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VESTS oRAToRIcAL WTRIoL.
THE SENATOR HURLs A PHIAL AT
SECRETARY SMITH.

Lands of an Indian Reservation to
Settlement the Ground for the sen-
atOr's Bitter Attacls-Mr. Vest Also
Gives President Cleveland "A Rap
for HIS Utterances in His Speech
at New York.
Washington. March 1s-The feature Of
to-day's proceedings in the Senate was
short debate upon joint resolution d.
recting the Secretary OF the Interior TO
execute the law for opening to settle
ment some 100000 acres OF land in ths
eastern part OF Utah, which have been
part OF the Uncompahgre Indian reser-
walton. Severe structures upon the Sec
retary OF the Interior for his attempt
TO nullify the act of congress were made
by Senators Cannon, Wolcott and Vest.
The latter inveighed with much vehe-
mence against the secretary. declarine,
that the time had been when the head OF
department would have to answer to the
bar OF the Senate for such an attempr
TO trample upon the legislative branch
OF the government. Mr.. Vest also caused
much amusement by his witty and caus-
tic criticism of President Cleveland's re-
Sent Soata speech s.' before the Home Missionary
dhe dupont election case was taken uu
satser sd. tne morning hour, and Mr.. Thurs
bn,,,, MI, rep OF Nebraska, made a three
houIS speech in advocacy OF Mr. Du-
points right to the seat
4, MT vest began with the remark thai
tnefe was time when a cabinet ofHcer
VINO deliberately failed to execrte an scr
OF congress would be brought before the
DAT OF the Senate because he had tram
pea upon the legislative Department or
lRe w government and had violated his oath
OF office. He happened to know All fhe
thSt thhSta IN. IN regard TO the matter. He said
Llat some years ago a company had been
fnF ha
or opening up certain asphalt deposItS
IA the Uncompaghre reservation In the
eastern part of Utah and had invested a
laIse amount or money. The St. Louis
company had not gone into the reserva-
ton. II had bought land outside and wa
goneu the product down to the Union pa
CHIC railway, by which IL was sent ~
the dimerent cities. The company did not
w Want ~ the lands, because the asphalt exist
ca ~ Such enormous quantities that there
could be no monopoly IN It,
There was also, Mr.. Vest said a New
ork asphalt corporation which came on
the scene last summer, and which made
some adjustment with the ST. Louis Con-
pany The question was whether congress
knew what II was doing when IL passed
Lne act 10 open up these lands. Congress
ala know IL and know very well that
there were great asphalt deposits there.
What sort OF right, Mr.. Vest demanded
ahgrly, mad the Secretary of the Interior
70 nullify that act of congress-? That prac-
tice had grown up until 1t demanded rep-
rehenslon OF congress, and at once The
the seed question was another instance OF
the Same kind And now said he
comes the Secretary OF the Interior, and
says that congress did not know anything
about these enormous deposits; and he
takes the responsibility of saying to the
PRESIDENT of the United States that tho
tlement shall not be issued. Here is 4
positive statute, nulihed by the head OF
a department with no other excuse ex-
cept the paltry one that he assumed that
congress had not the information which
II has had for the last seven years.
There seems" Mr. West continued, Ito
pc disposition on the part of the admin
istration to treat the western people as ie
they were in condition of pupilage: as
II they do not know their own rights or
their own interests, and as If they must
be informed. ex-cathedra from the east
in reference to what is best for them and
what should be done for them. Even the
President of the United States lately, on
a missionary occasion uaughter), spoke OF
the west as a land Of immortality and
crime. He stood with the light-the ghast-
~ light-of the hell-holes and rum cellars
of New York blazing upon him, and can't
ingly, said that home missions must be
used to civilize, to Christianize the men
who have left their homes ia the civilized
east and gone out among the mountains
and valleys of the wild and woolly west.
(Loud and general laughter.)
Our President stood with Dr. Talmaga
on the one side and the Rev. Sheldon jack
son on the other, and gave us a new ver-
sion OF that beloved old missionary hymns
From Montana's sinful mountain,
From Utahs wiclsed plain,
They call us to deliver,
Their land from errors chain"
Continued laughter)
I'VE are told upon high ecclesiastical
authority that his exceiency mas lately
laid down his honors at the feet of Jesus
/ am glad TO know it. II has been the
general impression of democrats that the
mugwumps and incense burners had got
those honors and intended to keep them
+ nave great respect for the Christian re-
iligion and for mission al home and abroads
but this was slander upon the men, who.
with rifle in one hand and ak In the
other, nave gone out and blazed the patn-
way of civilization in the western wilds
/ went to Missouri when It was a from
tier state, roamed by the Indian and the
buffalo. | have lived with those people
President now, that If he will pretermir
hunting ducks in North Carolina and sill
yer democrats in Kentucky long enough
70 come out west, we will show him a
God-fearing, self-respecting, laW-abfdina
people. We win show him churches IN
we will show him happy ana 1d0tch Chrfstiay6 f,ftily
homes, where the sons, the fathers and
the husbands pray. Our spires may nor
ern cities; we may not have organs that
roll dolorous tones along fretted aisles.
but we have people who fear God and
observe the law and the commandments
In connection with sslis humble but real
religion, l am tempted to quote these
beautiful lines of the Scotch poet
1ohPdL1N WIN tAiiSs now poor EGIlg1On IS
pride
In all the pomp of method and Of art.
When men display to congregations wide
Devotion's every grace, except the
heart"
This. Mr.. President. is what we have
come to, at last-that the President "a
the United States. in his official Capacity
says to the people OF the whole world
that in one portion of this country the
surroundings are such that missions
home missions-are necessary i'm order to
bring the people to the proper knowledge 8
of what is right and true"
Al this point, the Vice President asked
Mr.. Vest to suspend his speech until a
message should be received from the
President of the United States.
Mr.. Vest stopped, and the message was
delivered. general laughter being excit-
ed at the incident, and being continued
when Mr.. Vest remarked, with assumed
gravity, that he would be glad If the pres
siding officer would examine the mes-
sage and see If 1t was In response to any
thing which had occurred in the Senate
to-day.
The Dupont election case was then TAX
en- up; and Mr.. Thurston addressed the
Senate in an argument supporting Mr..
Dupont's claim to the seat He alluded
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