St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-28

menia. Hear the cry of our agony"
he prayed, lin behalf of the people of
Armenia. despoiled, tortured, their
homes in ashes. their men and women
and children slain at the edge of the
sword, their women dishonored.
Arouse and unite the powers of Chris
tendon, the queen, the car the kaiser,
kings and princes, their ministers and
people, that the sultan shall be forced
to sheathe his bloody sword, and stay
the frenzied rage of his fanatical sol
diery, and subjects"
The induction of the Utah senators
occurred Immediately after the chap
| lain'S invocation.
Mr.. Baker Rep., Kan) presented a
petition from Mrs. Waller, wife of the
ex-United States consul in MadagaS-
car, reciting her husbands arrest, his
trial by a drum-head court martial,
and his transportation to a French
prison. As an American woman, Mrs.
Waller asked the American congress
| TO take suitable action.
Mr.. PETER pop, Kan) offered
resolution calling upon the interstate
commerce commission for information
as to discrimination on passenger and
freight rates TO and from Missouri
river points. The resolution went over.
HANSBROUGH SCORES MORTON.
Mr.. Hansbrough then addressed the
senate on the resolution instructing
the secretary OF agriculture to enforce
the law referring to the distribution
of seeds. etc
Mr.. Hansbrough said: 1T is an I'M
pleasant duty to be obliged to criti-
else the acts of q cabinet minister, but
in this case 1t seems to me that there
Is great principle involved. The eS-
sence of the controversy lies in the
proposition whether an executive Of
nf ha -s-xt,t
TO willfully, deliberately, designedly
and, as in this case, premeditatedly
ignore solemn statute of congress. [
believe 1t can be shown that the hon
orable secretary of agriculture has dis
obeyed the mandate of the legislative
Dranch or the government. 1t is part
or his departmental functions to carry
into effect any law appertaining TO the
affairs of his department, which con-
SresS sees tit to enact. The last con-
gress made an appropriation of $780,
600 to be used in the purchase and
distribution of seeds, trees, cuttings
bulbs, etc, as required by law. The
secretary first showed his deliberate
purpose to eVade this law when he
asked the attorney general for an in
depreciation of the statute with ref
erence to the purchase of seeds. There
is nothing at all in the opinion
of the attorney general which is in
department."
Mr.. Hansbrough proceeded to show
that the secretary advertised for seeds
IN technical way, and, receiving no
bids, refused TO readvertise. The SEN
ator continued
1t was the plain duty of the sec
rotary, If he were faithful in the per-
formance of that duty and desired to
execute the laws of congress, to have
readvertised and to have earnestly en-
deavored to aid bidders in Offering
seeds of the kind and character that
the law demanded and the secretary
| required. Instead of this, he rejected
all of the bids, upon technical grounds,
/ forthwith abolished the seed division
/ OF his department. and announced
that there would be no seeds pur-
chased and distributed under the APP
! preparation bill for the fiscal year end
ing June so, 1885,.
! The great question above all is the
| contumacious conduct of the secretary.
I Can an officer of the executive branch
/ OF the government who Is in effect
| high-salared clerk, defiantly and stub
bornly refuse to carry into effect the
acts OF congress of the United States?'
Mr.. George Oem. Mss) said the
/ senate could not act as court and
issue its mandamus to the secretary of
agriculture. Mr.. Hansbrough, he said.
| was acting as a prosecuting attorney
and was arraigning the secretary of
| agriculture as though Impeachment
! proceedings were contemplated
AT o'clock the Hansbrough resoIu-
ton went over until tomorrow and the
! silver bond bill was taken up.
Mr.. Nelson Minn) then spoke in
favor of blmetallism with international
agreement. 1t was his first speech
since entering the senate and was well
| received
Mr.. Bacon Dem, GAP followed. It
being his first speech since he entered
the senate. He spoke deliberately and
with ~earnestness. Mr.. Bacon com
/ pared gold monmetallism with the true
bimetallism, viz: Silver and gold as
primary money. The evidences were
abundant that gold alone was not suf-
ficient for all redemption purposes
| The United States continued paying
gold only by continually rowing at a
ruinous cost. OF the seven great DOW
ers only Great Britain and Germany
! had sufficient gold to maintain gold
payments.
There was a sharp colloquy between
Mr.. Bacon, Mr.. Hill, Mr.. Lindsay and
| Mr.. Stewart as to whether the demand
for gold was caused by the desire to
maintain gold payments or the re-
demption of greenbacks. IT developed
that the new senator from Georgia was
to be an active and skilful DICTATOR
Mr.. Bacon showed a cost of $4,000, 900
annually to the state of Georgia. in
meeting it's share of bond obligations
incurred by the government
Mr.. Lodge (Rep.. Mass) offered an
amendment to the pending bond silver
bill, providing for an issue of 100. O00.-
! 900 of bonds for coast defense pur-
poses. the issue to be 8 per cent TWEEN
! ty-year bonds. Mr.. Lodge said the
amendment had no bearing on the
main financial issue involved but was
merely a practical plan to build New
! York coast defense.
At 4:50 p. m. the senate went into
! executive session, and at sos p. m. adj
| iorrned until tomorrow