The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-06

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-When the
senate convened today there was full
representation Of senators and the gal
leries also were well filled in the antici-
patton of debate and possible vote
on Mr.. Quay's motion to recommit the
tariff silver bill with instructions.
Mr. Morgan alabama from the
committee on foreign relations, report
ed the Cuban belligerency resolution,
saying it met with his full approval
Mr., Call R'lorida) gave notice that
he would call up the resolution as soon
as he could secure the attention of the
senate.
The diplomatic consular appropria-
ton bill was reported and placed on
the calendar. The only important
amendment raised the consulate at
Cape Town, Africa, to a consul gene
ralcy, at $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Quay's resolution was laid before
the senate by the presiding officer, but
Mr.. Vest Dem., MOI and others raised
the point that the Hansbrough resolu-
ton, directing the secretary of agricul-
ture to execute the law as to the seed |
QlSlrlDuJlOn nad preceQence.
The presiding officer finally straight
ened the matter by explaining that af-
ter the seed resolution was disposed of
Mr.. Quays resolution would be taken |
up, and if the former was not disposed [
of today, that the Quay resolution I
should come up tomorrow. A bill was
passed to extend the mineral land laws 4
to the north half Of the Colville In |
dian reservation.
MOST CAUsTIC.
The most caustic utterances heard in |
the senate since Mr.. Tillman's sensa- !
tional speech. was that of Mr.. Vest, |
arraigning Secretary of Agriculture !
Morton. The general satire and ridi- |
Guile directed against the secretary and |
the illusions to the president, made the |
speech hardly less notable than that
which recently startled the senate. Mr.. |
Vest referred derisively to the col !
ossal intellect dealing with cabbages."
At one point the senator said: The |
secretary of agriculture charges from
his office. remining US of what Cicero
says at Cataline's flight from the SEN
ate, 'Obeit eXcessit evasit erupit.'
Naughter) When the secretary of ag-
riculture hears of silver lunatic, he
is like the war horse of Job-his neck
is closed with thunder. You might go
further and say, He saith among the
prophets, ha, ha, and he smelleth the
battle afar off the thunder of the cap
tains and the shouting.
DEAD RIGHT
Mr.. Vest severely criticised the prac-
tice of furnishing costly flowers from
government greenhouses for the recep-
lions at the executive mansion, and
added:
"sir, would rather give twice the
amount of this appropriation to assist
some poor man in a distant county OF
the west who is lighting the hard bat
tie of life; I would rather give him
something that would make his cheer
less home comfortable and bring light
to his Preside; [ would rather put one
flower in the sick room of a noble work
ing girl or matron, than to have it said
that I had voted a hundred and odd
thousand dollars for the flowers and
eXotics to go to the receptions and ban
quets of the officials of this govern
ment, where the chandelier flashes it's
light across the red wine and the air
is fragrant with perfume like the spicy
breeze of Araby the Blessed
Mr. Vest referred to the "bugle
blasts" from the secretary of agricul-
ture as to the congressional extrava-
gance in distributing seeds.
A GRUDGE PAID.
1.-THE Democratic party has been most
unfortunate said the senator with
emphasis, mot only as to it's in
ternal discords, but also in the fact
that the devil has owed US a grudge
and has paid it in a secretary of agri-
culture"
THE secretary had" continued Mr..
Vest, put the Democratic party in an
tagonism to the great agricultural in
terests of the party. although that par
ty had always stood as the close friend
of agriculture
"The gigantic intellect of this secre-
tary of agriculture has daily gone out
side of his legitimate duties, and why
did it not discover some of the really
fragrant abuses?
This secretary" proceeded the sena-
tor assumed to run the entire gov
He has been practically the
of the treasury, flooding this
country with reports and pamphlets
denouncins the silver lunatics and up
holding the single gold standard"
A MONoMANIAC.
Mr.. Vest said that the senator from
South Carolina (Tillman) has been
called a communist because he had
a warning in the senate He
compared this with a New York publ
cation threatening revolution unless
and representatives yielded to
the gold standard
1.-THE trouble is" said Mr.. Vest,
that the secretary of agriculture is a
on the money standard. IS
He sees gold, only gold, red gold and
he thinks any man who does not see
as he does is a lunatic"
Mr.. Vest closed shortly after 9
o'clock with a remarkably sarcastic
and bitter peroration. He referred to :
the useless seeds which ii was asserted
the secretary had properly refused 20
buy. But added the senator there
was one seed not mentioned ,
1T was" he proceeded, smiling ma s