The herald., 1898-01-08
A SILVER BILL
Brings Senator Teller to
His Feet
GOLD STANDARD ATTACKED
AND FREE COINAGE OF SILVER
ADVOCATED
GOLD STANDARD ATTACKED
House Members Quarrel Over Civil
Service and Will Continue to
Do So Indefinitely

WAoIAlS1 otN, JUL. 60 liz lco.uie
of the senate session was a speech de-
livered by Mr.. Teller of Colorado, re-
garding the press reports that the re-
cent efforts to make it appear that Sec
rotary Gage had rendered his resigna-
ton as a member Of the cabinet to Pres
tdent Mckinley were part of con-
spiracy Of the silver men to disrupt the
cabinet and create dissenslon between
the president and his advisers. Mr..
Teller branded the publication as an In
suit to the advocates of the free coinage
of silver. He was satisfied that the pres
tdent and Secretary Gage were in full
accord upon the financial question. He
attacked the Republican party because
II was party advocating the gold
standard and expressed his intention of
doing all in his power to defeat the party
in 1900 and to drag the present admin
istration from power because the policy
OF the party was, in his opinion, inimical
to the best and highest interests Of the
people Of the United States.
In the senate today the reply Of the
AttorneyGeneral to the Senate resolu-
ton calling upon members Of the Cabi-
net to inform the Senate what, If any,
changes, should be made in the adminis-
tration of the Civil Service law, was
read.
The Attorney-General recommended
that attorneys employed by the Depart
ment Of Justice and Deputy United
States Marshals ought to be excepted
from the operation Of the law.
Mr.. Cockrell said that these recon-
mendations ought to be made by the
President of the United States, as he
had full power to act regarding them.
Mr. Cockrell gave notice that he would
move to refer all the replies Of Cabi-
net officers to the Senate resolution to
the President himself.
Mr.. Hoar Of Massachusetts, said that
the trouble with all these communica-
tions arose from the ill-advised action
of the Senate itself.
'Tt seems to me-" said he, "a most ex-
traordinary proceeding for the Senate
to direct the heads of departments to
give their opinions as to the wisdom Of
the Presidents order. That Is what we
have done, inadvertently no doubt. Had
my attention been drawn to 1t, should
have moved to resclnd the ORDER
Allen of Nebraska offered resolution
declaring that the United States should.
Independently and without delay, begin
and continue the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to /. That such coin
age should be supplemented by safe
and sound national paper money to be
issued by the government without inter-
vention of banks, the notes to be full
legal tender and to be issued in an
cufT1nipnf n tho htrcip
demands of the country; that any in
crease of the bearing debt
should be prohibited and that no gov
eminent bonds should be issued or sold
by specific act of congress, and then
only in cases of pressing necessity; that
the government in the discharge of it's
obligations should use it's option as to
the kind of lawful money in which they
should be paid and that such options
should never be surrendered.
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 subse-
quent time go more fully into the de-
tails of his resolutions and the resolu-
tions of the Populist party in favor Of
the plan he had set forth.
Teller discussed at length the efforts
that have been made to obtain an inter-
national agreement upon the silver
question. He declared that every intel
ligent person knew when the message
of the president was laid before con-
gress, on the oath day of last July, ask
ing for a monetary commission, there
was no possibility Of an international
agreement.
Teller quoted from Secretary Cages
statement before the house banking and
currency committee indicating that it
was the desire of the secretary to COM
NIT the country thoroughly to the gold
standard.
Chandler maintained that the senator
from Colorado (Teller) was doing much
to prevent the successful fruition of the
efforts to bring about international BIZ
metallism. He thought that such efforts
as the Colorado senator was making
were not only unfair, but unwise, in
view of his (Teller's) heretofore ex-
pressed desire to bring about interna-
tional bimetallism. He hoped, there
fore, that he would do nothing to para
lyze the efforts now making in favor Of
an International agreement upon the sill
yer question.
II should like to bring about interna-
tional bimetallism,' said Teller, land l
think have done as much to bring it
about as any man in this chamber, If
except the senator who sits in front of
me (Allison). When he returend from
Europe, however, without success, II
felt that 1t was practically useless to
proceed farther in that direction"
Reverting to the financial question,
Mr.. Teller said: ct attack the Republi-
ran party because it is the party of the
gold standard. hope to see 1t 60 down
in 1900, and pledge you that will do
everything in my power to drag It down.
It's policy is not such as is demanded by
q great and free people. have no quar-
rel with the president of the United
States, but he stands for the gold policy.
which, in my judgment. will impoverish
and wreck our people,"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Teller's
speech Mr.. Turner of Washington called
up the immigration bill, saying that =
he was about to leave the city he de-
sired to submit some remarks upon tbe
pending measure. He strongly opposed
the bill. He was not in favor of a etu-
cational qualification. and insisted that
the enactment of that feature of the
bill into the law would falsify the entire
record Of this country. His speech was