The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
SIBLEf'S SHARP Satire.
A DEMOCRAT MAKES A BITTER
ATTACK UPON THE AD-
\ MINISTRATION.

He Said He Was Not Talking to Men
Who Believed More in ga Bobtail Flush
Than a Contrite Heart THE Senate
WASHINGTON, Jan. ga resolution re
ported from the Committee on Rules to
the House, directing the Committee on
Appropriations to incorporate in the
sUndry civil bill a paragraph transfer
ring the Fort LeavenWorth prison from
the War Department to the Depart
ment OF Justice, was agreed tO-156 to
~.
The House then went into committee
OF the whole on the currency bill, and
Mr.. Sibley, a Democrat of Pennsyl.
vRnia, opened the debate with q senga
ttonal speech In opposition 10 the bill.
He spoke of the passage of the bill to
repeal the purchasing clause of the
Sherman Law and its failure 10 improve
the financial and commercial cOn
contrary OF itG advocates, and expressed
his belief that the pending bill would
likewise prove O failure.
Referring TO the published reports
that the Executive Department Of the
Government, in the person of the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, was using its
power TO influence votes in favor of the
bill, Mr.. SiOley said:
An ATTACK ON THE ADMINISTRATION.
Mr.. Chairman, if 1 have read the
Constitution of the United States cor
rectly, it defines the powers and duties
of the Chief Executive and the powers
and duties of the membership of the
House; and l tell you that if ever a
rebuk6 was needed to one who has
frn ~ DloS dam Thn ,okS-Oo - A.
people, 1t is to that man who has used
his influence, or attempted to use it, to
create IN himself the sole governing
power of this nation. It has come to q
time when to be the government of
this people requires something more
than a combination of brains, belly
and brass" (Sensation and applause }
Mr.. Sibley continued at some length
to assail the Administration for it's at
titude toward and action upon financial
measures. The repeal of the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman law, he as
serted, had been secured by the Use of
improper influences by the Admins.
tration, and that if the padlocks were
taken off the mouths of the representa-
tives four out of five would confirm his
Statements. The question of the length
of time he was to speak having been
raised, Mr.. Sibley eaid that every agent
of she big gold trust had spoken all he
had to say.
BOBTAIL FLUSH VS.. A CONTRTTE HEART.
When pressed by Mr.. Cultivate to
tell who put a paddock upon his lips,
Mr.. Sibley said:
Let me tell the gentleman that l am
not talking to day to men who believe
In going TO hell in q hRndcart, instead
Of to heaven supported by the truth.
Let me tell him also that I am not ad
dressing men Who believe more in a
bObtail flush than q contrite heart"
Mr.. Pence pop, Col } asked unani,
nous consent that Mr. Sibley be per
mitted to conclude his remarks, but
Mr.. Cultivate Dem, Ohio objected.
Recurring to the action of the Ad-
ministration, Mr.. Sibley said that,
paraphrasing Junius, it could be said
that the merits of the Administration
might be judged by the condition of
the people.
Look upon the condition of she peo-
pie of this country" he said, land you
can tell the merits of your Administra-
ton"
Mr.. Sibley declared that by the stand
ards of the fathers he believed he was
a Democrat; he revered Jefferson and
Jackson, apd worshipped at their
shrine. But if he was to be carried in
a conveyance labelled Democracy"
guided by an obstinate driver over an
unknown road, with precipices and
chasms yawning on all sides. he was
going TO jump out, and he was not par.
ticular as to where he lit. I4ughter.)
Mr.. Sibley's thrusts at the President
seemed to be enjoyed by quite a mum
Der Of Representatives, and when he
concluded there was a round of ap
plause. While he was speaking Sena
tors Cameron Rep., Pa and Stewart
Pop, New came into the House and
remained to hear him.