The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-24
Hill from the committee on judiciary re.
CONTEMPT OF COURT CASES.

CONTEMPT OF COURT CASES.
We have called attention to this bill in
former letters and have shown how it pro-
posed to deprive all citizens of the right
OF trial by jury, even when a court
thousand miles away should see fit to de-
eide that such citizen was in contempt
of court. In short, the bill proposed to
legalize the unlawful action of the Fed
eral Court in arresting Mr.. Debs and hav-
ing him imprisoned on a charge of con-
tempt without ever giving him trial by
jury. AS soon as this bill was reported
and went on the calendar, Senator Butler
and number of other senators prepared
amendments to the same and introduced
them to be considered when the bill
should be called up. On last Wednesday
Senator HILL called up the bill, whereupon
Senator Butler promptly offered his
amendment and supported the same in a
vigorous speech. After several hours
discussion, Senator Buffers amendment,
providing for trial by jury, was adopted
by large majority, whereupon the other
amendments were withdrawn, and the
bill as amended was passed without fur
Their opposition.
THE SILVER MAN WHO WANTS TO
BE HOO-DOOED.
Political gossip which has been afloat
in Washington for the last few weeks,
and which has been supplemented during
the last few days by telegraphich infor-
nation in the daily papers form the the
advance guard of the Republican national
convention at st. Louis, shows clearly
that there are certain class of free silver
Republicans, who are earnestly appealing
to the gold men to hOO-dOo them. 1t is
that class of Republicans who have silver
constituencies, but who are not silver
men themselves except in name. They
claim to be free silver men, and out of
fear of their constituents are forced to
vote for free coinage measure every
time it comes before congress. But they
have been begging the managers of the
Republican national convention to ar
range some kind of straddling platform
which they would know, of course, meant
the gold standard, but with the hope to
be able to fool their constituents and hold
them in line in the coming campaign.
We have referred to this class of silver
Republicans in a former letter. They are
the silver men who are monopolists and
who vote with the gold bugs and monop-
olsts on every question except that of
free silver. In short, they are gold-bu
at heart; they are hypocrites of the most
dangerous kind as far as the interests of
the people are concerned, but, ON the
other hand. they are the most valuable
agents of the gold ring. They act, as it
were, as attorneys for the gold ring, and
use their influence to fool the silver voters
and get them to vote to eject a gold-bug
like Mckinley for president. This stripe
of politician is to be found in both par
ties, and they are the curse and bane of
American politics. A large number of
men of this stripe are now representing
silver constituencies In both the house
and the senate. We take this means of
warning their constituents that as long as
they send such men to congress, or trust
to and follow the leadership of such men
in political campaigns, that they can
never expect to get relief or see any bet
ter times.
WHY THE BUTLER BOND BILL WAS
NOT VOTED ON IN THE HOUSE.
For the past week the Republican man
ayers in the house have been very much
concerned as to what action they should
take with reference to the Butler anti
bond bill, which was passed by the senate
last week and sent to the house for ac-
ton before adjournment. The decision
Of the house managers was not reached
until last Wednesday, when they decided
not to take it up but to let it die in the
proverbial legislative pigeon hole Prob
ably no better explanation can be found
or produced Of their reason for this course
than appeared on last Thursday morning
in the Washington Post It is as fol-
lows:
Special to the Representative:
''The Ghost Dance as Senator Brice
calls the silver agitation, has frightened
the Republican leaders Of the house of