The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-08


should be made in the administration oil
the civil-service law was read. The attor-
ney general recommended that attorney s
employed by the Department OF Justice ana
deputy United States marshals ought 10 DC
exempted from the operation of the law.
Mr.. Cockrell said that these recommenda-
tons ought to be made to the President OF
| the United States as he has full power 10
act regarding them. He gave notice tnat ne
would move to refer all the replies OF CAP
met officers to the Senate resolution TO the
President himself.
| Mr. Hoar said that the trouble with all
| these communications arose from the lll-au-
vised action of the Senate itself. 1T seems
| to me- said he, "a most extraordinary pro-
ceeding for the Senate to direct the heads oa
| departments to give their opinions as TO the
wisdom of the Presidents order. mat -
what we have done. inadvertently. no DOUBT;
| Had my attention been drawn to II shouid
| have moved to rescind the order.
Mr. Allen offered a resolution declaring
that the United States should independently
| and without delay begin and continue the
| free coinage of silver at the ratio OF l6 to
| /; that such coinage should be supplemented
| by a safe and sound national paper money
| to be issued by the government without III,
| PREVENTION of banks. the notes to De Iuii
legal tender and to be issued in an aInouhI
| sufficient to meet the business demands =, ol
| the country; that any increase Of the IN
| terest- bearing debt should be prohibited and
| that no government bonds should be issued
| or sold except by specification or congress-
| and then only in cases of pressing neces-
| sity; that the government, in the discharge
of its obligations, should use its option as
| should be paid, and that such option snouiu
never be surrendered. Mr. Alien SPOKE
briefly IN favor of the adoption OF the prop 1p
| ositions set forth in his resolution, conclud-
| ing with the statement that he Woulu az
| some subsequent time. go more 1ully INTO
the details of his reasons and the reasons
of the Populist party in favor or the piah
he had set forth.
TELLER'S SPEECH.
At the conclusion of Mr. Aliens remarks
Mr.. Teller arose. He said that he did not
often give heed to publications concerning
himself or the convictions of those who be-
leved as he believed on the financial or
other questions but he felt that d statement
recently published-which is, in fact, going
the rounds of the press-was gratuitous
Insult to those who believed on the financial
question as he believed. This statement
shows" said he, that many of those VINO
attempt to deal with this question have no
proper comprehension of it. They regard II
as merely local matter to be con as re-.
and discussed from the standpoint or thelr
own selfish or local interests -, =
Mr. Teller then read from newspaper tne
article of which he complained. In DIlel
it charged that the recent reports 10 lhs
effect that the secretary of the treasury nay az
rendered his resignation were the results OF
a conspiracy to create trouble between the
President and his secretary of the treasury
and perhaps to disrupt the Saen With great
emphasis. II do not believe that IL comes
from the secretary of the treasury or that
he believes any such thing. We-lnOSe VINO
believe on the financial question as L do
differ from the secretary of the treasury ana
the great Republican organization Wmcn Is
now in power in this country. Ine rBntIul
or wrongful solution of this great questlon
will not only affect the people OF the Ohlteu
States, but the people OF the wnole Wo tinn
that any other but the broadcast consldera-
tions and reasons have influenced me or
nodded my sentiments ! ought not 10 pc
charged with such a dirty insnuation as is
contained in this article. 1t is perfectly
plain that to-day the Republican party IS
the party of the gold standard, and II is
equally plain that there is no distinction ION
between the sentiments of the President
and the secretary of the treasury upon the
Mr.. Teller then discussed at length the
efforts that have been made to OBTAIN an
| international agreement on the SILVER Dues
| ton. He declared that every intelligent per-
| son knew when the message OF the Presldent
was laid before Congress on the 24th OF last last
I July asking % f 0Gsbv of am
| agreement Mr.. Teller quoted from Score
| tary Cages statement before the Rouse
| banking and currency committee, indicating
! that it was the desire of the secretary 70
! commit the country thoroughly TO the golu
| standard. He referred in terms OF hlgh re-
| spect to the secretary personally, and ex-
| pressed his qualification that MI Gage nau
| the courage of his convictions and was Will
ing to stand squarely upon ms Opinions me
| secretary was, in the opinion OF Mr.. Teller,
| an exception in this respect to many otner
| prominent Republicans.
| CHANDLER CORRECTS TELLER
Mr.. Chandler said he desired to call the
| attention of the senator from Colorado to
| a matter which he was evidently overlook
| ing 1.-THE point I make" said Mr.. Chand-
| ler 'is that the President of the United
States speaks for himself, either through
| state papers or in such other manner as he
may deem wise, and he is not to be judged
by what his secretary of the treasury may
| saw on any question Neither is he to be
| Judged by the utterances of the senator
| from Indiana made in the full flush of en-
| thusasm over his entrance into the Senate
! of the United States before an audience
| of his constituents in Indianapolis. The
| President, as / said, must, of course, speak
| for himself and we cannot fairly judge MIN
! or his opinions by the utterances or any
| body else. Mr. Chandler maintained that
| the senator from Colorado CTeller) was 40
| ing much to prevent the successful fruition
| of the efforts to bring about international
| bimetalliSm. He thought that Such eHortS
| as the Colorado senator was making were
not only unfair, but unwlse in view OF MS
| (Teller's) heretofore expressed desire TO
| bring about international bimetalliSm lie
| hoped therefore, that he would do nothing
| to paralyze the efforts now making in favor
| of an international agreement upon the sill
IT should like to bring about international
| bimetallism' said Mr.. Teller, land think
| 7 have done as much to bring 1t about as
| any man in this chamber if / except the
senator who sits in front of me (Allison)
| When he returned from Europe however,
| without success / felt that it was prac-
| tically useless to proceed further in that
incidentally Mr. Teller drifted into dis
cussion of the foreign relations of the
| United States. He maintained that the
money power held the country so firmly
within it's grasp that the government was
| unable to take such action upon foreign
| questions as the people desired should be
| taken He hoped that the time would come
! like Spain: "Take your hands off that boun-
| tiful island-an island which you have near
| Nv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT say it, too, without
| fear of the opinion of the money power Il
! don't believe" said Mr. Teller, that war
| would result if we should put our hands
ont to support Cuba. 1t would be humane
| thing for us to do-a reasonable and just
we were struggling as are the Cubans and
| it is doubtful whether we could have
| achieved our independence without their
aid
Reverting to the financial question, Mr..
Teller said: Il attack the Republican party
because it is the party of the gold standard.
I hope to see ii go down in 1900 and [
pledge you that | will do everything in my
power to drag it down. Its policy is not
such as is demanded by great and free
people | have no quarrel with the Presi-
dent of the United States. but he stands for
the gold standard a policy which, in my
Judgment will impoverish and wreck our
verified to foreign questions, speaking par
ticularly of what, he said, appears to be
proposed ACKNOWLEDGMENT of China by the
European powers. He declared that he
would see to ii if he were in the position
of the President that. the powers of Europe
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