The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08
TELLER'S VOICE FOR WAR.
FIRST HE PROPOSES TO DESTROY
THE REPUBLICAN, PLRTF.

mn. Committed to asId, srd No IL FOR silver
Tn,p ne wonia Ge to war with Spain Ir
necessary TO Atd Cubp, ana Csubins with
r.r,nud Axainst China's Dismemberment
WASHINGTON, Jan. Tin tho senate to-day
,. Allen Pop, Neb.) offered q resolution de-
.,srinp that the United States should without
s.tsv and without waiting for the consent Of
toreirn nations begin and thereafter continue
,hs free and unrestricted coinage Of standard
,,rer dollars at the present legal ratio OF six
,.en 10 one; that such coinage should be sup
r,smented by q safe and sound national paper
money, to DO Issued directly by the Govern
r,nt and without tho intervention Of banks, to
a. a full legal tender for all debts public and
r,iyate. and to be issued in an amount sufficient
,o.meet the business demands Of the people and
restore the just level Of prices OF labor and pro-
apct,un; that an increase Of the public interest
b,aring debt should DO prohibited. and that
all laws authorizing individuals to demonetlEe
ar discriminate against any form OF money by
priyato or special contract should be repealed.
Mr.. Allen read q prepared speech In advo-
,.oy OF the resolution. in which he declared
that tho accomplishment Of the purposes Of the
resolution was the aim and object OF the Popu.
list party.
Mr.. Teller Of Colorado said that he did not
propose to discuss the financial question now
IN a general way, but no wanted to call atten-
t,on to @ newspaper statement which had been
aoating around for the last ten days and which
was to him exceedingly irritating. He read
the article In question, which represents that
the silver advocates were forcing O split be-
tween the President and the Secretary Of tho
Treasury. He resented that charge, and know
that there was absolutely no truth whatever
IN the statement, He had been for twenty years
an earnest advocate of the bimetallio system,
and q firm believer that without it there
would DO no prosperity; nay, more. that tho
threatened BY the adoption Of the gold stand
ard. He should not therefore be charged with
the dirty insinuation that he was moved by.
hostility TO the President or his Secretary OF
referring to the, International .Bimetellio
BEEN officially declared, and that ii anybody had a
lingering hope that Great Britain would agree to
ANYTHING that would bring about International
failure had not been the fault Of the commission,
but was the inevitable result Of the Presidents
% osiiss 81 q : ST,s - L lsf had 4 c enses h fnS6 been tha { RSs.
ment. There never would be an international
agreement that would take In Great Britain and
s sl snS ss'fi1 IT RES Europe s ansh the L E x@e rhssSu S0E.
eminent desired and intended, II possible, to
have ps an iassrh in bis me ssrse% az gu,y A snae waed
that the Indianapolis. Convention had present.
cd o method Of solving the question and adj
intelligent man then knew that the work Of the
International Bimetallic Commission might as
Mr.. Teller then uttered the following SEN
fences with much bitterness:
"Mr. President, the Republican party is in
Z is a gold standard party, and I win destroy
and i viii do eyeFytSins. ! | can e bring t. e;
t~ration, but with the Republican, organization:
You cannot bring pros i perity to this Is country , VI
on the financial question, by changing one Re-
publican President for another or one Republi-
can Secretary for another"
question and said:
ais IL not time that this great country shall
es i dem emandf Is is not time that we should say
to q little ffth.rate country like Spain: Take
your hands of that beautiful island Of Cuba.
lation. You. must now stop oh; Mr.. Presi::
dent, the salvation of dividends. the prices Of
SUp doi aaa . saScksi s ann o sne Of pfa those 81 w who P ala aos
vote for the arbitration treaty. and l have heard
myself branded in a public sermon as a man in
because I wanted war. but because that treaty
was an indecent attempt on the part Of the last
to bind the hands Of this body and of the
American people. I voted against it because
realized that there are infinitely worse things
tory that no nation that lost its warlike spirit
ever maintained its independence. He who
skulks and hides when there is a threat of war
Is NOT a free man and never viii be. ! do not
believe there will be war If we put our hands
come" -
Referring to recent movements in the East,
Mr.. Teller spoke Of the purposes Of some Eu-
ropean powers to divide up China, the greatest
empire Of the world for population and wealth.
and said that the American people had more
interest in China than any other people had.
But. in the interest Of the salvation of divi-
delds." he exclaimed, 1--WE muet keep quiet;
and We will say In excuse, Oh, a hundred years
ago George Washington said that we ought
not to engage in entangling alliances" Mr..
Teller favored combination with Great Brit
ain against Russia, Germany, and FRANCE. He
would say to those powers, not in the interest
OF trade alone, but in the interest Of the human
race and Of the American people, that they
should not dismember China.
At the close of Mr.. Teller's speech Mr.. AL
lens resolution went over without action.
Mt. Butler Pop. n. o. introduced a Joint
resolution to amend the Constitution by making
The Justices of the Supreme Court elective. in
The several judicial districts, and gave notice
that he would call 1t up at an early day.
The Senate then proceeded to executive bust
ness and at $40 adjourned till Monday.