Show PAfOUR DEBtS J IN SILVER COIN 1 The Statute Gives the Government Govern-ment This Option 1 TELLER RESOLUTION aIN a-IN THE LIGHT OF LAW 1 1 Contention of the Colorado Senator I Yesterdays Debate J Allison In the Anomalous Position of Talking Against His Record of Twenty Years Ago Telling 1 Speech of Berry of Arkansas 1 Rawlins Spoke In Support of the Resolution TiUmans Pertinent QueryField Day For Silver t i Washington Jan 25The senate J took up the pension appropriation bill 1 Mr Allen offered an amendment increasing in-creasing the appropriation from 141 000000 to 148000000 Mr Quay also reported the army appropriation ap-propriation bill Mr Butler N C offered of-fered an amendment to the postoffice bill providing for the extension of rural free deliver to every state and terri J tory of the union and to as many sections sec-tions of those states and territories asp as-p W J Mr Butler said the amendments had been drawn after full consultation with the postmaster general Mr Perkins of California called up the pension appropriation appro-priation bill The amendmentproposed by Mr Allen providing that the lowest pension paid by the government be S per month was ruled out of order Mr Allen then offered an amendment to the bill increasing the amount appropriated ap-propriated from 141000000 to 148000 000 in accordance with the estimates made by the commissioner of pensions but it was lost without division The pension bill was then passed TELLER RESOLUTION The Teller resolution was then laid before the senate Mr Allison reviewed the story of the Stanley Matthews resolution reso-lution maintaining that its purpose at j that time was not in opposition to public pub-lic interest or in derogation of the rights of the public creditor He held the situation was different now He insisted that the present resolution gave the secretary of the treasury no more authority than hehad now The secretary may now pay the government I obligations in coin He held that there was no disposition on the part of the administration to evade the law and I added that the Republican party maintained main-tained that it ought to be the purpose I of the government to maintain the gold I and silver money of the country at a parity I TILLMAN GETS NO ANSWER Mr Tillman asked Mr Allison whether I wheth-er he would say in terms that the bond obligations of the government were payable in silver x I In reply Mr Allison quoted the law that the bonds were payable in coin f but that was not satisfactory to Mr Tillman who fnslsted upon an answer I yes or no Mr Allison declined to have words put into his mouth In response to a question of Mr Teller Tel-ler Mr Allison said he thought it would be proper for the secretary of the treasury to pay the obligations of the government in either silver or gold But declared Mr Allison the secretary sec-retary of the treasury if he is an honest hon-est man in reaching his decision to action ac-tion upon that point must take into I consideration existing conditions one of which is that the government is pledged to maintain the gold and silver currency I cur-rency of the country at a parity Mr Allison thought if it were the purpose pur-pose of the advocates of the pending resolution to force a depreciation of one of the great moneys of the country they ought to avow that purpose He maintained that if the objects of the silver advocates were carried into ef fect it would be impossible to main tain the parity of gold and silver coin If I were assured said he that the resolution would strengthen the credit of the country I should certainly vote for it THEX AND NOW Mr Bern Dem Ark in an extended ex-tended speech declared that the pending pend-ing resolution was precisely the same as that for which the senator from Iowa Allison voted 20 years ago If it was not a violation of public faith then he added it could not be so now One of the reasons why Mr Berry was desirous de-sirous of the passage of the resolution was that it would disprove the charge brought in 1S9G that the Democratic party was composed of repudiationists and dishonorable men Mr AldrichDo you desire to take from the secretary of the treasury his discretion to pay government obligations obliga-tions Ineither gold or silver Mr BerryThe trouble is the secretary secre-tary ot the treasury has turned over the government option to the bondholders bondhold-ers Ii Mr Aldrioh Would the passage of the resolution by the senate or house act as instructions to the secretary of the treasury WOULD NOT OBEY It would replied Mr Berry But I am satisfied in view of the recent actions and words of the secretary of s the treasury that he would not obey the instructions Mr Hale Maine said when the resent res-ent law was put in the statute book the silver was about twits as valuable 1 as it is now and Mr Aldrich interjected 4 to inquire whether in view of the fan 1q in the price of silver the senator from Arkansas Mr Berr believed the Berry t government gov-ernment