The Meeker herald., 1893-10-07
The END is NOT YET IN sight.
SILVER MEN FEEL BETTER.
Stewart and WoIcott Stir Up the sold
BuRs.-IncreasinR Talk of =
Compromise.


ton OF the government must be maintained
and use OF power and influence of one de-
partment TO control the action OF another IS
In violation of the constitution and de-truct-
i've OF our policy and form of government"
was taken up, and Mr.. Stewart proceeded TO
address the Senate upon it. He said the
president, armed with more than a hundred
thousand high-paid offices to bestow, with the
veto power, designed only for extraordinary
occasions, backed by concentrated capital
and flattered by the press turned his face to-
ward the Senate wing of the capitol. and In
angry and meuacing tones, said II the repre-
sentatlye- there assembled leglslated in preju-
dice, or In behalf of sectional and selfish In
tercsts, the time when the cornerstone was
laid and the circumstances surrounding Il
would not be worth concentrating. This
declaration, said Mr.. Stewart which had been
cheered and encouraged by thoughtless
multitude, had been construed By vcnal press
rs a rebukc from their president to q guilt
and venal Senate. He then quoted at length
| from Macaulay's history of England as to the
/ parliamentary trouble with the Stuart kings,
/ Coming to the present time, Mr.. stewart
] charged that the president, in disregard OF
his oath OF office to execute the laws, hid
/ permitted the secretary of the treasury to Vi
/ olate the act which made the purchase of Sur
! and half million ounces of silver bullion
per month mandatory, by exercising an I'M
/ lawful discretion In purchasing a smaller
| amount.
| Mr. Stewart read the Presidents biography
| on the congressional directory, the anthem
ticlty Of which could not be questioned
AT 10 years of age he became an assistant
teacher In the New York institute for the
/ Blind" read Mr. stewart, and then he added:
/ at looks now As II he had not gotten entirely
over that idea, Laughter In 1883 he went
! West In search of employment continued
| the biography; "let Us zee what his idea of
/ the West Is, said Mr.. Stewart and then he
] read on: Engaged with his uncle at Buffalo
] a a
| American herd book Laughter Upon re
] firing from the presidency the biography
reads, "he located in New York City and re-
| sumed the practice Of law New York was
a great place TO study finance, said Mr.. Stew
art. He would there come in contact with
men who knew less than he did.
III we would stop the necessity for reyolu-
ton and preserve the equilibrium of the de
| partments Of the government we must protest
/ now The attention Of the people must be
called 10 the aggrcssion-. 1t IS the only way
| 10 preserve the independence Of the co-ordi-
nate branches of the government
The repeal bill was then taken up and Mr.
Don Cameron of Pennsylvania addressed the
Senate Ia opposition to II. He defended the
sherman act and said We needed more silver,
not less He submitted the following propo-
sitions;
IL propose a gold loan Of 80 many hundred
million dollars as Congress may decide, 10 be
| bought at the market rate and held in the
treasury as the gold reserve held IN the Bank
| Of France and By the governments of the
. Latin Union. | propose TO open our minis To
the free coinage of American silver, imposing
duty on the import of foreign silver.
al propose further, to repeal the tax on
| state bank circulation. | would also press
once more for action In favor of our shipping.
] To meet In part the deficit In our income OF
next year, would re-inpose the duty of :
cents Il pound on sugar aud repeal the bounty.
| Then would walt year to sec how the sys-
l fem cd Affected
/ foreign influence
Mr., Bate then addressed the Senate against
the repeal bill.
HousE-The day was occupied in the dis
cussion Of the printing bill
Forty-Fourth Day.
SESArR-Senator Stewart, at the begin
ming of the session, called attention TO the alb
seuce of "A nnnrn-s- rs,;tIIsltc number OF sen.
I ators arrived. Mr.. Stewart then presented o
! petition adopted at Il mass meeting at Clcve-
. land asking for an investigation as To ~het her
I any senators were interested In national
banks. Mr. Dubois introduced a resolution
! that no important measures relating TO finance,
| the tariff or the election laws be acted upon
| until after January 18TH so that the states OF
l Wyoming, Montana and Washington may
l elect other senators. Laid over Senator
| Perkins spoke against the repeal bill. MIR.
/ Stewart then took the floor and read news
/ paper charge to the effect that senators and
| members were Influenced by presidential pat
wanted him TO name some one who had been
] so Influenced, but Mr.. Stewart thought 1t en-
| tirely unnecessary. Mr.. Stewart closed his
! speech for the day with passionate indiot-
| ment of England as monster that stalkeh
! through the country breaking down the In
| terests OF seven states and territories; that
2 claimed TO direct the legislation of Congress,
and whose voice had been heard last week on
the cast front of the capitol rebuking sena-
| tors. Mr.. voorhees, spoke briefly In ctcfensc
~ Ks nj at aft
an executive session, the Senate adjourned.
HousE.-The two weeks discussion of the
Tucker bill was commenced. This bill re-
pcals all laws providing for federal super
visors of elections. Mr.. Tucker, OF Virginia,
opened the debate for the Democr ats and Mr..
Brosius of Pennsylvania, replied TO him.
Forty-Fifth Day.
SENATE-Thc resolution offered by Mr.
Dubois 10 postpone legislation respecting fed
eral election laws, finance and tariff, until
January Is 1894, because of senatorial va
cancies IN the senatorial representation of
Washington Montana and Wyoming, was
then taken up, and Mr.. Dubois addressed the
Senate In advocacy of its adoption. Mr.
Mitchell of Oregon opposed it. Mr.. Chandler
OF New Hampshire alluded to the senators
who had changed their votes on the question
of seating the three appointed senators.
at may have BEEN said Mr.. Wolcott.
that some Of those claimants for seats in the
Senate would have been admitted had their
politics been different or had the question be-
fore the Senate been different lie spoke OF
the efforts Of the repeal men TO prolong the
sessions in order to tire out the minority.
1--WE are meeting them fairly as men now and
endeayoring TO see that this question is pre-
sented fairly before the country, but we
not without information that the burden that
is now imposed upon us is to be sought TO be
made heavier next week. We are not with
out definite information that an arrangement
has been sought TO be contaminated between
certain senators upon this side and certain
senators upon the other side of the chamber,
that it is initiated by the senator who is sup
posed TO be the steerer of so many Demo
cratic senators as have left their party
platform and have linked themselves with the
fortune of their executive, and led on this
side of the chamber by the dominant apostle
of protection-two senators who are supposed
to belong to opposite sides of the chamber,
but who seem now to be sitting very close to-
gethcr."
Mr. Aldrlch was occupying seat directly
in front of Mr. German