Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-10-07
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDING.


The Senate.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 25.--In the senate TO
DAY the resolution offered Saturday bs
Mr.. Stewart, rep, Nevada. as 10 the co
ordinate departments of the government,
was laid before the senate Here is the
text:
Resolved, That the independence OF
the coordinate departments Of the gov
ernment-the Legislative, the executive
and the judicial must be maintained,
and that the use of the power and infiu
ence of one department 10 control the
action of another is in violation of the
constitution and destructive of our form
Of government
Mr.. Stewart began with a citation from
President CIeyeland's speech last Mon.
day on the occasion OF c"ommemora.ing
the Tooth anniversary Of the laying OF
the corner stoEe of the capitol, which Mr..
Stewart said had been cheered and en-
couraged by "A ~thougntless multitude anc
construed by "a veual press as a re
bike from the president OF the
United States to the senate. The
struggle for constitutional liberty, he
continued, of the Anglo-Saxon race,
which had been long. arduous and at
tended with mauy sacrifices, had lasted
now for nearly 100 years He went on
to quote at great length from Maeauley's
history Of England as TO tue parliament-
airy struggle with the stuart kings.
a9%inF Mr.. back Stewart to charged iaf pFs s6a:
the president. in disregard of his
oath of Office TO execute the laws
had permitted the s~ecretary % the treas
nry TO violate the law Of January IL, 1897,
which made the purchase 4~.JJJ,Du0 ounces
Of silver bullion per month mandatory.
Was it not time he asked to sound tue
alarm. Ii constitutional liberty was of
any value it seemed 10 him that all,
friends and foes, should stand up
and say 20 the president OF the
United States. You have over
stepped the mark. We cannot afford 10
nave the laws Of congress ~disregarded.'
IL IA eXective might violate one law he
might violate another. Was the president,
be asked, to nave the option To- obey or 10
-efnse TO obey enaetments.
Mr.. tewar spoke for two and a hall
hours. The resolution on which he spoke
Gould nave gone 10 the calendar at /
o'clock, but Mr. Voorhees, consented 20
let il 20 over till tomorrow and let M.
stewart continue his speech Is II IL were
III the resolution. A great dea! OF
I ne speech vas devoted 20 = bitter alta X
lpon President Cleveland a. a man who
aad no collegiate or other training that
could have fitted him for his position, but
Gho had spent hts early life in such pur-
suits a. teaching the blind and acting as
clerk. sheriff and mayor.
WASHINGTON, Sept. % ~ resolution
vas offered in the senate tnis morning by
Mr.. Dubois, rep. Idaho, and went over
till tOmorrow-when he IL 10 speak upOn
it-for the postponement till the 18Th OF
January. 1894, of all legislation ia the sem
ate relating TO the federal election law
tariff and finance, 50 that the par
TALLY unrepresented states OF Washing
ton. Montana and Wyoming may have
the votes. influence and protection guar
anteed TO every state by the constitution.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
P.ffer. pop, Kansas. was laid before the
senate. and was spoken against by Mr..
Sherman. rep. Ohio, a. requiring "A great
deal OF labor and as entirely unnecessary
the anticipation OF interest beng .
matter Of public notoriety.
Mr.. Pefer's resolution was, after dis
cussion laid on the table-yeas -, nays
~.
The repeal bill was then taken up and
Me- stewart, rep Nevada, was recOg-
nlZed. His " resolution as To the inde-
pendence OF the several departments OF
the government was ruled 10 ave gone
to the calendar, but he minated that he
would renew II and go on with his speech.
An indication of opposition 10 permitting
him TO renew MS attack on the president
was shown By Mr.. Quay. rep, Pennsyl-
yania. Mr.. stewart. however. did not
care 10 address the senate Immediately
and having yielded the floor, Mr.. Per
kins, rep, California, took IL and adj
dressed the senate.
WA,HISGToS, sept 29-In the course Of
the morning business in the senate Mr..
Cameron, rep. Pennsylvania, presented
the petition OF Wharton Barker of Phila
ielphia and many business firms. asking
for legislation 10 preserve protection and
lie integrity of silver as a money metal.
The repeal b III was then taken mp and
Mr.. Harris, dem, Tennessee, addressed
the senate, contending that the sherman
act had nothing to do with bus ness
troub.es.
Mr.. Harris made an argument against
the bill declaring that IL meant, and in
his opinion. was intended to mean that
there snon2 be no more iegaI tender sfl'
YER dollars and that hereafter silver shall
be used only as fractional currency. 1t
meant practical characterization Of silver,
monometallism. a gold standard.
At the close of Mr.. Harris speech he
expressed himself ready 10 accept any
fair and honorable compromise but said
hat he wonld vote against unconditiona
repeal He was followed by Mr. Morgan
dem, Alabama, who argued against the
bill. and ridicu!ed the proposed interna'
tional agreement as an idle dream
WASHINGTON, Sept. &-NOtices OF
two important amendments 10 the silver
purchase repeal bill were given in the SEN
ste this morning. One was by Mr.. VOL.
colt. rep, Colorado, and it provides for
the return TO the states interested
Of the amount OF the cotton tax
collected from them during the
war. The Other was by Mr.. Perkins,
rep, California. and il provides for
the coinage of silver of American produc.
ton, at the existing ratio-the treasury to
retain q seigniorage OF 20 per cent. IL
also provides that hereafter there shall be
no gold coins minted OF less than $40 and
no bank notes or treasury notes issued OF
less than -, and for a monetary commits
sion Of five experts.
The Houss,