| Show 1 0 VEST TAKIS TAKES I 1 HE FLOOR characteristic speech speece of the missouri senator q I 1 1 ASSAILS NEARLY everything tb rii supreme court the th mckenley y law the all sacrificed bill lor for postal savings bertill k antos debate over a a newspapers y enterprise ater prise which sir mr lodge wants to punish r washington jan 7 lite was treated today to one ot of senator I 1 ests tle tie speeches lie arraigned I 1 the supreme court for the income tax dec decision irlon he laid the tor for the lack or of revenue at their door when they exempted tho the sordid wealth of the land from tX location atlon lie ho contra contrasted sted the records of tile the present and past administrations lie he threw some light I 1 upon heretofore unknown chapters in the he history of the mckenly Kinley law ho he denounced the 11 lancial dependency of this country and of others upon the plon moneyed eyed influence lie ile attacked the president and the secretary of oc the treasury tw for their proposition to aels sue fw the greenbacks green backs and place their circulation cu lation lallon in tile the hands or of tile 1110 national I 1 banks quoted secretary car carlisle lisle 1 against himself and in conclusion n declared 1 tile tho conflict between blaitt alasin and the gold standard stan was ir irrepressible r and that tile the sooner it was decided the better it would lie be for our public find and private life ike the other feature or of the session I 1 today grew out ot of the introduction by senator chandler of 0 a bill tor for a popular loan through the issue ot of postal savings certificates certificate in the course of mr chandlers chandless Chand lers remarks re the cable replies of the prince of wales the and others to the now new york world were alluded to and mr lodge claimed that tho the editor ot of the world had been guilty of violating section of the revised statutes in holding communication with officials ot of another government the purpose 0 of aich which was to interfere with a measure ot at the united states mr gray of delaware rebuked both clr lodge and mr Ch chandler lindler tor for the suggestion that public opinion could riot not be solicited either here or abroad on any question and affirmed that a just public opinion in all civilized centers must be tho the inal final arbitrator or of all disputes dispute lk mr jones dem arle ark reported f rom the finance committee the tree free silver substitute for the house bond blu bill and gave notice that he would call it up tomorrow and ask the senate to consider it mr bir morrall 1 rep nep vt chairman of the finance committee notified the senate that the substitute was opposed iy ay by every republican member of 0 the committee the bill went on the calendar on mr kilos motion a bill was passed amending the existing law so that th the a evidence of at timber claimants k can be taken before tile the clerk ot of any court ot of record instead of 0 requiring them as now to go before the officers 0 o of the land office mr allen alien offered a resolution which was IV as referred tor for tile appointment of a committee ot of five senators Sc natoni to investigate the question of whether bother this was now and lad had been for or the past one half years yeam a republican republic aft form of government in the state 0 of alabama vi whether bether fraud force or intimidation had bad entered into the election ot of members of tho the legislature in so tar far as all those elections bore on the election ot of united states senators Se natora mr lodge renewed the discussion ot of mr Chandlr rs ra bill by calling attention loa to section of the revised statutes prohibiting any cither of the united states on penalty ot of line fine and imprisonment from holding any communication verbal or written with any 0 acer or agent ot of a foreign government the purpose of which was to influence action in ili a pending international dispute or to interfere with a measure of the united states he called attention to a 0 recent communication muni cation 0 of the prince 0 of wales on the alie boundary line dispute the com coin were for the purpose ho he claimed ot of forcing us front rom our post position and making us more than ever dependent upon a sa syndicate of bankers lie he wanted to know it if sir lar pulitzers action did not come within the pale ot of the statute he had e cited tad mr chandler was inclined to agree that it did the statute only applies to citizen citizens no ot of the united states state s 11 interrupted sir mr stewart pop nev Is joseph hullt zee a ci ile he was born in hungary refill replied d mr chandler but I 1 understand he has bus been naturalized he I 1 la 8 citizen of the united states FAt ites interjected mr lodge mr G gray af 7 dem del asked for a rereading of the statute it happened that mr hill just at that time was waa himself reading the statute 1 I Is now being read by the defend or r ot of the administration said sir mr chandler sarcastically whatever