The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-25
Indiana's Democratic Senator Works
port of the Teller Resolution.
MORGAN TO G. CLEVELAND
SAYS THE EX-PREsIDENT DID FA-
vOR ANNEXATION OF HAWAII.
Ex-SOckIess Jerry Simpson Enlivens
Proceedings of the House by Pre-
cipitating n Political Debate.

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--The proposed
annexation of Hawaii was somewhat ex-
tensively reviewed by Mr.. Morgan, of Ala
| bama to-day, while speaking to a question
| Of personal privilege. The Alabama sen
| ator had been represented as saying in ex-
ecutive session substantially that ex-Presi-
| dent Cleveland was in favor of Hawaiian
| annexation. This statement called out a
denial from Mr.. Cleveland, and in support
of his original statement Mr. Morgan ad-
dressed the Senate at great length. One OF
the features of the session was an elabor-
ate speech by Mr. Turpe, of Indiana. in
support of the Teller resolution. The pen
sion appropriation bill was called up and
debated for nearly three hours, but was not
passed, the Senate adjourning until to-mor-
row. pending the disposal of a point of
order made against an amendment offered
by Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, to the pending
bill.
Immediately after the opening routine,
Mr.. Walthall presented the credentials of
Mr.. H. d. s. Money. as senator from Mis-
sissppi, to succeed the late Senator George,
and the oath of office was administered to
Mr. Money, who has been sitting a
senator under appointment from the Gov
ernor of Mississippi.
Mr.. Walthall presented a joint resolution
adopted by the Legislature of mississippi
urging the United States government to in
tervene in the Cuban war on behalf of in
surgents, peacefully, If it can; forcibly, if
it must" The resolution was read and re-
ferred to the committee on foreign rela-
tons.
The Teller resolution was then laid before
the Senate, and, in accordance with notice
previously given, Mr.. Turpie addressed the
Senate in support of the resolution. II shall
vote for the resolution willingly" he began.
81 think it's introduction timely and oppor-
tune, especially when we are confronted by
measure which contemplates an increase
of the public debt by three hundred or four
hundred million dollars 1t is, indeed, proper
that we should repeat the declaration that
all government obligations are payable in
coin-not in gold" BY the original resolu-
ton passed nearly thirty years ago, Mr..
Turpie held, coin was made synonymous
with solvency, and the funded debt was
thereby made payable in both gold and
silver, or in either of those metals. If we
abandon silver said he, land agree to pay
all of our obligations in gold we should sim
ply clinch the hold of the debt syndicate
upon the country. If however we maintain
bimetalic standard and enforce that posi-
ton by opening our minis to the free coin
age of silver the syndicate OF NATIONAL ueDt
would become as strong friends of silver as
| is my friend from Colorado, the author OIL
this resolution, for they would naturally
see to it that they would not lose anything
on their holdings of government obliga-
| tions.'
Mr. Turpie denounced as a mendacious
| falsehood of the gold men the statement
| that the Standard silver dollar was worth
| only half it's face value and that some time
| in the future it would be worth still less
/ Mr. lxyZaA 10 II
| the Monetary Commission and sharply at
| tackled the proposition that all debts should
! be made payable in gold, lnaSmuch, ieSpe-
| cially as that provision made the govern
nlent obligations payable in gold. He sug-
gested that this was an indirect method or
| dscrediting the standard silver dollar,
| which, by the enactment of that PROPOSE
ton, would be left high and dry without its
| proper debt-paying ability. Mr.. Turpie dld
| not believe any such proposition would ever
| find public favor IN the United States In
| deed, he had he said, profound CONVICTION
that silver would finally be restored t;o1 TO les
ment, but by the honest individual action OF
| the various countries of the world. Mr..
| Turpie spoke for an hour and half con-
Guiding with the statement that he and
other silver advocates were willing to rest
their case with the people.
Mr. Morgan then rose to a Question OF
personal privilege. He referred 70 dis
| patch from Princeton n. j., published yes
| terday, quoting ex-President Cleveland as
denying a statement said to have been
made by Mr.. Morgan in an executive ses-
| sion of the Senate 10 the effect that Mr..
| Cleveland was once in favor of the anneXa-
| ton of Hawaii. Mr.. Morgan said ne could
| not discuss his own statements made IN ex-
ecutive session. No statement for pubhca-
/ ton was made by me, said Mr.. Morgan,
| hence Mr.. Cleveland in accepting such a
statement without first ascertaining from
| me what the facts We're, shows his willing
waiian matters" Mr.. Morgan said it was
! " ell known to some of Mr.. Cleveland S
| friends during his first administration that
hp in
! of Hawaii, but also of Cuba. i cannot,
| declared Mr.. Morgan, accept MI CleVe-
| lands statement that he was always OPP
posed to Hawaiian annexation. can name
| at least one confidential friend of Mr.. Cleve-
land who will support me~in the belief that
! that statement is not true.
Mr. Morgan then presented an extended
review of Mr. Clevelands connection as
President with Hawaiian affairs. in the
course of which he denounced the accredit-
| ing of Special Commissioner Blount to the
government of Honolulu as "a piece of
duplicity without parallel MT Morgan
reiterated his belief that Mr. Celevland was
| in favor of annexation, but that Mr.. Dole S
| honesty forced the President to abandon
his policy of overthrowing the provisional
| Hawaiian government. The correspondence
| he said laid the foundation for the broad
| predicate that Mr.. Cleveland was capable OF
| declaring one policy AID intending to carry
After remarks by Messrs. White and Vest
| Mr.. Perkins called up the pension appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Gallinger secured the
adoption Of an amendment providing that
| hereafter no pension shall be paid upon
| power of attorney from pensioners residing
| in foreign countries.
! Mr.. Allen offered an amendment providing
! that hereafter no pension of less than IS a
month should be granted, and that all pen
! sions less than IS month now being paid
| be raised to that amount Mr. Perkins made
| the point against the amendment that ii
was new legislation. This caused debate
which was not concluded at $50 p. m. Then
| the Senate adjourned until tomorrow.
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JERRY SIMPSON BOBS up.
+ A Political Debate Precipitated by the
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