The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-26
PETER PROUD HID IS
A FILIBUSTDRHR.
1.-The President is in the Saddle
and Congress Is Helpless
JONES ON THE BUSY MAN.
He Says No Condition Requires the
Repeal OF the Law.
..The People of Rome Did Not Lose Their
Liberties Until the Senate Was Con-
troned by the VIII of the
Chief Magistrate.''

0COAA
session opened PETER offered reso-
luton directing the committee on Jul
dietary to investigate and report
whether the repeal of part of the act
of Feb %, 1878, by the passage of the
act of July IA, 1880, affected the free
coinage of silver at a ratio Of 16 to 1.
or whether that law still was in force.
Referred to the committee on judici
airy.
Sherman reported the House joint
resolution thanking the nations of the
world for cooperation in the Worlds
fair and asking for immediate consid-
Grafton.
Hoar thought the method proposed
was not suitable. The president of
the United States should express a
courteous acknowledgement to each
government by name.
Sherman thought the resolution
came from the secretary of state and
was in the form desired.
Hoar offered an amendment in &C
cordance with his idea.
The amendment was agreed to and
the resolution as amended passed.
The repeal bill was then taken up
and Pugh spoke against it. Referring
to the recent compromise, Pugh said
the Democratic senators had united
in the spirit of compromise and con-
cession and selected an equal number
of senators from those friendly TO I'M
conditional repeal and those opposed
to it and with a full knowledge of
President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle that such effort was being
made to bring the Democratic sena-
tors together upon some common
ground that could be enacted into a
law. They accomplished that laudabie
undertaking so far as to agree on a
compromise that secured the sigma
lures of every Democratic senator but
| six The fact was not considered
doubtful that forty-three Democratic
senators would have sanctioned the
compromise had not the pres dent IN
terposed his objection and demanded
unconditional repeal at all hazardS.
Pugh was now satisfied that all effort
at a compromise failed solely on ac-
count of Cleveland and his secretary
| of the treasury. The secretary of the
treasury was satisfied that he could
not get a sufficient number of sena-
tors to Join him in flibustering and
| he was forced to record his vote
against this diabolical measure and
appeal to the people to organize their
forces for the great battle OF the fu-
ture. Pugh said he was willing, if he
had sufficient support, to resort to any
and all means to defeat the pending
ibill. He was proud to be called i'll
ibusterer in defeating conspiracy
equal in ruinous consequences of its
success to war, pestilence and famine.
He would rather be called filibus-
terer by the conspirators and llcksplt-
tie of the gold king, than be called a
L. c-s TILL tot hxv
the state and people, who honored
him with their trust and confidence.
AS for himself, he would do his duty
as senator. as he understood it. and
leave the consequences to God and his
country.
Stewart resumed his speech. He
spoke of the gold combination as hav-
ling agents in the Capitol to dictate
Legislation and as having elected the
president and being determined to
lcarry out their policy. The president
is now in the saddle and Congress is
helpless, but the time might come
when the naughty tyTants would meet
rebuke
Stewart yielded to Jones, who de-
scribed the relations of the working
men to the money system; he laid at
the door of the defective monetary
system the responsibility for the great
mass OF the unemployed d1u Selu Ii4S
| highest goal Of civilization in the ma
ton would not be reached until every
man was kept busy. In conclusion,
Jones said: 1.-THE Roman republic, Mr..
President. did not lose their liberties
until the senate degenerated into a
mere instrument for recording the will
of the chief magistrate. This is a very
different republic from that of Rome,
and although we are told history
sometimes repeats itself, 1, for one,
will not believe the Senate of the Uni
ted States will ever become subser-
Went to the president If, however,
there is a majority in the Senate in
favor of repeal, let me admonish those
senators to pause and reflect that
there is no exigency whatever de-
lmanding it's passage; that no condition
requires it, and while 1T is excellent
to have a giants strength, it is tyran-
: nous to use it like a giant"
The Senate then went into executive
! session, and at Sis took a recess until
III o'clock tomorrow morning.