The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-02-12

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or may not be true, and therefore
should he answered, disproven-for 81
lince gives consent. Why will not
some Senator defend our President and
our party! Is it possible that parcel
of superannuated masculine maids are
so timid tha! strong speech makes
them tremolingly dumb! Oh, for a
Webster.
VEST TALKS LIKE TlLLMAN.
Cnustic Satire and Ridicule neaped Upon
the Head of the Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The most
caustic utterance heard in the Senate
since Mr.. Tillman's sensational speech
was that of Mr.. Vest of Missouri to-
day, arraigning Secretary of Agricul-
ture Morton. The keen satire and
ridicule directed against tie Secretary
and the illusions to the President
made the speech hardly less notable
than that which recent y startled the
Senate.
Mr.. Vest referred derisively to the
colossal intellect dealing with cabba-
ges.' 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 Senate: Albeit excessit, evasit,
erup;t. Iaughter) When the Sec.
retary OF Agriculture hears OF silver
lunatic he is like the war horse in Job
his neck is clothed with thunder
Ycu might 60 further, and say: He
saith among the: prophets, Ha. ha !!
And he smelt the battle afar off, the
thunder Of the captains and the shout
ing.
Mr.. Vest severely criticised the prac-
tice Of furnishing costly flowers from
government greenhouses for the re-
ceptions at the Executive Mansion,
and added: Sir, I would rather give
twice the amount Of this appropriation
to enable some poor man in distant
county Of the West, who is fighting
the hard battle of life-I would rather
give him something that would make
MS cherries home comfortable and
bring light to his freside-I would
rather put one flower in the sick room
of a noble working girl or matron-
than have it said that voted hun
dred and odd thousand dollars for the
flowers and exotics to 60 to the recep
tons and banquets of the officials Of
this government, where the chande-
lier flashes its light across the red
wine and the air is fragrant with per-
fume like the spicy breeze Of Araby
the Blessed"
The technical construction Of the
law by the Secretary, said Mr.. Vest,
was a mere sham, to cover up the per
sonal opposition to this particular law,
which had stood for years and had
been excluded with incalculable val
ue to the whole country. 1t was an
effort to discredit those in Congress
who distributed seeds.
'sThe Democratic party has been
most unfortunate" said the Senator,
with emphasis, mot only as to its in
ternal discords, but also in the fact
that the devil has owed US grudge
and has paid it in 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: Why did not
this secretary turn his searchlight on
the sale of bonds to a foreign syndi-
cate? Why did he not investigate the
profigacy of public printing? The gi-
gantic intellect of this Secretary of
| Agriculture had daily gone outside Of
his legitimate duties, and why did it
not discover some of the really fla
grant abuses?
This Secretary" proceeded the SEN
ator, assumed to run the entire gov
ernment. Heb been practically the
Secretary of the Treasury, flooding
this country with reports and pamph-
lets denouncing the silver lunatics and
upholding the single gold standard. !"
Mr.. Vest said the Senator from
South Caralina (Tillman) had been
called a communist because he had
sounded a warning in the Senate. He
compared this with New York pub
lication threatening revolution unless
Senators and Representatives yielded
to the goa standard.
When the Democratic party was de-
feated he (VesD had seen an interview
with this Secretary of Agriculture,
gloating over the fact that the Demo
cratic banner was trailing in the dust.
The Secretary shouted with ghoulish
glee at the Democratic defeat.
''The trouble is" said Mr.. Vest,
that the Secretary is monomaniac
on the gold standard. He seen only
gold, gold, red gold, and he thinks
any man who does not see as he does
is a lunatic. >
Mr. Vest closed with a remarkably
sarcastic and bitter peroration. He
referred to the useless seeds which it
was asserted the Secretary had proper
ly refused to buy, but, added the Sen
ator, there was one seed not mention
ed.
1T was" he proceeded, smiling ma
liciously, "the aurefur feniculum caues
mortonao, or, in palmer words, Nor
tons golden dog weed. This will
flourish while this Secretary, swing
ing his golden censor at the Executive
Mansion, shouted his Holy, holy, art
thou, 0 Grover, king Of king and lord
Of lords. y
An Unexplained Chasm.
JACKSON, Feb. 3.-Mr George Lii
", a farmer who lives - miles from
Jackson, reports that yesterday round
hole eight feet across andof unfathom-