The Irish standard., 1896-02-08
MORTON.
s s'I',F Scores The Agricultural Gentleman.
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SS$f AZ ashington, d. c., Feb. e.-The most
ssscausticS ut erances heard Iii the senate
4 since MIR. Tillnan's sensational speech,
~ that. Of Mr. Vest yesterday, arraign-
ing Secretary of Agriculture Morton. The
Keen satire and ridicule directed against
& the secretary, and the illusions to the
Il president made the speech hardly less
= ne Die than that Which recently startled
N tna senate. Mr. Vest referred derisively
Fl TO the colossal intellect dealing with cab
Y pa ses. And one point, the senator said:
1.-The secretary Of agriculture charges
from - ms office, reminding us of what Cic-
+ eI2 says Of .Cataline's flight from the SEN
are 'Abit, e&cessit, evasit. erupit. Laugh
@ter.) When the secretary Of agriculture
h hears of a silver lunatic he is like the war
horse in Job, his neck is clothed with
thunder. You might go further and say
y he sn1elleth the battle afar off, the thuil-
4 Ger OF the captains and the shouting.
Mr.. Vest severely criticised the practice
Z OF furnishing costly flowers from govern
z ment greenhouses for the receptions at the
q executive mansion and added: Sir, /
would rather give twice the amount OF
this appropriation to, enable some poor
man in a distant country Of the West
who is fighting the hard battle of life,
4 ( would rather give him something that
would make his cherries home comfort
able and bring light to his tireside: l
would rather put one flower III the SICK
than to have it said that l had voted q
hundred odd thousand dollars for the
flowers and exotics to. go 70 the fecep-
tons and banquets of the officials OF TINS
government where the chandelier flashes
its light across the red wine ana the air
is fragrant with perfume like the spicy
breeze Of Araby the blessed.
Mr. Vest referred to the "bugle blast
from the secretary of agriculture to the
congressional extravaganza in distribute
ing seeds
"'The Democratic party has been most
unfortunate" said the senator with en-
phasis. mot only as to it's international
dscords, but also in the fact that the
devil has owed US a grudgs. ana 70 mas palo
it in a secretary Of agriculture.
''The secretary has" continued Mr..
Vest, put the Democratic party in antag-
onism to the great agricultural interests
of the party, although that party had
always stood as the close friends of agri-
culture The gigantic intellect of this sec
rotary Of agriculture has daily gone out
side Of his legitimate duties and why did
it not discover some Of the really flag
rant abuses
'This secretary" proceeded the senator,
assumes to run the entire government:
He has been practically the secretary OF
the treasury, flooding this country with
reports and pamphlets denouncing the sill
yer lunatics. and upholding the single gold
Standard -..,.--.-
Mr. Vest said that the senator from,
South Carolina (Tilnlan) had been called
g. communist because ne had sounded
warming in the senate He compared this
with q New York publication threatening
revolution unless senator's and represent
atives yielded to the gold standard.
t.G'he trouble isl said Mr.. Vest. chat
II the secretary of agriculture is monoma-
!; IliaGSon the gold standard. He sees only
gold gold, red gold, and he thinks any
r,lansWho does not see as he does is lurla>
" tics's-M&'
mr.. Vest closed shortly after O'Clock
with a remarkably sarcastic and bitter
peroratio1. He referred to the useless
seeds, which it was asserted the secretary
had properly refused to buy. But, added
the senator, there was one seed not men,
toned.
ut was he proceeded smiling n1alic
iously. 1.-The aurefur feniculum caues NOR
tonae, or, in palmer words Morton's gold
en- dog-weed. This would flourish while
this secretary swinging his golden censor
at the executive mansion, shouted his
holy, holy, art thou, on Grover, king OF
kings and lord of lords
Mr.. Vests speech had proceeded beyond
2 o'clock dispensing of the Quay resolu
ton for today. The resolution TO distrib-
ute appropriation bills among the several
committees was again taken up.
Mr.. Teller (Rep., Col.), took occasion
during the debate to refer to the success
of the bond issue. Large as the offerings
were they would have been larger if the
secretary of the treasury had received
bids at a fixed price for the bonds. Clumsy
and awkward as the bond submission had
been, lacking the essential features of
popular loan, yet it completely answered
those who had talked, of the necessity of
looking to foreign syndicates to sustain
our credit.
The debate on distributing the appropri-
alton bills ran through the entire after
noon and was not concluded when at 4:3O
O'clock the senate went into executive SEES
sion, and at $50 O'Clock adjourned until