The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-24
Several Members vhU Are sound
Money Men ut Heart Afraid to Go
ON Record Against silver.
NO VITAL ISSUE At STAKE
FOR THE RESOLUTION, THEY SAY,
CAN HAVE No PRACTICAL FORCE.
President MeI<inIey's. Views ON. the
New England strike and Immigra-
tiOn-Two Army Captains at War.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Washington and
Indianapolis will divide interest on the
financial question this week The interest
here lies in the vote which is to be taken
in the Senate on the Teller resolution. on
it depends the political fortunes of several
eminent gentlemen who are on the stage
of public affairs. If the matter had been
left. to a secret vote of senators there would
have been an overwhelming majority
against taking up the Teller resolution or
offering the fight in such way TO make
record for or against free silver or the
single gold standard. The Senate just now
is alive with gentlemen who would like to
dodge the issue As stated in yesterday
dispatches Senator Aldrich has pledges
from sufficient number of senators to de-
feat the Teller resolution, but, notwIthstand-
ing these pledges, not one man in a hun
bred believes that the roll call will show
any such result. One reason why the Teller
proposition will probably pass the Senate is
a knowledge that it will have no practical
force, except that it will be one more dem
onstration of the established fact that the
friends of silver are in the majority in the
upper branch of Congress. If their votes
were going to decide anything or to commit
the government to silver recommendation,
several senators whose voices will be for the
adoption of the resolution would be found
on the other side. To show their loyalty
to party organization and for effect on local
constituencies, several senators who are at
heart for sound money will take the other
side on this vote, whereas, if a vital issue
were at stake, they would be found Loyalty
standing shoulder to shoulder with the
straight sound-money senators for the pres
ervation of our national honor and our ma
tional credit The discussion of the Teller
resolution, which will take up the most of
the next four days in the Senate, is not like
ly to be sensational, but it will be sufficient
~ interesting to hold the eye of the public,
or at least to divide attention with the In
dianapolis convention.
The President is watching the textile
strike in New England with great concern.
He has been asked to interfere to bring
about d settlement between the strikers and
the employers. but has not seen his way
clear to do So AT the same time he de-
clares himself strongly in favor of arbitra-
tion and believes this to be the true way
of settling the differences between capital
and labor. Back of it all, he is for the pro-
lection Of the American labor market
against the further Introduction of cheap
foreign labor, and declares himself to be
in favor Of the further restriction of immi-
grafton. He is quoted saying that he
will use his personal influence with repre-
sentatives in Congress to have the Senate
measure now before the House considered
by that body promptly and favorably. He
is further quoted as saying that we cannot
avoid serious industrial disturbances if We
leave the gates of our country wide open
and allow immigrants to come here, when
our own people are not fully employed
1t is understood in army circles that d
duel between Captain Carter, who is now on
trial by court-martial. and Captain GilleJt,
his principal prosecuting witness, has been
narrowly avoided Several times during the
past few weeks. The men have been kept
apart with difficulty, and danger of a fight
is not over. If the court-martial should
end in Carriers disgrace, as now seems al
together probable, Captain Gillett will not
be bound to recognize any effort to involve
kim in duel, but that will not prevent
Carter from attempting his life nor will it
prevent Captain Gillett from defending
himself. Captain Garter is said to be par
ticularly aggreved because of an intima-
ton that Captain Gillett threatens to bring
to light certain very unsavory passages in
his private life, which, he thinks, should
be free from public inquiry.