The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-31
DEFEAT OF DUBOIS
TAKEN AS THE TEXT OF a SER
MON TO SILVER REPUBLi-
CANS. -
MANDELL THE PREACHER.
THE DEBATE on THE AGRICtL-
TIRAL APPROPRIATION BILL
THE OCCASION
REAL BUSINESS ONLY INCIDENTAL.
Pending Measure Passed After a
Day Devoted Largely to IA spirit
ed Political Exchange.

Day Devoted Largely to spirit
ed Political Exchange.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-The nOmi-
the consideration of the agricultural
appropriation bill, which was passed
before adjournment, but much of the
time was devoted to political discus.
sion. Incidental to this discussion was
spirited speech by Mr.. Mondell lRep.
WyO) upon the free silver Republl-
cans of the West, who had bolted
from their party during the campaign.
He declared that the bolting Republi-
can leaders had been raised to prom
inence as much by the party organiza-
ton as by their own worth, had used
that organization to aid the Demo-
ere tic Populistic combination and then,
after the election had been rewarded
by treachery by their allies. He cited
the defeat in Idaho Of Senator Dubois
to whom he paid high tribute.
The free distribution of seeds by the
department of agriculture raised an in
teresting discussion. Mr.. NorthWay
Rep., o. asserted that Secretary Nor
ton endeavored to discredit the custom
by procuring poor seeds. An amendment
was offered by Mr.. Mercer (Rep., Neb.t
for free distribution to members Of poul.
offered by Mr.. Mercer (Rep., Neb) for
free distribution to members of poul-
try and other like stock, to illustrate
his opposition to seed gifts. At the
- -
of his state, Mr.. Hill Rep., Comm pro-
posed to strike out the seeds items,
but his proposition was lost, 4270.
Speaker Reed voted for the first time
this session, against free seeds.
Mr. BromweN (Rep., o. when the de-
bate was resumed today, referred to
the attack recently made by Mr.. Dear
mond Oem., Mo- on Secretary Nor
ton. He had supposed, he began, that
some member of the party to which the
secretary of agriculture belonged would
speak in his defense, but perhaps
Democrats thought that Mr. Morton,
as Daniel Webster had said of Massa-
chuSettS, that she needed no defense.
He did not desire to speak in defense
Of the statistics compiled by the agri-
cultural department. They had been
of great value in the last campaign in
COII0Cl1HS tue 1dIIdC1OuS IUeOIlSS III
free silver men that the prices of agri-
cultural products followed the prices
of free silver.
Mr.. Bell Pop, Col.) protested against
interfering political debates into the
discussion of appropriation bills, ard
argued that the prices of wheat and
silver ran together. The discussion Of
the silver question was continued by
| Mr.. Morse Rep, Mass) and Mr.
Sho f1-nt NJ hut hot
called to order and the chair (Mr
Hahn, Of N. W decided that the dis
cussiOn was out of order.
Mr.. TaWney offered an amendment
continuing the fibre experiments
which had been dropped on the advise
of the secretary of agriculture, and
after some discussion, the amendment
was agreed to, 1923. Five thousand
dollars is appropriated for the expert
ments.
The question of the distribution of
seeds by the secretary of the agricul-
ture was revived by an amendment
offered to
THE SEED SECTION
by Mr. Cromwell (Rep.. o. providing
that the secretary should be governed
in the distribution by the written in
structionS of senators and members
The seed distribution was character
lied by Mr.. Moody Rep. Mass.) as
the biggest humbug of the many hum
bugs we see In Washington"
The first review by a Republican
| member of the course of the boiling
free silver Republicans of the West,
was made by Mr.. Mondell (Rep., Wyo)
who found his text in the recent defeat
of Senator Dubois, of Idaho. He re-
ferred to the boilers as men raised to
their positions as much by Republican
organizations as by their own worth, :"
and that to join the enemy they must
sacrifice those who had stood by them
in the past sacrifice the organization
| which had defended them. He denied
that their step involved moral courage,
for it would have required more courage
to brave the storm of denunciation and
suspicion at home than to break party
ties. He continued: Nowhere in any
of these states where the Republican
organization was used to further the
interest of the candidate for the Demo-
cratic and Populistic combination for
the presidency, has there been aught
but treachery and deceit practiced upon
the men who made it possible for these
creatures to WELD the weapons Of their
deception. international convention
pledges were carried out by the opposi-
ton, because there was no way, in
which they could be avoided, but
wherever the silver Republicans had
not the immortal cinchs the cloven
hoof of their late allies has been ex-
hbited." Esq
Speaking Of Senators Dubois, he said
''It will be claimed in, extenuation of
perfidy Of the men who defeated Dubois
that the Republican national committee
was working against ehis reelection.
Can any man wonder that the Republi-
can committee would work against the
election Of a man whom the national
Democratic committee and every mem
Der thereof from the chairman down.
claimed to be moving heaven and earth
to elect, and they who make this ex-
cuse in extenuation, should remember
that by so doing they are not only
branding the members of the combi-
nation in the legislature who voted to
defeat the election Of a silver Republi-
can to the senate as guilty, not only of
the heinouS crime of ingratitude, but
open to suspicion Of exercising their
high prerogative influence by a. money
consideration.
Fred Dubois, whose eloquent tongue
and active brain made him a power for
the accomplishment of results for which
the combination was made, was thrown
down, endorsed, defeated by the men
he made in favor of man professedly
lacking in all the qualifications that
would render him of service to the
cause which these
HYPOCRITES HAVE AT HEART.
1.-THE dispatches this morning bring
us the news that the gentleman who
succeeds him will go into the Demo-
crat tic caucus of the senate of the Unit
ed States. and thus is the Republican
state of Idaho turned over boots body
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