The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-30
The One Styled a Hireling and
the Other "That Judas From
Kentucky"
" WHY IS HE NOT IMPEACKED 2"
President and Secretary Accused of
ProStituting Their Offices to
Monopoly.


speech of Senator Tillman to-day, ostensi-
bly, in favor of the free coinage substitute
to the bond bill, but really in denunciation
of the President ana the Secretary of the
Treasury, was one of the most bitterly
worded orations ever delivered on the floor
of the upper chamber.
Tillman was on this occasion a splendid
com bination of actor and orator, giving
the Senators and spectators two hours of
entertainment. The way in which he
spoke of the President might have exposed
him to interruption and censure, but
seemed to be rather enjoyed than found
fault with. He described him as bull
headed and self-idolatrous.
Never" said he, "had the high office of
President been so prostituted and never
had the appointing power been so abused.
With relentless purpose he had ignored
his oath of office and given no heed to the
interests OF any but his moneyed friends
his owners or partners"
He spoke of Secretary Carlisle as that
Judas from Kentucky, who had in his old
age come to a pitiful pass" and referred
to the other Southern members OF the
Cabinet. the Secretaries of the Navy and
Interior. as "apostates from the prin-
ciples."
"Mr. President" the Senator began, ait
is not saying TOO much, and l feel war
ranted in charging, that the arrangement
IN our finances and all this cry about
sound money and maintaining the honor
and credit of the United States are all
part and parcel of a damnable scheme of
robbery, which had for its object, first,
the utter destruction of silver as money
metal second, the increase of the public
debt by the issue of bonds payable in gold,
and third, the surrender to corporations
of the power to issue all paper money and
give them monopoly of that function"
Senator Tiliman referred 30 the Sher-
man silver law OF 1890, and in this connec-
ton said:
1.-The silver Republicans of the West,
who had deserted the silver Democrats of
the South and accepted the compromise
offered by Senator Sherman. may take
warning as to what faith and trust they
can put in any utteranees or actions of
the Senator OF Ohio as to legislation in re-
gard to cur finances. The time for an
other Presidential election approaches.
They must understand that the election of
any man to the Presidency who would
veto a free coinage bill means defeat. 1t
means more; it means continued disaster
to our industries and increased poverty TO
the masses OF our people.
"Under the Sher man law" he con-
tinued, there was a diminution of the
amount OF free gold in a gradually
decreasing scale, but not enough to cause
any alarm. During the entire year of 1891
and and the entire year of 1892, there was
approximately as much gold as there was
during 1884 and 1885"
Discussing the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman la he said:
Democrats and Republicans Wed with
each other in the furtherance of the policy
which had been formulated and steadily
pursued by the Senator from Ohio. When
the Senate met there was an acknowledged
majority of men open and outspoken in
their determination to stand by the white
metal, and who were elected on that issue
But the process of debauchery began and
slowly the Senate yielded. In ninety
days the deed was done and the chains
were riveted on the wrists of the toiling
millions. Did the raid on the treasury
stop2"
Discussing then the tariff bill, which
passed in the regular session following, be
said:
ut is true he (the President) did not
sign and allow it to become law with his
approval; but here, again, we have a spec
tacle of charlatanry and hypocritcal as
sumption of superiority to his party, which
has always marked his career. The tariff
law which he repudiated as unworthy, in
volving party pertidy and party dishonor ,
is the sheet-anchor to which he clings."
And, again, referring to the President
''If he was honest at the start land I am
| willing to grant that much), his associa-
ton with Wall street and his connection
with wealthy men had debauched his con-
science and destroyed all sympathy with
the masses"
Further on, in discussing the gold ques-
ton, he said:
"Rothschild and his American agents
graciously condescend to come to the help
of the United States treasury in maintain
ing the gold standard which has wrought
this ruin, and only charges a small COM
mission of $10,O00,000 or SO. Great God I!
that this proud Government, the richest,
most powerful on the globe, should have
been wrought to so low pass that Lon
don Jew should have been appointed its
receiver and presnmes to patronize usl
1.-The responsibility of providing reve-
nue. and looking after the solvency of the
treasury, which rests with Congress, has
been usurped by the President. Why is he
not impeached?
1.-THE encroachments of the Federal ju-
| dietary and the supiueness and venality-
corruption l may say-of the representa-
| tive branches of the Government are causes
OF deep concern to all thinking and patri-
otto men. We are fast drifting into gov
eminent by injunction, in the interest OF
monopolles and corporations, and the SUI
preme Court, by one corrupt vote, annuls
an act OF Congress looking to the taxation
| of the rich.
! ''The struggle from 1861 to 1865. which
! drenched this fair land with blood, was to
| emancipate 1000, 900 black slaves. We are
fast approaching a condition which will
place the collar of industrial bondage
| around the neck of ten times that MANY