St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-08
SENATORS ARE LAZY.
THEY LOAF ~ TIE CLOAK R00HS
WHILE STEWERT T{LKS.
MANY REPEAL MEN ABSENT.

The silver Senator Does Not Like
Advice From the New York
Herald and World Pruprietors
Who Live Abraat1--CleVeIand
and His Friends Freely Criti-
cised.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Sept. THE
day in The senate gave no indication of
the approach of vote on the repeal
bill. The course taken by the silver
men in having frequent calls OF the SELL
ate, thus compelling the attendance of
senators, has apparently weakened the
repeal forces. On both roll calls today
Senator German. who is commonly
given the credit of the leadership of the
hosts of repeal, was absent, as WAS Sen
ator Villas, of Wisconsin. one OF the
mainstays of the administration in the
senate. Notwithstanding the faet that
the roll vas twice called, at no time
during Mr. Stewards speech was a
quorum present, beyond the brief time
when senators emerged from cloak
rooms and left their committee rooms to
have their presence recorded.
Among those whose presence in the
senate during Mr.. Stewards speech was
limited to the short time when they APP
peared to have their votes recorded were
Senator Voorhees,. chairman Of the
finance committee, and other leading
repeal senators. BY these roll calls the
silver adne:entS have shown that many
of the strongest repeal men are not con-
slant in their attendance upon the sem
ate during the present hours OF session.
and it will be pointed out that PROPOSE
tons for
LONGER SESSIONS
of the senate would come with bad
grace from their ranks.
The presentation by Mr.. " olcott Rep.
COLI Of petition of business men OF a
town in Colorado for the repeal OF the
Mckinley act and the submission later
by the same senator OF a resolution for
information as To the amount paid i'll
bOunties to the producers OF maple
sugar. emphasize the position which
tat natOr took in his recent
Speech, that if the Sherman act
were repealed he saw no reason why
the measure which bears tue name of
OhIo's governor should not meet the
same fate. Mr.. WOlcutt is evidently
laying a foundation to carry out that
view. The sugar industry is largely
confined to New England, where the
sentiment for the repeal Of the Sher-
man act and the maintenance OF the
protective system is strongest Mr..
WO!cott Spurned q suggestion from
New England senator to modify his res
olUtien SO as TO include all sugars, in
Sisting that he vas fully able to draft
his own resolutions.
Mr.. Stewart rep, New resumed the
floor and started Oh the third INSTALL
ment OF his speech. He read from the
New York World. which he SAID gave
the law to the senate. The senate
should be grateful TO Mr.. Pulitzer for
advising II as to exactly what the people
of the United States think. he was
especially adapted TO perform that
function BIZ reason of the fact that he
was born i'll Europe and nov resided
there daughter. The Nevada SEN
ator then read FROM the New York Her
aid to the effect that j
THE POPULAR WILL
on the silver question had been eX-
pressed in unmiStakable terms. and
must be Obeyed. lit IS true, said Mr..
Stewart, .'tiiat Mr.. Bennett was born in
this country, but think he has resided
abroad for the last quarter OF century.
Why should he assume to, be more fs=
millar with public sentiment than those
of us who have lived here all OUT liveS?"
The chairman of the Ilnauces commit
tee Mr.. Voorhees, was the next person.
age TO receive attention at the hands OF
Mr. Stewart.
II will show YOU how the distin-
guished senator got here" he explained.
He then read from MIR. Voorhees, biog-
raphy in the congressional directory.
Soon after entering the senate"
read tue biography. 'he { y oOrheesl ad-
dressed that body IN favor OF free coin
age OF silver. In this speech he laid
down the principles on which, as di-
rect issue. the state of Indiana was car
ried by tue Democratic party the fol-
lowing year by over $1,000 majority i'll
tue election of members of the legIsla-
ture. This legislature returned HIM
oorheeSl to the senate by twenty
three majority"
Mr.. DOipn (Rep., Or at this point of
the speech said the absence OF senators
was manifest; he did not even see the
senator from Colorado tFellerj VINO was
SO anxious that quorum should be
present during the present discussion.
Laughter.
A roll cali showed fifty-seyen senators
present, among whom was Mr. Teller.
He emerged from
THE CLOAK ROOM
with an embarrassed look, and was
good naturedly twitted by his col
leagues. He subsequently called at
tentIon to the absence of quorum, and
the roll was again called
Referring TO President Cleveland, Mr.
Stewart said il was sad thing for the
American people that i'll his early life
and ripper manhood he had not been sur
rounded as Andrew Jackson had been,
10y the producing classes, by the labor
ing men and The farmers. that he might
Sympathize with them Mr.. Cleveland
was reared i'll the city; his office was in
the Mills building i'll New York, the
very center in the United States of Eu-
ropeau influence. He sympathiZed with
his surroundings, and his surroundings
were unfortunate for the American peO-
pie Mr.. Cleveland's organs, said Mr..
Stewart. constantly praised him for the
use of federal patronage to secure the
destruction of all legislation that point
ed to silver. II do not charge him with
it." said Mr.. Stewart, drawing himself
10 his full height and speaking with
much warmth, ''but if if is not true, he
should exciaim: oh, God, deliver ME
from my fTiendsI
MIR. Stewart said there were several
other branches of the subject OF which
he would treat hereafter llaugilteri,
but that he wOnid now close for the
present.
Mr.. Plat REP. Conn., suggested that
there were a good many senators who
hoped that vote would be reached on
the repeal bill before next Thursday,
and he inquired of Mr.. Daniel whether
1t was not possible to fix some earlier
day TO sOeak. i1
MI. Platt's statement was received by
the silver men with evident amuse-
ment. els
There was good deal of executive
business, MIR. Voorhees, said. and he
therefore moved that the senate pro-
coed to the consideration of executive