The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-10-05
CLEVELAND ARRAIGNED.
DEVOTES FOUR HOURS TO ABUSING
THE PRESIDENT.

Accused OF Deriding CouSress-Mo an
| and Voorhees, Rspel False Statements in
Regard TO tho President.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 - Yesterday
the resolution offered Saturday by
Stewart rs to the co ordinate depart
mentS OF the government was laid be-
lore the Senate. Stewart began with
Il citation from President Cleveland's
speech last Monday on the occasion of
commemorating the hundredth ami
verSary of the laying of the corner
stone of the capitol. The speech bad
been made by the President having
more than 100000 Federal Off :es to
dispose Of. and with the vote power
which had been designed only for ex.
traOrdinary occasions, backed by the
concentrated capital and encouraged
and Hatter"d by venal press. lie
described Cleveland on that occasion
as turning his face toward the Senate
wing Of the capital and In angry and
| meuacing tones using the following
language: "lf the representatives who
| there assem- ole to make laws for their
fellow countrvmen forget the duty Of
broad aud diSlntereS ed patriotism and
leglsla'e 9 In pref ldic4 aud pa sion or In
behalf Of sectional or selfish interests,
the time when the COrner stone Of the
! capitol was laid and tt e circumstances
SurrouLdlng it will not bt worthy Of
commcmOration." This declaration,
stewart said, had been chperet and en-
C 'uraged by the thoughtlrss multi
tudeS and construed Uy the veual press
4s reuuke from the President of Jne
| Uuited STATES t. tho Sen lte. The
struggle for constitutional liberty. he
Continued, Of the Anglo-SaXDn ace
which h I'd been long, arduous and at
tended with many sacrifices, had la ,tpd
now nearly one thousand years. He
went on to quote at great length from
| Ntcauley'S history of Elgltli as to
the parliamentary struggle with the
Stuart kings.
Mr.. Stewart spoke for two and half
| hours. The resolution on which ne
spoke would have gone to the calendar
at one o'clock, but Voorhees, consented
to let 1t go over till tommorrOw and let
MIR. Stewart continue his speech as If
1t were on the resolution. a great
deal OF the speech was devoted to Il
bitter attack upon President Cleveland
aS nan who had no collegiate or
|
hlm for his high position, but who had
spen; his early life in suca pursuits as
I3aching the blind AMI acting rs clerk
'nerlll and mayor. SteWert charged
that the President, in disregard of his
odLh Oh ollice TO execute the law, haC
permitted the secretary Of the treaSur,
10 violate the law OF January 1t, 1899
which made the purchase 4,5OO,UUj
ounces OF silver bullion per month
obligatory. In proof of this he cltet
the snort purchases of silver by TIN
treasury during July and August. Ii
could not conceive how tins could D.
Justified in view of the scarcity of cur
rency which could n ave- been incl ease,
by the issue of treasury certificates fo
silver bullion. lie knew that the eX
case made was that silver bullion wa
not purchased because holders asked
more than the market price, but he in
sisted tnat lne market price Of proper
ty was that at which the holders wer
wiling to sell. However much, h
SAID, some senator's might depreciatt
the law of July 14th. 1899, as Klnf
James had deprecated laws on tn
statute book all (bOth hlgheS, and low
eSO had to obey that law ii civil liber
ty was to be maintained. The Presi
dents oath Of Office committed him T.
see the laws faithfully executed, bll
mere was Il plain law that had been dis
!regarded. Was it not time (ne askel
10 sound the alarm. If the cOnStltu
llon was to be of any value, it seeme
TO him that all friends aud foes)shoul
stand up ana say to the President O
the Omitted SeateS:
GU nave oVerStepped the mark
We can not afford to nave the laws O
Congress diSrrgarded."
Stewart then dritted to the ant,
Chinese bill and asked whether tin
executive had enforced it. Was tn
President, he asked, to have the optio
I? obey or refuse to obey enactmrnts
lie quoted remarks made by ClrVelan
at dlllerent times in what purpoted t
be Interviews which he InSlrued IN
; dlcated thai he held Congress In rath,
low estimation. He assumed that Con
preSS was ignorant. This asSumptin
led stewart to inquire where and no,
the President had learned what II
knew? Where he hau the opportuul,
OF poS3es,lng himself of money AM
learnlng! Where and " hen and n
"nlI acnoOl htd he stu lied? He b.
! ltYt5 Cleveland was the ODly prpsi
dent OF the Unitcd States who had mo
pbSSeSoed liberal education either i,
some coll ge or Oh farm where th
comm jnt 5 we're leirneu at nature
kneea. lie did not believe IN the yayu
of IL clerk Of lawyer without priC
hberaI euuIatIOn, OF cOtIeEe or ia tn,
5tl!hEiuB OF nature Dhr PrrSlIeni O
The Cu'Lru S.a $ WA9 req uirrd 10 TAX,
WIDER Vl"W UI tie vs. Of money int
VI nH' ure han CrulI be Ob'aInrd IN ;
Lawyers Olicc or Ia The Office of amay
or q! amy uLEer SuCn cOnLrncl..I pI1c,
whTrG III" greet book Of naIure wa
Closed. Washington, jackson aut
Ltnc III we're ciLru Dy ) rWdrt as prea
examples Of great presidents WitDou
Co!Iesi|tc Cducdl!OU woo had execute
Their extensive knowlcdge OF govern
meat with the po"ple but unforLu
nately,' he continued, "our pre slden
was denied TO collegiate education
ana th' grdndor and better education,
OI communication with the prod clu1
CLASSES OF Jhe country If IA mad In,
knowledge which was had and Know o.
the people as Washington knew and a,
JackSUH, he would have uttered the re-
marks which he had read ami no.
TAXED about the ignorance Of Conprps,
| stewart Linen READ irpI thu =,