St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-22
DcENGsHN TYE SENATE.
Senator Beck Attacks the President
and Secretarz Manning.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-The chair laid
before the senate a letter concerning the
bridges now building which may interfere
with free navigation. A bill from the COM
mittee on judiciary favorably reported a
bill for the suppression of pOlygamy in
Utah. Mr.. Edmunds said he would ask
the senate to take up the bill Immediately
after the holiday recess. Mr.. Hoar reported
a bill to establish a uniform bankruptcy
bill
% Mr.. Van Wyck introduced bill provid-
ing for the formation of the territory of
Oklahoma from lands in the Indian terri
tory.
Mr. Vest offered a resolution strongly
COMMENCING SECRETARY BAYARD
in the Kelly matter. Mr.. Plumb thought
the incident showed how useless the entire
diplomatic service was and that it ought to
be abolished. Mr. Vest spoke in favor of
his resolution, and it was referred to the
committee on foreign relations.
Mr. Coke introduced bill to provide for
national live stock highway.
Nh Harrison offered a resolution to the
effect that inasmuch as it had been charged
that considerations other than those of law
had been given attention in determining
pensions, that committee, with power to
send for persons and papers, be appointed
to look into the matter.
SENATOR BECK's ATTACK.
Mr. Beck called up the resolution hereto
fore offered by him directing the committee
Oh finance to inquire whether the officials
of the United States had complied with the
laws requiring that the coin paid for duties
on imported goods should be set apart as
special fund and applied to the payment of
the interest on United States bonds, etc.
MI Beck spoke at considerable length on
his resolution. He said:
The laws of the land were equally binding
on the highest executive officer and the
humblest citizen. Yet the laws to which his
resolution referred had not for many years
been complied with by the treasury officials.
No more statesmanlike message has ever
emanated from the executive mansion, in Mr..
Becks opinion than Mr.. Cleveland's first
message, but he (Mr. Beck did not agree
with the position of that message
REGARDING SILVER.
Three-fourths of our business troubles
arose from the fact that the laws of the United
States were not carried out by our executive
officers. Combinations of bankers and bond
holders, and their well-paid press were op-
posed to silver, and their present crusade
against the metal was another evidence of the
6udacity wealthy organizations which had
always secured whatever they had demanded.
There was no obligation existing in this
country, national or municipal, that could
not lawfully be paid in gold or silver coin of
the United States. The bondholders of the
United States, he said, controlled enormous
amounts of money and the best talent of the
press, and having now captured the executive
branch of the government they were
CLAMORING FOR GOLD
and gold alone in the settlement of their
claims How was the surplus silver to get
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treasury would not call in the bonds that
ought to be called in and pay out the silver?
The people by their representatives, however,
supported silver. No executive officer should
be allowed to disregard the law. He would, If
he could, take from the banks their political
power and their influence on the currency.
as shown when they received President
Hayes veto on Il memorable occasion.
Mr. Merrill remarked in effect:
Mr.. Beck'S speech seemed to be an elabo-
rate assault on the secretary of the treasury
and the president, and if the resolution in
support of which it was delivered should pass
the senate it would be equivalent TO a vote
of want of confidence in the president and
his administration. He regretted that the
senator from Kentucky should have repre-
sented the secretary of the treasury as
LITTLE BETTER THAN A COMMON THIEF
and the president and secretary together as
having been bought up by the bondholders,
but rs probably no senators of the left were
at present prepared to enter into defense
of the present administration he would move
reference of the resolution to the commit
tee on finance. 1t was so referred.
Senator Buffers recent resolution relating
to Dakota was referred to the committee on
territories. The senate passed the house
concurrent resolution providing for holi-
day recess and then went into executive
session, aud when the doors reopened ad-
journed until Jan. next. The senate on
executive session confirmed the nomination
of John Bigelow to be assistant treasurer
of the United States at New York.
THE LAWLEK BRANCH.
Matters With which the House