The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-24

moment when he WAS out or the nall
words were spoken by the gentleman
from Kentucky, (Breckinridge) reflect
ing ON his honor, and rejecting ON the
honor of his constituents. He then
sent to the clerks desk and had read
the remarks of Breckenridge rejecting
upon the manner in which the defeat
of w. X. Morrison in the Eighteenth
Illinois district had been accomplished.
Here is, continued Baker, direct out
rageouS attack ON my honor and the
honor of the district l represent on
this floor. In my own name and the
name of the entire Eighteenth con-
gressionaI district OF Illinois, which ne
has dared to defame, / hurl the words
back to the gentleman from Kentucky
and .denounce their imputatiOn as
grossly untrue. ! hurl the words back
into the face and teeth of the gentle
man from Kentucky with absolute and
unmitIgated defiance. applause and
laughter). To use the expressive, but
not very elegant figure of speech, no
gentleman from Kentucky shall swing
his black snake whip over my shout
ders and over the shoulders OF my
S %oGId at least ieast iI iRcar the he
risk of having it wrenched from his
hand, and feeling the hot end of it may
hap. If it be distinction in the adj
jective Kentucklan, then am Ken
tuckian. / first saw the light of day
hard by the shades of Ashland, the
home of that important Kentuckian,.
Henry Clay, answering as adamant in
his great hearted patriotism, great in
all his proportions; eloquent as mortal
ever was in pleading the mighty cause
of his country and his whole country,
and whose old time seat of peerless
honor and glory in this hall is now,
alas, worse than empty-(applause and
laughter) that seat is filed by gentle
man whose speeches are garlands of
flowers without leaves or fruit, totally
unsuited to affairs and well adapted to
a lady's boudoir; (laughter) but for the
habitual touches of something ap-
preaching domineering arrogance that
old time seat. say, is worse than
empty, occupied as it is by gentleman
who Kisses through his teeth with I'M
reason the grand idea of the
grand old statesman whom ne sue
ceeded. The colossal shade of that
great man hovers over the republic.
1t walks the northland and the south
land, and will be a living inspiration
in this mighty contest, this impending
ground swell, which will lift President
Cleveland from the white house and
very probably lift the gentleman from
the republican side.l The words of
the gentleman from Kentucky chal-
lenged comparison between his district
and mine. The congressional direc-
tory shows that &c, 339 votes were cast
for congress in my district, while in
his but 4 ,S9l were cast, lapplausel
about one-eighth of the voting pOpula-
ton, and all voting on one side. What
ever the reason this curious arrange
ment may have been. the gentleman
from Kentucky represents one-sixth of
the votes represent. 1t will be seen
that the gentleman does not occupy
the ground that makes it precedent for
him to indulge in reckless damnatory
statements reviling the honor of an
election in another state, of which he
actually knows nothing, even if the
law of fair and honest and manly
dealing was not sufficient to restrain
him.
Reed, of Maine, said he proposed to
discuss some general principles which
underlie two modes of national action
which were confessedly in dispute in
congress and in the country. He
would treat the bill as in their hearts
the leaders on the other side treated 1t,
as "a step only in "a particular direction.
How important propositions at issue
where intense interest was already eX-
cited by the pending measure on two
continents, bore the strangeSt witness
that could be borne by men. Those
who, living on this side of the ocean,
grew articles which were necessary for
the comfort and happiness of the peo-
pie of the United States were on one
side of the question, while foreign
manufacturers and foreign politi-
cal economists and foreign states
men were all on the other
side. This, however, should not pre-
judice the question, if it be true that
by having their goods manufactured
abroad. the people of the United States
more prosperous and would have their
houses better furnished. their tables
spread with finer linen and covered
with more healthful food, if the bodies
would be protected by warmer Woolens
from the cold of Maine, and by fineI
clothing from the burning sun OF
Texas, if they would on the whole and
from generation to generation enjoy
more of comforts and luXuries of life
and would themselves be more intelli
gent, more independent and better fit
ted to be citizens of the republic
already great, and destined to bC
mighty beyond all former dreams Of
empire, then by all means sink nation
al prejudice, burst barriers of provin
cial narrowness. and with one accom-
adopt not merely the present bill, bu
such legislation as would treble tn
spindleS of Europe and destroy out
own, and such measures as would pu
out our furnaces ard illumine those be
yond the sea. Napoleon was RICH
when he said Europe must be cossacl
or republican; Lincoln was right whel
he said the United States must be eth
er free or slave. The house divides
against itself had to unite or fall, an
the revenue reform article was eithe
false pretence, or covers Who'll
grounds of protection, was either i
its essence a benefit or a curse
If protection be tax for the manu-
facturers' benefit. then it was the sam
tax. if it be the result of even revenu
; tariff or incidental protection, it wa
7 of all the most ineXcuSable. The pres
! ident was the leader of democracy; b
was also a dispenser of patronage, an
r as he was rapidly shaking the dust {
civil service reform OFF his feet, he wa
assuming control over his party. TheI
: was but one free trade, and the pres
, dent was its prophet, and whoever fe
; in battle in the service of this ne
3 Allah and its prophet for him sha
: open its shining gates of heaven {
: foreign missions and federal office
every factory is the abode of the rol
B, Der baron, more fell and sure tina
2 ever swooped down the European hi
= side to hurry the cavalcade of no
i est merchants; in every mil
I lurked more dreadful giants ths
ever before swelled the blood of q
Englishman. But what do the frien,
t of virtue propose to do with the
It wicked people; sweep them out of q
n istence with the strong hand of justiC
% or did the gentleman from Texas i
70 tend to lasso these creatures and tang
It them in the folds of his lariat? u
/ the gentleman of Arkansas mean til
3 from their dead bodies the handle
4 his bowie knife should protrude? TIL
would have only delightful punishme
in being turned over to the meltil
eloquence and soothing rhetoric of t
II. gentleman from Kentucky. While
w explained his theory of fair plumber,
honest and decent robbery, with
restrictions save such as would
re satisfactory to those good manufactl