The Indianapolis journal., 1892-06-03
TURPIE AND RECIPROCITY
The Indiana Senator Goes Ont of His
Way to Assail Harrison and Blaine.
Stewart Talks for Free Coinage and Ridicules
Sherman-Charges of Female Census Bu-
reau Clerk-National Capital Notes.
TURPIE AND STEWART TALK.

One speaks ON Reciprocity and the Other
Argues for Free Coinage.
WAsHINGTON, June 2-The exodus of
Republican Senators to Minnea pols had
the effect of making the Senate chamber n
very quiet place to-day. The session was
taken up in considering and disposing of
routine business and In the delivery by
Mr.. Stewart of the concluding portion of
his free coinage speech.
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton of recent national bank failures was
adopted and u committee of Senators was
appointed to conduct the inquiry.
The resolution offered Yesterday by Mr..
Turpie. calling for the orrespondence
with Hayti. Colombia and Venezuela in re-
gard to reciprocity, WAS taken up, and Mr..
Turpie addressed the Senate upon it. He
said that there had recently been race for
popular favor between two statesmen as To
which of the Twins was entitled to the
honor of having advised the scheme of reci-
prOcity. 1t had been found. however. that
neither of chose very prominent statesmen
could lay the slightest claim to the invcn-
tiOn or discovery of that policy. Recl-
procity treaties date back to 1908. when
what was known as the Methuen treaty
was entered into between Great Britain
and Portugal, applying to only two
wines of Portugal. Other reciproc-
ity treaties had been that be-
tween France and England and
that between the United States and Canada.
But under the late so-callcd reciprocity
treaties with South America the Secretary
of State had substituted his own power for
that of Congress. "WhOsOever taxes he
remits. they are remitted; and whOsOever
taxes he retains. they are retained" He
draws An lmag gnary sketch of the State of
Colombia declining TO take part in Mr..
Blaine's grand exhibition of shifting tab
IenX and saving: Excuse for declining
TO- aid In the performances. We do not
wish to furnish either color. space or room
for that eXhl bltlon, and we especially de-
cline the part of acting either as supernu-
merarios or ushrrs at such Indifferent en-
tertainments" He compared the "diplO-
macy 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 Uuited
States and declared that the purpose of rec
iprocity was not commercial. but wholly
political. At the close of Mr. Turpie's
speech the resolution was adopted.
During his speech OH the silver bill Mr..
Stewart said he noticed that the Secretary
OF the Treasury. in All interview in New
York, yesterday, said that there would be
NO premium paid on gold during the pres
lssue bonds in order TO get gold. SOFAS to
keep the two metals at a parity. and that
thev would be kept at parity. ~
Mr. Higgins asked Mr.. Stewart If he pre-
ferred that the country should come; to
sIlv er basis
Mr. Stewart-I would prefer anything
rather than have the people enslaved by
attempting to reduce the whole world TO
the narrow basic of gold. There is over
$500. coo. 900 of silver in the treasury, and the
law ma ke6 silver coin a legal tender annnl-
ly with gold. l wOnld rev erse the policy
OF the administration, which reversed the
law. There has not been. for the last
twenty years any gold obligation on the
government And it is the duty of the
Secretary of the Treasury to redeem the
paper of the government In that currency
| which IS most convenient. l say that the
present policy. under existing law, will
reduce us not only to a silver basis. but to
the commercial price of silver. because IL
is impossible to maintain on the present
volume of gold. the existing credit fabric
OF the world.
art ridlculed Mr.. Sherman's expression OF
sympathy for the working classes and for
the pensioners. Sym pathyW he exclaimed.
There 10 not blood enough in all the Gold
Trust men for one mosquito 1t would not
do he said, for these robbers tthev were
nothing elsel TO claim for themselves all
honesty. Honesty would be banlshed from
the world when the crime of 1913 was jus-
titled How long the people would submit
to such robbery he did not know. But
while he lived he would continue to warn
them. He had been often told that he
throwing away his time in telling the
truth. bnt he did not believe II. He be-
Iieved that the country would have free
coinage in silver, and would have it in the
near future. At the close of Mr.. Stewards
speech the silver bill went over without
action. The Senate then proceeded TO eX-
ecutive business. and at o'clock ad-
jourDed till Monday next.