Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-09-12
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THUS g. RkEbN SPEEtN.
some of the things which bee told the people of
his home district no Portland last week. Thurs
day night
VIII you. my old friends and neighbors,
permit me just one word which is purely
personal Any time, these last eight
months have been the subject of much
iudiscriminnte praise and much udiscrmi.
nate blame The one Is Just as much de-
served as the other Great events do not
turn upon one man. The House Of Repre-
seutatves was ready aud ripe for change
and the people stood ready To- approve
What all the world wanted was easy to do
! am not greatly proud 90 he speaker Of the
House but ! am proud with all my heart
to- bee one of that magnificent majority Of
the House Of Representatives Of the Dist
Congress, which for nine long months
never for one moment fntored in its duty.
When we cleared the decks for action
there was plenty Of work 10 do, and we
have done It 20 the full measure Of satsfac.
ton We have achieved all that the Re
publican party promised and more Most
platforms are but ghtterng generaties,
good enough for the campaign, hut our last
platform has been treated by the House of
Representatives like deed of trust We
promised the people that the tariff should
have fair and exhaustive treatment that
the principle Of protection should have full
recognition, and
In Thrre Imporinnt BHI-
we have kept the promise TO the hope. Bv
the administrative bill "A wise and discrimi-
Mating effort has been made to secure to our
manufacturers and merchants the complete
benefit of the rates of duty imposed by law.
by virtue Of that bill we hope we have bid
farewell To- those wicked under valuations
which cheated the honest importer ont of
his trade and the honest manufacturer out
of his business The Mckinley hill was not
made IN the closet was not the product OF
one man who tried to know everything It
any tariff hill was ever the result of the he
lief of the whole people Of the United States.
the Mckinley hill was that till From the
middle of January until the very day the
bill passed whoever demanded "A hearing
had It,. Every interest was represented.
and until the last it had the correction of
every fact. II a bill fashioned in that way.
after full consultation with all the people.
doe, not contain the wishes aud the wis
dom of the United States, It is useless 10
hope for such bill
Another great achievement of the House
of Representatives is the silver bill 1t
was necessary tn provide such increase of
currency as would supply the loss of cIrcu-
latlun of national banks, such increase too.
AS would provide growing people the
money they need for more prosperous bust
ness The mining camps. the great pio
neers of civilization m the far West. de.
served also all the encouragement they
could have consistent with sound currency
and genuine hmetaism On that subject
the Republicans had promised that all the
silver dollars should be furnished which
could he kept equal with gold Such bill,
| fulfilling that promise tn the uttermost, now
Hdorns our statute books as tribute tu the
wise conservatism of the Republican ma
/ lority of the House Already silver seem,
Co ho climbing To- par with safety To all the
interests of the country
There was also another promise 20 be
kept made long ago and often renewed
| For years the Republican party has declared
most righteously that there could not bee boz
"a republic duty more sacred than the duty
Of upholding the right OF every citizen to
1 participate in government Who has for
I gotten the ringing words of that great sol
/ der, So soon To lie among the uuforgntteu
/ brave ON the Heights of Arlington The
| people have made up their minds that they
| will have "a loyal government. aud au hon
/ est ballot. and fair count" The House of
/ Representatives. true u its duty has passed
/ % bil which when d. becomes "a law. vilI
/ give tn the people of the United State. Che.