The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-09-26
STEWART MAKES CHARGES
Grover Cleveland doesn't Know what
he is Talking about"
LOOKS MUCH LIKE A MONARCHY
The silver Senator gets Warm and
Roundly Donounces tho President for
His Autocratic Ideas.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 25,--The first thing
in the senate today after the routine
morning business was the considera-
tion of Stewards resolution offered on
Saturday arraigning the president for
attempting to coerce congress into
passing the silver repeal bill, thereby
impairing the independence of a CO.
ordinate branch of the government in
violation of the constitution and de-
structive to the government. Stewart
began by referring to the recent CEN
tennial anniversary of the laying Of
the corner stone of the capital, when
he said the president, with more than
hundred thousand high paid govern
ment offices to bestow, with a veto
power designed only for extraordinary
occasions, backed by concentrated cap
ital and a "venal press" turning to
the senate wing, declared in menacing
tones, that If the representatives there
assembled legislated in passion or pre-
judice or on behalf of sectional or sell
llsh interests, the time when the cor
ner stone was laid, or the circumstan-
ces surrounding it would not be worth
commemorating This sentiment had
been sheered by the thoughtless null
titude, and construed by the "venal
press" as a rebuke from the president
to the guilty venal senate. Stewart
then quoted from the history of En-
gland as to the parliamentary struggle
with the Stuarts. Coming to the pres
ent time, he charged that the presi-
dent, in disregard of his oath of office,
had allowed the secretary of the treas
ury to violate an act which made the
purchase of four and half million
ounces of silver per month mandatory,
by exercising his unlawful discretion
in purchasing smaller amounts. Was
1t not time to sound an alarm? IL con-
stitutional liberty was Of any value,
all should stand up and say to the
president, ''yoii have overstepped the
mark; we cannot afford to have the
laws of congress disregarded."
Stewart said the president had no
exalted opinion of the senate or house
as shown by a recent letter in which
he said he expected soon to have a
session of congress on his hands =
Stewart then read from the Cincinnati
Times-Star an interview with the pres
ident in which he said:
"Tho repeal of tho silver purchasing
act could not be effected this year.
The people are with me and my pol
icy, but fear 1 shall not be able to
command any action from congress. II
is useless to appeal to them now"
.The assumption Of the president
that he knows best" said Stewart,
"and that those who had studied the
subject all their lives were wrong, was
remarkable Where and when did he
have the opportunity to familiarize
himself with the wants and needs Of
the American people. and with the
science of money and economies?
Where and when did he study it, and
in what school?' Il believe" said
Stewart, ''that this president is the
only president who has ever presided
at the White House who did not pos
sess a liberal education, either in some
college or on a farm, where he commu-
nicated with nature and learned ma
ture's laws. The three greatest presl-
dents we ever had, received that lib
eral education which nature affords
Coming in contact with the people and
taking wider views of the laws Of man
and nature than can be obtained In
a law office or in sherlff's Office OF
ir the office of mayor or any other
contracted place where the great book
of nature is closed" He cited Wash
ington, Jackson, and Lincoln, as great
examples of the great presidents, as
/ result OF liberal education. Unfor-
tunately, the present president had
rcen denied both college education
and that grander and better educa-
tion that came from communion with
the great producing classes Of the
country
without concluding, Stewart yielded
to Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, who
spoke against the repeal bill. Cam
eron said:
'1f silver is sacrificed the manufac-
turers viii be responsible for it, and
in that case take 1t for granted, that
the silver states win revenge them
selves by throwing all their weight or
the side Of reduction Of the tariff
Our manufacturers might flourish on 2
low silver and high tariff basis I pro
pose that gold loan Of 50 many mil
lions as congress may decide, be bought
at the market rate and held in the
treasury as a gold reserve as It is held
in the bank Of France and by the gov
ernments Of the Latin Union. ] pro