Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-09-27
ATTACKS THE PRESIDENT.
Senator Stewart Bitterly Arraigns
the Nations Chief Executive.

Senator Stewart Bitterly Arraigns
the Nations Chief Executive.
Perhaps no scene ever witnessed in
the halls of the Federal Congress, at
Washington, has aroused such intense
interest, throughout the land, as that
which occurred in the Senate of the
United States on Monday, the 25th
instant, when Senator Stewart, the
silver champion of Nevada, in COM
pliance with his previously announced
intention, proceeded to denounce the
President of the United States in bit
ter and unspairing terms. The ar
raignment was made by Mr.. Stewart
while speaking on his resolution, in
troduced last week as to the co-ordi-
nate departments of the Government
and their limitations. Mr.. Stewart
quoted from the Presidents speech
last Monday, at the hundedth anniver-
sary of the laying of the corner stone
of the Capitol. This speech, he said,
had been made by President having
over 100000 Federal offices to dis
pose of, and backed by concentrated
capital and encouraged and flattered
by venal press On that occasion
Mr.. Cleveland turned his face toward
the Senate wing of the Capitol and in
angry and menacing tones, used the
following language:
off the Representatives here as
sembled to make laws forget the duty
of broad and disinterested statesman
ship, and legislate in prejudice and
passion, or i'll behalf of sectional or
selfish interests, the time when the
corner stone of the capitol was laid
and the circumstances surrounding il
would not be worthy Of commemo-
rating"
This, Mr.. Stewart said, had been
cheered by thoughtless multitude
and construed by venal press as a
rebuke to the Senate. The Senator
then went on to speak of the struggle
for constitutional liberty asserted
that the President had over-reached
himself and hinted that the Pres
ident was assuming despotic pow
ers
Mr.. Stewart charged that the Presi-
dent, in disregard of his oath Of Office,
permitted Secretary Carlisle to vio-
late the silver purchase law, which
makes the purchase Of 100000
ounces of silver monthly mandatory.
In July and August only about 6,000,-
900 ounces were bought. If civil lib
erty were to be maintained all high
and low, must obey the law 1t was
time to sound an alarm, and he under
took to say that not since Charles |.
was executed, had any king or Presi-
dent so overtly or defantly disobeyed
statute which had been declared
mandatory.
Mr. Mcpherson interrupted Mr..
Stewart to defend the President on
the ground that the silver bullion had
not been offered at what the Govern
ment considered was the market price.
Mr.. Stewart replied that the price
demanded by seller fixed the mar
ket price.
The President had also, Stewart
charged, refused to obey the anti-Chi-
nese law. Was the President to have
the option to obey or disobey enact
ments. The President had no very
exalted opinion of Congress, as he
had written letter declining TO be
present at college celebration, be-
cause he expected to have session Of
Congress on his hands. That was q
fine remark to make about Congress.
Mr.. Stewart criticised the President
for assuming TO be 80 well posted on
all subjects, when he (the Presiden0
was the only President of the United
States who had not received liberal
education in some college or on some
farm, where he communed with ma
ture and learned natures laws.
THE BIG SHOW OF THE WORLD.