The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-28
BATTLE OF STANDARDS.
II Was Continued With UAtiring
Vigor in Senate.

VOTE ON THE TELLER RESOLU-
TION WILL BE TAKEN TODAY.
More Than Six Hours Devoted to the Dis.
cussion Yester day-session Was Re
quies.
Washington, January 27.-Tomorrow al
p. m, the Senate will vote upon the
Teller resolution and the pending amend
ments thereto. When the Senate today
took up the resolution the agreement
made last week that the final vote should
be taken before adjournment today, was
changed in.order that ali senators might
have an opportunity to speak. Tomor-
row ssssasession will begin at 10 a. M, and
after p. m, speeches will be confined to
Is minutes each. Today's session con.
tinued for mora than six hours, the reso-
luton being under consideration through
out, practically the entire session. The
speeches in support of the resolution
were delivered by Mr.. Daniel Of Virginia.
Mr.. Lindsay of Kentucky, Mr.. Smith OF
New Jersey and Mr.. Cockrel of Missouri.
Mr.. Daniel concluded the speech he began
last evening. Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts
and Mr.. Caffery, Democrat of Louisiana,
opposed the resolution. While the speech
es for the most part were studied efforts,
the session was replete with lively in.
cidents and spicy colloquies.
After the transaction of some minor
business the Teller resolution was laid be-
fore the Senate and after considerable
discussion it was agreed thai the vote
should be taken tomorrow at q o. CLOCK,
the Senate to meet ut 10 O'Clock, and the
last four hours of the debate to be under
the 15-minute rule.
After this agreement had been reached,
Mr.. Daniel resumed his speech began last
evening. He made legal argument in
support of the pending resolution, hold
ing that the law never contemplated Civ
ing to the government creditor the
option as to the kind of money he was
to be paid The creditor would natural
Iy 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. Ever since the passage of the
resolution a score of years ago, it had
stood as law, unchallenged and unas-
sailed. Mr. Daniel then enumerated the
great men who supported the resolution
in 1878, beginning with the distinguished
author, Stanley Matthews, and conclud-
| +ho ont Dpaci6Gnf Of tho
United States.
He thought, therefore, that attacks up
on the honorable motives of the support
ers of the resolution now were ill-tImed
and unwarranted. He quoted from a
speech delivered by Mr.. Mckinley at Tole-
do in 1890, in which he sharply criticized
President Cleveland for dishonoring one
of the precious metals, discrediting sill
yer and enhancing the price of gold.
"Was Mr.. Mckinley palming off namby-
pamby nonsense upon the country, as the
Senator from Connecticut (Plattl would
have us believer asked Mr.. Daniel.
Mr. Daniel read letter written By the
former senator, now secretary of state,
John Sherman, in which he denounced
as a repudiationist and eXtortioner one
who demanded money Gin liquidation OF
an obligation more valuable than he gave
| for it, He also quoted Oliver r. Nor
ton as declaring it to be "foul injUs
tice'' upon the country to pay the govern
Inent bond holders VINO secured the bulk
| of the bonds for about gu cents on the dol
! lar in better money than they paid fol
them After reviewing the financial leg
| islation Of the past quarter of a century
| Mr., Daniel said that Congress ought to
| keep the pledges OF both the Republican
| and Democratic parties to discharge gov
| ernment obligations in the legal tender
| of the country. Thus, alone, could the
United States build up an independent
system OF finance and escape from. the
Iclutches of Wall street and Downing
| street.
IT would not repudiate single dol
| 1ar.' said Nr. Daniel, 'tof the govern
ment's indebtedness, in the money of tho
country provided by law but stand here
to support the constitution OF the United
States and the statutes enacted by many
of the ablest and most honorable men OF
the country.
In conclusion Mr.. Daniel paid an elo-
auent tribute to the Democratic pa rty.
Mr.. Lodge fol lowed Mr.. Daniel He
said he did not expect to add much to
the sum of information and mlslntorma-
tion on the subject before the Senate,
but he desired to express his opinions and
his reasons for offering the amendment
anu on w QlCQ ue WOGIu pcoV VsAS ASLettS
to vote. That amendment was originally
offered to the Stanley Matthews resolu-
ton by Senator Edmunds OF Vermont.
He held that it was q point we'll made,
and believed it to be even more distinctly
applicable now. Nations. declared
Mr.. Lodge, ''no more than individuals
can afford to confne their honesty with
lin the limits of the law. Statuatory
morality is not best either for states OF
for men," Hs
The senator said that the parity of our
gold and silver money could only be
maintained by having every form Of our
currency interchangeable. He had done
every thing in his power to promote an
International agreement, as he believed
that would do much to simplify the qnes-
ton. He was constrained to believe,
however, after hearing the eloquent state
ment of the senator from Colorado (Wol-
cott) and the attempt to secure an inter-
national bimetallic agreement had failed,
temporarily, at least. He held, therefore,
that the country was confronted with
two propositions, one of which it would
have to accept.
Either the existing gold standard must
be maintained or the country must au-
thorize free silver coinage. The latter al
Tentative means. he said, the disappear
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