St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-13
SENATORS 'HUMPING.'
Stewart Takes a Shot at the
Financial Methods Of the
Administration.
Depreciation Of White Metal
Alleged to Be Aimed at
by the Treasury.
"Bill' Chandler Objects to
Election Of Senators by
Popular Vote.
A Reflection on Palmer StirS
the Old War Horse to a
Hot Retopt.

WAsHINGToN, April l2.-In speech
in the senate today Senator Stewart de
| clared that the deliberate policy OF the
! treasury in its purchase Of silver was II
depreciate the white metal. He was
not sure, he said. that he fully under
stood the last monthly statement Of the
! treasury department, as 10 the financial
condition Of the treasury. Having cited
! the figures as set forth in the Apr
statement, he remarked that the entire
amount of the gold in the treasury dr
excess Of the outstanding gold certlfi'
catesJ was less than one eighth Of the
silver and paper for which a redemp
ton demand might be made on it. lie
| gave the amount Of gold I'm the treasury
as 1926, 80, 900, and said that if the gold
standard were TO be maintained, the sill
yer act Of 1890 would have to be re
pealed, and the secretary Of the treas
ury would have to be authorized to sell
bonds in order to accum ulate gold
enough TO redeem the silver coin and
/ paper money now outstanding.
But no public man, Senator Stewart
said, would dare TO make such a mon
| strOus proposition. If, however, silver
were to be maintained as money, the
silver in the silver dollar would have to
be made equally valuable as the gold in
the gold dollar, and that could only be
done through the coinage OF silver on
the same terms and conditions as APP
piled to the coinage OF gold.
FaVOrs the silver sellers.
He spoke of the unfavorable DISPOSE
ton Of the present administration to-
ward silver, and mentioned, as a matter
Of common report. that sellers Of silver
10 the government were given time TO
deliver the silyer-to fill their orders
after they had occupied the market and
kept others Out-thus depressing prices.
Whether this was true or not, would be
shown, he said, when the secretary of
the treasury sent his answer to
the pending resolution. In con
clusion he declared that the peo-
pie of the United States would
not stop agitation on the subject till sill
yer was restored to the place which it
occupied previous 10 the unfortunate
legislation of 1873. The resolution went
over till tomorrow, Mr.. Morgan express
ing his intention TO speak upon ii for Il
brief period.
The joint resolution heretofore intro
duccd by Mr.. Palmer proposing con-
stitutional amendment for the election
OF United States senators by the people
was taken up and Mr.. Chandler adj
dressed the senate in opposition to it.
lie said that one objection to the adop-
ton of this amendment was that it
would extend the federal power .over
popular elections in the states TO an eX-
tent which the constitution did not now
permit, and if this amendment were
adopted it was most certain to be fol-
lowed by amendments for the choice of
president and vice president by the
people. This was inevitable. Mr..
Chandler thought 1t
A COXVardly Way
of dealing with millionaires to adopt a
constitutional amendment to keep them
out of the senate. 1t was narrow,
partial aud mistaken remedy. A far
better way would be to limit the wealth
OF milionaires. IL the object of the
proposed amendment was as he sup
posed it TO be, TO please the Farmers
Alliance, it would be good deal better
and probably more agreeable to the Al
lance 10 deal directly with the rich
uICil anu luhI away luCll lOl luuG. dIlu
not legislate against them in this cow
ardly way. lie suggested an amend
ment which, he said, he should ask the
committee on privileges and elections
to consider, that the president, wee
president, heads Of departments, sena-
tors and representatives. III congress,
justices IF the courts, each within his
own judicial circuit or district, and the
postmasters and collectors of revenue
shall be elected every two years at the
times and places for electing repre-
sentatives in congress.
Mr.. Chandler then turned his atten-
ton 10 Mr.. Palmer ana his political
record, finding special fault with an
allusion in Mr.. Palmer's speech some
time ago to the last election of Gen.
Logan to the senate by trick. He
thought that the senator might have al
lowed that distinguished man to rest
quietly in his grave, without attempt
ing to put upon his name any faint
whatever.
A "Quiet Sneak,
Mr.. Palmer diSclaimed any idea of
rejecting Oh Gen. Logan in that matter,
and gave short history of the way in
which Gen. Logan had been elected on
that OccaSiOn-a vacancy in Demo
cratic legislative district having been
filled through the secret candidacy (un-
known TO the Democratic vOterS) of
Republican named Weaver, who had
gone through the district as an insur-
ance agent and been elected before the
Democrats knew that there was any OPP
position in the district. He had char
acterized this as trick. and it had been
laughed at as such in Illinois; but he
had not intimated that Gen. Logan had
any knowledge of it.
Mr.. Chandler resumed and finished
his speech against the constitut ional
amendment, after which Mr.. Palmer re-
piled at considerable length 10 the re-
marks which Mr.. Chandler had made
personal to himself, relating to his po-
litical history. He said that he had left
the Republican party when that party
had left its own principles and become
tariff and prOtectionlst party. He had
no fear or the popular vote. Most of
the evils that could be traced to popular
influences were nothing as compared
with the evil that could be found where
eSts were diSregarded.
Left Ii When 1t Fell.
The senator from New Hampshire
had spoken of him as Republican SEN
ator. Not only that, but he (Mr. Palm
err had helped to make the Repub-
lican party. He had been the president
of the first Republican state convention
ever held In the state of Illinois. While
the Republican party was being devoted
to the uses for which it was made, no
grander or nobler party had existed. 1t
was only after it fell into the hands of
men who controlled it for the advance
ment of their own private interests that
it had become the foe to the country
which it now was.
MIR. Cullom had also something to say
about the political incident which re-
suited in Gen. Logan's election to the
senate. He did not know whether Gen.
Logan knew anything about it OF not,
but he knew that in all that long con-
troversy-from the middle of January
to the 10Th of May-it had never been
intimated that there had been corrnn-