Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1893-09-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 25. 1898

From Our Regular Correspondent
Senator Stewart in one OF the
most remsrkable-for it's subject
matter-speeches ever delivered
IN the Senate numerically scored
Mr.. Cleveland fer his attempts to
interfere with the legislative
branch of the government. The
speech, which was delivered to-
day, was made IN advocacy of the
following resolution offered by
Mr.. Stewart On Saturday: Resolv-
ed, That the independence of the
coordinate departments OF the
government, the legislative, the
executive and the judiciary, must
be maintained, and that the use OF
the power and influence OF one
department to control the action
of another is violation OF the
Constitution and destructive OF
our form of government. There
can be no question about the
truthfulness of the assertion made
in this resolution; it has been
talked about for weeks among Sem
ators of both parties, and the only
reason it has not come before the
public in an official way is that
many Senators who disapprove of
the manifest encroschment of the
executive upon the prerogatives of
the legislative branch of the gov
ernment were willing to appear to
condone it because they approved
of the end sought-the repeal of
the purchasing clause of the sill
yer law, and the same feeling may
prevent the adoption of MIR. Stew
arts resolution, but it should not.
The resolution involves a great
principle and does not alone refer
to pending legislation, but to all
future legislation. If Congress
does not stand up for its constitu-
tional rights and rebuke the exec
utive for trying to usurp them it
cannot expect that the usurpation
will cease when the pending legis-
lation shall have been disposed of.
1t will continually grow, if allow
ed to. SO long as Mr.. Cleveland
with his dictatorial disposition is
president, and the example will
certainly be followed in the future
by his successors in the executive
chair. The cause of the usurpa
ton should be regarded rs imma-
terial; the usurpetion is danger
GUS and should be promptly re
buked.
Senator Chandler has introduc
! ed resolution that may stir W
, the administration considerably
!. to say nothing of adding to tn
! hard feelings already existing il
both factions of the New Iorl
: democracy. The resolution call
s, upon the Secretary of the Treas
: ury for his authority TO appoin
: the Fairchild commission now en-
: gagged in examining the apprais
- Cr Office of the port of New York
= what has been done and what it
! intended to do; how much none
has beea paid out, and what
i agreed TO be paid, together wit
4 4 all correspondence on the subjet
u or relating thereto. When tn
=, resolution is called up it is nc
= probable that either Senator Hi
= :, or Murphy will attempt to defen
~ ~ Secretary Carlisle. 1t is suspec
- - ed that some of the correspond
~, ~ ence will be especially interestin
to the New YORK Senators.
- The Senate will by argumfl
\ make,set speeches on the Voorhet
- bill two weeks or more and then
80 IS, there will probably be indeI
70 70 mite period of flibustering, if tt
,s m attempt is seriously made to for'
a vote on this bill. MIR. Clev
y land is very much offended b
y. cause of this defiance of his wish,
,r but no credence is placed IN Gu
80 rent rumors to the effect that Il
30 administration will try to brir
ao ro on another period of 6nanci
,o stringency in order to force vol
1' - One "object lesson" of that XIII
~ is probably quite enough for eve
: democratic administration.