St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-26

stepped up to the clerks desk as soon
as his name was mentioned, but Mr..
Stewart promptly said he had not had
the article read for the purpose of re-
fiecting on the senator from Indiana,
and Mr.. Voorhees, took his seat.
1t was now l O'Clock, and the repeal
bill was laid before the senate as the
unfinished business. Mr.. Stewart asked
to go on, saying his remarks would APP
ply with equal pertinence to
THE REPEAL BILL.
10 this there was no objection. Mr..
Stewart then asked that this resolution
go over until tomorrow instead of being
placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Washburn (Rep., Minn.) objected.
Mr.. Butler (Dem., S. CD said if Mr..
Stewart preferred to speak on his reso-
luton instead of the repeal bill, he
would reintroduce the resolution and
make some remarks OH it himself.
''lf all effort is made to cut off the
speech of the senator from Nevada, L
will reintroduce the resolution tomOr-
row morning. do not think anything
is to be made by sending it to the cal
endar"
The repeal bill was then taken up and
Mr.. Stewart continued his remarks. He
said that in 1885, when the Paris none
tary conference was in session, Edward
Atkinson was sent abroad to announce
that there was change of opinion
among the American people, and that
the Bland law would be repealed.
MIR. Atkinson he characterized as such
a ''crank" on finance that he must 'take
the cake"
Mr.. Hoar (1ep., MaSS.l took exception
to the disreSpectful allusion to one of
his constituents, whom he regarded as
absolutely trustworthy as statistician.
Mr.. Stewart said he wanted action OH
his resolution, because MIR. Cameron. of
Pennsylvania. was deSirous of speaking.
He would yield to him, which he did.
Mr.. Cameron (Rep., Pa.) said: 1.-The
chief claim or our nation to merit is that
America has asserted the most emphatic
possible negative to the policy and
methods of the m0neyed
POWER OF ENGLAND.
"The official avowed policy of England
is to prevent the restoration of silver to
its function as money, because the
moneYed interests of England require
or think they require a monometallic
gold standard.
ANY further measure, therefore.
which tends to discredit silver is at
least for the moment furtherance of
the British policy.
sin voting against such measure l
stand, therefore, Oh assured ground. If
any one is to offer explanation or excuse
for his vote it is not L; it is the senators
who vote on the other side.
The much-abuSed Sherman act does
not injure Pennsylvania. Under this
act we increase the currency now about
thirty-sIX million dollars a year, barely
enough to meet the needs of the natural
Increase of population. Iii very few
years this act will undoubtedly restrict
tine coinage. The people of Pennsyl-
vania want now and expressly require
a greater Increase than this.
IF silver is sacrificed the manufact-
urerS will be responsible for it, and in
that case take 1t for granted that the
silver states will revenge themselves by
throwing all their weight on the side of
a reduction of the tariff. Our manu-
facturerS might flourish on low silver
| and high tariff; they must perish on
gold and low tariff.
''AIy propositions are these: / propose
a gold loan of SO many hundred million
dollars, as congress may decide, to 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. l propose to open our mints to
the free coinage of American silver,
imposing duty on the import of for
eign silver.
II 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 def
cit in our income for next year would
| reimpOse the duty of two cents pound
on sugar and repeal the bounty. Then
L would wait year 10 see how the Sys-
TEN worked, and how far we were af-
| fected by foreign influence"
Mr.. Bate Oem., Tenn.) then ad-
| dressed the senate against the repeal
bill. he said the United States being
| the largest producer of silver should
| not do that which would strike it down.
! When the force bill was pending in the
| senate the senators from the silver
states Qegardless of party affiliation)
| stood up manfully and firmly for South
| ern civilization and Southern society.
| Now when the most vital inter
| eStS of the silver states were threatened
| with destruction, that favor should be
| reciprocated when it could be done
| rightfully and consistently. He for one
| acknowledged the obligation, and was
ready to stand by the silver states in
the second raid against great section
| of the country.
| When Mir. Bate closed lat 4 o'clock
| Mr.. Stewart took the floor. In reading
letter from Mr.. Cleveland, he criti-
cised the use of the word "intrinsic'' as
applied to the value of gold and silver,
and SAID the president did not know
| what he was talking about.
Mr.. Stewart read from newspapers
various articles as to the attitude of the
president, finally coming to the pub
lished telegram from the president to
Chairman Wilson, of the ways and
means committee, congratulating him
OH the passage through the house OF the
repeal bill. In the hundred odd years
of American independence, said Mr..
Stewart, there was no precedence for
such action. 1t seemed from that dis
| patch, he said, that the president re-
| garded congress as his servants and
was thanking it as good and faithful
| servant for doing his bidding.
Without concluding his speech, Mr..
Stewart yielded for an executive ses-
| sion, after which the senate adjourned.
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