The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-21
Weller and Randall.

! luded In terms complimentary to Mr..
Randall Ia his discussion OF Mr.. Well
ler's proposed amendment to Rulo
XXI. We do not know Of q demo-
cratic paper west Of tho lakes but
that speaks Of Mr.. Randall ~ mo-
nopolist OF the worst character, and
such eminent democratic daily pa
pers as the State Leader, Dubuque
Herald, Davenport Democrat, Bur-
lington Gazette, Dubuque Democrat
and Omaha Harald are out-spoken
IN chasing Mr.. Randall, because OF
his monopoly record, rs legitimatsly
belonging to the republicans.
or all the giant monopolies control
ling nearly every business interest
In every part Of the country, no one
prctends to point to any single
speech or vote OF Mr.. Randall's to
make them amenable to law, and
give the people supremacy over
them. How appropriate then that
the Des Moines Register, the great
representative OF the combined mo-
nopolies and concentrated villainies
OF the country, should endorse Ran
dali, and that Its words should find
an echo In the Howard County
Times as they did Last week. That
our readers and those OF the Times
Us well, may see the debate rs 1t &C.
Cured We copy from the Congress
sional Record verbatim, commence
Ing on page 1860, first session. forty
eighth congress. That Randall and
Kiefer and Reed OF the committee on
rules represent the Register and the
Times we have no reason to doubt,
but we deny that they or these pa
pers are fitting representatives Of the
agricultural people who reside in
this district. We are also aware OF
the fact that Updegraif and Deering
and Allison and Wilson and indeed
oil the republican representatives
tom lowa have uniformly voted
With these Representatives OF royalty,
robbery and plumber. The great
monopolies Of railroads, banks and
tariff robbery have ever had warm
side for Randall. Keller and Reed Of
that committee, aud republican rep
rescntatives from Iowa have uni
formly voted with them, but In doing
30 they have misrepresented their
constituents. On the contrary every
vote given by Mr.. Weller thus far
has been In the interests OF the Ia
boring and producing classes Of this
district, and OF the whole country,
and to restore to them y portion. of
the lands which these great monop-
olists, assisted by republican repre-
sentatives from Iowa, have despoiled
the people. Read the debate that
the TiDles had not the deccncy to
give. II 1t could clip an editorial
from the paper which admits that
it assaulted private citizen and
his business (Which was furnishing
barbed wire for the Farmers ALI
ance) editorially for $500, and then
form your own opinion about who
went to the the cloak room, II any
body.
This Is the amendment proposed
by Mr.. Weller and his argument in
its support, neither OF which will
lower him enc iota In the esteem OF
his constituents:
Amendment 70 Rule XXI BY addition Of Sec
.ssc. =. That no bin before the House shall
| such bill, with copy OF the committees report
thereon, has 0cen put Oh the desk VI each menu
Der on the day on which nnh action i sought"
Mr.. WELLER. I desire the at.
tention especially Of the new men,
bers on this floor to this proposed
rule. I believe myself in old fash
ioned, sound, statesmanlike Jeffer-
sonian and Jacksonian democracy.
! believe In that kind OF democracy
where willful harm to one IL the con-
cern OF all.
It seems to Inc that this proposed
rule will obyiate some OF the diff
culties to which new members are
especially liable to be subject. For
instance, only to-day q bill was
called up in this House for consider
alton. / did no, have time to lock
over the files and ascertain the num-
Der and character OF all the bills
which have been presented. Very
frequently bills are called up for
consideration the purport OF which
members OF the House generally are
wholly unacqnaiDted with.
1t seems to me that U rule OF this
kind will obviate that difficulty. and
not permit any member to go bcme
to his constituency, and when the
subject matter OF a blu acted upon
by Congress 10 brought to his atten-
ton, and complaint II made Of his
vote on 1t by his constituency, allow
him to say that he did not know the
contents Of the bill; that he was ig-
noraDt Of what it contained, and
therefore he voted unadvissdly TOR
| It
We have had great many promi-
pcnt instances OF the necessity for
the rule which have proposed. At
the time when silver Was demone-
tized some OF the members OF this
House from the State, OF Iowa went
home to their constituencies and
said to the people who complained OF
their action In demonetizing silver
that they did not know the scope Of
the bill-were ignorant OF its pur-
port-thnt IL Was read simply by Its
title, and they voted unadvisedly for
1t and regretted their action. In
some instances they were excused,
and in some notable instances they
were not excused by the people.
desire that whenever btu shall