Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-03

oaak IN alarr, the wool growers or tne Pio.
Sncans of the country when minority Oh
his own way of thinking stand here ready
- ohsv his behest for their safety! sh
hscsnse of the honorable Senators having
once voted TO reduce the duty ON woo Oh
il II because he declared In 1859 tnss
wbstber there is a msjority OF the Senets
is q question always oil douo' anu "'
tainty." p-, in
the fluctuations of politics, ~ sne 49,,
tain quality of the calculations Oh nen ans
| the honorable Senator should ma nihSi
at the head Of a minority instead Oh = us.
iority ON this question here, IS In the otnei
House. / shall be pardoned Tor assnrips
him in his own language that
sFWe acknowledge their power, We Ply
obesisnce to il, we respect their powell
Mr.. President, there ID
AMPLE ROOM ID A
If The existing taxes and the burdens Of
the people without y!olence 10 any n
est. No extremes need be iesof1so W.
| The measure of duty which nus INC o,ue
ence between the cost OF ~prodocuon neIe
and production abnad and transportation
TO our shores is protection TO labor and islf
competition TO his employer. Inc meas.
ure which goes beyond that limit
monopoly to the employer q unfair COM
petition to labor.
The Iaboripg mau need not heed tne
suggestion of the Republican orator "nG
looks him in the lace and declares: II
am better than my brother" The Demo
cratic party has never been the enemy
| of labor. Maintaining the ancient doctrine
of home rule, special privileges 10
none, and equality before the law IL mas
ever been, as it ever will be, the saies'
guardian of the poor q the numoie.
Labor will tind under its control OF the
Government q fair, and, / trust, securer
and . better reward; but monopoly foru-
fed and entrenched behind twenty years
and more OF Republican exsction and mis-
rule, will have TO 90. Its citadel Will Dc
stormsd, and in this Congress. It's exsc
tons will he denied. It's hold on the
throats Of the masses will be broken The
mask of Republican protection Will be
torn from the face of hypocrisy and de-
c.it and extOriion.
The system which, in the language oil
the honorable Senator from Ohio. has
brough q vast army Of industrious Ia.
borers 10 our Shores" will be 30 inodined
that that vast array, whether engaged IN
the line of pursuits to he foupdi in the East,
or in the broader expenses Of the great
! West, shall not be starved in the interests
of none and monopoly when here. The
details will suggest themselves for our con-
sideration when the House shaf bave sent
us q bill. We will then look, rs believe
the HOUSE will look, TO the generous and
equitable treatment of every product IN
the list.
The question before us at this time is the
bare reference OF the Presidents message.
The debate upon that question has been
precipitated and calculated to alarm and
terriiy the country. But the country has
long been preparing for this conflict. 1t lie
now ready for the fray. 1t Is my candid
Judgment that tue great masses OF the peo-
pie will endorse and support this brave
struggle for their rights, and for the relief OF
their bondage. Our people are becoming
more and more intelligent day by day.
Information il better disseminated and OUT
action here is subjected to a daily scrutiny
which would not have been d,samed Of
twenty years ago. A generation of
young men is rising up about IA
who are 10 control the destinies Of the Re-
public. They are - pride and its hope.
While places Of power and position arc
open to their aspirations, they are TO be
fought that the password to their future
advancement is equality before the law"
They are TO realize their obligations to
country, but they are TO realize and cherish
as we'll the obligations Of country 10 them.
The child of labor and the child Of fortune,
linkel in a common destiny, bound by the
ties which should know no breaking, are
to W on together guided by the spirit Of our
institutions aud inspired by the genius Of
our country's freedom. These are TO con-
stitule the men of the Republic.
Whist constitutes n State
Not high-raised battlcmcnt OF labored mound. !
Thick wall, or moated gate,
No: cities proud, with spires aud turnets
CrOwned,
Not bays and broad armed ports,
Where, laughing al the storm, proud navies
Nor starred and spangled courts,
. Where lOw-brO we'd BaseneSH watts perfume To |
pride,
No! Men, high.minded men,
With powers u far above dull brutes endned,
In forest, brake or den,
As beasts excel cold rocks and bramOles ride.
Men who their duties know,
But know their rights, and, knowing, dare
maintain! |