Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-02-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Teller Silver Resolution De.
feated.

AElAtI 1AtbOluNiOu - Aht NVAhh NhAD
lima Election President Dole, of Ha-
wall, at the Capitol.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81, 1898.
Speaker Reed and the other Re
publican leaders of the house were
of the opinion that the best answer
to the Teller resolution would be its
defeat by a vote of the house con-
sequently it was referred to the
Ways and Means Committee, unfav-
orably reportsd and defeated. 1t
would have been an easy matter t.
kill the resolution without allowing
it to be voted upon, but that me-
thod of disposing of it would have
allowed the silver men to claim
that the Republicans were afraid to
give the house a chance to vote
upon it President Mckinley also
thought that the house would better
defeat the resolution by a direct
vote than by any indirect method.
It has always been the policy OF
the Republican party to make every
dollar of our money as good as any
other dollar, and to pay all govern
ment obligations in the best money
The party stood firmly by that po-
; licy when the greenback craze was
sweeping over the country Presi
dent McKinley's last Republican
pred Benz. Harrison
reiterated that idea upon several oe-
casions during his term, and the st.
Louis platform, upon which Presi
dent Mckinley was elected, spoke in
no uncertain language on the same
subject. Therefore no one was sur
prised, although some of the silver
men pretended to be, when Presi-
dent Mckinley said: Whatever
may be the language of the con-
tract, the United States will dis
charge all it's obligations in the cur
rency recognized as the best
throughout the civilized world at
the time Of payment" =" 1t would
have been surprising had he said
anything else. No living man is a
stronger advocate of the unlimited
use of both silver and gold as money
metals, provided that it can be
brought about by the consent of a
sufficient number of the nations
which control the worlds COM
merce to prevent the silver becom-
ing a deprecated currency, than
President Mckinley, but he has the
same horrors of a nation trying to
paying its just obligations in a de-
preciated currency that every hon
est man would have of a solvent
business concern which sought to
scale its indebtedness.
Three out of the four gold Demo
cratic scnators-Gray, of Delaware !;
Mitchell of Wisconsin; and Lind
say, of Kentucky, voted for the
Teller resolution, declaring bonds
payable at the option of the govern
ment in silver, and one, Cafferey, of
Louisiana, against it, Murphy, of
New York, and Smith, of New Jer-
sey, Democrats who voted for Bry-
an, but who have claimed to be an
ti-silver in their personal views,
voted for the resolution, and Cor
man, of Maryland, who is in the
same boat, was paired. The ex-
PLANTATION of Senator Lindsay of why
he voted for the Teller resolution
that it was nothing more than de-
claration of fact concerning existing
law-may doubtless also be palmed
off on some of their constituents by
Smith, of New Jersey Murphy, of
New York, and Mitchell, of Wiscon-
sin, all of whom claim to be sound
money men and all of whom voted
for the resolution, but it is no valid
excuse. The resolution has nothing
whatever to do with any existing
law. The original, offered by Stan
ley Matthews when silver was at a
premium and adopted by the house
and senate, was only a concurrent
resolution, and never was law. So
that excuse won't wash.
In order to devote his time en-
tirely to the campaign in North
Carolina, Senator Pritchard will re-
sign his place on the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee,
and It'll probable that Representa-
tive Pearson, who has been steadily
growing in the esteem of. his col
leagues, will be chosen to succeed
him. Speaking of his action, Sena-
tor Pritchard said: 'sThe campaign
in North Carolina, this fall will
command my closest attention. We
have an entire Legislature to elect,
and if the Democrats should carry
the state, they will at once undo all
that has been done in the way OF
just election laws. We cannot af-
ford to let them get control, but the
fight viii be a vigorous one. The
Populists will doubtless cooperate
with us, as they will see the neces.
sity of keeping the legislature ouf
of the hands of the Democrats. "
No distinguished visitor who evel
came to Washington made better
impression in a short time than hal
President Dole, of Hawaii, at pres
ent honored guest of the United
States. A weak and vain man il
President Dole's position would
have had his head turned by the
proffered Off sial iionizing, which h'
has had the good sense to decline
Before arriving at Washington, Mr.
Dole made it clearly understood tina
such things as military saiutes ant
escorts were distasteful to him, ant
that all he desired was to be treated
with the same courtesy that woul'