New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-15


bly, or it dies" said Senator Grady raising
point OF order that the Assembly resolution
could not be substituted
The President ruled that both resolutions were
on the special order without priority.
CANTOR OPENS THE DEBATE.
Senator Cantor began the attack in pre-
pared speech He said In part
The proposition that this Legislature. which did
not ele-t the senior Senator. can cruclse or con
denim him for vote any proposition. no mat
ter how important. that may be the subject OF Of
fetal action in the Senate OF the United states mas
not yet been demonstrated either 10 my satsiac-
uon or to the satisfaction OF the ,people Oh ene
state N republic such as ours the peoPe con con.
troll and to the people only is the representative
1t is significant circumstance that 1t is the
critcise the vote of the Democratic United states
Senator In no Bepu5can STAT O. tmS senator 0r
who voted with the Demo ac senator s1i tinn ts
been suggested or proposed. .,,..,,..
easy indeed for psrty purposes to wqs ~ ny
for the purpose Of state politics in order 70 save
sure xh6 shSns n6ed s o % It. The Rpubca
m M SsHrs Sss in m s RG? a has tsf beer % such such
character az TO DISCUS the people ana vhf peO
tirey untitled to control the State , ,,,,
Not only were the natural rights OF the innlvh-
ouiras sed through tho Rancs Liquor law. but that
has been FOLLOWED by suTrendeg 10 nf the rreg
iarties II rot worse. Of prominent Republican
50 OOo O0o FOR canal improvements and the increase
OF the tax rate fa- beyond that OF any Democrats
the part Of the Rerubican party were recognized
r. the spring elections that have Just been held
Senator Stranahan objected to Senator Can
tors statement that Republican States. whose
Republican Senator'S had voted for the Teller
resolution. had not censured their Senator'S.
THE inference is" said Senator Stranahan.
that the Senators from those States represent
ed their constituents while Senator Murphy mis-
represented the sentiment Of the people OF New
York State"
CANTOR AND GRADY COMPARED.
Senator stranahan replied further to Senator
Cantor. saying:
'I admire a man OF courage and I admired
Senator Cantor for his patriotism when he re-
fused to for free silver two years ago, but
/ regret that he should stand here and split
hairs in an attempt to defend the Teller resolu-
ton"
Senator Stranahan then turned to Senator
Grady and spoke Of his statement made week
ago that whatever the Democratic platform OF
this year might be he would stand on IT, adding
Il admire his courage. for It must take cour-
age to risk such lightning changes the
changes in the recent Democratic platforms
I consider preferable to the courage which
helped Senator Cantor to stand by sound money
two years ago and then attempt to crawl back
to the favor Of the Democratic party by trying
to bolster up the Teller resolution"
Senator Guy obtained the floor and spoke
against the resolutions. He concluded his re-
marks by referring to the Brush resolution as
being introduced by assistant Republican"
Senator Brush replied that he had always
voted the Republican ticket when he thought
IT right
LEXOws GLOWING PERSONALITIES
Senator Lexow followed He said no locality
in thls country vitally interested in the
money question as Greater New-York He al
Iuded to the days in which Senator Cantor spoke
for honest money. As to Senator Grady, he
said that FOR financial heresy he now out
winding the windy Willy Of the wild and woolly
West" Senator Guy he depicted as bowirg the
knee for admittance to the audience chamber
of the court AT Lakewood.
He asked If the representatives. Of New York
City did not know that the business prosperity
Of their city was based on honest business prin-
clples The Teller resolution meant ~ to | and
nothing else I'm the name OF the two hundr d
and sixty eight thousand majority of the state"
he declared. I'VE denounce Senator Murphy as
a betrayer of his trust"
Senator White asked Senator Cantor when
he changed his attitude the money question.
Senator Cantor replied that he had not
changed his attitude. hut that he believed in all
the Teller resolution said in 1896.
Senator White said that when Senator Murphy
voted on the Teller resolution he did so against
the mandate Of the people of tho state. as an
nounced by overwhelming majority The
Democrats. he said had undertaken to show
that the Teller resolution was Of no Importance
"It would have this effect" he declared 1T
would commit the Government Of the United
States to repudiaton
Senator White also asserted that the Lesis-
lature which elected Senator Murphy had a
right to censure him
I'm the absence ot Senator Murphy. let me
explain that this Legislature did not elect him.
retorted Senator Grady.
Was II the Legislature that was stoenY
asked Senator Lexow.
mo il was a legislature elected under an
honest apportionment." was the reply.
MrRPHYs RICHES REFERRED TO.
Senator Grady said that to hear the Repub-
ucan Senators talk about Senator Nurphy's
action one would think they were body OF
bankers censuring tramp. lie called attention
10 the fact that Senator Murphy had greater
rroperty interests than all the Senator'S on the
floor combined, and added mat MI. Murphy had
not mad, his money by reason OF hsh tarin
protection.
senator Raines lsked Senator Grady whether
- me Teller resolution did mean free silver he
would not think IT a proper thing
We'll my opinion would have very little
weight with Senator Raines" answered Sena-
tor GRADY He has dsregarded II so often that
| will give him little ancient history instead"
Grady then cad from the Republican plat
form OF 1872 whicl. ne asserted. contained free
coinage expressions.
TAX WpakeS
Grady charged that its statement that the peo-
ple or the United States had almost unanimous
iy spoken against free silver outrageous
ignorance and gave the silver vote OF 1896 TO