The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-06

Washington. March 5.-Mr Carter
CMont) dealt vigorously with the Quay
case in the senate today, in the course
OF an explanation as to why he will
vote for the former senator from Penn
sylvania, Notwithstanding that he
voted against the seating of Mr.. Cor
bett in the last congress.
The near approach to the time Of vot-
ing on the conference report of the
financial bill brought out two speeches
on the measure, one by Mr. Fairbanks
OF Indiana and the other by Mr.. But
Ter of North Carolina.
The Hon. Thomas r. Bard, the re-
Gently elected senator from California,
was presented to the senate when it
convened today by his colleague, Mr.
Perkins. He was conducted to the
desk by Mr.. Perkins, where the oath
was administered by President Pro
TemDOre Frye
The conference report on the finan-
ciai bill was called up, and Mr.. Teller
tColo) resumed his speech opposing
its adoption. The proposed legislation,
he believed, would be disastrous to the
country, and was the elimination of an
effort begun soon after the civil war
to make money dearer by destroying
world Under it great fortunes would
be acquired by the rich, while the poor
would be made poorer. He did not
speak chiefly in behalf of Coloi ado.
Colorado's Gold Output.
Colorado today" he said. lis pro-
ducing more gold than any other part
of the world, except South Africa Last
year we produced $34 900 900; undoubt-
edly the production of gold in Colorado
this year will be $40,000,000, and my be
lief is that il viii soon surpass the
greatest annual production of Calfor-
MA
1T is not on account Of Colorado
that | am protesting against this bill.
We can stand the gold standard better
than other parts of the country. If
: New England. with its great manu-
4 featuring enterprises and large labor
| ing population can stand it. Colorado
/ can stand it, too, and grow rich under
| il
4 believe this is the ,greates caIam-
( ity, however, ever inflicted upon the
1 country-an affliction greater than that
J Of the civil war. II the gold output
/ should continue. the time Of the dis
( aster will be postponed, but that out
/ put probably will not continue, and
/ when it falls off the disaster viii be
upon our people
/ The pension appropriation bill. which
! apprOpriates S145. 245, 230. was passed
/ and then Mr.. Carter (Mont) addressed
/ the senate in favor of seating Mr.
/ quay as senator from Pennsylvania.
He argued that the constitution con-
: templated that the seats in the senate
Z always should be kept full.
How Mantle Was Defeated.
Referring 10 the precedents of the
| Mantle Allen and Beckwith cases. he
( declared that the silver question really
I had decided those cases, but added that
Notwithstanding the administration
/ opposed seating Mr.. Mantle because Of
silver, that gentleman would have been
4 seated if the pairs had been properly
arranged on that vote. and Allen and
! BeCkwith also would have been seated.
as their cases were dependent upon the
/ decision in the Mantle case.
7 Thus" he said, I'm 1893 a technical
ity made the recorded verdict of the
senate the reverse of its real judg-
ment.'
AS to the Corbett case, Mr. Carter
said: My vote was recorded against