The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-06

WASHINGTON, d. C., FEB. 6.-Mr.
ouays resolution was laid before the
senate by the presiding officer to-day,
but Mr.. Vest Dem., MOI and others
raised the point that the Hansbrough
resolution directing the secretary OF
agriculture TO execute the law as TO
seed distribution had precedence. Tho
presiding officer finally Strengthened
the matter out by explaining that after
the seed resolution was disposed OF Mr..
ouay's resolution would be taken up.
and II the former was not disposed Of
to-day that the Quay resolution should
come up tomorrow.
The most caustic utterance1 heard
In the senate since Mr.. Tlllman's sensa-
tional speech was that OF Mr.. Vest ar
raigning Secretary Of Agriculture Nor
ton. The keen satire and ridicule d.
rected against the secretary and the
illusions to the President made the
speech hardly less notable than that
which recently startled the senate. Mr..
Vest referred derlsively to the Colossal
intellect dealing with cabbages."
At one point the senator said the Sec
retary OF agriculture reminded him OF
what Cicero says of Cataline's flight
from the senate: "Ahelt excesslt evasit
erupit." CLaughter.) When the Sec
retary OF agriculture hears Of a silver
lunatic he Is like the war horse in Job,
his neck is clothed with thunder. You
might go further and say, He saith
among the prophets, hn! ha! And he
smelleth the battle afar OF. the thun.
der OF the captains and the shouting
Hot Stuff.
Mr.. Vest severely criticised the prac-
tice OF furnishing costly flowers for
government greenhouses for the re-
ceptions at the executive mansion, and
added: "sir. would rather give twice
the amount OF this appropriation to
enable some poor man in n distant
country OF the west who is fighting the
hard battle OF life; would rather give
him something that would make his
cherries home comfortable. and bring
light to his ilreslde; I would rather put
one flower In the sick room Of n noble
working girl or matron than to have
Il said that voted hundred and odd
thousand dollars for the flowers and
exotIea that go to the receptions and
banuuets OF the officials OF this govern
ment, where the chandelier flashes Its
light across the red wine and the air
Is fragrant with perfume like the spicy
breeze OF Araby the Blest."
Mr.. Vest referred to the "bugle
blasts" from the secretary OF agrlcul-
tIre as 10 the congressional extrava-
gance in distributing seeds. THE Dem
ocratic party hns been most unfortu-
nate" said the senator with emphasis,
''not only as to Its internal dis
cords, but also in the fact that the devil
has owed us a grudge and has paid 1t
In secretary OF agriculture.
tsThe secretary had" continued Mr..
Vest. put the Democratic party In an
tagonism to the great agricultural in-
terests OF the party. although that par.
~ had always stood as the close friend
OF agriculture. AZ,
"The gigantic intellect OF this secrc-
tary OF agriculture has daily gone out.
aide OF his legitimate duties, and why
did you not discover some OF the really
gigantic abuses?
"This secretary" proceeded the sena-
tor, assumed the run OF the entire
government He has been practically
the secretary OF the treasury, flooding
the country with reports and pamphlets
denouncing the silver lunntics and up
holding the single gold standard.
Mr.. Vest said the senator from South
Carolina had been called n communist
because he had sounded warning In
the senate. He compared this with
New York publication threatening rev.
olution unless senators and representa-
tlves yielded to the gold standard.
aorton's Aiimsnt.
.The trouble is," said Mr.. Vest. that
the secretary OF agriculture is a mono
maniac on the gold standard. He sees
only gold. gold, red gold. and he thinks
any man who does not see rs he sees
It, n lunRtIc."
Mr.. Vest closed shortly after . o'clock
with n remarkably sarcastic and bitter
ncrnrntion. He referred to the useless
secds which It is asserted the secretary
md properly refused to buy. But. ad-
Jed tho senator, there was one seed not
mentioned. ut was" he proceeded,
smiling mallclously. tho nurcfur feni-
culum cnnes mortonae, or In palmer
words, Morton's golden dog weed. This
would flourish while this secretary,
swinging his golden censor at the ex-
ecutIve mansion. shouted: Holy. noly,
nrl thou, llt SEuNcll Nlih VI N"bb
and Lord of Lords!'
Mr.. Vests speech hnd proceeded be-
yond 2 O'Clock, thus dISposing OF the
QUAY resolution for to-day. The reso-
luton TO distribute appropriation bills
among tho several committees was
again taken up.
Mr.. Teller, (Rep., Colo). took occa-
sion during the debate to refer to the
guccegs Of the bond issue. Large ns the
oFferInEs were they should have been
larger il the secretary OF the treasury
hnd received bids mt n fixed price for
the bonds. Clumsy and awkward az
this bond submission had been, lacking
the essential features OF II popular loan.
vet Il completely answered those who
Ind talked OF the necessity OF looking
10 foreign syndicatcs to BuBtain our
credit.
The debate on distributing the appro.
priatlon bills ran through the entire
afternoon. and was not concluded when
al 4;3O o'clock the senate went into
executive session and ut $3.50 o'clock
adjourned until tomorrow
Free Coinage In the Honsr.
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