The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-06
ARGUED IN THE SENATE
The Financial Bill, the Quay Case,
and Pensions Discussed.
Mr.. Carter Favors the SentinE of the
PcnnsyIynninr-Nr.T Teller Resumes
His speech ON the Currency, Begun
Last Week-SIr. Fairbanks Speaks
in support of single Gold Standard.

The conference report on the Currency
bill was called up in the Senate by Mr..
Aldrich at the conclusion of The routine
morning business yesterday, and Mr.. Teller
resumed his speech. begun last Monday.
He declared his belief that the proposed
legislation would be disastrous, and ex-
pressed the hope that the time would
come when 1t would be reversed through
the common sense of the people.
THE passage of this BILL he continued
'is the elimination of an effort, begun
soon after the civil war. TO make money
dearer by the destruction of one-half the
metallic money of the world" Mr. Teller
said he believed that the effect of the pend
ing bill would not be ruinous. but that, in
his opinion, it would be disastrous. The
rich, he declared, will become richer, and
the poor poorer as result of it; great for
tunes would be built up. but the condition
OF the laboring classes. instead of being
bettered, would be made worse.
Conditions in Colorado.
Mr. Teller then referred to the condi-
tions in his own State. and in the course
OF his remarks said:
I'VE are today producing more gold than
any other part of the world except South
Africa. Last year we produced $4,000, coo;
undoubtedly this year the production of
gold in Colorado will be $40. COO. coo, and my
belief is that it will soon surpass the
greatest annual production OF California.
III is not on account of Colorado that
am protesting against this bill. We can
4 ~ roTl adarl hat thau nfh nor
parts of the country. With our great nat
ural resources we need not be cast down.
''If New England with its great manu-
featuring enterprises and large laborins
population can stand il, Colorado can stand
it. too, and grow rich under it.
Il believe this is the greatest calamity,
however ever inflicted upon the country
an affiiction greater than that of the civil
war. II the gold output should continue,
the time of the disaster will be postponed,
but that output probably will not continue,
and when it falls off the disaster Will be
upon our people,
Pension Appropriation Bill.
At the close of Mr. Teller's speech Mr..
Gailinger called up the Pension Appropria-
tion bill. and it was passed. after it had
been amended in some technical particu-
lars. The bill carries an appropriation of
s14S. .2i5. .230, which is about 81. .OG0 more
:han the appropriation required for the cur
rent yeaf. The report which accompanies
the bill gives the number of pensioners on
the roll in 1898 as 99l, SIG, as against
4s9, 125 in 1889. and the average annual |
value of each pension as slS2.14. The av- |
erage annual value of pensions allowed on |
account of the war with Spain is given az |
Sl96-53.
The Quay Case.
Mr. Carter then addressed the Senate in
opposition to the resolution of the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections de-
claripg Matthew S. Quay not entitled TO
a seat in the Senate under appointment
BY the Governor of Pennsylvania.
SIR Carter said he felt that inas-
much as he had voted against the seating
of Mr.. Corbett in the last Congress, he
ought to make some observations on the (
pending case, as it was his intention to /
vote for the seating of Mr.. Quay.
He argued that il was the intention OF /
the trainers of the Constitution to keep
the seats in the Senate at all times full,
and said that he regarded it as against
both State and national policy not to have
every State fully represented In his opin- /
ion the denial of this right by the major
ity OF the Elections Committee was based
upon purely technical grounds.
Mr. Carter spoke of the persecution of
Mr.. Quay by his antagonists, who had re-
sorted 10 the machinery of the criminal
law to prevent the Legislature temporarily
from performing its duty. The election
had thus gone over from time to time
until finally the Legislature adjourned
without electing a Senator. Then. he said
the accused man had faced his accusers; the
trial took place, and the jury brought in
a verdict of mot guilty in an incredita-
bly, short space OF time. There is no re-
cord Mr.. Carter exclaimed, ''of a more
VILE dark dirty, damnable, disbolical plot
than that
Mr.. Carter then discussed the appoint I
ment clause" of the Constitution and ar
gued on much the same grounds as those
taken by Mr.. Hoar, advancing his own
arguments in support Of his position. He
then reviewed the situation in Oregon at
the time OF Mr.. Corbett's appointment,
and in explaining the difference between
Corbett's case and that OF Mr.. Quay, said:
''The Legislature was prevented from I
organizing until after the time limit of /
carrying into effect the will of the peope !
had expired. and II was believed by many
that Mr.. Corbett was the inspiring genius /
OF that revolutionary condition. large /
number of Senators voted against Mr.. Cor
bett because his appointment was regard
ed as the elimination Of a conspiracy |
against the government of his State
I'm this case, however, Mr.. Quay occupies !
the extreme opposite from the position |
occupied by Mr.. Corbett. / am simply re-
ferring to facts OF history when / say
that Corbett was believed to be at fault. |
and that he was here to take advantage :
OF his own wrongs; but Senators were de-
termined that he should not be the bene
fcisry OF that wrong"
MIR. Fairbanks Argument.
The Quay case was laid aside without
action, and the conference report on the
Financial bill was again taken up. Mr..
Fairbanks addressing the Senate in support
of the single gold standard. Gold, he said /
had been the monetary standard of the |
United States since 1873. and the pending |
measure only continued that standard The |
bill. he declared. made no new experiment |
that might disturb commerce and business |
and injure both capital and labor The Is |
sue between the two parties was a definite |
one. The one party stood for gold, per- |
mitling, at the same time the use OF both |
silver and paper in large volume and on |
terms of equality with gold itself.
The other party stood for silver-silver !
monometallism. He admitted that that was !
not the professed policy OF the Demo- I
cratic party. but said it was its logical, !
inevitable. inexorable result.
In conclusion, Mr.. Fairbanks declared |
that no higher duty rested upon Congress |
than that Of providing sound and stable |
monetary system. standard as fixed and I
unvarying as wisdom could devise; stand /
ard which would be the same from year TO
year. and a standard whose integrity was |
,aA and ton at1r