surplus stock. The trou-
BILE was, we were enormously over-pro-
ducing in ths-cOuntry. and in the face of
that fact, the Republican party was re-
stricting and narrowing our markets.
The time was coming when this policy
would be reversed. The growing trend
OF public sentiment could not be stayed.
Eventually, the tariff barriers would be
broken down. and our products would
go out upon the seas Of the world
The political debate continued for an
hour. the Republicans maintaining and
the democrats denying the existence of
Mr.. Smith DemocraD. Of Arizona, made
in attack on the present system of edu-
,ating the Indian.
Mr.. Walker Republican,. of Massachu-
ietts. agreed with MT. Smith that the
resent policy was unsatisfactory. iilogi- {
al. and impracticable. He moved to
trike out the appropriation for the Car
isle School
Without voting on the amendment, the {
committee arose. and at $50 p. M. the
House adjourned.
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. 4
To-day's session Of the Senate was Cha !
acterized by a heated. almost acrimo- I
Nous, discussion Of the financial question. !
FOR nearly four hours the Teller resolu- d
ion was under consideration. the princi- /
'al speeches being made by Messrs. ALI r
on uowa), Berry (Arkansas). and Hoar
The sharpest colloauy =
vas at times INDUCED in between the f
dvocates and the opponents Of the reso- n
ution :
Mr.. Butler. OF North Carolina. offered I
IN amendment to the post-Office appro- 4
'riauon bill, providing for an extension | -
II the experiment OF rural free delivery 7
0 every State and Territory Of the | +
jnion, and to as many sections Of those :
'tates and Territories as possible. The
mendment appropriates $4,000 TO cover
he expense OF the proposed extension
Mr.. Butler spoke briefly in support Of d
he amendment saying that il had been L
rawn after full consultation with the u
General il
The pension appropriation bill was pass d
a. after number OF amendments OFFER
d by Mr.. Allen had been defeated. Il
The Teller resolution was then laid be- G
ore the Senate. c
Mr.. Allison claimed that the pending "
gave the Secretary of the Trea- 81
ury no more authority under the law y
han he now has. The Secretary may a
ow pay government obligations in coin. Il
Mr.. Allison thought if it were the pur- b
ose or the advocates Of the pending IL
esolution 10 force a depreciation OF one
the great moneys OF the country, they IL
ught to avow that purpose.
Mr.. Teller asked Mr. Allison whether 4,
he last statement In the pending resoIu-
lon was true-that is, ito restore to its
oinage such silver coins as are legal
ender in payment Of said bonds. princi-
al and interest Is not in violation Of is
he public faith nor in derogation of the +,
Ights Of the public creditor"
1T Is not true I'm two respects" repljed :"
ir. Allison. 1--WE have restored the sill &c
or dollar. In the first place. and in the %
econd, the silver dollar is a legal tender" "
ALL1sON'S RECORD. So
Mr. Berry OemocraO. of Arkansas. I'm IN
n extended speech, declared that the 81
ending resolution was precisely the same n
) that for which the Senator from Iowa | s
dr. Allison) voted twenty years ago.
Mr.. Hale. OF Maine, said that when iii
re present law was put on the statute ma
)oks silver was about twice as valuable pr
II is now. W
Mr.. Aldrich interjected the inouirv | or
neither, in view Of the fall in the price Ia
silver. the Senator from Arkansas CIr. nj
erry) believed the government ought to
Ike advantage OF its creditors and pay
lem in the cheaper metal.
Mr.. Berry replied that he was as much II,
favor of maintaining the honor or the
'untry as the Senator from Rhode
land. but he held that the bondholders
,ght 70 be willing TO live up TO their
'ntract and accept coin in payment. HI