Nhat ever else I 1 may be said gilr II 11 r hill looking up tip 1 I ato am not tile the derender defender of joseph pulitzer after the statute had been again read mr cray took the floor and bitterly denounced tile the suggestion of mr lodge he declared that he had heard it advanced alian adian ced with surprise wid and approved with amax amazement ement now in the of the nineteenth century century you cannot go hack back on oft tile the track of the dead centuries and attempt to stifle stiff e expression or t fiort to obtain expression 4 aid 1111 he in this country and in all civilized cou count leg iloa a lust just public opinion Is la it tina I 1 arbitral of all questions it Is not it necessary tor for one to say it if this suggestion lit 1 seriously made 1 that it ix Is impossible in this day and hour to attempt any inquisitorial interpreted bior or of IL a statute for the purpose 0 of will g an expression of public opinion the tha hour of 0 2 having arrived ft t he senate without disposing of the question callon qu resumed consideration ot of mr shermans SliT Sher niana mans resolution concerning the eold cold reserve and mr vest dem mo took the floor door VESTS SPEECH mr ile vests speech proved to be an arraignment ot of tile supreme court lor for lift its decision in the income tax eager cases ile he began by saying that the democratic party did not seek to evade re lor for the legislation of the last fast congress notwithstanding it had only in an ostensible majority in the and then passed rapidly to his subject by declaring that tile the wilson law would have afforded ample revenue toi for ire ille support of 0 the alie government but bul lor for the supreme courts decision tit de ciering clarl nt the income tax al L that tile the court should have tendered such a he h said W wai FL a matter ot of surprise of surprise e to every ever Intelli intelligent gout lawyer in tho the country and especially tr to those of 0 us in congress Con gresi who were engaged in troa formulating the th I 1 IRISIa tion ln in my judgment lie he continued inn n judgment ila haa even in the history ot of 11 the i country 00 ft try been rendered which liaa has done so mu much 0 h to destroy the influence ot of ill that a t it herh t gh Iri tribunal bunal anil and excite distrust on the part of 0 the people of 0 tills conn country 11 th the country had lie he said been faed e 1 I to rely upon pon the opinions of this coq court u rt because its judgments were supposed to tie be above the caprice prejudices prejudice and a sudden changes which might characterize t the decisions or of lower courts not so s 0 far removed from outside influences that this court should have reversed its oil own n decisions for a hundred years on a question vitally affecting tile the interests ot of the entire population placing the Governo ment in the attitude 0 ot r VIOLATING THE constitution during tile the entire history of the union must lie he declared bo be a matter of sincere regret reir ret mr vest veal declared that he would not trust himself in tile the senate to say n what hat he would IV be tempted to say of 0 this opinion but would leave it to thi the mem mcm bets 0 of the court to stigmatize it as it deserved with tills this introduction action be bad extract read frum from the dissenting opinions of justices ila diarian raan and brown saying that if he had it a d made the declaration contained in the these so he would be charged with partisan alft malice and misrepresentation but coming as they do from this high source they certainly constituted a most powerful arraignment of this court ot of last resort sir mr vett vest was most severe in his direct characterization of the conduct condu t of the justice who changed ills opol opinion on after the first decision and before the second was rendered he w would 0 ud not he said attempt to enter int into 0 that justices motives but that justice and he vest did not know AN tie ho he was had been mainly responsible in ift fastening the sordid DESPOTISM DESPOTIS NJ OF WEALTH upon the country by his change of r front certainly ho he had the right po ta change ills his mina mind but it was s a matte inetter r of 0 regret that lie 11 had ad riot not see soon n proper to put his reasons on it record for this far reaching said and terrible decision the justices name was he continued unknown except to himself and his associates the senile had been ridiculed and because ot of the secrecy of Us its executive proceedings but what hat mr vest asked with nith a display of warmth would be thought of a senator who ho would change his big position on oil a question of vital ital general interest when his position was es to th the success or failure of a cause and who nho should not have the manhood to stand before the country and reveal himself and his reasons for such a transformation lie could not in such an event imagine the storm of opprobrium tho the hulling width of the press and the he charges of corruption which