The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-02-06

on That he has blown hot and cold as MS
on+ bohhy and will go down in history ~
the most gigantic failure of any man VINO
over occupied the White House, all DC
cause of his vanity. and obstlnasy. r,I-
~" r." make good this "charge" Mr.; III
~ ar",,es that when President Cleve,,
ln"d came TO power in March, 1893, anu
SbnuId have called the senate ana mouse
n'oth democratic for the first time since
tbo ,varl 10 carry his policy into erect
bn did not call an extra session ~ CIV i,J
toriff reform to the people, but ihsteau
cailcd congress together to stop the Gull
age OF silver.
| discussing the repeal of the purchasinS
clause of the Sherman law, wllich d. Dr.
lowed. he said: democrats anu ~
nuilicans We'd with each other III INT nc
pl'',,Iarance of the policy which had Deeil
formulated ana steauhS P'i'
| senator from Ohio. ,,.os On
When the senate met there was an
,ctnnyylcdged majority of men open anu
outsnokcn in their determination 10 stan
bv tho white metal, and who were eiecttu
| on that ISSUE but the process OF uepd idod
CIV began and slowly the senate yigiu w.
I'm 30 days the deed was uone ai ne tho
| choins were rivctcd on the wristS Oh the
toiling Millions Dlu ''ie '"''
| treasury stopE
Discussing the tariff bill, which passed
IN tho regular session following, ne salo
!" "It il true he (thc presidenD dld not
! s;,n II and allowed it to become law
without approval; but here again we nay
n sncctacic of charlatanry and hypocrit-
;caj a assumption of superiority TO MS par
| ~ which has always marked ms career.
The tariff law which he repudiateu as
| unworthy. involving party perhdy anu
party dishonor, Is the sheel "n'"''
| which he clings."
And again referring to the president:
'If he was honest ut the s,ari Nnhu saa Am
| willing to grant that much) ms assocli-
| tion with Wall street and his connection
u,ith wealthy men had debauched his con
science and destroyed all sympathy with
| the masses
Further on, in discussing the gold ques-
| ton, he said:
"Rothschilds and his American agents
yrotuitously condesccnd to come TO the
helm of the United States treasury III
maintaining the standard which mas
Wrought the ruin, and only charges small
commissions of len millions or so. Great
God, that this proud government, tne
richest and most powerful on the giope,
should have been brought so low that
Jondon lew should have been appointed
| its RECEIVER and presumes to patronlze us.
The responsibility of providing reve-
me and looking after the solvency of the
| treasury, which rests with congress, mas
becn usurped by the president. why is
he not impeachcd!
The encroachment OF Federal judi
ciary and the supineness ana vehailty
-corruption, / may say-of the repre-
sentative branches of the government are
cases of deep concern to all thinking ana
| patriotic men. We are fast drifting INTO
n government by injunction in the inter,
est of monopolies and corporations ana
the supreme court, by one corrupt vote,
annuls an act Of congress, looking TO the
| taxation of the rich.
The struggle from 1861 to 1865, which
drenchcd this fair land in blood, was TO
emancipate 100000 black slaves. we
are fast approaching condition which
will place the collar of the industrial
| bondage around the necks of ten tunes
| that many white slaves. A day of reck-
oning will come unless there is no longer
Just God in heaven, and when 1t does
come woe be unto those who have been
among oppressors of the people. Inc
present struggle is unfortunately too
| like that which preceded the late civil
war. inasmuch as it is sectional. The
creditor and the manufacturing States,
North and East, those which have
grown inordinatcly wealthy at the eX-
pcnse of the producing classes of the
South and West, are urging this policy
with the besotted blindness of BeshaZ-
| Ear. E,
1t was easy to see, the senator said, i'll
conclusion. that the struggle for the new
emancipation had begun.
There were millions now on the march
and tramp. tramp, tramp on the high
| ways, hunting work and begging bread,
and unless relief comes they Will some
| day take n notion to come Washington
with rifles in their hands to regain the
| liberties stolen from them, or which
, their representatives have Sold
During Mr.. Tillman's bitter criticism
of the president he put down his notes
and put the senators and galleries III
| roars of laughter by telling how, as gov
ernor of South Carolina. he had come
here to inaugurate the president; had
stood four hours in the snow and sleet
| until he was nearly frozen to death to
do honor to this president.
"And," concluded the senator 81 ask
| God to forgive me for doing it,
At one point. after bitterly arraignlng
! the president, the senator addressed him
self to the Republican side of the SEN
ate and exclaimed: "Why have you not
impeached him? You have the majority
to do it."
Mr.. HaWley interrupted WIFI tnc query :.
"Why did not the last congress do this!'
"He is not impeached,' continued the
senator. "becausc he carries out your
Republican policy. The last congress
was no better than this"
The senator closed Mt 4 O'Clock. The
members oe the house from South Caro-
lima and many others congratulated HIM
Mr.. Jones (Dcm) of Arkcnsas asked
unanimous consent to fix , o'clock tomor-
row ms the time for voting on the silver
bond bill.
Mr.. Hill objected
"Will the senator name a day for a
vote?" asked Mr.. Jones.
"Thc 9th of February responded Mr..
Hill
Mr.. Jones declined to consider this de-
lay and said he would make the test to-
morrow.
Mr. Call Dem) of Florida addressed
the senate in support of the silver amend
mcnt to the bond bill.
Mr. Call concluded ut 4:2J p. m. and
the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, Jan. 29.-The session of
the house was brief today. The opposi-
ton 20 bill reported from the invalid
pensions committee to amend the act OF
1890 so that the widows claims, after
an unexplained absence of the husband
seven years. should be considered evil
dence of death, led to making point of
order and the house was forced to ad-
journ.