New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-26
WITH A CONGRESS ON HIS HANDS,
MR.. CLEvELAND's CHOICE OF WORDS DOESN'T
SUIT THE SILVER CHAMPION

MR.. CLEYELAND'S CHOICE OF WORDS DOESN'T
SUIT THE SILVER CHAMPION.
Washington. Sept. 25-Presdent Cleveland was
the object of a prolonged personal attack In the
Senate to-day on the part of Senator Stewart Rep.
New. Mr.. Stewart spoke for nearly three hours
on the resolution which he had offered last Satur-
day as to the relative independence of the three
coordinate branches OF the Government. That In
dependence he charged the President with disre-
garding in many ways. but particularly in not
causing the Silver Purchase law and the Chinese
Expulsion law to be faithfully executed But worse
even than the non-executon of these laws appeared
to be- in Mr.. Stewards opinion, the contemptuous
illusions to Congress which he found In some OF
Mr. Clevelands letters and interviews. He was
particularly embittered at the Presidents alusion
in one of his letters having Congress on his
hands" The attendance of Senator'S was unusually
small. This the text Of the resolution:
Resolved That the Independence OF coordinate de-
lartncnts OF Goyernment-the Legislative. the Ex
ecutiye Judicial-mus be maintained, tnd that
the use Of the power and depart nent
control the of another is In violation Of the Con.
,titu,ion and destructive OF form OF
Mr. Stewart in speaking on the resolution. began
with a citation from President Clevelands speech
last Monday on the occasion of concentrating the
hundreth anniversary Of the laying OF the corner
stone of the Capitol The speech. he said had been
made by a President having more than 10000 Fed
eral offices to dispose of, and with veto power
which had been designed only for extraordinary
casions, backed by concentrated capital and en-
couraged and fattered by venal press. He
described Mr. Cleveland on that occasion as turn
ing his face toward the Senate wing OF the Capi-
tol and In angry and menacng tones, using the
following language:
'If the Representatives who here assemble to
make laws for their fellow-countrymen forget the
duty of broad and disinterested patriotism, ana
legislate in prejudice and passion or IN oehait OK
sectional or selfish interests the time when the cor
nerstone Of the Capitol was laid and the circum-
stances surrounding it will not be worthy OF com.
memoratng."
choared and encouraged by a thoughtless multi
tude and construed by a venal press as rebuks
from the President OF the United states TO the
Senate The struggle for constitutional liberty (he
continued) Of the Anglo-Saxon race, which had been
long arduous and attended with many sacrifices,
had lasted now for nearly thousand years He
then quoted at great length from Macauay's His
tory of England as 10 the parliamentary struggle
with the Stuart kings.
SILVER PURCHASES NOT COMPLETE. ~s
Mr. Stewart charged that the President. in dis.
regard of his oath of office to execute the laws.
had permitted the Secretary Of the Treasury to vo-
late the law Of January a. 1890 whch made the pur.
chase OF 100000 ounces OF silver bullion per month
mandatory In proof of this charge he presented let
ter from the Secretary or the treasury showing
that I'm the OF July last 6o6so ounces OF sill
YER bullion had been offered and only 23s2sl
purchased: and in August 4.7S300o ounces offered
and only Sss7 500 purchased. He had not yet the
statement for this month. but he understood the
purchases were still less although silver bullion
was offered far below the cost OF production. He
could not conceive how this could be justified In View
OF the scarcity of currency which should have been
Increased by the issue Of treasury certificates for
,ilv hull liz knew that excuse made
that silver bullion was not purchased because the
holders asked more than the market price, but he
insisted that the market price OF property was that
at which the owner was willing to sell. However
much some Senators might deprecate the law Of
July IA, iS9e-as King James had deprecated laws
on the English statute book-all (ooth high ana
lov) had to obey the law II civil liberty was to b