The Helena independent., 1893-09-26
Stewart Arraigns Cleveland for Al :
legged lnterference with Con.
gressional prerogatives
Charged with Having Deliberately
Disoheyed u Statute Ad-
mitted Mandatory.
Uhiltted by Education or Experience. Says
Neva'l"'a Senator, Ter the High
Oftos No Occupies,


Stewards resolution, offered Saturday, Ar
raigninR ths president for a.tern ptiug to
oosrce congress- into passing ths silver re-
peal bill. thereby tmpairing the indepsn-
dsne IS of She CO. ordinate branch Of ths gov
srnment, IN violation Of the constitution
and destructive of tho principles OF our
government. Tho Nevada senator began
by referring TO the recent centennial ami.
vsrsary OF tho laying Of the cornsr-stons Of
the capitol, when. he aAil. the president,
with more than 4 hundred Thousand high
paid government Offices 10 bsstow, With n
veto power designed only for extraordinary
occasions. backed by concentrated capital
and "a venal trsss," tuning to the senate
wing, declared in rnensoinR tones that IL
the representatives there assembled legis-
lated in pnssion or prejudice or In behalf Of
sectional or selfish interests, the time when
the cornerstone was laid or the oircum.
StMnces surrounding IL would not DO worth
commemovAting.
This ssntiment was chocred by the
thouahtleas n,ultitude and construed by a
venal presa AZ rebuke from the president
to the guilty, vsnal senate. Stewart then
charged that the president in disi spard Of
HE oath Of ofilee allowed the secretary OF
the treasury TO violate the act which
made the purchase of 4,500.000 ounces
OF silver pcr month mandatory, by exerois-
Ing unlawful discretion In purchasing n
smaller amount.
Stewart declared that Ut no sime since
Charles l., either In England or the United
States. had any king or resident 40 openly,
l.An "A, nA,rkA ktal,
himself dec area mandatory, or allowed
his subordinates to do the same thing.
Was II not time to sound the alarm? II
constitutional libs " was OF any value. all
should stand up and say TO the president.
"foN have oversttpled the ma X. We can
not afford to have tho laws Of congress- dis
regarded"
stswa,t seia that the prssidsnt had no
exalted opinion OF the senate or of the
house. He seemed to regara conRre cas- ~ an
Nppsndage to the executive. In one of his
letters the president had spoken of expect
ing soon 10 have "a session of oongresa on
HIS hands," That spoke volumes touching
the prssiasnrs opinion OF the coordinate
branch Of the government. Congress wns
on Aobody's hands.
Stswa, then read from the Cincinnati
Times-Star an interview with the presi'
dent, in which he said tho repeal OF tho
silver purchasing act could not 10 effected
this year. Thore was no ns wspaper reporter,
Stewart said, who would misrspresent the
prestdsnt In the columns Of his pare /;
they all had too much respect for the
office 10 do that. The srtie 10 con,inusa:
"The people are with rue and my policy
said the prssidVnt but l fear l shall not be
able TO command action from congress-, l
never saw suoh obstinacy hs exists among
the members on the silver question. Ii 10
useless 10 appeal 70 them now"
v,ki N.Af In khnt ka
knows beat. said Stewart, and that those
who had studied the subject all III, ir lives
were wrong, was remarkable. When such a
sentiment was uttered by the chief execu
tive, II became pertinent 10 inquire where
and when did he acquire all his know
edge s, ,.,,.v. " mid s.ox.r,. .,,., ~. -, =
id, mt Ia the only president who has ever
presided at the White house who did not
poasoss a liberal education, acquired either
in soms college or on farm, whore he
communicated with nature and learned ma
ture's laws. believe that either n country
education among tho people or = collegiate
eluoAt,on IL necessary. ! do not believe the
education OF u clerk or lawyer, without IL
liberal eduOation In college, or y llbern
education by studying the books Of natu .,
can At man 70 preside over the destiny Of
tins county. The three areasestp ssidents
we Eyer aad s.esaysa ,h"s nn onss eanee,o
with tho people and tnk.n. wider views OF
the laws of man and nature than cnn be-
obtained in 4 law office or In \ aheritl's
otloe, or IN the Office OF mayor, or any other
contracted place whore she great book OF
nature IL closed"
Hs cited Warrington, jackson and Lin
| ooln AZ z eAt examples of great presidents
az tho result OF such Nh sducaa aion. unfor-
tunAtely the present president was denied
both n college education aud that grand
mud better education that comes { ON eom.
munion with the great producing Glasses Of
the country, communion with ths uioneers
of the wHst communion with those who
| formed the bone ana stnsw OF The country,
communion with tho Iurs aspiration OF
| { ee American citizens.
"lf tho present president had known what
Washington knsw, II he had known the
| people ~ Washington, "a Jackson and as
| Lincoln fully appreciated thsM, hs would
not have uttered tho ren,aI Ia he did. He
would not have talked Of the ohstinncy of
| cong rsaa, nor would he have tNlkod or hav-
| Ing conRrsas on h,s hands. :,
| "His environments have been peculiar"
| said Stewart. ne then read from thn
| president's biography in the cong essional
not be questionsd. "At 10 years Of age he
| Saeme Assis,ant teasher IA ths New York
| institute for tho blind" read Stewart. and
added: "ls looks now No II he had not
| gotten entirely oves that iuea.' Laugh
| lcr
"ln 1866 no went west In search Of en-
rloymenL' continued the biography. =.
Let M noe what his idea OF tho wess la
said Stewart. Then he read on; En-
gagged with his uncle Rt Buffalo nukhter
10 aid In the compilation Of the American
herd hook lLAuehts', Upon retiring
I, ON the prssideney.' tho hiosrashy rsad,
'he located In Now York city and resumed
| tho ptNNtiCe uf lnw' ~
Without concluding, stewart yielded to
Cameron, OF Penna> lvRnR, who spoks
aRinss Tho repeal bill.
Cameron sAid, "Undsr the much abused
sherman act Va increase our currency now
about E,0O, 600 year, barely enough t.
meet the nseda OF the natural increase ol
POPULATION. In very few years this ae
will undoubtedly restrict coinage. III,
people OF Pennsylvania want oven now, ant
xtrsssly require, n greater increase thar
thia. II ailver 10 sacrificed, manufacturer
VIII be responsible tor II and IN Tint oase,
taks II for granted. the silver states will te
vsn1e themselves by III owing all the
we'gha un sho Hiue uf u rsiuutiun vi iii
tariff. Our manufacturers might tlon tal
on low atlvsr aud high tariff; they mus
perish On gold and low tariff.