ought to take advantage of its j creditor and pay him in the cheaper r money Mr Berry replied that he was as 1 much in favor of maintaining the nonor 1t of the country as the senator from 11 Rhode Island but he held that the bondholders ought to be willing to live up to their contract and accept coin In payment Mr Lodge of Masrachusetts said It was well understood that the bond purchasers pur-chasers werre to be paid in gold as 1 they had given goi 1 for the bonds and Quoted from a bpeecn of Mr Teller showing that he Teller nad the same ideaMr Berry denied that there was fuch an understanding and would defy anybody to establish as a fact that j there was such M terry said that the country had before it the spectacle of r secretary of he treasury who S wanted to redeem silver dollarsIn geld 4 and firmly to fasten the gold standail on th country yet th president had not the nerve to kicc him out of the cabinet In conclusion Mr Meny I made an apneal for the passage of thb resolution terest on the rounl of public in TELLER AND IA WIt Mr Teller followed Innn extended It speeech in favor of the resolution He f declared it law which decard i vas a question > he would discuss Well inauired lr Forakor does r this resolution mean the fame now as i did 20 years ago Being a question of law replied Mr Teller It can mean nothing else t But wasnt the resolution of i years ago persisted Mr Poraker passed to meet < state of affai3 eristine then that does not now eitY Not at all replied the Colorado senator No man could then have known what financial legislation congress con-gress would enact The resolution then bound no man to vote for free coinage and it binds no man now to so vote Mr Hoar dissented from Mr Tellers proposition that this resolution involved involv-ed a question of law and urged that it > had come now to a question of honor This is not a question of law said he it is a question of the violation of public faith Shylock continued Mr Hoar had the law on his side for a I r good while but nobody said that Shylock Shy-lock without derogation of the rights i of Antonio could take the pound of flesh Mr Teller contended that he had quite as much regard for the national honor a had the members of the senate sen-ate EASTERN ASSUMPTION I am getting tired shouted Mr Teller Tel-ler of the position assumed by certain L senators here because they live in the eastern part of this country They are r no more honest they are no more strenuous stren-uous in upholding the public honor 1 than I am I want to say here and now that I believe in paying the debts of the government in silver even if it is the cheaper metal The government has the right to the difference according accord-ing to its contract The silver dollar which the gentleman from Iowa Allison r Alli-son says is not as good a the gold dollar is paid to the mechanic the artisan ar-tisan and the laborer in liquidation of obligations incurred with them and I hold that the bond purchaser is no better bet-ter than the man with blistered hands and to be in the ought paid same money The secretary of the treasury is now bound by law t regard the interest in-terest of the people but that department depart-ment has been making laws to suit Itself self for 20 years Mr Teller held that there could be no degradation in paying pay-ing the bills of the government in sliver sli-ver verMr Mr Fairbanks arose and endeavored to propose a question to Mr Teller Sit down cried the Colorado sena crie tor I have been badgered enough As Fairbanks sat down Mr Teller said he would answer tomorrow the question but he did not desire to be interrupted now TREASURY ROBBED Mr Teller declared in conclusion that he had seen the national treasury robbed a transaction the most disgraceful dis-graceful ever accomplished by a national na-tional administration In view of that fact he thought that the arrogation to themselves by the opponents of the resolution of all the honesty was not warranted by facts Mr Hoar replied to Mr Teller in a speech in which he deplored the remarkable re-markable effort of the Colorado senator sena-tor He contended that the question was not one of legal power but of honor and good faith He would not say that the senator from Colorado had squirmed out of the question nor would he order him to sit down a he had ordered the senator from Indiana Mr Teller I will strike that out of my speech I I were the senator said Mr Hoar I would have the entire speech stricken from the record Following Mr Hoar Mr Rawlins Dem Utah spoke in support of the resolution taking occasion to reply to some statements made by Mr Hoar concerning the deposits in savings banks Ur Hale Maine declared the debate de-bate during the day had settled the fact that it was the desire of the advocates ad-vocates of the resolution to bring the country to a silver basis and to make the payment of all debts public and private in silver which was now worthless worth-less than half what gold is worth He was