St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-06
SENATOR VEST MAKES A SPEECH
SECOND ONLY TO THAT OF
TILIMAN.
GROVER COMES IN FOR ABUSE.
ALL BECAUSE THE AGRICULTURAL.
DEPARTMENT HAD CUT OFF
FREE SEEDS.
HOUSE REVERsEs A COMMITTEE,
Refuses to Pass the District of COL
umbia Appropriation Bill as
Reported.

| WASHINGTON, Feb 5.-There were
indications of a lively session when
the senate convened today. Mr. Quay's
| resolution to recommit the tariff silver
bill with instructions was the first in
order of consideration after the routine
business. There was a full representa-
ton of senator's, and the galleries also
were well filled, in anticipation of the
debate and possibly vote. Mr.. Quay
was early at his desk. He was joined
| by Mr.. Teller in a hurried talk of the
proposed action. Mr.. Hill, of New York,
who had interfered with Mr.. Quays
plans yesterday, moved about the cham
| Der talking with senators and mar
| shaling the forces for further opposi-
ton. Mr.. Morgan Oem., Ala.) from
the committee on foreign relations, re-
ported the Cuban belligerency resolu-
| tlon, saying 1t met with full approval
Mr.. Call Oem, Fla.) gave notice that
he would call up the resolution as soon
as he could secure the attention Of the
senate.
The diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill was reported and placed
on the calendar. The only important
amendment raised the consulate at
Capetown, Africa to a consul general
cy, at $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Quay's resolution was laid before
the senate by the presiding officer, but
Mr. Vest Oem., Mo- and others raised
the point that the Hansbrough resolu-
ton, directing the secretary of agri-
culture to execute the law as to seed
distribution, had precedence The pre-
siding officer finally Strengthened the
matter by explaining that after the
seed resolution was disposed of Mr.
Quay's resolution would be taken up,
and II the former was not disposed of
today that the Quay resolution would
come up tomorrow. a bill was passed
to extend the mineral land laws to the
north half of the ColvSlIe Indian res
ervation. The most caustic utterances
heard in the senate since Mr. Tillman's
sensational speech was that of Mr..
| Vest, arraigning Secretary Of AgricuI-
ture Morton
the keen satire and ridicule directed
against the secretary, and the allu-
slons to the president, made the speech
hardly less noticeable than that which
recently startled the senate Mr.. Vest
referred derisively to the Colossal in
! tellect dealing with cabbages''
AT one point the senator said: "The
secretary of agriculture charges from
his Office, reminding us of what Cicero
says OF Cataline's flight from the sem
ate albeit eXcessit evasit erupit
(LaughteD. When, the secretary of
agriculture hears of a silver lunatic he
is like the
WAR HORSE IN JOB,
his neck is clothed with thunder. You
| fI1Jt
among the prophets, ha, ha; and he
smelleth the battle afar off. the thun-
der of the captains and the shout
| ing"
Mr.. Vest severely criticised the prac
uce of furnishing costly flowers from
the government green houses for the
| receptions at the executive mansion
and added:
Sir, l would rather give twice the amount
VI VI tnIs appropriation to enable some poor
eaht,n eidn IN distant county of the West who is
hghtlng the hard battle of life; | would
rather give him something that would make
MS cheerless home comfortable: | would
ratner amer, put one flower in the sick room of
a NOBLE working girl or matron than to have
It said that had voted hundred thousand
dollars for the flowers and exotics to 20 to
the the receptions and banquets Of the officials of
TINS TINS government where the chandelier flashes
its hight across the red wine and the air
Is Is 1ragrant with perfume like the spicy
breeze of Araby the blessed
Mr. Vest referred to the "bugle blastsn
from the secretary of agriculture to the con
gTessional I extravaganza in distributing seeds.
Inc democratic party has been most un-
fortunate. said the senator with emnbs sis
not only as to its international discords. hut
also In the fact that the devil has owed rs
grudge, and has paid it in a secretary of
agriculture. The secretary put the Demo
! cratic party In antagonism to the great aerf-
cultural interests of the party, although that
party had always stood as the close friends
OF agriculture. The gigantic intellect of this
secretary OF agriculture has daily gone out
sid side OF his legitimate duties, and why did
IL not discover some of the really faprant
abuses? This secretary assumed to run the
| entlre government He has been practicaIIy
the, one secretary of the treasury flooding this
country with reports and pamphlets
DENoUNCING SILVER LUNATIcs
and upholding the single gold standard.
Mr. Vest said the senator frob,
south Carolina Tillman) had been
called communist because he had
sounded warning in the senate. He
compared this with New York pub
Hcation threatening revolution unless
senators and representatives yielded to
the gold standard
The trouble is said Mr.. Vest, that the
secretary OF agriculture is a monomaniac on
the gold standard. He sees only gold, gold,
req gold, and he thinks any man who does
not see as he sees Is a lunatie''
Mr.. Vest closed shortly after O'Clock
with remarkably sarcastic and Bit
ter peroration. He referred to the use
less seeds, which it was asserted the
secretary had properly refused to buv.
| But, added the senator there was one
seed not mentioned
ut was" he proceeded smiling malic-
| iously, "the aurefur feniculum caues Nor
tonae, or, in palmer words, Morton's golden
dogweed. This would flourish while this
secretary, swinging his golden censor at the
executive mansion, shouted his holy, holy,
are thou, Oh! Grover, king of kings and
| lord of lords.''
The debate on distributing the ap-
preparation bills ran through the entire
afternoon, and was not concluded when,
at 4:30 o'clock, the senate went into
executive session, and at $50 o'clock
adjourned until tomorrow.