Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-03
HARD NAMES CALLED
By Senator Stewart in His Remarks
on the Silver Coinage Bill.
HE SAYS THEY ARE ALL ROBBERS.
Turpie ssys Reciprocitys Neither Blaine
Nor Harrison's Idea.
OLDER THAN EITHER OF THE GENTLEMEN

WASHINGTON, June 2.-There was an
unusually small attendance of Senators
present when to-day's morning business be
gan. The silver bill Senators were almost
all at their posts Mr.. Sherman was in his
seat, and so was Mr. Allison, whose motion
the Senate agreed to, to adjourn from to-
day till Monday next Notices were given
BY Mr. Vest, of his intention to address the
Senate on Monday next. on the wool tariff
bill, and Mr. Morgan. of his intention to
speak on free coinage, or the silver bill, on
Tuesday.
The resolution offered Yesterday by Mr..
Turpie, calling for the correspondence with
Haiti, Colombia and Venezuela in regard
to reciprocity, was taken up. and Mr.. Turpie
addressed the Senate upon it He said
there had recently been a race for popular
favor between two statesmen as to which of
the twain was entitled to the honor of having
devised the scheme of reciprocity. 1t had
been found, however, that neither of those
very prominent statesmen could lay the
slightest claim to the invention or dis
covery of that policy. Reciprocity treaties
dated back to 1903, when what was known
as the Methuen treaty was entered into be-
tween Great Britain and Portugal, apply
ing to only two products, the woods of Eng
land and the wines of Portugal
Other Old Reciprocity Treaties.
Other recent reciprocity treaties had been
that between France and England and that
between the United States and Canada
But under the late so-caIIed reciprocity
treaties with South America, the Secretary
of State had substituted his own power for
that OF Congress. "Whosoever's taxes he
remfts, they are remitted; and whosoever's
taxes he retains, they are retained"
The speaker drew an imaginary sketch of
the State OF Colombia declining to take part
in "Mr. Blaine's grand exhibition of shifting
tableaux" and saying, Excuse us for de-
clining to aid in the performance; we do not
wish to furnish either color. space or room
for that exhibition, and we especially de-
cline the part of acting either as supernu-
meraries or ushers at such Indifferent enter
tainment." He compared the diplomacy of
shreds and patches, the financial policy of
scraps with the broad and liberal policy of
free trade with all nations offered by the
Democratic party of the United States, and
declared that the purpose of reciprocity was
not commercial but wholly political.
At the close OF Mr.. Turpfe's speech, the
resolution was adopted. At 2 o'clock the
bill to provide for the free coinage of gold
and silver was laid before the Senate, and
Mr.. Stewart resumed his argument in sup
port of it.
Surprised at Sherman's Course
He expressed his surprise at Mr.. Sher-
mans statement on Tuesday last, that he |
had been in favor of the Bland-Allison bill. |
That surprise was caused By his (Mr Stew |
aIts) familiarity with the views expressed |
by the Senator from Ohio on that subject |
while he was Secretary of the Treasury. Mr.. |
Sherman had criticised that bill in three |
reports and had urged its repeal,
and yet he had told the Senate the other day |
that it was q good bill, and that he ap-
proved it.
1t seemed to Mr.. Stewart that Mr.. Sher-
mans remarks were very detective, or else
that his prophesies and predictions were
not very valuable. That Senator had told
the Senate that free coinage of silver would
bring the country to a silver standard, just