It was reserved for Senator Stewart, of ...

It was reserved for Senator Stewart, of the little rotten borrough of Nevada, to make a virulent personal attack upon PresidentjCleveland in the United States Senate. Senator Stewart comes from a state which contains a population not larger than the population of Washtenaw county. Being several times a millionaire it is comparatively easy for him to retain his senatorial seat. He is a silver mine owner and directly interested in having the price of his commodity increased. He, as much as any other one person in the country, would be a personal gainer from free silver coinage. And he is already, as has been said, several times a millionaire. With his own personal pecuniary interest at stake it is no wonder that he has become virulently personal. Senatorial courtesy was a fine fiction in the days of old, when men were elected senators because they were statesmen and not because they were millionaires, who spend their money freely for party success. Statesmen do not indulge in talking solely against time. It was all well enough, then, to have an understanding that no vote should be taken while anything remained to be said on the subject, but now that calibre of our house of lords is being shown in mere talking against time, when the avowed purpose of the silver senators is merely to prevent an expression of opinión being taken, it is questionable if the senatorial courtesy is not being carried too far. It was not intended to prevent a vote, originally, but merely that all sides should have a fair hearing. Nothing new is being brought out in debate. Five day speeches are not what the country wants. Time has been given for a careful consideration of the silver bill and the people -are become restive concerning the fiction of senatorial courtesy. Some democratie genius residing in Lansing or thereabouts has concocted a long array of facts and figures to prove that taxation will Be higher this year than under the Winans regime. As this is freely admitted by republicans, the democrat genius hasn't succeeded in establishing a formidable case. The people of Michigan would rather pay a few hundred thousand dollars in extra taxation than have another Winans administration. - Detroit Tribune. The extract above given is from an editorial in the leading republican organ of the state of Michigan. It is written in the spirit that "confession is good for the soul." Republicans always favor liberal public appropriations. They tax democrats and republicans alike to provide pap for republican office-holders. They increase the number of offices to provide places for republican workers, with the idea that giving these workers a personal interest in keeping the republican party in power will aid in stirring them up to renewed efforts. The original republican party stood for a great principie. The present lican party stands for pap and a republican organ can easily bring itself to believe that a great state ought to pay several hundred thousand dollars more taxes in order to give places to a few republican workers. But what do the people think of it?