Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-27
SENATOR STEWART.
He Again Occupies the Time of the
Senate
WITH a CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH.
A Lively CoIloquy With Senator
Carey Takes Place.
THE PRESIDENT ATTACKED.


Promptly at IL this morning the Vice
President tapped his desk with the sayeI
ana announced that the Senate resumed its
session. Caeferrfng to that which BEGAN ON
tuesday, the 18th, and has continued ever
since). He then, without an instant,s
pause announced that he laid before the
Senate the unfinished business" being
House bill No. l. Crhe silver purchase re-
peal bil). At this time there were but few
democratic Senators present, although
many OF the most distinguished on the re-
publican side We're in their seats-including
Mr. sherman tOhio), who was one OF the
nrst 10 enter the hall this morning, and
Mr.. Morrill, Vt.), who made his appearance
ior the hrst time since he left the city on
leave OF absence about two months ago. A
joint resolution was offered by Mr.. Cul,or
uiis') and was referred. to transfer the
model battieship Illinois to The state of
iiihois as an armory for the use OF the
naval militia of that state at the close of
the Columbian exposition.
me absence of quorum having been
suggested, the roll was called, and forty
Tour Senators answered.
For a school Of Mines.
senate bill to aid the states of California,
vada, Wyoming. Colorado and South Da-
kota to support schools of mines ,allowing
to each of them 2S per cent of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of mineral lands within
those states, but not to exceed $1,000 per
year,. was reported by Mr.. Dubois Qdaho)
from the committee on public lands, and
was, on his motion, considered. 1t was
| explained and advocated by Mr. Teller
(Coi). Mr.. Dubois. Mr.. Pettigrew SD.
MIR. Mcpherson IN. j. and MIR. Higgins
Del). After some discussion an amend
ment was offered by Mr.. washburl (Minn)
sofa to the other states, and as SO amended
the bill was passed.
| Mr.. Stewart Again Takes the Floor.
| The debate on the silver purchase repeal
bill was then, at lao, resumed. and Mr..
Stewart Nev9 began again his talk upon
bimetallism.
bimetailists. There were some Senators
| who boasted that under no circumstance
| could they be seduced into a surrender OF
their high standard Of bimetallic views
| executive-that ai-powerful and Sirhe hero
of monometallism, who welded not only
legislative, but executive authority-had
boldly informed him that no argument OF
his could induce them surrender one iota
of their stern bimetallic virtue. They had
got up compromise amendments, which
| were a kind of legislative cutie fsh. There
were two or. three such amendments. he
believed that the Senator from West Nir-
ginia (Mr. Faulkner was entitled to the
credit of making the first discovery that
such a legislative cutie fish could be IN
vented. The Senator from Washington
(Mr. Squire has also invented one. These
legislative cutfle fish would be very useful
to Senators in the next campaign.
The cutie fish had q way OF hiding him
self from attack by the emission OF n
black fluid which colored the water. The
Senators who had got up these legisiauve
cutie fish would use them vigorously In
the next campaign. They would so muddy
the water as to blind the eyes Of their con-
stituents Tricks of that kind, which one
might suppose to be vain. succeeded some
times.
An Amusing Colloquy.
After some more talk OF this kind an
J amusing colloquy sprang up between Mr..
Stewart on the one side. and Mr.. Carey
(Wyo.) and Mr.. Dolph (OregD on the other.
For some time questions and answers came
rapidly. but the senatorial antagonists
could not succeed in understanding each
other. Mr.. Carey characterized Mr.. Stew
art as a monometallist and Mr.. Stewart
told him that he was mistaken and did not
know what bimetsllism meant His creed
on that point was laid down by MIR. Carey
and was to the effect that IL the~ country
vert to the free coinage Of silver any IL
gold Were thus driven out of use the silver
would become the exclusive standard and
: the country would be. for all practical pur-
poses, a single silver standard That
exposition of Mr.. Carey's belief showed MI.
Stewart 'how little the senator from
: Wyoming had thought upon the subject"
Q.aughter.) Bimetallsm, he added. was
having the mints open to both metals
AT what ratio?" Mr.. Carey asked.
: AT the ratio of l6 to l. Mr.. Stewart re
piled, and he added, You say that the
consequence will be that gold will be driven
out OF the country. 1 say that gold will
not go out until We have got silver coin
. enough to take its place and that Will take
so many years that gold win probably be
cheap before that time"
Mr.. Dolph Gets Into IL.
At this stage Of the controversy Mr..
Dolph managed to get into II and made
a point against Mr.. Stewart for not insist
ing on the old ratio OF Is to ]. After talk
: ing some time with numerous vain attempts
on the part of MIR. Stewart to stop him the
latter finally said: "win you give me q
moment now?' Mr.. Dolph yielded, with a
parting shaft aimed at the Nevada Sena-
tor. who had" he admitted. "a right TO
be heard on the subject" Then the con-
troversy was transferred once more to Mr..
Carey. After some mutual thrusts at each
other, which furnished much amusement to
the crowd In the galleries. Mr.. Stewart re-
sponded to some question of Mr.. Carey's.
How many times must i tell You. U.augh-
teri 1 decline to be interrupted further"
Mr.. Carey withdrew from the contest
with the singing remark that III the Sena-
; tor from Nevada would talk less. and would
try to understand more. the Senate would
get along better" Mr.. Stewards retort
was: Il think that you have talked to the
full extent of your information" Uaugh-
! ter.) This closed the dialogue and for
some time Mr.. Stewart proceeded without
further interruption. He referred TO the
President as the man whose law came from
Wall street, and who had been guilty Of .
gross act of notification i'm the matter Of
the silver purchase law: and said that IL
was the last time the people Of the United
States would trust Wall street lawyer In
the executive chair.
"The Music of Golden Avarfce."
He referred in bitter terms to Senators
who had once been the eloquent supporters
Of silver a money metal, but who were.
now obeying the behests Of the President
and marching to the music Of golden
avartce." Some extraordinary power, he
said. must have been exercised to swerve
them from what they had once considered
| to be the path OF duty. He suggested q
postponement of this criminal act until
those Senators had gone back to their pco-
pie and had their warrants renewed. The
voice of a press in the interest Of a gold
ring was not sufficient The command Of
a President with an office in Wall stree.
was not sufficient. He ventured the pre-
diction that if the Voorhees, bill with the
promise of bmetailism in iD went TO the
President IL would never receive his sigma
ture That promise would be taken out in
the House of Representatives or i'm the con-
ference committee or in some other way.
Failing that the President would never
Sic He ya,tld lati IN haoa Ian