Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-05
CARTER ON QUAY CASE
Explains Why BE Will Vote for
Seating.
HIS OPPOSITION TO CoRBEFf
Senator Teller. on the Currency
Measure,
PEN SION BILL PA SSED

Thomas R. Bard, the recently elected SEN
ator from California, was presented to the
Senate when 1t convened today by his col
league, Mr. Perkins. He was conducted to
the desk by Mr.. Perkins, where the oath
Frye
Mr.. Lodge (Mass.) gave notice that he
would address the Senate next Wednesday
on the Philippine question.
When the routine business had been con-
cluded, Mr.. Aldrich called up the financial
bill conference report and Mr.. Teller re-
sumed his speech begun last Saturday.
Il believe said he, ''that this legislation
will be disastrous to the country. L hope
the time may come when the good sense of
the people will reverse the action now
about to be eliminated.
THE passage of this bill is the culmina-
ton of an effort begun soon after the civil
war to make money dearer by the de-
stNction of one-half of the metallic money
of the world"
Mr.. Teller believed that the effect of the
pending bill would not be ruinous. although
1t would be. in his opinion. disastrous. The
rich would become richer. he said: great
fortunes would be built up. but the affiic-
ton would come by the making of the poor
poorer. Referring to the conditions In his
own state, Mr. Teller said:
I'VE are today producing more gold than
any other part of the world except South
Africa. Last year we produced S34.0OOOOO;
undoubtedly this year the production of
gold in Colorado will be $40 900, 900, and my
belief is that 1T will soon surpass the great
est annual production of California.
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. With our great nat
ural resources we need not be cast down.
IF New England. with Its great manu-
featuring enterprises and large laboring
population can stand 1t, Colorado can stand
it, too, and grow rich under 1t.
L believe this is the greatest calamity,
however. ever afflicted upon the country
an affection greater than that Of the civil
war. If 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 Bill Passed.
At the conclusion of Mr. Teller's argu-
ment, Mr.. Gallinger called up the pension
appropriation bill. The measure appro-
PIRATES S145, 245. go.
The BILL after some technical amend
ments had been made to 1t, was passed.
Mr.. Carter on the Quay Case.
Mr.. Carter CMont). then addressed the
Senate on the resolution regarding the seat
ing of Mr.. Quay as a senator from Penn
sylvania.
Mr. Carter said he felt. inasmuch as he
had voted against the seating of Mr.. Cor
bett in the last Congress, he ought TO make
some observations on the pending case. as
1t was his intention to vote for the seating
of Mr.. Quay.
He argued that it was the intention of the
frsmers Of the Constitution to keep the
seats in the Senate at all times full. He re-
garded it as against both state and national
policy not to have every state fully repre-
sented. In his opinion the denial of this
right by the majority Of the elections COM
mittee was based upon purely technical
grounds.
Mr.. Carter reviewed the situation in Ore
gon at the time of Mr.. Corbstt's appoint
ment and then declared: The legislature
the time limit of carrying into effect the
will of the people had expired, and 1t was
believed by many that Mr. Corbett was
the inspiring genius Of that revolutionary
condition. large number of senators
voted against Mr.. Corbett because his ap-
pOintnent was regarded as the elimination
Of conspiracy against the government of
his state
In this case, however" he said, Quay
occupies the extreme opposite from the
position occupied by Mr.. Corbett. I am
simply referring to facts Of history when
l say that Corbett was believed to be at
fault and that he was here to take advan-
tage of his own wrongs. but senators were
determined that he should not be the bene-
ftciary of that wrong"
Instead of inducing legislators to agree
the Mantle case had had precisely the op-
posite effect from California to Delaware.
Mr.. Carter declared that the Mantle, AL
len and Beckwith cases had been decided
by the Senate by political expediency.