The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-09-11

trol. FOR years rule has beer piled
upon rule and decision upoi deei6oh I'd
render legislation dependent upon tho
suferance OF the minority. Filibuster-
ing lurked in every line, The power
Of obstruction was without limit
Now the House OF Representatives ID
not a body quick to do business under
any set OF rules, y
When we clea AIRED the decks for action
there was plenty to do and we have
done it to tho full measure Of satisfac-
ton. We have achieved all that tho
Republican party promised, and moro.
Most platforms are but glittering gon.
eralities, good enough for the campaign,
but our last platform has been treated
by tho House OF Representatives like u
great tru t. Wo promised tho people
that tho tariff should have fair and OK
haustivo treatment, that protection
should have full recognition, and in
these important bills we have kept the
promise to tho word. by tho Admins
trative bill n wise and discriminating
effort has boon made to secure to our
manufacturers and merchants tho COM
plctc benefit of tho rates of duty inn
posed by law. by virtue OF that bill
We horo VIC have bid farewell to those
wicked undervaluations which cheated
the honest importer out OF his trade
and the honest manufacturer out Of his
business. We hope we have made
valuations and duties alike in all ports,
SO that men may chose, without loss,
freely where they will land their goods.
If any tariff bill was ovcr tho result
of the belief of the whole people OF the
United States the Mckinley bill is that
bill. From the middle of January un-
TIL the very day the bill passed, who
ever demanded a hearing had it, Every
interest was represented, and until the
last momon it had the correction OF
every fact.
Another great achievement of tho
House of Representatives is the Silver
bill. Already silver is seen to be-
climbing into par with safety to all in
all parts of the country.
There was another promise kcph
made by the managers. For years tho
Republican party had declared most
righteously that there could not be in d
Republic Il duty more sacred than the
duty Of upholding the right of every
citizen to participate in the Govern
mcnt. The House of Representatives,
true to its duty, has passed a bill which,
when it becomes a law, will give to tho
people Of the United States the sui.
fragcs of millions. 1t will enable votes
to be cast and counted as east.
The House of Representatives, after
n fierce fight of many days, has de-
tcrmincd, 1876 to 32-morc than four to
onc-that whoever sells pure lard may
label it as such. and whoever sells d
compound of lard and other things
shall call 1t n compound, to the cnd hat
people may know what they are buy
ing,
Since the election of the present
House ten members have died and ono
Senator. Among them have been tho
most famous men of tho House. Will.
lam d.. Kelly, the great champion OF
protection; Samuel j. Randall, heart of
oak and will of iron, the strongest
Forco in half a century; and Samuel
sullivan Cox, at once brilliant and
laborious. When We have paid duo
reverence AMI spoken proper ~eulogiscs
over these and their companions not
less than twcnty-onc working days will
have to be counted.
But in closing what I have had 10
say, it would not be just to rest the
claims of the House upon even the cata-
logue of its great deeds. What tho
House has shown the country that any
House can do is worth a princes ran
som. lIcnceforth promises can not be
excused except by performance. Hence
forth great measures can not be lost
and nobody know what has become Of
them. Party responsibility has begun,
and with it also the responsibility of
the people, for they can not longer elect
a Democratic House and hopo that tho
minority will ncutrRlisc their action,
ar Republican House without being
sure that it will keep its pledges. If
We have broken the prccedents of a
hundred years, we have set the prece-
dents of another thousand years, nobler
than the last, wherein responsibility
will be on the people, wherein the pco-
ole, with full knowledge hat theft
servants can act, will choose those who
will %worthily carry out their will.