The Butler weekly times., 1897-02-04
J. SrERLING'S BUOh SCORN'D
"A FARMER S INTEREST IN FINANCE"
HELD UP TO RlDlCUlE.
DeArmond Says Morton Talks When He
Isn't Writing, Writes When he Isn't
Talking. Does Both When he
Ism Thinking

the t-d,un of the house session aud
afforded the brilliant member from
,e sixth district au opportunity to
rebuk- a mem Der of the cabinet for
an expenditure of public money ap
pareutly uuwarrauted.
Mr.. D-Armond took Secretary
Morton to task for publishing at
government expense a pamphlet en
titled The Farmers Interests IN
Finance It was al array OF sta
tistics, showing how each state Ill
the Union voted at the late election
and pretended to give figures show
ing the per cent of illiteracy IN each
Secretary Morton thus made out a
defense of the gold standard and
expended public money to ridicule
the people of the states which voted
for Bryan.
Mr.. DeArmond's arraignment of
the gentleman from Nebraska was
caustic and highly appreciated By
the house 1t was as seyere a crit
icism of cabinet officer as has been
delivered at this session of congress,
aud it created a distinct sensation.
The house passed the Indian ap
preparation bill, but all interest in
these two measures was overshad-
owed by two very remarkable
speeches, one made by Mr. Grosve-
nor, of Ohio attacking OK Governor
Altgeld of Illinois, aud the other
by Mr.. DeArmond of Missouri,
heaping ridicule on Secretary Nor
tou for the recent issue of q pamph-
let entitled The Farmers Interests
in Finance"
MIR. Grosvenor's observation on
the Governor of Illinois were called
forth by the lattel's speech last
week, in which he charged that MIR
Bryan had been defeated by fraud
and based his charg particularly
on the enormous increase of the
vote in Ohio, where, he alleged, 80,
600 votes were illegally cast. MIR
Grosvenor was very personal in his
illusions to Mr.. Altgeld, laying at
his door much grave responsibility
for the results of the election. He
declared that an appeal on the stump
against Altgeld never failed to
arouse the populace where all else
failed. He then aualy zed the Ohio
vote and explained the cause of it's
increase, calling attention to the
fact that the democrats in the state
had increased propor,ioDately much
more than the republicans.
Mr DeArmond replied very brief
ly to Mr., Grosveuor, but it was his
subsequent attack On Secretary Nor
tn which created the SENSATION.
MIR DeArmond is O democrat, All ar
dent advocate of silver. aud there
tore his attack Oh Il democratic
cabinet official, who had been most
active On the gold SIDE Of the con
troveisy, excited lees surprise than
1t would otherwise have done
1t already had been nolsed about
that the Missouri uember intended
to make an attack on the secretary.
and the members eagerly crowded
about to hear him. With biting
sarcasm and rasp,ng irony he SEQ, ed
the secretary Of the agriculture,
taking as his text recent publica
ton issued by the secretary and
sent out over the country under a
frank, entitled The Farmers Inter
esis in Finance. The panphle,
reviewed the silver agitation to show
that poverty and ilIiteracy cbarac
serized the states which had been
foremost in the demand for the res
toratlon Of silver.
Mr.. DeArmond asserted that the
demand for silver came chiefly from
the farmers whose interests the sec
retary Of agriculture was supposed
to look after, aud asked contempt
uously what excuse there was for
issuing to them ''this SANDER. this
traversty Oil facts
The republican party is no. re
sponsible fer him, interposed "
a Stone, of Pennsylvania.
".ssure3Iy not" agreed Ar. De
Almond. ..and I can understand
hos grateful you are that YOU are
relieved OF responsibility" Laugh.
ter
/, Ee went On 10 saJ thai there gere