The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-14

~ The silver Debate In the nOusc-Th
- mandatory Speechcs-Barrcu Gets VI
II Another Racket In the House.
y Senator Smith of New Jersey made
= = an extended speech Monday, which il
y supposed to have voiced the opinion
! of the administration on the Monroe
g doctrine. He opposed all the res
:, olutlons now before the senate on this
subject. because 1--WE have done all
that either prudence can justify Oh
= patriotism demand. We have met the
y situation outlined to us by the pres
3 dent in such manner is 10 show that
:. there is no division of sentiment in the
government of the United States when
any question of national honor is in
VOWED So much we have done Il
. unanimously in both houses, without re-
gard to party lines or personal feel
ings 4 s. Ii is absurd to declare
!. in one breath that Il European power
should not have the right Of conquest
by force of arms, and cOncede in the
next, that il may. be the same brute
force, extend its boundary line in such
Il way and to such extent as may seem
, to itself either just or desirable. To
define the methods by which a foreign
power may accomplish its purpose by
cvacling technicalities is to nulify
absolutely the American principle upon
which we take our stand. Is Nothing
can be more practicable in enforce
ment: but the moment we undertake
to say in SO many words, exactly what
constitutes an infringement upon this
principle, We tic our own hands aud
open the door to an ocean of technical
tiles. X i If every act of a president of
the United States involving national
honor or national disgrace can only be
taken with proprlety when the bust
ness and financial condition of the
country is such as to warrant it, then
great indeed must be the indignation
| to my colleague when he contemplates
the conduct of George Washington.
James Madison, and, above all, the
many and most inopportunc' acts Of
| Abraham Lincoln.
Another speech in the same line
came Tuesday form Blanchard of Louis
lana who argued that the crossing of
what We determine to be the divisional
line for the purpose of seizing or hold /
ing the territory would be held by lis
to be tantamount to deciara /
tion of war against both the United .
States and Venezuela, and would be I
resisted accordingly.
Representative W f.. Barrett who /
began his career in Vermont rs Il re
porter on the St. Adams Messenger
and who a few weeks ago caused a /
sensation by his resolutions for the
impeachment Of ambassador Bayard
raised the biggest storm of the session
Friday by proposing resolutions of
censure of Talbcrt of South Carolina
for a declaration that while loyal to
the flag now he was not ashamed of
his part or that of his state in seces
sion. he thought they were right then,
still thought so and under the same
circumstances would do the same thing
again. Barrett's resolution character
lied this az a violation Of the oath
which Talbert had taken before the
bar of the house, He refused TO allow
Talbcrt to explain, which the latter s
said later he did not want to do,
Finally, after a lengthy parliamentary
wrangle, the resolutions were referred
to the judiciary committee by vote i,
of 200 to y, all the Democrats and .
voting with the majority =,
to sit down on Barrett, over whose /,
outburst Reed and most of the Repub {
The senate has also been quite pro- d
fuse in its exhibitions of i'll temper 4
over the agriculture appropriation bill 9
and Secretary Morton refusal to dis :,
tribute seeds through Congressman
Vest of Missouri, whose luminosity to :.
Cleveland grows steadily, improved the 9
last week TO get IN this T.
lig Under the shadow of the plant =
golden dogs fenncll here poses by !.
lay and dreams by night, occasionally a
swinging his golden censor, filled with =
incense, at the executive mansion and
shouting, Holy. holy art thou, o ,
irover, king of kings and lord of "
ords.
Blanchard of Louisiana made a furi-
,us speech Friday and likened Nor
on's conduct to that of Comptroller Il
Bowler in the sugar bounty case. who h
had taken the law by the throat, as q
highwayman would hold up a d
traveller on lonely road He called d.
hem creatures of the president, -
md expressed the hope that congress,
n vindication of its rights and powers, Y
would compel them to have regard for
he law. There is little doubt that
he seed appropriation will be insisted
n by both houses and if SO the secre
airy of agriculture will do as he did
,eforc, and refuse TO spend the money.
icing justified, he tn inks, in Il legal |
way at least, by an opinion written by q
Richard Olney, when attorney general. C
ndorsing his action. There is now in
he treasury of the United States
j. 1000, 900 which Secretary Morton
as saved by refusing to distribute
ecds and in other ways, and it is the
Ian of Chairman Wadsworth to use
his money as the nucleus for a new
uilding for the department of agri
ulture, the present one being small,
OF fireproof The senate passed the
ill Tuesday without roll call even.
iorman who was inclined to sustain
he administration. started to insist on
ne but got little support. Morton, m
owever. does not knucklc. He says e,
hat if these dhungry congressman Ii
nd senators are so certain that he is |
the law they have plain tc
uty before them, and that is Ia i'm d
each him at once. He is ready, he OF
avs. to stand trial at any time. and b
} plead the Interpretation of the law OF
y the attorney general us his iustifi 81
stion. 10
The debate was very acrimonious ar
nd extended well into this week. gr
est in his onslaught made point that
ecretary Morton. while refusing to
oey the Law and distribute seeds to;
lie people. was constantly providing
-chids. lilies of the valley and great
aims from the government botanical
irdens for the receptions of the pres
lent and cabinet officers. But Mon
Az. while admitting that these things