The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-20
Mr.. Randall on the Results.

A day or two before Congress adjourn
ed q burlesQue resolution, Incorporating
a political stump speech, was introduced
in the House by Hon. Charles Simeon
Baker. of the Thirtieth New York dis
trict, at the instigation of Tom Reed
and other mad wags on the Republican
side.
MI Randall very properly objected to
this outbreak of waggery, as neither re-
spectful nor decent. and as proceeding
the like of which he had never known in
his long experience in the House. Tom
Reed. with a solemn expression on his
Shakespearean countenance, and with
his tongue in his cheek, proceeded to
discuss the matter as il il was seriously
intended and this drew from MI. Ran
| dali a still more serious sta temeDt of the
/ results in the way of good legislation
| due to the Democratic majority in the
| present House. His summary is worth
reproducing
"Mr. Speaker. we are all about to return
| to the people who sent us here, and the rec
| ord of this House will be weighed and meas
| ured by them. The results OF our actions
| will be carefully scanned, and the elections
| will show whether in the popular judgment
the party in control of this House to-day
should receive the respect and approval for
the future OF the American people. Let me
recite few CT the results of their Legislation
1--WE have returned 10 the public domain
millions of acres of public lands, sought to
be unlawfully kept by insatiate corporate Ons
reaching 20, 000 600 acres.
1--WE have entered upon the work of con-
structinG a new navy. We have passed
every act that we have been asked to pass
for the purpose of betterng the condition OF
the working people of the United States
We have not in a single instance, so far as
remember, passed through this House bill
| in favor CT monOpOlies We haYe given K
20 r-vFNf, II
passing an Interstate Commerce bill which
! only forty men on the other side dared vos'
; against. But for the delay involved in th'
present proceeding on the part of gentlemen
on the other side, we should probably hav
} reached an opportunity Of passing bill t
: increase the pensions of One-armed and one
| legged soldiers.
7 "FinaIIy, say deliberately that the apprC
priation bills rs they have passed this Hous
: | are, so far as l know, freer from suspicion
3 ! or unnecessary propositions than they hav
- been in any Congress since the war, whethe
q this remark applies to the appropriation
o reported from the committees over which
3 have the honor to preside or those emanatin
u from the other committees having charge
z appropriation bills. Whatever may be tt
n result of the next election, | vent ure to sa
a we have done so we'll that we ought to con
# mand and believe will command, the cor
r fidence and approval of the American peOpl
>. Nay, more when We came here thoJ
sands and thousands of working peOp
u throughout the United States were idle.
II Even in my own city the number ran up
e tens of thousands. But to-day, so far as q
d information gives me knowledge, there a.
few labOriDg men VINO want work who cal
20 not secure it Applause and | add that th
70 is due in large degree to the cOnfiden
ID which this Democratic House and the Def
y ocratic Executive in the direction OF gO'
r government have given to the Americi
u people" Applause.
This statement, coming from the Der
Of ocrat who has cOntended 30 persistent
for honest and economical government
= not only at the late session, but also
st every session for the past twenty tbr
te years, is deserving Of the most respec
s. full consideration.