would folio low CT mr vest said raid lie he lid did riot not be believe aleve that the terrible effect of this decision had yet vet been apprehended by the people of the th country it marks a new era en he said and 1 I greatly mistake it tire the time does not conic come whon when neither soft words nor honeyed pleases will nill prove a lelent apology jt it was beyond credibility that a van der bilt with his hundreds of should have to pay no mora than the poorest of 0 men and that the army and navy wust must I 1 to used to support him in ili his rights right as must be the case it thi the decision was to stand lie he reviewed the record of the last three though he be differed with the head of his party in many things he declared that no administration in the history of the country had bad been more successful than the cleveland administration of ima 89 GOLD COLD it if success was to bo be measured by tho the amount of gold cold exported he desired to call the attention of the other ollier side to the fact that thai during Clev elands first administration but about of 0 gold bold had been exported against tor for mr harrisons administration t so tar far lied had been exported under the present administration mr vest admitted that ills hla side was divided chided on the subject of silver tho the country was divided there was he said an irrepressible conflict in the land as as that which resulted in the clashing of the armies of the north and tile the south in the course of 0 it a review of some history ot of the passage of the mckinley law mr vest described the matter manor in which on the night the bill was reported to the louse house hides were suddenly removed from tile the dutiable list to the tree free list place a duty on hides said raid mr vest lest sarcastically and new Elt england gland would bo aroused da she has never been aroused by this venezuelan dispute you would smell powder and hear beat the whistling of bullets in this chamber further contrasting contrast lne the law and the wilson law he be praised the latter especially for free wool and the reductions on woolens mr vest conten contended dod there n never ir had bad leen been a more complete v enill indication c abc atc lon of the position of 0 f the democratic party than had it been 0 en shown in the wool schedule and he be was waa glad the wilson bill had been enacted on tills this accounts account it U on no other THIS WORLD AGAINST SILVER recurring to the financial question mr vest admitted that tho the financial influence of the world was against silver allver europe feared that we would go on a silver silver basis when hen the president had sent gent his venezuelan message to congress it had been received with acclamation cla by the people peo and ho he had al most heard beard the me hostile rum arting booming ili n this chamber lion how had bad england re not with shot and shell and saber stroke and battleships but by throwing our securities on the market the power ot of gold was ar 9 to bo be U used a 7 d to crush us on monday when the S secretary ot of tile the treasury had bad issued iss d his circular bis big only complaint was that hat it was not of issued sooner notifying the country that the bonds should go to the hight highest vit bidder wall street was dia db two syndicates had cornered the gold cold one paper said ald and they were opposed to selling bonds to the public it was humiliating that the most intelligent people on the blob A whose heritage herita elvas was a continent should when they undertook to prot protect t their financial system he met by t the ece h autocratic ukase weve got tho the gold and you mut mt get it from us at our price I 1 mr vest glowing eloquence said he would rather have war them were calamities greater than war petter better anything than to 10 have us manacled mana cled and 11 gibbeted as we are arc now in ili conclusion he made it a strong plea for the tree free coinage of silver and financial at the conclusion of mr life vests remarks the senate tit nt p in went into executive session and then adjourned until tomorrow BILLS introduced among tile bills and resolutions I 1 introduced trod in ill the senate were tile the follow following BY mr davis it a bill to revive the grade of general gc acial in the ormy army in the interest of if gen by mr ml it joint join t resolution directing illse the C secretary delary or of agriculture to resume the purchase purchase and ill distribution trib ution of lepov in accordance with wit h the appropriation tried made tor for ill that at P purpose ur at the last session of congress Con grera by mr callinder r n a joint appropriating for rebuilding the oll old ship constitution uy by mr allen alien a bill direct directing int the thedore foreclosure closi ure ot of the government lion lien on tho the pacific roads roade the bill provides tor for tile the operation of the roads by the government ern ment in ili case they are arc not redeemed by tho the present owners |
