Show VEST TURNS I HIMSELF LOOSE I senate Treated to One of His Characteristic Speeches I H GOES FOR EVERYBODY I Attacks the President and the Secretary Responsibility For the Lack of Revenue Laid at the Door ol the I Supreme Court or the United Statcsi Conflict Between Gold and Silver is Irrepressible and the Issue Must Be Met The Sooner Soon-er the Better WASHINGTON Jan 7The senate was treated today to one of Senator Vests characteristic speeches He arraigned ar-raigned the supreme court for the income in-come tax decision he laid the responsibility respon-sibility for the lack of revenue at their door when they exempted the sordid wealth of the land from taxation he contrasted ths records of the present and past administrations he threw some light upon heretofore unknown chapters in the history of the McKinley McKin-ley law he denounced the financial dependency de-pendency of this country and of others upon the moneyed influence He attacked at-tacked the president and the secretary of the treasury for their proposition to reissue the greenbacks and place the circulation in the hands of the national banks quoted Secretary Carlisle against himself and in conclusion declared de-clared the conflict between bimetal ism and the gold standard was irrepressible irre-pressible and that the sooner it was decided the better it would be for our public and private life PULITZERS ACTION The other feature of the session today to-day grew out of the introduction by Senator Chandler of a bill for a popular popu-lar loan through the issue of postal savings certificates In the course of Mr Chandlers remarks the cable replies re-plies of the prince of Wales the Rothschilds 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 sec-tion 5335 of the revised statutes in holding communication with officials of another government the purpose of which was to interfere with a measure meas-ure of the United States 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 centers cen-ters must be the final arbitrator of all disputes Numerous petitions bearing on the Armenian outrages the question of the recognition of the Cuban belligerents and the Venezuelan boundary disputes were presented Among the latter was one from the Society of Friends of Indiana In-diana praying for arbitration Mr Jones Dem from Arkansas reported re-ported from the finance committee the free silver substitute for the house bond bill and gave notice that he would call it up tomorrow and asked the senate to consider it Mr Morrill Republican Vermont chairman of the finance committee fnance commitee notified no-tified the senate that the substitute was opposed by every Republican member of the committee The bill went on the calendar On motion of Mr Davis Republican Minnesota the house joint resolution concerning the improvement of the public building at Mankato lInn was agreed to On Mr Kyles motion a hill was passed amending the existing law s that the evidence of timber claimants can be taken before the clerk of any court of record instead of requiring them as now to go before the officers of the land office Mr Voorhees Democrat Indiana secured se-cured unanimous consent for the passage pas-sage of a resolution authorizing General Gen-eral Casey to make contracts for the completion of the new library of congress con-gress stating that if passed the building build-ing would be completed within the time fixed by the act and that about 80000 would be converted back into the treasury An unprecedented thing in the erection erec-tion of public buildings ejaculated Mr Hale Republican Maine Mr Voorhees offered a resolution which was referred for the purchase of a portrait of the late Allen G Thur man now hanging in the judiciary committee room painted by J H De Wit Mr Elkins Rep W Va offered a resolution which was referred to the I finance committee providing that hereafter any contemplated issue of United States bonds shall first be advertised ad-vertised for at least twenty days and such bonds shall be sold to the highest high-est bidder Mr Allen offered a resolution which was referred for the appointment of a committee o five senators to invest gate the question of whether there was now and had been for the past one half year a republican form of government gov-ernment in the state of Alabama whether fraud force or intimidation had entered into the election of enteed electon members mem-bers of the legislature in so far as those elections bore on the election of United States senators LODGE AGAIN I Mr Lodge renewed the discussion of Mr Chandlers bill by calling attention to section 5335 of the revised statutes prohibiting any citizen of the United States on penalty of fine and imprisonment impris-onment from holding any communication communi-cation verbal or written with any officer of-ficer or agent of a foreign government govern-ment the purpose of which was to influence in-fluence action in a pending international interna-tional dispute or i interfere with a measure of the United States He called attention to a recent communication com-munication of the Prince of Wales en the boundary line dispute The communications com-munications were for the purpose he claimed of forcing us from our nosl sltion and making us more than ever dependent upon a syndicate of bankers bank-ers He wanted to know If Mr Pulitzers Pulit-zers action did not come within the pale of the statute he had cited Mr Chandler was inclined to agree that it did The statute only applies to citi zens of the United States Interrupted Mr Stewart Pop Nev ° Is Joseph Pulitzer a citizen I He was born in Hungary replied Mr Chandler but I understand he has been naturalized I He is a citizen of the United States Interjected Mr Lodge Mr Gray Dem Del asked for a rereading re-reading of the statute I happened that Mr Hill just at that time was himself reading the statute I is now being read by the defender de-fender of the administration said Mr Chandler sarcastically Whatever else I may be said Mr Hill looking up I am not the defender de-fender of Joseph Pulitzer GRAY IS BITTER After the statute had been again read Mr Gray took the floor and bitterly bit-terly denounced the suggestion of Mr Lodge He declared that he had heard I advanced with surprise and approved ap-proved with amazement Now in the evening of the nineteenth century you cannot go back on the track of the dead centuries and attempt to stifle expression or effort to obtain expression expres-sion said ho In this country and in all civilized countries a just public opinion is a final arbitrar of alt questions ques-tions I is not necessary for one to say if this suggestion is seriously I made that it is impossible in this day and hour to attempt any inquisitorial I interpretation of a statute for the purpose pur-pose o stifling an expression of public I opinion GOLD RESERVE I The hour of 2 oclock having arrived the senate without disposing of the question resumed consideration of Mr I Shermans resolution concerning the gold reserve and Mr Vest Democrat I Missouri took the floor Mr Vests speech proved to be an arraignment I ar-raignment of the supreme court for its decision in the income tox cases He began by saying that tti Democratic party did not seek to evade responsibility I responsi-bility for the legislation of the