St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-26
The VETO SURELY COMING.
LEADING SILVER MEg. or CONGRESS
8ESiEGE CLEVELAND.
10 the Many Pleas Which Have
Poured in Upon Him The
Question Above Politics or Sec
t!ouaiiSm-fhe Welfare of the
Whole People-Defects in the
Bill Pointed Out.
From the Sunday Globe /

Bill Pointed Gut.
from the Sunday Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-President
Cleyeland's private Office at the eXecu-
tive mansion was center of unusual
activity today, as the leading silver
men Of congress appeared before him
10 urge that he sign the Bland silver
seignierage bill. At one time there
were fifteen of them, ranged about the
president and earnestly pleading with
hiiu- They have come singly and in
state delegations. Representative
Williams, Forman and Mcdonald. of
Illinois, came with Representatives
Martin, Brookshire and McNagney. of
Indiana. Accompanying the Indianans
was son of eX-Secretary of the Treas
ury McCulloch, who came as Western
banker to urge the signing of the
bid. Representative Bryan. of Nebras.
ka, was there to urge the desires of the
far Northwest that the bill be signed.
Representative McMillin, of the ways
and means committee, was just back
from visit to his state, which satisfied
him, he said, that silver veto meant
political disaster. Representatives
Tucker and Wise. of Virginia. were
there, with the junior Virginia senator.
MIR. Hunton, Oh the same mission. Rep
resentatives Patterson, of Tennessee;
Wheeler. of Alabama; Caruth. of Ken
lucky; Black, of Illinois, and Sibiey, of
Pennsylvania, added to the formidable
tra n nf oi
ALL ARDENT SILVER MEN.
Every one of the callers was All ardent
silver man, except possibly MIR. Black:
and he, too, was there to urge that the
people of Illinois wanted the bill signed.
The president had cordial greeting
for the various silver men. and showed
much interest in the various pleas pre-
scented. 1t was evident, however, that
he was much worried. and that the
strain was telling upon him. One con-
gresham after another was heard.
They spoke with great earnestness. No
effort was made to conceal the feeling
that the existence of the present major
ity in congress depended ell the signing
of the bill.
Representative McMillin, of Tennes-
SEE. said that no Democrat could be
elected to congress in his state who
would iGdorSe a silver veto. He was
just back from Tennessee, where he
said the most Intense feeling existed in
opposition to veto.
Representative Bryan, of Nebraska,
took for his text the significant fact that
the center of population in the United
States was 500 miles west of New York.
he said that the Northwestern people,
whether right or wrong, feared the
president closed his eyes to them and
thought only of the East.
Mr.. Cleveland Interrupted to say that
he knew no section and that he had the
deepest desire to act for the welfare OF
the whole peoplS. East and West alike.
Representatives Brookshire and Nc
Donald voiced the views of Indiana and
Illinois respectively. Then occurred:
A STRIKING SCENE.
which Will be long remembered by the
representatives present. Mr.. McCul-
l0ch, son of the eX-secretary, and now
an Indiana banker, had urged that the
Western banks were not afraid of an
over-supply of silver. He instanced
his own bank, in which, he said, there
was constant call for silver The
metal was never on hand in quantities
greater than the demand.
At this point President Cleveland
framed the reply to the many pleas
which had been pouring in upon
him, all which, up TO this point.
he had not attempted to answer or parry
except by casual remarks. He stood
beside his large desk, with one hand
resting on it, and spoke to the fifteen or
twenty earnest men before him. His
words came slowly and with deep ear
nestness. He spoke of his anxiety to
help the congressman and their people
by such action as would be best for the
whole country. 1t was a question above
maiorities i'll congress. or of any other
personal or selfish consideration. He
told them that they had his
sympathy, and that he earnestly
wished that he was at liberty to look at
the matter and act solely from their
point of view. In fact, nothing would
please him more than to leave the mat
ter to be settled by congress. But con-
gress had turned II over to him, and
upon him rested the responsibility.
which he could not ana would not
evade. The performance of his full
duty obliged him to consider, not the
interests of this or that section, but the
welfare OF the whole people, and that
duty he should endeayor to discharge to
the best of his ability. To that end he
had sought information from all sources
and heard all interests. He intended to
take all the facts into consideration and
to
BASE HIS DECISION
upon the conviction that he should
reach as to the interests of the whole
people. He spoke feelingly of the
gravity of the responsibility thus i'm
posed upon him by the differences in |
various localities. lie pointed out some
Of the features urged against the bill. |
He did not say that they were fatal de- |
fects. yet the tendency OF his state
ments was to show that he could not vet
reconcile himself to the views the silver
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