The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-01-15


and Gold Observation-Disclosures Editor
Pulitzer be Indicted.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE Senate
was treated today to one of Senator
Vests characteristic speeches. He ar
raigned the Supreme Court for the in
come tax decision; he laid the respon-
sibility tor the lack of revenue at their
door, when they exempted the ''sor-
did wealth of the land" from taxation ;
he contrasted the records of the pres
ent and past administration; he threw
some light upon heretofore unknown
chapters in the history Of the McKin-
ley law; he denounced the financial
dependence of this country and of
others upon the monied influence; he
attacked the President and the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for tn cir PROPOSE
ton to retire the greenbacks and place
the circulation 10 the hands of the ma
tional banks; quoted Secretary Car
Isle against himself, and in conclu-
sion declared that the conflict between
bimetallism and the gold standard was
irrepressible and that sooner it was de-
cided 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
Mr.. Chandler of bill for 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 Roth
schilds 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 hold
ing communication with officials of
another government, the purpose of
which twas to interfere with meas.
ure OF the United States" J"
Mr.. 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
ceuters must be the final arbiter Of
all disputes. The Senate adjourned at
4: 80 until tomorrow.
Presenting this bill providing for a
puplic loan by the issue of postal
saving notes, Mr.. Chandler called at
tention to cable message in the New
York World today from Rothschlld
& Sons expressing doubt as to wheth-
er 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 communication,
that the United States should agree
to Lord Salisbury's proposition; that
we will allow Great Britain to take
all she needs of Venezuela's territory
and arbitrate the question of whether
she shall take the rest OF the territory
in dispute. .
He said that being the situation, it
was time to see whether American
people could not furnish the resources
necessary to maintain our credit.
What was wanted was popular loan
by which the money of the rich and
poor alike would pour into the Treas
ury.
Mr.. Chandler asked that the bill go
the committee on postotices and post
roads, but gave notice that he should
move it as an amendment to the IL
nancial bill reported by the Finance
Committee. It was referred as re-
quested.
Mr.. Lodge reopened the discussion
of Mr.. Chandler's bill by calling at
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 officer or agent of a foreign
government, the purpose of which
was to influence action in pending
international dispute or to interfere
with a measure of the United States.
He cited the cable communications
sent by the Rothschilds, one Of whom
was member of the House of Com
mons, to the editor of the New York
World. The obvious trend of these
communications 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 communications were for the
purpose, he claimed, ''of forcing US
from our position" and making US
more than ever dependent upon a
syndicate of bankers. He wanted to
know if Editor Pulitzer's action did
not come within the pale of the statute
he had cited.
Mr.. Chandler was inclined to agree
that it did.
It happened that Mr.. Hill just at
that time was himself reading the
statute.
1T is now being read by the de-
fender of the administration" said
Mr.. Chandler, sarcastically.
whatever else may be" said Mr..
Hill, looking up, Il am not the de-
fender of Joseph Pulitzer"
Mr.. Gray bitterly denounced the
suggestion Of Mr.. Lodge, and the hour
of 3 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. of Mis-
souri) took the floor. He began by
saying that the Democratic party did
not seek to evade responsibility for
the legislation of the last Congress,
notwithstanding it had an ostenslble
majority in the Senate, and he then
passed rapidly to his subject declaring
that the Wilson law would have af.
forded ample revenue for the support
of the government but for the Su,
preme Court decision declaring the
income tax unconstitutional.
That the courts should have ren,
dered such decision" he said, was
matter of surprise-of surprise to
every intelligent lawyer in the coun-
try. and especially to those of us ia