The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-08
VESTS SPICY SPEECH
One Of the Missouri Senator S
Characteristic Utterances.
ON THE MONEY QUESTION
The Present and Past Admins
trationS ContraSted.
SUPREME COURT ARRAiGNED

and Gold Standard declared 10
be irrepressibIe--Ou Finan-
cial Dependence.
Washington, ID. c., Jan. Z The SEN
ate was treated to-day to one of Sena-
tor Vests characteristics speeches. He
aIraigned the Supreme court for the
income tax decision; he laid the re-
sponsibility for the lack of revenue
at their door when they exempted the
'sordid wealth of the land" from tax
alton; he contrasted the records of the
present and the past administration;
he threw some light upon heretofore
unknown chapters in the history of
the Mckinley law; he denounced the
financial dependence of this country
and of others upon the monied in
fluence; he attacked the President and
the Secretary of the Treasury for their
proposition to retire the greenbacks
and place the circulation in the
hands OF the National banks; quoted
Secretary Carlisle against himself,
and, in conclusion declared that the
conflict between bi-metallism and gold
standard was irrepressible and that
the sooner it was decided the better it
would be for our public and private
life.
The other feature of the session to-
day grew out of the introduction by
MIR. Chandler of bill for q popular
loan through the issue of postal saw
ings certificates. In the course of Mr..
Chambers remarks, the cable replies
of the Prince of Wales, the Rothschilds
and others to the New York World
were alluded to and Mr.. Lodge claimed
that the editor of the World had been
guilty of violating section 5,335 Of the
Revised Statutes in holding communi-
cation with officials Of another gov
ernment, the purpose Of which was
TO interfere with measure Of the Uni
ted States"
MIR. Gray, OF Delaware, rebuked both
Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. Chandler for the
suggestion that public opinion could
not be solicited either here or abroad
on any question and affirmed that a
just public opinion in all civilized
countries must be the final arbiter Of
all disputes.
In presenting the bill providing for
a popular loan by the issue of postal
saving notes Mr.. Chandler called at
tention TO a cable message in the New
York World to-day from RothschiId
and expressing doubt as to whether
any European capitalists would take
American bonds for investment until
the Venezuelan boundary line dispute
was arranged. ''That means" said Mr..
Chandler, commenting on the com
munication, that the United States
should agree to loan Salisbury's pro-
position that we will allow Great Brit
ain to take all she needs of Nenezuela's
territory and arbitrate the question OF
whether she shall take the rest of the
territory dispute"
He said that being the situation, it
was time 10 see whether the American
people could not furnish the resources
necessary to maintain our credit.
What was wanted, was popular
loan which the money of the rich and
poor would put alike into the Treas
ury.
Mr.. Chandler asked that the bill 20
to the Committee on Postot1ices and
Post Roads, but gave notice that he
should move it as an amendment TO the
financial bill by the Finance Commit
tee. 1t was referred as requested.
Mr.. Lodge re-opened the discussion
of Mr.. Chandler's bill by calling att
tention to section 5,335 of the Revised
Statutes, prohibiting any citizen OF
the United States on penalty of fine
and imprisonment from holding any
communication. verbal or written,
with any agent of a foreign govern
ment, the purpose of which was to in
fiuence action in ending international
l;e,n,,t.. ~. IN, int with rtlnaE1lPf
of the United States. He cited the
cable communications sent by the
Rothschilds, one of whom was a mem
ber of the House of Commons, TO the
editor of the New York World. The
obvious trend of these communica-
tions was to interfere with "a measure
of the government"
He also called attention to recent
communication of the Prince of Wales
on the boundary line dispute. All
of these communication were for the
purpose, he claimed, "of forcing us
from our position" and making MS
more than ever dependent upon a syn
dicate of bankers. He wanted to know
if editor Pulizer's action did not come
within the pale Of the statute he had
cited.
Mr.. Chandler was inclined TO agree
that it did
1t happened that Mr.. Hill just at
that time was himself reading the
statute.
at is now being read by the defen-
der of the administration said Mr.
Chandler sarcasticaliy.
what else / may be" said Mr.. Hill,
looking up, 81 am not the defender of
Joseph Pulitzer"
Mr.. Gary had bitterly denounced the
suggestion Of Mr.. Lodge and the hour
of two o'clock having arrived the Sen
ate without disposing of the question
resumed consideration of Mr.. Sher-
mans resolution concerning the gold
reserve and Mr. Vest, (Dem., MOI,