Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-01-31
WASHINGTON.

ture was first introduced to the Eng
disappearing people to assist the to-
ries in suppressing the Home Rule
movement in Ireland. He said: ut
is significant fact, pregnant with
instruction and warning to the
American people, that the first time
in the history of England that an at
tempt was made in the House of
Commons to limit debate it was made
in order to suppress home rule in
Ireland. Let gentlemen go out and
tell their naturalized fellow-citizens
from that stricken and unhappy isle
that the American Senate is taking
page from the history of the English
parliament. Cloture was adopted in
England in order that Irishmen
might be gagged in the House of
Commons when they attempted to
assert that freedom Of speech which
belonged to them as representatives
of their people. Let gentlemen tell
the naturalized citizens that that is
the example they are following in
order to destroy home rule in this
country"
The republicans profess to believe
that the action of the legislatures in
some of the Southern states in refus
ing to consider bills making appro-
priations for state exhibits at the
Worlds Fair while the Force bill is
! pending is bluff, but it is easy to
see that it has greatly disconnected
them, and they are receiving hum
dreds of letters every day from their
commercial constituents demanding
that the Force bill be abandoned, but
they still persist in going ahead to
their own destruction.
Senator Stewart made another rat
Ting speech on Saturday against
both the gag rule and the Force bill,
and the republican Senators squirm-
! ed in their seats as they listened to
his words of truthful condemnation,
. and vain attempts were made by
Senators SpoOner, Mitchell, and Hoar
5 to disconcert him by asking ques-
q tons, but he was fully prepared for
7 them and they soon let him severely
. alone.
Q The Confederation of Industrial Or.
3 CARNATIONS, which met here last
= week elected, Benjamin Terrell Of
E. Texas, President, and j. w. Hayes
Z of Pennsylvania, Secretary and
- Treasurer. 1t also adopted as its ma
% tional platform nine demands, the
: most of which every good democra
can endorse without stretching hi
conscience in the least. For in
stance, free coinage, the prohibition o
=. aliens owning lands, opposition t.
IL using taxation to build up one elias
o, at the expense of the means of anoth
,r er, limiting the revenues of the Gov
eminent to its necessary expenses
state and national supervision of tn
means of public communication, ant
: the election of U. S. Senators by di
rect vote of the people, and of Presi
dent and Vice President by popu
lar vote.
D. The confederation took no forma
l., action towards the formation of
o. new political party, and l do not re
re gard it as probable that they will i
" the future, because, from talks wit
Us the delegates l am satisfied that
e. great majority of them believe tina
er the democratic party will take car
a of their interests, and that they wi
90 use their influence to have all men
is bers of Industrial organizations SUI
n port the national democratic tickt
as next year.
as Speaker Reed is doing his lev,
&C. best to gag the democrats of III
lie House, and is only prevented froI
as going to greater extremes by the al
nd sence off republican quorum. He
ess trying to railroad the appropriation
&C. bills through so as to have a cle'
)t- track when the Force bill comes ov
re- with the Senate amendments, if
ar ever does. He isn't succeeding vel
he well, and will not, unless he gets tn
ad republican quorum, and keeps it.
il 1t begins to look as though the 81
ISIS yer pool investigation would tu
raj out to be the usual republican Co
at gressional farce, and that Senat
Cameron, who has admitted his gui
,, would be made the scape-goat. 1t
" stated, and generally believed hel
The that Mr.. Reed and other promine
ow republicans are using their influen
ere upon the individual members of t
4 4