St. Paul daily globe., 1896-01-08
ARRAIGNED BY VEST
VIGOROUS ATTACK ON THE SU-
PREME COURTS INCOME TAX
DECISION.
AGAINST EVERY PRECEDENT.
DENUNCIATION OF THE JUSTICE
WHO CHANGED HIS
MIND.
AGAINST EVERY PRECEDENT.
AFTER MIR. PULITZER,
Violating the Law In Inviting For
eign Official Opinions-POstaI
Savings Notes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE senate
was treated today to one of Senator
Vests characteristic speeches. He ar
raigned the supreme court for the in
come tax decision; he laid the respons-
ibilty for the lack of revenue at their
door when they exempted the "sordid
wealth of the land" from taxation; !;
he contrasted the records of the pres
ent and passed administrations; he
threw some light upon heretofore un-
known chapters in the history of the
Mckinley law; he denounced the finan /.
clal dependence OF this country and Of
others upon the moneyed influence; he
attacked the president and the secre-
tary of the treasury for their PROPOSE
ton to retire the greenbacks and place
the circulation in the hands Of the
national banks; quoted Secretary Car
Isle against himself, and in conclu-
sion declared that the conflict between
bimetallism and the gold standard
was irresistible, and that the sooner
it was decided the better it would be
for our public and private life. The
other feature Of the session today grew
out Of the introduction by Mr. Chan
dler of a bill for a popular loan
| through the issue of postal savings
certificates. In the course of Mr.. Chan
| dler'S remarks the cable replies of the
Prince of Wales, the Rothschilds and
others to the New York World were
| alluded to, and Mr.. Lodge claimed
that the editor of the World had been
guilty of violating section 5,335 of the
revised statutes in holding communica-
tion with officials of another govern
ment the purpose of which twas to
interfere with measure of the United
States" Mr.. Gray, Of Delaware, re-
buked both Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. Chan
dler for the suggestion that public
opinion could not be solicited, either
here or abroad, on any question, and
affirmed that just public opinion in
all civilized centers must be the final
arbitrator of all disputes.
REPORTED THE SUBSTITUTE.
When the senate opened numerous
petitions bearing on the Armenian out
RACES, the question of the recognition
Of the Cuban belligerents and the
Venezuelan boundary line dispute were
presented. Among the latter was one
from the Society of Friends of Indiana
| praying Tor afD1tratlOn.
Mr.. Jones Dem., Ark) reported
from the finance committee the free
silver substitute for the house bond
bill and gave notice that he would
call it up tomorrow and ask the SEN
ate to consider it. Mr.. Morrill, (Rep.,
Vt), chairman Of the finance commit
tee, notified the senate that the sub
stitute was opposed by every Repub-
lican member of the committee. The
bill went on the calendar
On motion of Mr.. Davis (Rep., Mimi
the house joint resolution concerning
the Improvement of the public build
ing at Mankato, Mimi, was agreed
| to.
On Mr.. Kyle's motion, a bill was
passed amending existing law so that
| the evidence of timber claimants can
| be taken before the clerk of any court
of record, instead of requiring them,
as now, to go before the officers of the
land office.
| Mr.. Voorhees, Oem. Ind.) secured
unanimous consent for the passage of
a resolution authorizing Gen. Casey to
make contracts for the completion of
the new library of congress, by stat
ing that, if passed, the building would
be completed within the time fixed
by the act and that about $50, 900 would
be covered back into the treasury
can unprecedented thing in the erec-
ton of public buildings calculated
Mr.. Hale (Rep., Me-.
| Mr.. voorhees, offered a resolution,
which was referred for the purchase
of a portrait of the late Allen G.. Thur
man, now hanging in the judiciary
committee room, painted by ]. H. De
Witt
Mr.. Ell<ins Rep., w. Va) offered a
resolution, which was referred to the
finance committee, providing that here
after any contemplated issue Of United
States bonds shall first be advertised
| for at least twenty days, and that such
bonds shall be sold TO the highest
bidder
Mr.. Allen offered resolution, which
was referred, authorizing the appoint
ment of five senators to investigate
the question whether there was now
and had been for the past two and
one-half years a republican form of
government in the state of Alabama;
whether fraud, force or intimidation
had entered into the election Of men,
bers Of the legislature in so far as
those elections bore on the election of
United States senators.
VIOLATION OF THE LAW.
Mr.. Lodge renewed the discussion of
Mr.. Chandler's bill by calling atten-
ton to section 5,935 of the revised
statutes prohibiting any citizen of the
! United States, on penalty of fine and
| imprisonment, from holding any COM
munication, either verbal or written,
with any officer or agent of a foreign
| government, the purpose of which was
to influence action in a pending in
| ternational dispute or to interfere with
a measure Of the United States. He
cited the cable communication sent by
the Rothschilds, one Of which was a
member Of the house of commons, to
| the editor Of the New York World.
| The obvious trend of these communica-
tions was to interfere with measure
of the government" He also called
attention to a recent communication
| of the Prince Of Wales on the boun-
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