The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-10-21
HOT SHOT.
A Powerful Arrangement of the Ad-
ministration by Hon. D. B. Hen
derson, of Iowa.
The False Pretenses and Broken Prom
iscs OF the Bourbon De-
mOcracy.
[speech delivered at waverly. Iowa. !

laws and good times These are the three
citizen OF Iowa and every citizen OF America.
L want such laws SO made and so executed
that the poorest man in my State can deposit
his ballot safely and with as much potency
the richest man in New York or New Or
leans. You want the same. We want such
laws as will allow the poorest citizen, by intsli-
gent industry, to carve out n home and indie
pendence, and when he has secured that home
and Independence, we want the law TO protect
both. The toiling man who has to live by his
muscle should recognize the sacredness Of law
and Of social order. The capitalist must also
recognize that the labor ng man is entitled TO
his Just share OF the joint fruits OF labor and of
invested gold. We are all agreed upon these
propositions, no matter what party We belong TO.
Those who favor good government, good laws
and freedom to the people. ought TO be able to
meet upon n common platform.
The question before US in this campaign Is,
which party in the House of Representatives
at Washington will best promote these princi-
pies aud these ideas? II you believe that the
Democratic party will best do so, IL is your duty
TO defeat the Republicans. IL you believe that
the Republican party will best promote these
principles, will most earnestly and zealously
labor for the interest Of ALL then help to elect
them. will be pleased il you reach the latter
Judgment.
What has been done by the Democratic Con
gress that the people can approvep Little or
nothing IL they had been left 10 themselves.
have watched it, bill attracting the attention
of the whole country-a bill to put down piracy /;
bill to put down fraud and lies IL bill to stamp
out bogus butter in this country. Who were its
friends, and who were its foes. in the House of
Representatives and in the Senate? This was
bill that attempted TO secure the protection of
one OF the most sacred industries in America.
A bill that sought To wrench power from the
hands OF n few milliCfares in the interests or
millions of hard working people all over this
country. The very moment that bill came up
for consideration in the House of Representa-
tives, the great mass Of the Democratic party
stood side by side againstit Tillman, of South
Carolina; Hammond, OF Georgia; Reagan. of
Texas, Col Morrison, Of Illinois the leader Of the
House: all leaders in the Democratic House.
stood side by side and fought and flibustered
trying to defeat the bill. The Republicans
with three or four exceptions, worked and voted
for its passage BY reason Of this hlibusterng,
it seemed that the session would pass before
We could get it through. In spite of the Demo
cratic chiefs. the bill finally passed the House.
1t went over to the Senate and was referred to
the Committee on Agriculture. What was done
by that committee? When il came TO vote and
report that bill favorably to the Senate, every
Democrat on that committee recorded his vote
against it, while every Republican voted for it,
and it was brought back into the Senate for
action. In the Senate of the United States,
Senators on the Democratic side attacked il
with every power they could bring, TO defeat it..
After gallant fight, the bill was put through
the Senate, the Republicans almost solidly
voting for IL, and the Democrats, in a great ma
1ority, voting against IL.
Now, there is n reason for this. That reason,
gentleman lies in this, that the old mistaken
theory about State rights still fingers around
the hearts of our brethren in the South, which
controls tie Democracy and ties every hand
from doing justice to the people, and when the
Federal Government attempted TO put its hands
upon this evil and relieve one OF the leading
industries of the country, they said NO, you
must leave that TO the States They are strong
enough to take care of it," The old philosophy
of State rights still fingers in their breasts, and
to-day gentlemen, the great body of the Democ-
racy in the House OF Representatives comes
from that quarter and controls tho legislation
largely of the House of Representatives. Let
d
cant one. The great bulk of the business OF
Congress is done in what is termed 1.-The Com
mittee of the Whole" The Speaker calls some
member OF Congress to take charge, and he
leaves the chair and often the House OF Repre-
sentatives, and then, with freedom from the
stringent rules, we can more easily proceed to
the consideration OF the bills before US.
