Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-08


| the reply Of the attorney general to th.
Senate resolution calling upon mem
! bers of the cabinet To inform the Sena q
what if any changes should be made in
/ the administration of the civil servic.
! law was read The attorney general
/ recommended that attorneys employed
| by the department Of Justice and dep
/ uty United States marshals ought to be
! excepted from the operation Of the Law
| Mr.. Cockrell. Missouri said tina;
! these recommendations ought to be
| made to the President Of the United
| States as he had full power "a act r.
gardng them. He gave notice that az
! would move to refer all the replies Of
the cabinet officers to the Senate reso-
| luton To the President himself
Mr. Hoar said that the trouble with
all these communications arose from
the il!-advised action Of the Senate
itself. 1t seems 70 me. said he, IA
most extraordinary proceeding for tn"
Serate to direct the heads of depart
ments 10 give their opinion as to the
wisdom Of the Presidents order. That
is what we have done Inadvertently,
10 doubt, Had my attention been
drawn to it should have moved 10 ~
scind the order
.Mr Allen, Nebraska, introduced 4
free coinage resolution in the Senate.
today, and made speech On the sub
ieCt
Mir Teller Colorado. made a silver
speech. on the subject Of report that
was going around to the effect that the
friends Of silver were trying to bring
about a rupture between the President
and the secretary Of the treasury.
Allen Neb.. offered a resolution declar-
! ing that the United States should. indie
pendently and without delay. begin ana
continue the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of IL to /; that such coinage should
be supplemented by safe and sound ma
tional paper money to be issued by the
government without Intervention Of
banks. the notes to he fun legal tender
and to be issued in an amount sufficient
to meet the business demands of the
country that any increase of the inter
est-bearins debt should be prohibited and
that no government bonds should he is
sued or sold except by specific act of
Congress, and then only in cases of press
ing necessity; that the government in the
discharge of its obligations should use
its option as to the kind of lawful money
in which they should be paid that such
option should never be surrendered.
Allen spoke briefly in favor of the
adoption of the propositions set forth in
his resolution, concluding with the state
mcnt that he would at some subsequent
time go more fully into the details of his
reasons and the reasons Of the Popuist
party in favor of the plan he had set
forth in the resolution.
Teller. Col, said that a statement now
going the rounds of the press was a gra-
tuitous insult to those who believed upon
the financial question as he believed He
read from q newspaper the article of
which he complained, 1t charged that
the recent reports TO the effect that the
secretary of the treasury had rendered
his resignation were the result of a con
spracy to create trouble between the
President ana his secretary of the treas
ury and perhaps to disrupt the cabinet.
II resent this charge said Teller. with |
great emphasis 81 do not believe that |
it comes from the secretary of the treas I
ury or that he believes any such thing. |
resent the imputation that any other |
but the broadcSt reasons have influenced |
me or moulded my sentiments. / ought |
not 10 be charged with such a dirty i'll |
situation as is contained in this article |
II is perfectly plain that. today, the Re
publican party is the party of the gold |
standard and it is equally plain that
there is no distinction between the senti- |
ments Of the President and secretary Of |
the treasury upon the questions.
Teller discussed at length the efforts
that have been made to obtain an inter
national agreement upon the silver queS-
ton. He declared that every Intelligent
person knew when the message of the
President was laid before Congress on
the 24th Of last July, asking for a none
tary commission that there was no pos
Sibility of an international agreement.
He quoted from Secretary Cages state
ment before the House banking and cur
rency commission indicating that it was
the desire of the secretary to commit the
country thoroughly to the gold standard. |
He referred in terms of high respect to
the secretary personally and expressed |
his qualification that Mr.. Gage had the
of his convictions. The secretary
was. in his opinion. an exception in this
respect to many other prominent Repub-
licanS.
Chandler ~ H.. said he desired to call
the attention of Teller to a matter which
he was evidently overlooking.
1.-The point | make, said Chandler, SIS
that the President of the United States
speaks for himself. either through state
papers or in such other manner as he
NAV deem wise. and he is not to be
Judged by what his secretary of the
treasury may say upon any question.
Neither is he to be judged by the utter
ances of the senator from Indiana, made
in the full flush of enthusiasm over his
entrance into the Senate OF the United
States. before an audience Of his con
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