St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-26
Voorhees, and Evarts Regale the Senate
With Opposing Views on the Ed
munds Resolutions.
The Former Asserts That the Republicans
are Making Noise Simply for
Party Effect.
Evarts Jntimntes That the Admins
tration is Guilty OF Something
Akin TO Hypocrisy
The BraInerd Dam Bill Passed--Fur-
ther Consideration OF the POST
Office Bill.
voorhees, and EvnrIs Talk.

ported favorably from the committee on
commerce bill TO provide for the encour
agement of American shipping, and to pro-
mote postal and commercial relations with
foreign countries. Mr.. Frye explained
briefly that the bill appropriated 81, 100. 900
for carrying the United States mails in
American vessels to and from foreign
countries; makes it the duty of the post
master general to advertise for proposals,
TO accept the lowest bids, and to contract
for the carrying of these mails. The bill,
Mr.. Frye added, had received the unanimous
Endorsement OF all the members of the com
mittee on commerce who were present at
the meeting at which il was considered. It
was placed on the calendar. The chair laid
before the senate a letter from the post
master general, transmitting. in compliance
with recent senate resolution, a tabular
statement of fouTth-claSS poStmasjers re-
moved since March 4, 1885. Referred.
THE BRAINERD DAM BILL.
On motion of Mr.. Sabin the senate
passed bill to authorize the Mississippi
Water Power and Boom company of Brain
erd, Minn., to construct dam across the
Mississippi river at or near Brainerd. The
army bill was by unanimous consent made
the unfinished business of the morning
hour tomorrow. Mr.. Voorhees, then took
Olutions. He said:
Why do the majority resolutions content
themselves with an attack on the agent. the
attorney general. and shrink from direct
blow on the principal. the president! Does
the senator from Neim ont expect n cabinet
officer TO disobey the presideut9 The resolu-
uons are meant for popular effect. They
contemplate no measure OF legislation 20 re-
move any evil or pretended evil. They are
merely Elimination of senatorial opinion,
barren OF result other than cheap
partisan denunciation. If the at
torney general be guilty, as charged
then he will be impeached. That is matter
for the house. The majority of tine senate
has turned aside from the legitimate buS-
ness of legislation. Labor ail over the country
is over taxed and scantily paid by reason of
long-standiug aud vicious legislation. Human
suffering is wringing its hands and weepinE
in many parts Of the country in the destitu-
ton of want OF employment and proper re-
muneration. Great corporations are over
shudowing the land and absorbing the powers
of state and nation and grinding the flesh and
blood of men and women into their huge and
massive hcppers.
AMERICAN COMMERCE
no longer has a ship on the high seas. Great
questions of taxation and finance are pressing
for attention. But from all these great ard
pressing subjects we must III IN aside 70 dis
cuss this question raised b. the senator from
Vermont lMr. Edmundsl. IL was thrust into
our councils TO Obstruct the business of the
country in favor of u lot of Republican Office
holders. 1 heartily indorse Mr.. Cleveland's
action in making removals, so far
/ would heartily indorse the presidents action
in the same direction If il went thousand
leagues further. The civil service law has
never commended itself to my Judgment.
Very recently voted in committee for its re-
peal. aud shall vote in the senate for its abso-
lutte repeal 1t has proven itself 10 be vio-
lent and odious obstruction TO the will of the
people, and a stumbling block in the way of
a rational and successful administration OF
the government. With the exception of
fourih-class pOstmasters, there are at the
present moment ten Republicans in ofice to
one Democrat. / have no hesitation in de-
claring that such a state Of things is not con-
sistent with the true theory of
POPULAR GOVERNMENT.
or with its safe and honest administration.
The people have ordained change in the ad-
ministration of the government, and such
change was not properly limited TO changes
in few chief officers History has shown
| that no political party could administer the
affairs of government through the instru-
/ mentality OF its enemies. AT this
very house there is net conf
dental communication in any one OF the
departments that Is not betrayed TO
the leaders Of the Republican party. The
very papers demanded by the senate are
paper and every drawer and closet in the de-
| partments is daily and hourly under the es-
pionage OF Republican chief clerks. Republi-
can private secretaries and Republican con-
| hdential shorthand writers. Those who open
| the letters of the heads OF departments are
known as malignant opponents OF the Demo
| cratic party intamed with a desire for the
| overthrow OF the administration. The presi-
dent can not be blamed for moving slowly.
Every act of his administration is in the right
direction, and the country would understand
why greater progress had not been made and
would place
THE RESPONSIBILITY
/ where IL belonged The evils predicted by the
/ Republicans when the Democrats should come
| into power have not come. The Confederate
brigadiers" at both ends Of the capital
| continue to vote annually Sl00, 900 for
| pensions to Union soldiers, and as
TO the colored citizens, President Cleve-
| land gave them occasionally a good
/ Office. Referring to Mr.. Wilson's characteri-
zation of the Democratic party as a ''proto-
plasm," Mr.. voorhees, said: II is fortunate
| for the Democracy that the coored people
had not been told before election that the
| Democrat party was ''protoplasm"
| laughter, |, and as to what would have hap
/ pened IL instead of the word itself the sena-
/ tor had used its definition as given by Web
! ster, namely, 1.-The viscid nitrogenous ma
| terial in vegetable cells by which the process
| of nutrition, secretion and growth goes for
| ward" Mr.. Voorhees, imagination shrans
from contemplation OF the probable results
| renewed laughterl. II il had been under
| stood that the Democratic party was any
thing like q ''non-cellular formation OF a vital
vegetable substance" voorhees, had not the
! slightest doubt that that party could have
been counted out in New York laughter I.
The senator from Iowa ought to have de-
nouneed the Democrat party as
A "HYPoTHENUsE,"
| or rectangular parallelogram" laughterl
but all the calumnies heaped on that party,
Mr. voorhees, said, had been exploded. The
party had shown that it could be trusted
In the last election in the state Of the senator
unwilling witness to the fact that
the Republican protoplasmic majority oi
10000 was evolved into a floating diminished
atom of 4,oOo." ILaughter.l MAY that con
tinue," said Mr.. voorhees,, "until the sur
vival of the fttest is fully established.
After referring TO the contest between Presi
dent Andrew Jackson and the senate, ''iT
which the president" said Mr. Voorhees,
''was successful" he commended TO the pres
ent able and patriotic chief MAGISTRATE thu
Then" said Mr.. voorhees, in conclusion
'would all the great powers of government
be called into action for the promotion of tn,
common good. and not for the destruction o.
each other. Then would the spirit OF concor,
and mutual respect among the vartou
branches of the government prevail, ard thel
no more could the ghastly exhibition OF tn
CORY execution, the cleaning ak and headles
trunk of King Charles frighten the senate
from V ermont." Loud laughter and al
plause.
MIR. EVARTS
then addressed the senate in support of tn
majority report He said:
The arguments made by Democratic sena
tors would accord to the president the rigll
TO say whether the papers called for relate
10 a subject with which congress had a righ
/ IN aaal He could uuder this contention 10