The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-04-10
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trusts and combinations In festraiDf'
Of trade and production.
Mr.. PU0H. call on the author
of the bill, the senator from Kansas
TMr. Ingallsl, 70 know II am not
correct Ia my construction
Mr.. INGALLS,. Mr. President,
the statement Of the senator from
Alabsma who sits farthest from me
lMF. Pugbl correctly indicates the
purpose Of the amendment which j
had the hOEor 10 submit aud which
has been adopted by q practically
unanImoUs vote Of the senate. IL 10
not intended In any manner what
ever 10 interfere with the bargain,
purchase, sale, or exchange OF any
product Of which the parties may be
pcsssssed, or Of which they may be
the producers, or which they intend
astsally 20 deliver, provided they
are the owners Of &c. IL 10 directed
against that gigantic modern inven-
ton known as dealIag In futures,
consplraeles artlhefally TO raise the
prices q products, 20 change the
value Of products, 20 create artin-
eial scarcity Of products, 70 tuggie
with values Irrespective OF owner
ship by processes that are Just ns
nefari0us and Just ~ reprehensibie
~ those Of the poker table or the
fsro-bank, In which there IL no pre-
tense Of ownership, in which there
II often an agreement TO sell ten or
fifty times more than the annual
product Of what II offered In the
market, the sole purpose being TO
enable those "Who neither toll nor
spin" but WhO are clad 10 purple
aud fare sumptuously every day to
settle up on the. lst day Of October,
or the LIST day Of November, II IL
may be, the difference between the
price that they hAd bet q certain
product would bear on that date
and the price 81 which the producer
IL compelled TO sell Il on that day.
Ifmy amendment IL susceptible OF
any other Interpretation than that,
II Il can be tortured by any ln-
genulty Into any other effect and
operation than that, it IL not what
intended; ID 10 not Whist the senate
believed it TO be when they voted
fOE it; and all the Ingenuity, all the
casuistry, all the hair-splittlng Of
thUse who for one reason or another
are opposed to IL, eau not deceive
anybody who does not desire TO be
deluded. There IL not In this
country, from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific, Q man 80 humble or 90 OBJ
scurs outside Of this Chamber who
does not know exactly against what
practice this amendment In directed.
Ii IL reserved for these great doctors
Of finance, these learned pundits
who stand here, by one means aud
another TO interfere between the law
making power and the rights Of the
people, TO declare that there II
something mysterious, something
that IL vague aud undermined about
this amendment Of mine.
must complain, Mr.. President,
among other things, that the senator
from New Hampshire, Mr.. Blair, ]
like Mrs. MalAprOp In the celebrated
comedy Of Sheridan, cast aspersions
upon my parts Of speech, and de-
elared that the photography, or the
Orthoepy, or the syntax, or the
prosody Of the amendment might
possibly be approved. In sxculpa-
ton I have to cay that it was drawn
and prepared by an eminent member
OF the house OF representatives. IL
seemed to me to carry on more
clearly and more accurately and
more thoroughly than anything /
had seen the purpose I had In view,
and I offered it As an amendment to
the pending bill. At every stage Of
the proceeding lt has been met by
the interpOsitlon OF some question
Of order; some question Of etiquette,
that it ought to have proceeded
from some other committee; some
question Of the Constitution, that it
infringed the great reserved rights
Of the states, some question Of
locality, that IL ought to have APP
pssrsd In some other place In the
bill.
Like those who were hidden IN
the Scriptures to attend the wedding
feast, those who are invited to vote
for this amendment, which they all
admit Is directed against q pernic-
ious, nefarious, and most reprehen-
sible practice, with one consent be-
gin to make excuses. The senator
from Louisiana, fMr. Eustisl and
others question the sincerely, ques-
ton the good faith, question the In
telligenes Of those who offer and adj
here TO this amendment. The sena-
tor from Louisiana desires to know
II this IL q sham battle. Another
senator rises and inquiries II those
who support this amendment are
not playing the part OF Don Qulxote
and fighting . windmill. still
another rises and intlmates that tubs
IL being done ut the dictation Of the
Farmers Alliance, rs II "the isle"
had been frlghted from his pro-
priety," and that we were trembling
Ia O state Of trepIdatiou In this en-
deavOr TO do . great act Of justice.
Mr.. President, tue people Of the
United States have q reasonable de-
gree Of respect for the Constitution,
but they are not afraid Of IL. A
II growth and not q
aud the Constitution
Of 1890, by reason Of the operation Of
the wilt Of the people who made IL,
II Q vastly different instrument from
the Constitution Of 1883. Its authors
will not know lt. They made Il for
specific purposes, not for the object
u enabling country lawyers to de-
wise definitions, not for the purpose
Of inteTposing obstacles and bar
riers to the Will Of the people.
Let Us refresh our recollection for
IN instant to see what the constiiu-
lion was made for--not by the states,
sltheF.
We. the people of the United States
And for WHAT
n order TO FORM a more perfect union. estab- |
lsh justice, insure domestic tranquility, pro-
'ids for the common defense, promote the |
Ieneral welfare and secure the blessings OF /
liberty 20 ourselves and our postertty, do
he United states OF America
Therefore, Mr.. President, we are
instructed Whist the purpose and
'bject of 1.-THE people OF the United
states was in the formation Of the
under which we live
md which 10 psrpetually invoked by
he narrow and rigid and illiberal
10 interpose an in
uperable barrier against every
fort TO better the condition Of the
'eople. Sir, the people Of the
United States do not regard the
with superstition or
we. They know that there are
ONE things more venerable than
hsrters, more sacred than Cousti-
1tions, and those are the rights and
he privileges which charters and
were ordained to es-
Abllsh and 10 maintain. Al every
Iage Of national growth and pro-
rees we have been met by the In !
opposition Of these minute sEd In !
ectlvorous propositions that the
was Q barrier against
be determined and resolute will Of !
be people, and we are tainted with
I'D faith. with false ehiyslry. with !