The age-herald., 1898-01-08
SENATOR TELLER'S
 SILVER TALK Will Help Drag Down the Re- publican Party in 1900. REPRESENTS GOLD STANDARD President Knew to Sengs~T Toad the BimetalliC Com jh WAS BUT A SIS ERRAnO
  Money Power in Cu..trol of the Cuban
 Question.
Money Power in ControI of the Cuban
 Question.
MT. Cummings Joins the Hot Spurs an Sounds the Death Knell of the Mug wump Theory of Sat Fying Hon.
 oIabe Ambition for Office.

tHS OptHlfiB Ol lHe S0Ildle lOudy tuo reply of the attorney general to the senate resolution calling upon members of the cabinet what, if any, changes should be made in the administration of the civil service laws, was read.
 The attorney general recommended that attorneys employed by the department of justice and deputy United States marshals, ought to be excepted from the operation of the law
 MT. Cockrell said that the recommends tions ought to be made to the president of the United States, as he had full power to act regarding them. He gave notice that he would move to refer all replies of cab- inet officers to the senate resolution to the president himself.
 Mr. Hoar said that the trouble with all these communications rose from the ill- advised action of the senate itself. Tt seems to me- he said, "a most extraor- dinary precedent proceeding to direct the heads of departments to give their opin- ions as to the wisdom of the presidents order. That is what we have done inadvert- ently, no doubt Had my attention been drawn to it. I should have moved to rec scind the order.'
 Talking Silver.
 MT. Allen of Nebraska offered 0 resolution declaring that the United States should ii1r dependently and without delay begin and continue the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to l. that such coinage should be supplemented by safe and sound na- tional paper money to be issued by the goy- ernment without intervention of banks, the notes to be full legal tender and to be issued in an amount sufficient to meet the busi- ness demands of the country; any increase of the interest bearing debt should be pre- vented; that the government in the dis charge of its obligations should use its op- tion as to the kind of lawful money in which they should be paid; and that such option should never be surrendered. MT. Allen spoke briefly in favor of the adoption of the propositions set forth in his resolution, concluding with the statement that he would at some some subsequent time go more fully into the details of his reasons and the reasons of the popust party in favor of the plan set forth
 MT. Teller's Correction.
 At the conclusion of MT. 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- lieved as he believed upon the financial or other questions, but he felt that a state- ment recently published-wffich is, in fact, now going the rounds of the preserves gratuitious insult to those who believed upon the financial question as he believed. ''This statement shows" said he, that many of those who attempt to deal with this question have no proper comprehension of 1t. They regard it as merely local matter to be considered and discussed from the standpoint of their own selfish or local interests.
 MT. Teller then read from a newspaper the article of which he complained. In brief, it charged that the recent reports to the effect that the secretary of the treas- ury had rendered his resignation were the result of a conspiracy to create trouble be- tween the president and his secretary of treasury, and perhaps to disrupt the cabi- net.
 "I resent this charge" said Mir Teller, with great emphasis. '1 do not believe that it comes from the secretary of the treasury, or that he believes any such thing. We-those who believe in the finan- cial questions as I do-differ from the sec- retary of the treasury and the republican organization now in power in this country. The rightful or wrongful solution of this great question will not only affect the peo- pie of the United States but the people Of the whole world. Ifesent most emphatical- ly the imputation that any other than the broadest considerations have influenced me or moulded my sentiments. ought not to be charged with such dirty insinuation as is contained in this article.
 Gold Standard Party.
 s'It Is perfectly plain that. the republican party is the party of the gold standard, and 1t is equally plain that there is no dis tinction between the sentiments of the president and the secretary of the treasury upon the question:"
 MT. Teller then discussed at length the effects that have been made to obtain an international agreement upon the silver question. He declared that every intelli- gent person knew when the message of the president was laid before congress on
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