The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-15
CURRENCY BILLS MAJORITY.
VOTE IN THE SENATE INDICATES
ABOUT HOW 1T WILL, BE.

Chnndler's Amendment Defeated by
Vote of 10 to 25-TelIer's Reply to
AlliSOn-snid There Was No Reason
for the Proposed LegisIatiOn-Re-
publican Party Has Abandoned It's
Principles-WOuId Not Insert Re-
publican Platform.
Washington, Feb. 4.-Throughout its
session to-day the Senate had the financial
bill under discussion. After O'Clock the
debate proceeded under the ten-minute
terestng.
Late in the afternoon test vote indi-
eating approximately the majority on the
passage Of the bill. was taken.
Mr. Chandler Republican, of New
Hampshire, offered an amendment TO au-
thorize the President to appoint commits
sioners to any international blmetallic
conference that might be called and it
was defeated by a vote of As to %.
The Chandler proposition out of the way,
the discussion proceeded on the amend
ment brought in by the Finance Com
mittee providing that the provisions of
the bill are not intended TO piace any OBJ
stacles in the way of International BIZ
metalism The Democratic Senators ar
raigned the Republicans for reporting the
amendment, declaring they were insincere
and that the proposition was intended to
hcodwink the people and to catch votes.
No vote on the amendment was reached.
The final vote on the amendments and
the bill will be taken some time to-mor-
row,
Teller VS.. Allison.
Mr. Teller was recognized TO reply to
the speech delivered yesterday by Mr..
Allison. He took strong issue with Mr..
Allison that the United States was now
on the gold standard.
1--WE are on the gold standard, except
by the unauthorized action of the treas
ury We are on what is sometimes called
limping silver standard and some times
limping gold standard.
Nobody outside of the United States
has considered the United States on the
| gold standard, but it may be said that
we practically have been forced by execu~
tive usurpation and transgresslon of the
| law TO proceed as if we were on the gold
| standard"
Tins pending bill, he said, was to be en-
acted into law because the gold standard
advocates were afraid that the American
|
House who would not favor the gold
| standard.
| Mr.. Teller said there never had been
an hour since 1879 when there was the
| slightest doubt that the greenbacks would
be redeemed in gold. Through the Sc
verest panics they had always been as
/ good as gold, for it was realized the gov
eminent would not in any event repudi-
| ate its obligations. He maintained there
fore, there was no reason for the legisla-
ton proposed in the pending measure
Abandonment of Principles.
| In conclusion Mr.. Teller said he would
be untrue to himself if he did not saw
that the Republican party had abandon
ed its principles, which were the greatest
good for the greatest number. 1t had, he
| said, fallen into evil hands and was be-
ing used by evil influences. -.s. -.
There is no hope" said he. "for the
country, from it. Its policy will be die
| tated from the great commercial centers
and be overborne and weighed down by
greed" ..r =. ,,,,,
The Republican party, he said. had
come into existence as protest against
slavery. The agencies which control it
now would not allow it to stand for right
eousness and justice
He said that Mr.. Depew in his SUCCESS
ton Gold and Glory as a proper motto
for the Republican banner, had not pro-
posed phrase that had ever been a raj
lying cry of the party. The people would
rise in their might and tear down the
banner, unless the Republican leaders
placed upon it the old slogan of Justice
Righteousness and Equality of All the
People"
After picttring the time when the Re-
publican party should be dominated by
the influences against which he had in
Weighed, he said:
when that time comes the Republican
party will go down to defeat and dis
grace"
The Amendments Discussed.
When Mr.. Teller had concluded Mr..
Aidrich asked unanimous consent that the
committee amendment relating to bimetal-
lism, should be considered simply as a new
section of the Senate substitute.
Mr. Jones of Arkansas objected to this
proceeding and insisted that the commit
tee amendment should remain pending.
Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire then
proposed an amendment to the committee
amendment providing that the President
be authorized to appoint commissioners to
any international conference called by the
United States or any other. country To ar
range bimetallic agreement
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas expressed do1,ht
as to the intention of the majority To
have the amendment providing for inter-
national agreement carried into effect If
ii should become part of the law He re-
garded II as a mere scheme to catch votes
Mr.. Vest of Missouri announced his pur-
pose to vote against both the Aldrich
amendment and the Chandler amendment.
because he regarded the proposition for
an international conference as a fraud
and a pretext, just as was the adoption of
the McEnery resolution for the ratlhca-
ton of the Paris treaty which was mere
ly for the purpose of supplying some sena-
tors with shallow ford over which to
cross the stream, and had since been en-
tirely ignored. The Intention of the pend
ing bill was. to kill silver and IL would
prove as effective in that office as a dagger
or dose of prussic acid would be in dis
posing animal life. The first declaration
of the bill was sufficient indication to es-
tablish its character and to show
its intention 20 establish the gold
standard. Foreigners We're not such
! idiots as to fail 10 see this fact
and &c would be absurd 10 send a
commission abroad asking for bimetallic
conference in view of the declaration for
gold. He had no patience with any man
who would pretend that the bill had any