willing he said to have the country coun-try pass upon that proposition I was voted down in 1896 declared Mr Hale and I have no fear that the American people will take the backtrack back-track upon i NOT MONOMETALLISTS Mr Vest Mo insisted that the Maine senators remarks had placed the advocates of free silver in a false light We are not monometallipts he said but bimetallists While I do not care to discuss the question at this late hour I think I can demonstrate that the free coinage of silver would raise the price of that metal to its former value I maintain that the opening of the mints to tie free coinage coin-age of silver would not be in violation of the public honor Mr Allison asked Mr Vest whether he thought the BlandAllison act was in substantial compliance with the concurrent resolution of 20 ear ago This is no financial kindergarten Mil Mr Vest The senator from Iowa ought to know what the BlandAlli son act meant because he framed it himself I want it understood declared Mr Allison that the resolution of 1S7S did not mean the free coinage of silver as the senator from Colorado Teller and from Missouri Vest have both said that this resolution means I want ant an-t answer to the question and if it requires re-quires a financial kindergarten to ob tian an answer I would like to have F the senator from Missouri open such a school now Mr Vest did not deem it necessary f he said to extend the colloquy further fur-ther at so late an hour but he asked that an amendment to the resolution offered hy Mr Lodge earlier in the day L be read for information The senate then at 545 adjourned f INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS Affirmations and Denials About the te Advent of Prosperity Washington Jan 25The house consumed I con-sumed considerable of the afternoon in I 8 discussion of industrial conditions I > Republicans affirming and Democrats F denying that prosperity had returned i l 2Ir Richardson Dem Tenn adduced i f ad-duced some figures and financial authorities I i au-thorities tf prove that prosperity had j not yet appeared i If prosperity has not returned I l asked Mr Stone Rep Pa how does L i happen that in all the industrial regions I t re-gions men are employed and that they I gons alt not supported by charity as they were under the Cleveland administration administra-tion tionThe a The trouble with the gentleman replied Mr Pichardson is i that his premise are all wrong Labor is not i employed in all the industrial regions In New England 125000 workers are f now out on strike Mr Grosvenor Mr Stone Mr Ding L Icy and other Republicans rose to reply I C re-ply aid in the confusion Mr Richardson Richard-son called out that he had no desire to interfere with Mr Stones guijr natorial boom I I am glad to have the endorsement of that side replied Mr Stone smiling i smil-ing i Mr Grosvenor cited the woolraising industry and examples of what the Dingley law had done Mr Dockery IDem IDem a I-Dem Mo in discussing the cotton i mills strike contended that the striker i strike-r had beer urged by the operators in or i f der that they might dispose of their i surplus stock The trouble was we were enormously overproducing in this i r country and in the face of that fact j r the Republican party was restricting and narrowing our marl ets The political debate continued for a I hour the Republicans maintaining and I J ff I the Democrats denying the existence of prqspenty Mr Smith Dem Ariz made an attack on the present system I of educating the Indians He declared I that the Carlisle andHampton schools were a mistake that an Indian could not be civilized by teathing him to read I and write and sing psalms The Indians In-dians he said < must receive an indus trial education but i must be given him in the vicinity of his home not in the east In this bill lie said 2500000 was wasted Mr Walker Rep Mass agreed with Mr Smith that the present policy was impracticable He moved to strike out I the appropriation for the Carlisle school Without voting on the amendment amend-ment the committee rose and at 520 the house adjourned KINGS PUBLIC LANDS BILL Adverse Report On Utah Measure Prom land Commissioner Washington Jan 25Commissioner Hermann of the general land office has made an adverse report on the bill introduced by Representative King granting and ceding to the state of Utah the public lands within its borders bor-ders The commissioner advances many reasons for his belief that the propos d cession would be foreign to the best interests in-terests of the people Probably 200000 000 acres of public lands have already been given to states for various purposes pur-poses and the use they have made of them he says indicates that other sections tons should be utilized for revenue and not for the good of the individual Federal Nomination Washington Jan 25The president today sent to the senate the following nomination David A Dunne to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Oregon I 1 r |