Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-26
WASHINGTON.

After thoroughly reviewing the vo-
luminous testimony in the case and
the report of the committee which
has been investigating the disclosure
of executive proceedings of the Sen
ate, that body on Friday refused to
adopt the resolution of the committee
to bring the recalcitrant correspon-
dents before the bar of the Senate,
and the witnesses who have been un-
der subpoena for the past fifty-one
days were discharged. Mr.. Dolph,
the chairman of the committee, came
into the Senate during the secret ses-
sion for the consideration ofthis mat
ter loaded down with bulky evidence
which was all in typewriter copy, as
he did not care to trust it to be print
ed. This will no doubt end the case,
and the next step will be for the cor
respondents who have been under
subpoena for so long time to get
their witness fees, which, at the or
binary rate, will amount to $153 each.
1t will be remembered that the cor
respondents declined to tell the COM
mittee anything as to their sources of
information respecting executive ses-
sion matters. Afterwards the COM
mittee called all the members and
employees of the Senate, the private
and executive secretaries of the Presi-
dent, and employees in the Diplomatic
bureau and the state Department,
and questioned them. The testimo>
ny was printed, and later the report
of the committee was prepared. This
recited the failure of the inquiry to
establish the completely of anyone
with the newspaper men, and it was
recommended that the latter be cited
before the Senate to be dealt with for
contempt. Since that time the COM
mittee has been practically ignored
by the Senate, the Senators generally
having become weary of the subject.
But Mr.. Dolph was determined to be
heard, and it is said he made an eff
fort to secure place for the consider
alton Of his report on the program of
business adopted by the Republican
steering committee, but failed, al
though he was himself a member of
the committee.
Sam Randall is dead. Owing to
the circumstances over which 1 had
no control 1, as a newspaper cores
pondent, having had occasion fire.
quently to call on him, never got
civil word from him, but often unciv-
il words instead of that soft answer
which turneth away wrath, which
would have served the same purpose.
And my experience with Mr.. Ran
dali, l think, was not materially diff.
ferent from that of other newspaper
men. He was not given to desul-
tory talking and he would not talk
until he wanted to say something,
no matter who asked him. He was
one of the few public men who did
not care to see themselves figuring
very prominently in the newspapers,
and more than that he was bothered
very much about what the neWspa>
pers said of him. And yet /, for one,
never felt a desire while he was liv
ing to say a mean word of him. He
was no courtier, as one would natur-
ally expect politician to be more or
less but he was one of the best pub
lie servants this country has ever
had. But few men had so closely
studied or understood so we'll the
financial needs of this Government,
and his honesty was as impregnable
as the Rock of Gibralta. There are
few men like him in public life in
any country. The Bills to turn the
United States Treasury into loan
Office, for the benefit of farmers and
laborers, which Republican Senators
and Representatives in Congress are
introducing, are but the natural out
come of the centralizing tendencies
of the party. The Republicans, in
practice, long ago left the American
! principle that the people should sup
port the Government and not the
Government the people, and the re.
suit is seen in those communistiC
schemes presented to Congress. The
most of them, however, are no more
un-american than the protection-for-
protection-sake policy of the party,
If the Government taxes the farmer
in order to insure the manufacturer
a profit on his capital invested in
certain ways, why not also do some
thing for the farmer so that he will
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