The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-30
Cleveland Arraigned by Stewart.

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President Cleveland was ar
raigned in the United States Senate
Monday for violating the spirit o.
the Constitution in endeavoring tc
destroy the law-making branch O
the government by seeking to CO
cree Congress into the passage o.
the repeal bill. Senator Stewart Of
Nevada presented a resolution de-
claring that the independence o.
the coordinate department of. the
government must be maintained
and the use of power and influence
in one department to control the
action of another, is q violation Of
the Constitution and destruction
of our form of government. Senator
Stewards speech, Monday, upon the
course of President Cleveland as ar
usurper was as follows:
He began by referring to the re-
cent centennial anniversary of the
laying of the corner stone of the
capitol, when, lie said the presi.
dent, with more than 100000 high
paid government Offices to bestow
with the veto power designed only
for extraordinary occasions, backed
by concentrated capital and a venal
press, turning to the senate wing
declared in menacing tones if the
representatives there assembled leg
islated in passion or prejudice OF
in behalf of sectional or selfish in
terests, the time when the corner
stone was laid, or circumstance.
surrounding it, would not be worth
commemorating. This sentiment
was cheered by the thoughtless
multitude and was construed by a
venal press as a rebuke from the
presiden to a guilty senate.
Stewart then quoted from the his
tory of England as to the parlia-
mentary struggle with the Stuarts.
Coming to the present time, he
charged that the president, in dis
regard of his oath of Office, allowed
the secretary of the treasury to vio-
late an act which made the pur-
chase of 100000 ounces of silver
per month mandatory, by exercis-
ing unlawful discretion and pur-
chasing a smaller amount.
Stewart declared at no time since
Charles I, in either England or the
United States, had any king or pres
ident openly de6antly disobeyed
statute which he himself declared
was mandatory, or allowed a sub
ordinate to do the same thing. Was
it not time to sound an alarm? If
constitutional liberty was of any
value all should stand up to say to
the president "You have overstep-
ped the mark we cannot afford to
have laws of congress disregarded."
Stewart said the president had
no exalted opinion of the senate
and house. He seemed to re-
gard it as an appendage to the ex-
ecutive. In one of his letters the
president spoke of expecting soon
to have a session of congress on his
hands" That spoke volumes touch
ing the presidents opinion of a CO.
ordinate branch of the government.
Congress was on nobody's hands.
Stewart then read from the Gin
cinnati Times Star an interview
with the president in which he said
''The repeal of the purchasing act
could not be effected this year."
There was no newspaper reporter,
Stewart said, who would misrepre-
sent the president in the columns of
his paper; they all had too much
respect for the Office to do that.
The article continued "The people
are with me and my policy" said
,he president, "but I fear l shall
aot be able to command action from
l never saw such obsti-
macy as exists among members on
he silver question. It is useless
20 appeal to them now"
The assumption of the president
hat be knew best, said Stewart, and
hat those who had studied the sub
ect all their lives were wrong was
emarkable. When such a senti-
nent was uttered by the chief execu-
i've, it became pertinent to inquire
where and when did he acquire all |
knowledge? Where and when did |
10 have an opportunity to familiar
re himself with the wants and
leeds of the American people and
With the science of money and eco
lomics? Where and when did he
tudy it and in what school? II be-
ieve," said Stewart, .'the president
8 the only president who has ever
'resided at the White House who
lid not possess liberal education,
ither in some college or on farm,
where he communed with nature
nd learned natures laws. believe
ither q country education among
he people or collegiate education
8 necessary. l do not believe the
ducation of clerk or a lawyer,
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