The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.


| can 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; consequently it
was referred to the ways and means
committee, unfavorably reported and
| defeated. 1t would have been an easy
matter to kill the resolution without al
lowing 1t to be voted upon, bat that
| method Of Gisposing of it would have
! allowed the silver men to claim that
the republicans were afraid to give the
/ House chance to vote upon it. Presl-
! dent Mckinley also thought that the
! House would better defeat the resolu-
ton 10y a direct vote than by any Indi-
rect method.
! 1T has always been the policy of the
republican party to make every dollar
| of our money as good as any other dol
lar, and to pay all government obliea-
! tons in the best money. The party
stood firmly 5v that policy when the
country; President Mckinley's last re-
publican predecessor-Hon. Benz. Har
| risoi.-teiterated that idea upon several
occasions during his term, and the St.
| Louis platform, upon which President
| Mckinley was elected, spoke in no I'M
certain language upon the same subject.
| Therefore no one WAS surprised. al.
though some of the oliver men pre-
L J I, ! I v 4
said "Whatever may be the language
Of the contract, the United States will
discharge all its Obligations in the cur
rencv recognized as the best through
PAYMENT" It would have been sur
prising had he said anything else. No
living man is 4 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 sufii-
cient number of the nations which con-
troll the worlds commerce to prevent
the silver becoming a deprecated cur
he has the same horror of a nation try
ing to pay its Just obligations in a de-
preciated currency that every honest
man would have of a solvent business
concern which sought to scale its IN
| debtedness.
Three out Of The fo,tr gold democratic
| Senators-Grav, of Delaware; Mitchell,
of Wisconsin, and Lindsay, of Ken
| e., 4 r.I, Int
declaring bonds payable at the option
of the government in silver, and one
| Caiferey, Of La, Against 1t. Murphy,
ofN. Y, and Smith, of \. J democrats
! claimed to De anti-siiver in their per-
| sUnal views, voted for the resolution,
and German, of Md, vi no is in the same
| boat, was paired. The explanation Of
Senator Lindsay of why me voted for
! the Teller resoution-thati it was moth
| ing more than a declaration of fact con-
corning existing law-may doubtless
also be palmed off on some of their con-
stituents by Smith, of n. j., Murphy, OF
\. V, and Mitchell, of Wis. all Of HON
claim to be sound money nch and ali
of whom voted for the resolution, but il
is no valid excuse. The resolution has
nothing whatever to do with any ex-
isting law. The original, offered by
Stanley Matthews, when silver was at a
premium and adopted by the House
and Senate, was only q concurrent res
olution, and never was law. SO tha!
excuse won't wash.
In order to devote his time entirely
! to the campa On in North Carolina, Sen
ator Pritchard will resign his place on
the Republican Congressional Campaign
! Committee, and it is probable that Rep
resentatiye Pearson, who has been
! steadily growing in the esteem of his
| colleagues, will be chosen to succeed
him. Speaking of his action, Senator
! Pritchard said The campaign in =.
c. this fall will command my closest at.
| tention. We have an entire legislature
to elect, and il the democrats should
carry the state, they will at once undo
all that has been done in the way of
! i
! let them get control. but the fight Will
| be a vigorous one. The pOpulists " i'll
| doubtless Cooperate with us, as they
| will see the necessity of keeping the
| ocrats."
| No distinguished visitor who ever
came to Washington made a better i'm =
! preston in a short time than has Presi-
/ dent Dole, of Hawaii, at present the
| Honored guest of the United States. i
weak and vain man in President Does
position would have had his head
I turned by the D offered official lioniz-
/ ing, which he has had the good sense
to decline. Before arriving at Washing
! ton, Mr.. Dole made it clearly under
| stood that stlch things as military sa-
| lutes and escorts were distasteful to
him, and that all he desired was to be
I treated with the same courtesy that
! would be extended to any other gentle
man visiting our country. He received
| Tic PRESIDENT, and ca President Harii-
! son and manv Senators and RcpIese
atives who have called on him, with a
quiet dignity that at once won for him
/ their respect, which has been enhanced
! by the general knowledge be has dis
! played in conversing with them. This
week President Mckinley will give a
! state dinner in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs
Dole, and the two Presidents and their
wives will hold Joint reception at the
/ White House. Present indications are
that it will be some time before the an
:1exation treaty is voted on hy the Sen
! ate.
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