Now my Democratic friends and my Repub-
lican friends will be- anxious to know how Mr..
Carlisle has been in the habit of shaping the
legislation Of this Union / will tell YOU what
you will find in the records Of Congress These
the men who presided over the Committee
of the Whole during the last session: Blount, of
Georgia; Hammond, Of Georgia Crisp, of Geor-
gia; Reagan, of Texas Welb0rn, OF Texas
Mills, of Texas: McCreary of Kentucky, and
Hatch Of Missouri-all OF them from the South.
Among those who took the chair there was only
one from the North, and that was William NJ.
Springer of Illinois. and he alone of all the
Democratic leaders of the North. Such men as
Randall Bragg, Hewitt, and Holman were never
called TO the chair. but only Mr.. Springer, 20
preside over the Committee OF the Whole
mention these things, not so much for Repub-
licans to know, but want Northern Democrats,
men as honest rs YOU to know that their party
has lost its control in the North, and that their
Southern Democratic friends have no use for
them, and that to-day the legislation of this
country has passed into the hands OF the South
ern States Are you Democrats contented "a
have il so? am stating facts and history, and
you must make up the verdict in your own
mind.
No, there are some other things that want 20
call your attention to: Take, for instance the
interstate commerce bill. The Iowa Legis-
lature passed resolutions instructing their SEN
ators 70 vote for IL, and also asking
our Representatives TO vote for it. The
Senate considered it, and ut great length and
with great wisdom, and with great patience.
They took hold of the great question of inter
state commerce and put through the bill that
was approved by Iowa IL laid its hand upon ev-
cry iron rail in America, and firmly inaugurated
Government control. 1t came over TO the House
of Representatives.. In one hour il could have
become law SO far rs Legislation was con-
cerned but Mr. Reagan rallied his forces and
put on amendments, without sufficient consid-
GRAFTON or debate, and did not approach IL
with the wisdom that it's merits deserved. He
preferred n Reagan bill to Government control
of railroads, and thus it was hung up i'm confer
ence and il is in conference vet. This is the po-
sition they put the Cullom bill i'm the bill that
our State demanded in the interest Of cheap
transportation.
Now my friends. let me call your attention TO
another thing The great National Republican
Convention of this country i'm 1884 declared for
Just recognition OF the soldiers and demanded
the passage OF the arrears bill. The State OF
Iowa and nearly all the Republican State Con-
ventions recommended the same thing. There
is hardly Republican convention throughout
the North but demanded that this Just act he
passed for the soldiers of the country. The
Senate passed n bill in obedience To that de-
mand Of the people, n bill which has nothing
but justice and right for its Foundation, as
every man knows. This bill comes to the
House, and happening to be near the head of
the list TO be recognized under suspension OF
the rules, was selected by the Republican side
of the House TO move n suspen sion OF the rules
upon the day whom the suspension of the rules
would be in order, and to pass this bill. A
Democrat called up the Mexican pension bin.
OF which nine-tenths goes into the Southern
States There trouble about getting
recognition for that. 1t was brought up and
passed by two-thirds vote. just before my
name was to be recognized Mr.. Carlisle sent
his clerk TO ask me what bill was going
to call up / did not like to tell, because
l might not be able to get up the Senate pension
bill for Union soldiers. was notified that Mr..
Carlisle must know what bill intended TO call
up. The Speaker il an honorable man, and has
always treated me with the most distinguished
consideration and fairness. told the Speaker
through the clerk the bill that wanted 20 call
up, and that IL was at the request of the Repub-
licars of the House, and was the arrearage pen
sion bill. When il was reported to the Speaker
he instantly said that he would not recognize
me to call up that bill. 1 went to Mr.. Carlisle
ut his desk, and told him the Mexican pen
sion bill has passed here to-day. in the interest
Of the Southern soldiers, practically, and that
the soldiers whom represented wanted me to
call up the arrears bill. II IL was fair in one
case IL was fair in the other. He said no would
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