St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-03
Senator Turpie Exhibits the
Thinness of Reciprocity
Gloss.
Neither Blaine Nor Harrison
Entitled to Any Credit in
the Matter.
Stewart Faithfully Pegging
Away at Sherman and
the Gold Bugs.
Porter'S Rotten Bureau Still
Being Shown Up--Rusk to
Be Checked.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-There was an
unusually small attendance of senators
present when tO-day's morning bust
ness began. but the silver bill senators
were almost all at their posts. Mr..
Sherman was in his seat and so was Mr..
Allison. on whose motion the senate
agreed to adjourn FROM today to Mon
day next. Notices were given by Mr..
Vest of his intention to address the
senate Monday on the wool tariff bill,
and by Mr.. Morgan of his intention to
speak on the free coinage of silver bill
Tuesday.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Turpie calling for the correspond
ence with Hayti, Colombia and Vene-
Zuela in regard to reciprocity was taken
up and Mr.. Turpie addressed the SEN
ate upon it. He said that there had re-
Gently heen a race for popular favor be-
tween two statesmen as to which of the
twain was entitled to the honor of hav-
ing devised 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, he said, but under the late So
called reciprocity treaties with South
America, the secretary of state had sub
stituted his own power for that of con-
greSs. "WhoSOeyer'S taxes he RENTS.
they are RENTED: and whOsOever'S
taxes he retains, they are retained"
He compared the diplomacy of shreds
and patches, the financial policy of
scraps withthe broad and liberal policy
of free trade of 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..
Turpie's speech, the resolution Was
adopted.
Stewart Pegging Away.
At 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 III support of 1t.
He expressed his surprise at Mr.. Sher-
mans statement on Tuesday last that
he had been in favor of the Bland-Alll-
son bill. That surprise was caused by
his (Mr. Stewards familiarity with the
views expressed by the senator from
Ohio OH that subject while he was sec
rotary of the treasury. Mr.. Sherman
had criticized that bill in three elabo-
rate reports. and had urged its repeal.
And yet he had told the senate
the other day that it was good
bill and that he approved it. 1t seemed
to him that Mr.. Sherman's remarks
were very defective; or else that his
prOphesies and predictions were not
very valuable.
Mr.. Higgins asked Mr.. Stewart if he
preferred that the country should come
to silver basis.
Mr. Stewart would prefer anything
rather than have the people enSlaved
by attempting to reduce the whole
world 10 the narrow basis of gold. There
is over $500. 000 600 of silver in the treas
ury, and The law makes silver coin
legal tender equally with gold. | would
reverse the policy of the administration,
which has reversed the law. There has
not been, for the last twenty years, any
gold obligation on the government.
the treasury to redeem the paper of the
government in that currency which is
most convenient.
At the close of Mr.. Stewards speech
the silver bill went over without action.
The resolution reported from the fin
ance committee for a committee of five
senators to inquire whether the law rel
alive to national banks furnishes suffi-
Gent protection to depoSitors and other
creditors, and to investigate recent
failures of national banks and any
other violation of law or irregularities
was agreed to. and MesSrS. Chandler,
Higgins, PETER, Harris and Mcpherson
were aDDOintpd