Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-26
SOUNDS AN ALARM.
The President Lacking in Re-
spect for Congress.
BURDEN OF A SPEECH BY STEWART

Addresses, Letters and Interviews Not Inn
bved With Sufficient Reverence for the
Statesmen cat the Other End of the
Accomplishments Comes Out for Free
Silver amp q Gold Loan to Back Up
Dads DoIlar''-Bate's Views
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Stewart' speech
accusing the president Of talking and
writing slightingly of congress and Cam
eron's in favor Of free silver were the feat
ur, of the oratory at the beginning Of the
senate week. Stewart began with a cita-
ton from Presidents Cleyeland's speech
on the occasion Of concentrating the
hundred n anniversary OF the laying Of the
cornerstone Ok the Capitol This speech
had been made by a president having
more than 1000 federal Offices 10 dis
pose Of and with veto power which had
been design ell only for extraordinary occa-
sions backed by concentrated capital and
encouraged and flattered by yenai press.
He described Cleveland on that occasion
as turning hi, face toward the senate wing
OF the Capitol and in angry and menacing
tones using the following language:
'ThoughtIess Multitude and VenaI Press"
@If the representatives who here assem-
bic to make laws for their fellow country
men forget the duty Of broad and disinter
ested patriotism, ANA legslate in prejudice
and passion, or in behalf Of sectional or
selfish interests. the time when the corner
stone OF the Capitol was laid and the cir
cumstances surrounding it VIII not be
worthy Of commemorAtion. This declara-
ton, Senator Stewart said, had been
cheereI and encouraged by thoughtless
multitude ard construed by n yenal press
as a rebuke TO the senate. The struggle
for constitutional liberty OF the Anglo
Saxon race which had been long, arduOus.
and attended with many sacrifices, had
lasted now FOR nearly 1909 years He
quoted at great length from Macau!ey's
History of England a. to the parliamentary
struggle with the Stuart kings.
charges Against the President.
He then charged the president with dis
regard If the legislative branch OF the gov
ernmeut in no. causing the silver purchase
law and the Chinese exclusion law TO be
faithfully executed, the reference TO the
silver purchase law being that the full
purchase OF silver per month had not been
purchased. Stewart undertook to say that
at no time since the execution of Charles |.
had any king or president, either in Eng
land or the United States deiaLtly dis
ODE ed statute which he hin self had de-
clared mandate y or had allowed his
subordinates 10 tisobeY il. The presidents
oath OF Office commanded him to see that
the laws were faithfully executed; hut
here was n pla II mandatory law that had
been disregarded. Was it not time TO
sound the alarm
seller Fixes the Price.
One reason given IN the treasury depart
meut for not buying the fun amonut OF
silver Is that the price at which it wa,
offered was above the marked price, and
Stewart denounced the treasury for acting
upon such reason, which led Mcpherson
10 ask whether Stewart AIeld that a price
demanded by a seller fixed the market
price. Senator Stewart replied in the
affirmative.
That ~ a very strange idea" said Nc
Phersou. Il Away supposed that the
market value Of an article was ne price
(which it would sell for in the market and
Chat in order 20 quote price there must
be purchaser as well as Il seller"
An Indignity Beyond Endurance.
But worse even tuan the uon-execution
OF these laws appeared 20 be, in Stewart'4
ODlulcus AuE AOultlllDAubuH dlll7lDllN 10
congress which ne found in some of Cieve-
lands letters aud alleged interviews. He
was particularly embittered at the presi-
dents allusiou in one of his letters to
shaving congress on his hands" This
was al indignity beyond endurance. And
then in retaliation the Nevada senator
scOffed at the president for his want OF a
collegiate or any other liberal education
that would fit him for his nigh office, and
read the presidents brief biography in
the congressional directory, laying much
stress on the points OF. Cleveland's career as
assistant teacher to the blind, clerk, sher-
if, mayor, and prActicing lawyer.
CIeveiand's Trip to the West"
The speaker made much fun of the bog-
raphy where it speaks of Cleveland going
"west" in l555-to Buffalo. "he went
west said Stewart, in tones OF great con
tempt; west. to Buffalo" Laughter.
The Nevada senator spoke two hours and
a half and then yielded to Cameron, and
after that gentlemen was through Bate
made Il speech, and then Stewart took up
his remarks and continued until Voorhees,
suggested an executive session, when he
crested
CAMERON FOR FREE SILVER.