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Show THE OLD M'lUECT. Tli Kilter nil! Ill.eu.lon Ytsler clajr lu tbe Senate. Washington, June 10. In the Senate the silver bill was taken up and unanimous consent given, at the request of Jones (Ncv.) that after 3 o'clock on Friday next debate be limited to five minutes by any senator sena-tor on any question. Tlie pending question was on Plumb's amendment that no funds available for the taynient of the public debt, Including such as are kept for redemption or United States notes, shall be retained in the treasury in excess or $110,000,000. Ou motion of Harris this amendment amend-ment was amended by adding the words: "Provided, gold and silver coin and gold bullion lu thu Treasury Treas-ury on which gold and silver certificates certifi-cates have been i-sued shall not be con-idereel available for any pui,iose except redemption of such certificates certifi-cates Sherman expressed opposition to Plumb's amendment, as the effect of it would be really to leave only a working balancu of $10,000,000 in the Treasury. Besides, he thought the silver question important enougli to be considered by itself without lugging in other complications complica-tions a to balances in the Treasury and such matters. Sometimes ou quarter days the- Secretary had to pay out over $4dJlnJ,Ot0 and sometime-, he had to lay $20,001 ,00i) fur Ifii-Ions. Reagan was of the opinion that A RESERVE OF $50,000,000 would be sufficient, and he Intended to offeran amendment carrying out that idea. He thought the tiolicy of -unlhiug the jieople for the benefit bene-fit of the monomelaliats and. con-tractionists con-tractionists hid been carried on long enough. The retention of that hundred millions of gold had already al-ready cost the government $40,000,-00) $40,000,-00) In Interest. Teller said it had cost $15,000,000. He went on to question aud deny the accuracy of some of the statements state-ments In Sherman's lost speech on tint bill. One of the points was that the gold dollar had always been the unit of value. "That is not true," slid Teller, "whether It comes from the Secretary of the Treasury ornnj lody else." Another j-olnt in Sherman's speech rthleh Teller disputed and denied was that the lucre-use of circulation cir-culation had kept pice with the increase in-crease of laipulaliou. Teller urged that It would require an annual increase of $44,000,000 of currency to inee.t thu annual increase in Imputation. Impu-tation. As to the statement by r-hermaii and others that the su-lurtcrsof su-lurtcrsof thu bill wanted a cheap dollar, Teller said it w as a specie of ilcniagoguery which was a di-grace to the Senate. They wanted an honest dollar restored a dollar that had been stricken down without the will of the people aud w Ithout their knowlnlge. The man who stood before the Senatenrgulngforaslngle standard was either dishonest orig-i.o-ant, and hid no right to represent repre-sent the Interests of the American people. TELLER WENT ON to speak of the silver plank in the reiubllc?iu national platform, nnd said that if he had supjw-ei it mere clai-t rap, the republican ticket would not have had such support from him, aud would not have got the great majority In Coloiado. Hu said the bimetallic principle had Its worst enemy, its most effective foe, In the Treasury department. It had been within the poaer of the administration to relieve tlie people, so that what the people suffered was at the dour of the administration. 1 tut there was no feeling favorable to blnietalKm In high pi ices, and would not Isj while Wall street could Influence the inlitlcal turtles. Kach iaity had been nut 1-3" the declaration that Congress must legislate leg-islate so as to gain the good-uill of bu-itie-ss interests of the country. That meant Wall street, He re-me re-me mliered Ihe ease of a president (Clexeland) addressing a crowd of copleou Wall street and saying that he siw liefure him the re resentitives of the great Interests of the country. "But the fact was" Teller said, '-that lie did not see before him a single man who had ever done an honel day's work, ever produced an article of commerce-, or ever promoted pro-moted the industrial pmsui's of the country." In conclusion, Teller eleclared that no matter w here the republican republi-can lrty or himself should lie left, his vote should be given for that measure whiii would unloose the burden put ujion the debtors of the country, and do it without detriment detri-ment to thu creditors. Callsiuku of free coinage and then the silver bill went over till tomorrow. |