Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-26
Lively Political Debate in the
House.
HAS PROSPERITY ARRIVED
acrimonious discussion IN the Senate Over
the Teller Resolution Providing for
the Payment of fsondS Il. Silver
Pension l:ill Passed.
(By Ts,lewronh :,

| iltical debate in which the main ono.
.loti was whether prosperity had come
20 me country as a result of tha advent
Oh 1he present administration. As tha
! speeches We're limited to five minutes
each many members participated ana
partisan spirit kept the interest KEYED
up TO a high pitch. The acrln.onv
whlGn usually chara cterizes such de-.
bates was almost entirely absent he.
uEihoush good natured some hard
| KNOCKS were given and received.
| WI. tticnardSon QDempcraD. Of Ten
| !'eSSee. speaking to a proforma amend
tilent adauced figured and financial au-
|thoflties to prove that pl-ySpe had
not yet appeared He quoted MIR. NVhar-
ton baker to prove that there had been
ufcl'i.e equal TO one per cent. in the
price OF 100 standard commodities.
III prosperity has not returned"
asked Mr.. w, a. Stone GIeepublicau) OF
pennsylvania. "how does it happen that
IN all the industrial regions men are
employed and are hot supported by
charity as they We're under the Cleve-
land administrations"
| The trouble with the gentleman
replied Mr. Richardson, lis that his
| premises are all wrong. Labor is NOT
employed in all the industrial regions
n New England 125.0OO workers are
now out on Strike
Mr.. Grosvenor. Mr.. Stone Mr. Ding
ley and other Republicans, all arose to
reply, and in the confusion Mr. Rich
lards"n Called out that he had no desire
| to interfere with Mr.. Stones guberna-
| tura&ll boom.
Proceeding Mr.. Richardson said he
was reminded of Il cullGauy between a
| minstrel and an inter!ocutor in which
! the former, in reply to the latter said
there We're only two things exactly
alike-ttle Cleveland panic and the Nc
l\inley prosperity.
Mr.. Grosvenor raised a. laugh by say
VIII oh hnl
10 be 5S!stered up With the arguments
of Wharton iiSuhyi "nd illustrations
from minstrelsy.'
MIR. Grosvenor cited the Wool raising
industry and examples OF what the
DinSley law had done
Mr.. Dockery GemocraD, 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 trouble was that they We're enor-
'nutrslS overproducing. and in. the Gfe.ee
of that fact the Republican party was
restricting and narrowing our markets.
Elhe time was coming when this policy
would be reversed The growing trend
OF public sentiment could not be stnic.
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
II
prosperity.
mir. Snlfth DemocnaD, of Arizona.
| made an attack on the present system
of educating the Indians.
Mr.. Walker G:epublcan), of AIassa-
chusetts. agreed with Mr. Smith that
the present policy was unsatisfactory,
Illogical and impracticabIe. He moved
TO strike out the appropl!a ton for the
Carlisle school. Without voting on the
amendment the committee rose, end at
5:23 p. NJ, the House adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Today's
session of the Senate was characterized
by a heated almost acrimonious dis
cuSsion of the financial question. For
nearly four hours the Teller resolution
was under consideration, the principal
speeches being made by Mr.. Allison. of
Iowa: Mr.. Berry, of Arkansas, and Mr..
,Hoar, of Massachusetts. The sha rpest
collcquy was at times INDUCED i'm be-
tween the advocates and the opponents
of the resolution. Mr.. Butler of North
Caroline, offered an amendment to the
postoffice appropriation bin providing
for an extension of the rural free de-
livery to every State a nd territory of
the Union. and to as many sections OF
those States and territories posi-,
Bile. The amendment appropria ties $3.50.
coo to cover the expense of the proposed
extension. Mr.. Butler spoke briefly in
support of the amendment. saying that
il had been drawn after full consulta-
ton with the postmaster general.
The pension appropriation bill was
passed after a number of amendments
offered by Mr.. Allen had been defeated.
The Teller resolution was laid before
the Senate. Mr.. Allison claimed THAT
the pending resolution gave the secre-
tary of the, treasury no more authority
under the law than he now has. The
secretary may now pay government OBJ
legations in coin.
Mr. Allison thought if 1t were the
purpose of the advocates of the pending
resolution to force a depreciation of
one of the great moneys of the country
they ought ito avow that purpose
Mr. Teller asked Mr.. Allison whether
the last statement in the pending reso-
luton was true-that is. 'to restore to
It's coinage such silver coins as legal
tender in payment of said bonds. prin-
ciral and interest. is not in violation of
he public faith nor in derogaticn of the
rights of the public CREDITOR"
1T is not true in two respects" re-
oiled Mr.. Allison. I'VE have restored
he silver dollar in the first place. and
IN the second. that the silver dollar is
a legal tended"
Mr.. Berry DemocraD. of Arkansas.
i'll en- extended speech declared that the
pending resolution was precisely the
same as that for which the Senator
from Iowa (Allison) voted twenty years
ago.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, said that when
the present law was put nn the statute
books silver was about twice as
valuable as it was now. MI. AlGrioh
'nte-iected to inquire whether in view
| If the fall in the price of silver the
The Senator from Arkansas CSerTy) be-
| lieved the government ought 10 take adj
vantage of its creditors and pay them
| in the cheaper metal.
Mr.. Berry replied that he was as
! much in favor of maintaining the honor
! Of the country as the Senator from
J Rhode Island. but he held that the bond
holders ought to be wiling To live up
to their contract and accept coin in
payment.
| Mr.. Lodge. of MassacF usetts. said thai
| I was Web understood that the bon,
| purchase We're to- he paid in god, as
| hey paid gokl for tire bonds ard he
| qurted from a sneech Of Mr. Tsllar
showing that he (Telle) had the same
| idea.
} Mr.. Barry denied that there was such