The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-02-06
Senator Tillman throws mud
upon President Cleveland
THURSTON'S PATRIOTIC ADJ
DRESS.
Cuban Affalrs-Monroo Doctrine
Coinage Substitute Adoption.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent

fork into action, but he got II I'M
limbered this week, and for more
than an houur he jabbed it into Mr..
Cleveland, the Rothschild and 9TH
err goldbugs, and the democratic
party, as energetically rs the aver
age hired man would into a pile OF
hay while the boss was in sight.
He referred to Mr.. Cleveland in
such endearing terms as "the bull
headed and self id0latrOus man
who holds the reins of power"
traitor to and destroyer Of the dem.
ocratic party, and said sneeringly
to the democratic side of the Sem
ate: "How many of you, men
gro : IL old and gray in the service
OF the party and of the nation, men
who were its trusted leaders before
Cleveland WAS heard of, how many
I say, have been called into his
counsels? If any, speak. | shall
be glad to hear them. Where has
this man sunk his personality ?
Whom has he consulted? Whose
advise has he recognized? None
but that of the nootlicks and syCO-
plants who have crawled on their
knees for the crumbs of patronage
and betrayed their constituents for
the Offices in his gift. In the entire
history of this country the high
office OF President has never been
SO prostitutep, and never has the
appointing power been so abused.
Claiming to be the of civil service
reform, he has debauched the civil
service by making appointments
only of those whose sponsors would
surrender their manhood, and, with
bated breath, walk with submissive
head in his presence" There was
whole lot more about "this besot.
ted tyrant" whose conscience has
become debauched, who ought to
be impeached, etc, but space for.
bids its reproduction. He wound
up by abusing the Supreme Court
for its income tax decision, and
predicting a war between the poor
and rich unless his remedies are
adopted for all the diseases the
body polite Is afflicted with.
The Senate committee on Foreign
Relations has reported II long reso'
luton setting for the condition Of
affairs in Cuba, the damage to oul
commercial interests, and request
ing the President to use his good
offices witk Spain to get that nation
to recognize the Cubans as billiger
ents. Senator Cameron presented
a minority repart, requesting Spain
to recognize the independence o.
Guile.
Hon. John M. Thurston, Ne
braskd'S new Senatoa, made {
speech this week in favor of tht
Monroe doctrine resolution, which
attracted much more atten tior
than is usually accorded to any
thing srid by Il new member of ths
Senate, and which was alike credi
sable to himself, his state, and tt
the republican party of which hi
has long been IN honored member
He took especial paines to show
the fallacy of the position taken by
Senator Wolcott, of Colo, in his
speech opposing the resolution
Speaking Of England's attempt tt
scare US into abandoning the Mon
roe doctrine, by putting the finan
cial screws upon Us, he said: awe
solemnly advise them that oul
foreign policy is not matter O.
exchange or barter; ane no finan
cial panic can ever induce us for 8
single moment to lower the stan
dard of our natiOnrl honor. ale
closed his speech with the follow
ing words which any American
might justly feel proud of aveine
uttered:" Sir, believing that the
honor OF my country is involved
that the hour calls for the hughes
expression of loyalty and patriot
ism; calmly confident of the yer
dict of posterity; reverently calling
God to witness the sincerity of my
purpose, 1 shall vote for the resolu
ton reported by the committee OF
Foreign Relations. Ishall vote fol
it, not as an affront TO any Othel
nation, hut to uphold the dignit,
of my own. shall vote for it il
this time of profound tranquility
convinced that peace with honor
can be preserved; but, sir, woult
vote sor it just as shurly were W,
already standing in the awfo
shadow of declared war. / would
vote for it were the navies of al