The morning call., 1893-09-27
vOked at regular session of Congress if


such banks. and which do not require the
everlasting maintenance of a national debt.
"Eighth-PrOvide for a permanent or
periodical commission of monetary ex-
perts, the members whereof shall not be
otherwise connected with the Government,
TO keep Congress aud the executive in
formed and advised on all necessary mat
ters relating to the currency.
"These eight propositions are in the
main self-eXplanatOry, and L need make
no specific reference to them. In them, l
submit, there is outlined plan upon which
the people of the United States can. if they
so resolve. maintain the double standard;
while the fixed and declared purpose to
maintain 1t will annul the substantial diff
ficulties now supposed to be standing in
the way. So, too, l submit again these prop
osiiions to show how to avert the danger
of falling to the single standard of silver
in the effort TO attain a double standard.
by moving so gradually toward the res
tOration of the double standard as not TO
exDel gold from our circulation.
'Repeal the Sherman act purchasing
clause and declare by legislative enact
ment that the unfalteriDg purpose of the
United States is to adjust AMI maintain
its currency system upon double stand
ard, with an equality between the two
units of value and their multiples, then
open the mints TO the coinage of silver of
proved American production, aud give our
manufacturing ana producing interests
an assurance that the tariff shall not be
altered in disregard of their reasonable
claims, or otherwise than with due regard
for the greatest good 10 the greatest num-
Der, and your contemplated repeal of the
Objectionable clause of the Sherman act
Will have new force and meaning from
Maine to California"
At the conclusion of Perkins speech
Stewart resumed the floor. He read from
a paper an article on the Presidents
alleged rebuke TO the Senate.
Palmer (D.) of Illinois asked whether it
was consistent with the proper relations
between the Senate and the President TO
read in the Senate grave charges against
the executive for which he (Stewart) would
not be responsible?
Stewart said it was consistent for him
as a Senator TO defend the Senate when
the press said the President was rehukng
the Senate and calling the Senators crim-
inals. Let his friends deny that he has
used patronage to control legisla ,i0n," SAID
Stewart; ''let them make il clear how the
sentiment of Congress has been changed,
and how an overwhelming majority in
favor of free coinage in Congress has been
chan ged to a gold monOme allst majority"
Palmer wanted Stewart to indicate
single instance in which the President had
employed patronage 10 control a Senator
or a member of the House.
do 81 or
art. in patronizing way. ''these CHARGES
have been made in the public press; they
have been brought home here. and before
indicate any one, will you deny that pat
r0Eage has been gwen to those who viii
support the administration measures?"
''If the Senator himself. upon his own
responsibility as a Senator" replied
Palmer, will make a charge of that sort,
l will confess if believe it to be correct.
or / will deny it; but the idea that the
President or his friends are to deny
charges made against him in the papers
seems to me most astounding"
Stewart reiterated that the charge had
been made in the papers.
"Will the Senator name a single Senator
whom he knows or believes TO have been
Influenced by patronage by the President?'
asked Palmer.
docs the Senator want me to make a
personal matter of this and dwindle this
down in this way ?" asked Senator Stew
art, and then. as if disgusted. "Oh
pshaww He asked Palmer if he would
vote for resolution providing for an in
vestigation of the question. Palmer said
he would when Stewart would make the
charge against any Senator or member of
the House.
II do not want to confine il to one Sena-
tor or member" said Stewart amid laugh
ter. Investigate them if you dare"
Il will" replied Palmer. whenever the
Senator brings forward charges against
any individual in the Senate will vote for
an investigation"
when | make a criminal charge against
particular individual" said Stewart con-
temptuously, 'the Senator from Illinois
will allow it 30 be investigated, but he will
not protect the honor of his executive in
denying these wholesale charges. He
wants me TO make a crimina al charge against
Senator"
Stewart then had read long article
from the San Francisco Examiner COM
menting upon the course of the President,
and he closed his speech with a passionate
Indictment of England as the monster that
stalked through the country breaking down
the interests of seven States and Terrific
ries; that claimed TO direct the legislation
of Congress. and whose voice had been
heard last week on the east front of the
Capitol rebuking the Senate.
Morgan rose TO personal explanation.
Referring to the article in the New York
Times to-day stating that mo honorable
Democrat could listen to the part of Sem
ator Stewards speech cIiticlzing the Pres
ident and cOntin ue to act with him in the
obstruction to repeal unless, as we fear is
the case with Senator Morgan, he is so i'm
placaby and reasonably the enemy of
the President that he subordinates the
highest question of privilege and public
interest to the qualification of public re-
venge."
Morgan said he was very happy TO state
that between the President and himself
there existed the most cordial personal
relations. They had always existed and
| he hoped they always would. He thought
he differed with him upon no question
| vital TO the country or TO the Democratic