The herald., 1898-01-25
THE M0N0T0NY IS Relieved
By SENATOR TURPIEs PLEA FOR
SILVER
Morgan Metaphorically Jumps on the
Corpse Of Cleveland-The Day
in the House
Associated Press Special wire

gan of Alabama today while speaking
to question of personal privilege. The
Alabama senator had been represented
rs saying in executive session substan-
TALLY that ex-President Cleveland was
In favor of Hawaiian annexation. This
statement called out denial from Mr.
Cleveland, and in support Of his original
statement Morgan addressed the senate
1t great length.
One of the features of the session was
an elaborate speech by Mr.. Turpie of
Indiana in support of the Teller reso-
luton.
Inc pension appropriation Dill was
called up and debated for nearly three
hours, but was not passed, the senate
adjourning until tomorrow pending the
disposal of q point of order made against
an amendment offered by Allen of Ne
braska to the pending bill.
Mr. Walthall of Mississippi presented
the credentials of Mr.. H. ID. Money as
Senator from Mississippi to succeed the
late Senator George, and the oath was
administered to Mr.. Money, who has
been sitting as Senator under appoint
ment from the Governor of Mississippi
Mr. Walthall presented joint resolu-
tion adopted by the Legislature of Mis-
sissippi urging the United States gov
ernment to intervene in the Cuban war
on behalf of the insurgents, peacefully
II 1t can. forcibly if it must" The reso-
luton was read and referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations.
Mr.. Morgan of Alabama gave notice
that some time during the day he would
make a statement concerning what he
conceived to be an attack on his veracity
by Mr.. Cleveland.
The Teller resolution was then laid
before the Senate, and in accordance
with the notice previously given, Mr..
Turpie of Indiana addressed the Senate
In support of the resolution. II shall
vote for the resolution willingly" he be-
gan. II think it opportune, especially
when we are confronted by a measure
which contemplates an increase of the
public debt by three or four hundred
million dollars. 1t is indeed proper that
we should repeat the declaration that all
government obligations are payable in
coin-not gold"
BY the original resolution passed
AShAi thiity yCeii dSO, MI. uTple HtlQ,
coin was made synonymous with solven-
cy and that the funded debt was thereby
made payable in both gold and silver or
In either of those metals.
IF we abandon silver" said he, "and
agree to pay all of our obligations in
gold, we should simply clinch the hold
of the debt syndicate upon the coun-
try. If, however, we maintain bimet-
allist standard and enforce that posi-
ton by opening our mints to the free
coinage of silver, the syndicate of ma
tional debt would become as strong
friends of silver as is my friend from
Colorado, the author of this resolution,
for they would naturally see to it that
they would not lose anything on their
holdings of government obligations"
He denounced as falsehood of the
gold men the statement that the stand
ard silver dollar was worth only half
its face value and that some time in the
future it would be worth still less.
Mr.. Turpie analyzed the bill proposed
by the monetary commission and sharp
ly attacked the proposition that all debts
should be payable in gold, inasmuch,
especially, as that provision made the
government obligations payable in gold.
He suggested that this was an indirect
method of discrediting the standard sill
yer dollar. which, by the enactment of
that proposition, would be left high and
dry, without the proper debt paying
ability.
Mr.. Turpie did not believe any such
proposition would ever find public favor
in the United States. Indeed, he had, he
said, profound conviction that silver
would finally be restored to it's proper
position, not by international agree
ment but by the honest and individual
action of the various countries of the
world.
Mr.. Turpie spoke for an hour and a
half, concluding with the statement that
he and other silver advocates were will
ing to rest their case with the people.
Mr. Morgan of Alabama under
question of personal privilege, rose at
the conclusion of Mr.. Turpie's address to
make a statement of which he had
earlier given notice.
Mr.. Morgan referred to a dispatch
from Princeton, N. j., published yester-
day, quoting ex-President Cleveland as
denying statement said to have been
made Icy Mr.. Morgan in an executive ses-
sion of the senate to the effect that Mr..
Cleveland was once in favor of the an
nexation Of Hawaii. Mr.. Morgan said
that he could not discuss his own state-
ments made in executive session.
mo statement for publication was
made by me-" said Mr.. Morgan. ..henca
Mr.. Cleveland, in accepting such "a
statement without first ascertaininp
from me what the facts were, shows his
willingness to accept ex parte state
ments in Hawaiian matters"
Mr. Morgan said that it was well
known to some of Mr.. Cleveland,s
friends during his first administrator
that he was in favor not only of the an
nexation of Hawaii, but also Of Cuba
IT cannot" declared Morgan. ar
cept Mr.. Cleveland's statement that he
was always opposed to Hawaiian annex-
alton. can name at least one conf,-
Dental friend of Mr.. Cleveland who will
support me in the belief that the state !
ment is not true"
Morgan then presented an extended
review Of Mr.. Cleveland's connection. as
president. with Hawaiian affairs. in the
course Of which he denounced the ac-
rrediting of Special Commissioner
Blount TO the government at Honolulu