last congress Jiotwithstanirig it had only an ostensible majority the senate and then passed rapidly to his subject by decaring that the Wilson law would have afforded ample revenue for the support of the government but for the supreme courts decision declaring the income tax unconstitutional That the court should have rendered ren-dered such a decision he said was a matter of surprise to every intelligent lawyer in the country and especially to those who were engaged in formulating formu-lating the legislation IT WAS BAD In my judgment he continued no judgment has ever in the history of the country been rendered which has done s much to destroy the influence of that high tribunal and excite distrust on the part of the people of this country The country had he said used to rely upon the opinions this court because be-cause its judgments were supposed to be above the caprice prejudices and sudden changes which might characterize charac-terize the decisions of the lower courts not so far removed from outside in flues es That this court should have reversed its own decisions for a hundred hun-dred years on a question vitally affecting affect-ing the interests of the entire population popula-tion and placed the government in the attitude of violating the constitution during the entire history of the Union must he declared be a matter of sincere sin-cere regret Mr Vest declared that he would not i trust himself in the Senate to say what he would be tempted to say of I this opinion but would leave it to the members of the court to stigmatize I I as it deserved With this introduction I he had extracts read from the dissenting dissent-ing opinions of Justices Harlan and Brown saying that if he had made mae the declaration contained in these opinions he wpuld be charged with partisan malice and misrepresentation but coming as they do from this high source they certainly constituted a most powerful arraignment of this court of last resort MOST SEVERE Mr Vest was most severe In his direct di-rect charcterization of the conduct of the justice who changed his opinion after the first decision and before the second was rendered He would not he said attempt to enter into that justices motives but that justice and he Vest did not know who he was had been mainly responsible in fastening fasten-ing the sordid despotism of wealth upon the country by his change of front Certainly he had the right to change his mind but it was a matter of regret that he had not seen proper to put reasons on record for this far reaching and terrible decision The justices name was he continued unknown un-known except to himself and his associates as-sociates The Senate had been rddi culed and vituperated because of the secrecy of its executive proceedings but what Mr Vest asked with a display dis-play of warmth would be thought of a senator who would change his position posi-tion on a question of vital general interest in-terest and when his position was essential essen-tial to the success or failure of a cause and who should not have the manhood to stand before the country and reveal himself and his reasons for such a transformation He could not insuch an event imagine the storm of opprobrium the hurling wrath of the press and the charges of corruption which would follow TERRIBLE EFFECT Mr Vest said he did not believe that the terrible effect of this decision had yet been apprehended by the people of the country I marks a new era he said and I greatly mistake if the time does not come when neither soft words nor honeyed phrases will prove a sufficient apology I was beyond credibility that a Vanderbilt with his hundreds of millions lions should have to pay no more I than the poorest of men and that the army and navy must be used to support sup-port him in his rights as must be the case i the decision was to stand He reviewed the record of the last three administrations Though he differed with the head of his party in many things he declared that no administration ad-ministration in the history of the ministraton histor country coun-try had been more successful than the Cleveland administration from 188589 I success was to be measured by the amount of gold exported he desired to call the attention of the other side to I the fact that during Clevelands first I administration but about 9000000 of I the gold had been exported against 213000000 for Mr Harrisons administration adminis-tration So far 181000000 had been exported under the present administration administra-tion tionMr Mr Vest admitted that his side was divided on the subject of silver The country was divided There was he said an irrepressJble conflict in the land as irrepressible a that which resulted re-sulted in the clash of the armies of the north and south SOME HISTORY In the course of a review of some o history of the passage of the McKinley Mc-Kinley law Mr Vest described the manner In which on the night the bill was reported to the House hides were suddenly removed from the dutiable list to the free list Continued on page 2 > VEST TURKS HIMSELF LOOSE Cointlnued from Page L Place a duty on hides said Mr vest sarcastically and New England would be aroused a she has never been aroused by this Venezuelan dispute You would smell powder and hear the whist line of bullets in this chamber Further contrasting tIlt McKinley law and to Wilson law he praised the latter lat-ter especially free wool and the reduc tons on woolens Mr Vest contended there never had been a more complete vindication of the position of the Democratic party than had been shown in the wool schedule and he was glad the Wilson bill had been enacted on this account If on no other Recurring to the financial Question Mr Vest admitted that the financial influence in-fluence of the world was against silver Europe feared that we would go on a silver basis When the president had sent his Venezuelan message to Congress it I had been received with acclamation by I the people and he had hoard the hostile guns booming in this chamber How had I England responded Not with shot and shell and sabre stroke and battleships but by throwing our securities on the market The power cf money was to be used to crush us On Monday when the secretary of time trnry ha issued his circular Oils only complaint was that it was not Issued sooner notify issue somer notfy ing the country that me bonds should i go to the hghest bidder Wall street was Wal steet wa dissatisfied Two syndicates ha cornered the goldone paper said 5400000000 they ware oposed to selling bonds to the public I I was humiliating that the most Intel gent people on the globe whose heritage was a continent should when they under I took to protect their financial system be met by an autocratic ukase sstem GLOWING ELOQUENCE Weve got the gold and you must get it from ui ar our JJIKP ilL v 1 glowing eloquence said he would rather have war There were calamities greater than war Better anything than to have us manacled and gibbeted as we are now I Mr v eat next challenged the statement stockings state-ment that people ha any gold in their I In conclusion he made a strong Plea for independence the free coinage of silver and financial At the conclusion of Mr Vests remarks the senate at 425 p m went into execu I tire session and then adjourned until tomorrow |