St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-26
Senator Stewart Administers
a Very Severe Roast.
EFFORT TO GEORGE CONGRESS.
Declares He Is Controlled by
Concentrated Capital and
fLATTEREG BY A KERAL PRESS.
Parliamentary Struggle With
the Stuart Kings Recalled.
THE TIME TO SOUND THE ALARM.

WASHINGTON, D. g., Sept. 25.-The
session of the senate opened today at II
o'clock with Senator Stewards arraign-
ment of President Cleveland's violation
of the constitution in seeking to lnflu-
ence the legislative department of the
government. On last Saturday the Ne
vada senator fired the first gun at the
White house by the introduction of
resolution declaring that "independ-
ence of the coordination of the govern
ment must be maintained. and use of
power and influence of one department
to control the action of another is in
violation of the constitution and de-
structive of our policy and form of gov
eminent"
The resolution under the rules went
over until today. and was the first thing
in order after the preliminary business
following the reading of the journal.
There was dead stiffness as the
Nevada senator opened his attack on
the president TO. his alleged endeavor
TO coerce congress into passing the re-
peal bill. A dozen words had scarcely
been spoken before Senator ManderSon.
of Nebraska, broke in with an Interrupt
ton. Senator Stewart made an i'm
patient objection, but the Nebraska
senator persisted. Mr.. Manderson said
there was no quorum present.
The roll was called, and absentees
6tr0iled in until quorum responded to
their names.
SENATOR STEWART
then resumed his speech. He began by
reference to the laying of the corner
stone of the capitol, and the recent cen
tennial anniversary of that event. On
the latter occasion, he said, the presi-
dent of the United States, armed with
more than hundred thousand high
paid federal offices to bestOw, with the
constitution designed only for eX-
traordinary events, backed by con-
centrated capital and fiattered
by venal press, turned his
face towards the senate wing of the
capitol, and in angry and menacing
tones said if the representatives there
assembled legislateu in prejudice or
passion, or in behalf of sectional or
sectional interests, the circumstance S
surrounding it would not be worth COM
memOrating. This declaration, said Mr..
Stewart which had been cheered and
encouraged by thoughtless multitude,
had been construed by venal press as
a rebuke from the president of the
United States to a guilty and venal SEN
ate. He then quoted at length from
Macaulay's History of England" as to
the parliamentary struggle with the
Stuart kings. Coming to the present
time, Mr.. Stewart charged that the
president. in disregard to his oath to
execute the laws, had permitted the
secretary of the treasury to violate the
act which made the purchase of 100000
ounces of silver bullion per month
mandatory, by exercising au unlawful
discretion in purchasing smaller
amount.
MIR. Stewart undertook to say that at
no time since the execution of Charles
l., either in England or in the United
States, had any king or president ever
openly and detiantly disobeyed state
ment which he himself declared man.
datory, or allowed his subordina tes
over whom he had control to do the
same thing. Was it not time to
SOUND TIE ALARM?
If constitutional liberty were of any
value, it seemed to him that all friends
and foes should stand up and say to the
president of the United States:
You have overstepped the mark; we
cannot afford to have the laws of con-
gresS or any question disregarded."
Mr.. Stewart said the president of the
United States had no exalted opinion of
the senate or the house. He regarded
it doubtless as an appendage to the
executive department. Mr.. Stewart
then read from a letter written by the
president accepting an invitation TO at
tend the centennial celebration of Will
Jams college, in which he said he soor
expected to "haYe a session of congress
on MS hands"
"a session of congress on my hands, .
repeated Mr.. Stewart in simulated seri
business. That remark spoke volumes
in interpreting how the president re-
garded the coordinate branches of the
government. Would a man who fully
appreciated the responsibility of his of
fee even by accident make the remark
congress would be on his hands
Congress had assembled as an independ
ent branch of the government; was or
nobody's hands.
New York was great place to study
finance, said Mr.. Stewart. He woulc
there come in contact with men whC
know less than he did.
Why did the president say in a
CoNTEMPTUoUS MANNER
that he would have congress on hi:
hands? Why did he say congressmer
were obstinate and would not allow
others who knew all about it to estab
lish the financial policy of the country,
Did it arise from knowledge? In wha
public document had the president eve
showed any light on the great question
of finance? If we would stop thu
necessity for revolution and preserve
the equilibrium of the departments o.
the government we must protest now
The attention of the people must bt
called to the aggressiOns. 1t is the
only way to preserve the independence
of the coordinate branches of the gov
ernment.
Mr. Stewart had read an article from
n New York paper which said "Mr
Voorhees,, the free coinage chairman Of
the finance committee" had received
plum from the administration in the
appointment of friend as fourth audi
EoE OF the treasury. Mr. Voorhee.