The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-08
FINANCIAL BILL DISCUSSED
POPULIST ALLEN WORRIED BY MR..
sPOONER, OF WISCONSIN.
Speech in the House by Mr.. ShafrOth
i'm Favor of the Beers, and Reply
by Mr.. GrOsvenOr.

| pine commission, fatty contradicting state
ments made by Mr.. Pettigrew in a speech
| several days ago, and then commented
| caustically on the methods of the South
| Dakota senator in introducing the evil
| dence Of such men as President Schurman
| and Admiral Dewey through the state
| ments of Aguinaldo. Mr.. Pettigrew re-
| piled sharply, repeating much that he had
| said heretofore, but practically reiterating
| the statements which had called forth the
| denials of both President Schurman and
Admiral Dewey.
| At the conclusion of routine business
| Mr.. Depew called attention to re-
marks made few days ago by Mr.. Petit
| grew. I'm the course of which he quoted an
| alleged interview with President Schur-
man. of the Philippine commission, which
| appeared in a Chicago newspaper, and in
which he was quoted as saying that
Aguinaldo was honest. In his remarks
Mr.. Pettigrew said Mr.. Schurman tried to
| belittle the insurgents and failed. Mr.
| Depew said he had received letter from
Professor Schurman with regard to the
| charges of the South Dakota senator
which he desired to lay before the Senate
| The letter stated that the charge was abb
solutely without foundation. 1t follows:
Ithaca, N Y, Feb. 3.
| Dear Senator Depew-I see from Page
| 1867 OF the Congressional Record that Sem
| ator Pettigrew, speaking of myself says:
The fact of the matter is that he tried to
| bride the insurgents, as near as we can
| ascertain. and failed, but they would not
| take gold for peace Had this preposter-
4 Gus statement been made anywhere else
| should not have paid any attention to it,
but as 1t has been made in the Senate of
| the United States / desire to say to you
that it is absolutely without foundation.
u. G. SCHURMAN.'
| Senator Depew in commenting on the
| matter said that at the time this speech
| of the senator from South Dakota was be-
| ing delivered President Schurman was in
| the city assisting in the preparation Of the
report of the Philippine commission and
was competent to be summoned as a wit
ness. Admiral Dewey whom the senator
quoted in support of his charges, was also
| in the city at his residence and was most
| easily accessible. He might have sum-
| moned both President Schurman and Ad-
miral Dewey, and any statements they
made with reference to the matter would
/ be unquestionably accepted by the Ameri-
can people as true. Mr.. Depew referred
/ to the letter of Admiral Dewey. presented
| by Mr.. Lodge. denying the statements of
| Aguinaldo, saying that both Dewey and
| Schurman had absolutely denied the state
| statements of Dewey and Schurman the
| charges of Mr.. Pettigrew disappeared as
Aguinaldo's army vanished before the
| American troops. 'This whole transac-
| tion.' said Mr.. Depew in conclusion, sis
| nothing better than Aguinaldo's govern
ment. the seat of which is in Aguinaido's
| hat
PETTIGREws REPLY.
/ vha hoI
lively to Mr.. Depew. replying. said: 'Tt is
well known that this government. through
| the Philippine commission. offered money
for the rifles of the insurgents, but no rifles
were turned in except few that had been
| captured and given to friendly Filipinos
| by American officers in order that they
| might be turned in so as to get the price
offered for them. Ut is quite as well known
that the Schurman commission offered
Aguinaldo what amounted to 5000 a year
II he would lay down his arms. 81 charge"
Mr.. Pettigrew continued that the facts
OF this question are being withheld and
what information Is sent to us is earbled
and charge that We attacked an ally
and made compact with slavery" Mr.
Pettigrew thought 1t unfortunate for the
administration that the whole of Admiral
Dewey's letter to Senator Lodge had been
published, as In ii the admiral, he said,
admitted just what he had charged.
understood that President Schurman did
not regard Aguinaldo honest. He had
read verbatim address of President
Schurman In which he had said Aguinaldo
was honest.
Mr. Depew replied that he had no further
information than was contained in Presi-
cent Schurman's letter.
1t was the intention of Mr.. Chandler,
chairman or the committee on privileges
and elections, to call up the QUAY case TO-
| day, but he yielded to the unanimous con-
sent agreement to take up the pending
| financial bill, simply announcing that dur
| ing any lull in the financial debate he
would bring the Pennsylvania senatorial
| case before the Senate.
Mr.. Turner then entered upon a discus
sion of the financial bill He maintained
| that the passage of the pending bill would
| be deliberate blow to silver The bill was
| put forward. he said. by the Republican
party In the interest OF the moneyed
| classes. It's results would be the enhance
ment of the value of money and the de-
| probation of the value of things produced
by the farmers and laboring classes Mr.
Turner ridiculed the efforts of Republican
statesmen to claim the authorship of the
financial plank of the st. Louis platform
Il would as soon have the credit of a
smooth and successful confidence game"
he said, las to be known as the author of
the money plank in the last Republican
platform. If a bunco game was ever
played Ii was when the people were in
duced by that plank to vote Mr. Mckinley
into the presidential chair" He praised
the Democratic national platform of 1896
and declared the leader of the convention
of that year was himself an inspiration
and platform, and that the next cam
paign would be that of 1896 over again
BATE FAVORS STATE BANKS.
Mr.. Bate. Of Tennessee, followed I'm a
speech in favor of bimetallism and In oppo-
sition to the proposed gold standard He
declared his belief in state banks and in
local self-government, saying: 81 believe
the people ought to have the opportunity
to control their own monetary affairs, in
stead OF being entirely dependent on the
banks in the big commercial centers Ma
tional banks have no place in a local self
government"
Mr.. Allen. who spoke next, said the
money question was the most momentous
before the people to-day and declared his
adherence TO free coinage at the ratio of
10 TO /. He asked Mr. Aldrich IL he had
not admitted in 1893 that legislation could
affect prices.
YES" replied Mr.. Aldrich 1T never ex-
pressed any other opinion, here or else
where"
1T was maintained by the Republicans in
1883" said MIR. Allen, that there was no
power in legislation to affect or create
values
THAT is quite another thing" interposed
Mr.. Spooner-
Mr.. Allen--Oh, / beg your pardon.
Mr. Spooner-The power to destroy does
not involve the power to create. A potato