The herald., 1893-09-26
HAULED OVER THE GOALS.
Senator Stewart ROasts the
President.
The Silver Statesman's Scath-
ing Criticisms.
Burning Invectives Hurled at the
Nations Chief.
Cleveland Denounced as an Uned ucated
Prig and an Arrogant Usurper
of Power-The Invective
to Be Continued.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated PreS3.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The fret thing
in the senate today, after routine morn
ing business, Was consideration of
Stewards resolution, offered on SatuF-
day, arraigning the president for at
tempting to coerce congress into passing
the silver repeal bill, thereby impairing
the independence of the coordinate
branches of the government, in viola
tion of the constitution and destructive
OF the government. The Nevada sena-
tor had scarcely spoken dozen words
in support of his resolution when Man
derson of Nebraska interrupted him
with the point that there was no
quorum. Enough senators finally stroll
led in to make a quorum. and Stewart
proceeded. He began by referring to
the recent centennial anniversary of the
laying OF the foundation stone of the
capitol, when, he said, the president,
with more than 100000 high paid gov
ernment Offices to bestow, with the veto
power designed only for extraordinary
occasions, backed by concentrated capi-
tai and "venal press" turning to
the senate wing, declared in menacing
tones that If the representatives there
assembled legislated in passion or preju-
dice in behalf of sectional or selfish in
terests, the time when the corner stone
was laid, or the circumstances surround
ing it, was not worth mentioning. This
sentiment, cheered by the thoughtlesH
multitude, was construed by the venal
press as a rebuke from the president to-
tho guilty, venal senate.
THE UsURPATroN OF POWER.
Stewart then quoted from the history
of England as to the parliamentary
struggle with the Stuarts. Coming to
the present time. he charged that the
president, in disregard of his oath Of
Office, allowed the secretary of the
treasury to violate the act which made
the purchase of 100000 ounces of sill
yer per month mandatory, by(exercising
unlawful discretion in purchasing 8
smaller amount.
Stewart declared that st no time since
Charles l.. either in England or the
United States, had any king or presi-
dent openly and defantly disobeyed q
statute which he himself had declared
mandatory, or allowed his subordinates
to do the same thing. Was it not time
to sound an alarm?
''If constitutional liberty is of any
value at all" said the senator, I'VE
should stand up and say to the presi-
dent: You have overstepped the
mark. We cannot afford to have the
laws Of congress disregarded.'
Stewart then eaid the president had
no exalted opinion of the senate or the
house. He seemed to regard them az
appendages of the executive. In one OF
his letters the president spoke of expect
ing soon to have a session of congress
on his hands," That spoke volumes
touching the presidents opinion of the
coordinate branches of the government
CLEvELAND's CoNcEIT.
Stewart then read from the Cincin-
natl Times-Star an interview with the
president in which he said the repeal of
the silver purchasing act could not be
effected this year. There was no news
paper reporter, Stewart said, who would
misrepresent Cleveland in the columns
This paper. They all had too much
respect for the office to do that. The ar
ticle continued: ''The people are with
me and my policy" said the president,
"but fear shall not be able to COM
mand action from congress. never
saw such obatinacy as exists among the
members OF congress on the silver ques-
tion. 1t is useless to appeal to them
now."
The assumption of the president that
he knew best, said Stewart, and that
those who had studied the subject all
their lives were wrong, was remarkable.
When such sentiments were uttured by
the chief executive, it became perth
nent to inquire where and when did he
acquire all his knowledge; where and
when did he have an opportunity to fa-
miliarize himself with the wants and
needs of the American people, and with
the science of money and economies;
where and when did he study 1t and m
what school?
growers LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
81 believe" said Stewart, ''that
Mr.. Cleveland is the only president who
has ever presided at the White house
who did not possess liberal education,
either in some college or on farm
where he communed with nature and
learned natures laws. l believe either
a country education among the people,
or a collegiate education, is necessary.
| do not believe the education of clerk
or q lawyer, without liberal education
in college or a liberal education by
studying the books of nature, can fit a
man to preside over the destiny of this
country. The three greatest presidents
we ever had received that liberal educa-
tion which nature affords, by coming in
contact with the people and taking
wider view OF the laws OF man ana Of
nature than can be obtained in q Law
Office or in q sheriff's odice, or in the
office OF q mayor or any other contracted
place where the great book OF nature is
closed"
He cited Washington, Lincoln and
Jackson az great examples of great pres
idents, as the result OF liberal educa-
tion. Unfortunately the preaent presi-
dent was denied both Q college educa-
tion and that grand and better edlca-
tion that came from communion with
/ the great producing clsaaea oi the coua~