Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-02-06
St. Louis Item Went Through
With Deficiency Bill
IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE
1t Gave the Senators an Opportunity
to Express Their Views on Things
in General = Youthful Texas hem-
ber Would Be an IcOnOclast.

Washington. Feb. 5.-The political
debate i'm the senate on the proposed
loan of $4,600000 TO the st. Louis ex-
position, which has been in progress
on a point of order for the past three
days came to a close today through
vote which left the provision in the ur-
gent deficiency bill, which was passed.
Mr.. Patterson, of Colorado, made a
speech i'm which, while he charged the
panic of 1903 to the anti-silver agita-
ton in this aud other countries, he an
nOunced that he was not i'm favor of
another democratic pronouncement for
silver.
After the vote on the deficiency bill,
speeches in support of the Panama
canal treaty were made by Mf. NAL
lory, of Florida and Hepburn of
Ida5o.
Mr.. Mitchell from the committee On
postofices made a favorable report on
the resolution directing the postmaster
general to send to the senate the re-
ports made on the irregularities in the
pcstoffice department and requested
its immediate consideration. The reso-
luton was adopted without debate. 1t
calls for a report upon the investiga-
Bristcw, together with the reports OF
MessTs. Holmes, Conrad and Charles j.
Bonaparte, special counsel for the gov
ernment on the charges made by S. w.
Tulloch formerly cashier of the Wash
1 ingtGn city postoffice.
A bill was passed providing for the
transportation of six hundred teachers
from Porto Rico to and from the
United States next summer for the
purpose of study.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was laid before the senate, the
provision for the ST. Louis exposition
| loan being the immediate question un-
der consideration and Mr.. Patterson of
| Colorado, took up the political phase
of the question, making u special re-
! ply to Mr.. Foraker. He said that hav-
/ ing noted the want of prosperity on the
part OF the trusts and syndicates, the
/ Ohio senator had introduced a bill.
which. if it shopL8 tecolne Ia y, would
supply that deficiency. Mr.. Patterson
| contended that prosperity was not so
much dependent on tariff law or the
! balance of trade as most people be-
| lieyed. Or the contrary. he found that
good times depended more upon the
volume of currency than on other
causes, and he traced the prosperity
| Of the decade from 1880 TO 1890 to the
/ extension of the coinage of silver in
that period.
This epoch covered Cleveland's first
term, but Mr.. Patterson declared that
when it was contended that his sec
ond term covered a prosperous period
that did violence to the facts of his
| tory. The panic of 1898 had been the
result CT the crusade against the great
/ er circulation of silver both in the
| United States and elsewhere. He de-
clared that Mr.. Cleveland's last term
was not a democratic administration,
| in fact, but that it presented the spec
! tacle of democratic president putting
republican policies into execution.
Mr.. Patte1 son declared the success
full fight On silver to have been the
forerunner of the Coxey army, and the
other phenomena that followed the
panic Of 1898.
Mr.. Aldrich said that he judged thai
! Mr.. Patterson would not look with ia
vor upon another term of Cleveland,
and Patterson replied that ne certain
| ly would not g in view of the fact that
| Cleveland had been false both to his
party and to his country"
He added that Mr.. Aldrich and his
party associates should be under last
| ing obligations to Cleveland. but that
the demC2rats could not be expected to
share that feeling.
| Mr.. Patterson said that even the
people of Colorado realized that the
issue of Is to 1 had been decided
against them, but it did not, he said,
follow that they would throw them
! selves into the arms of the trusts.
He referred to Bryan, saying:
II am glad that there is one man IN
the party with power and influence
enough to make himself felt, who en-
ters his protest against surrendering
the party to those who go from one