The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-02-06
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WAallISGT0S, jan 40, 1901 +.
Senator Gray made telling point
against the proposed republican gag rule,
nov before the senate, fret introduced 10
the Englith-spsaking people 10 aseis. the
tories IL saprrrsslng The House rule move.
fnent IL Ireland lie said: III Il q sIgnlf.
cant fact, pregnant niih instruction aud
warning % tie AMERICAN people. sI,at the
fret lime 10 The history u Engisnd that
an attempt wss nsgde III tic House Of
Commons 10 llmit debate Il was made in
order 10 suppress home rule III ireland
Lei gentlemen SO onl'and tell their nat
uralized feilow-siilzess from Gliai stricken
and unhappy is.e that tho American senate
Is taking . page from The history OF the
English parliament. Cloture was adopted In
England ID order that Irishmcn might be
gagged III the House Of Commons when
they attempted 10 assert that freedom Of
s?eech which belonged 10 them as repre-
sentatiyes 81 their people. Let gentle
men tel the naluraiized citizens that that
Il the example they are following 10 order
10 destroy home rule In ibis country"
The republicans pro fess 10 believe lha
the action Of the legislatures IN some Of
the Southern states In refusing 10 consider
bills mating appropriations for s'sie ex-
hibi,s at the Worlds Fair wi,ilc the force
bill Il pending ls bluff. but Il Is easy TO
see that Il has greatly diseonccried them
and they are receiving hundreds Of letters
every day from thei, commercial consili-
uents demanding that the Force bin be
abandoned, but they atil persist in going
ahead TO their own destruction
Senator Stewart made another rafting
speech on Saturday against both the gag
rule and the Force bin, and The republican
senators squirmed In tkeir seats as they
listened 10 his words Of truthful condcm-
nation, and vain attempts were made by
Senator sPooner, Mitchell, and Hoar to
disconcert him BY asking questions. but
he was fully prepared for them and thsy
soon let him severely alone.
Mr. Morton has allowed himself 10 be
made the tool OF the radical republicans
and BY making a number OF arbitrary and
unjust decisions he has enabled the gag
rule gang to get the elosufe..ruIe before the
senate, and they are confidently counting
upon similar rulings to get Il adopted, and
there is no Indication that they will be dis
appointed.
The Confederation industrial organi
xations. which met here last week elected
benjamin. Terrell. Of Texas, President and
J w Hayes, Of Pennsy lvania, secretary and
treasurer. Il also adopsed a. ita national
platform nine demands. the most OF whlca
every good democrat can endorse without
stretching his conscience in the least. For
instance, free coinage, the prohibition of
aliens owning lands, opposition to using
taxation 10 build up ono class At the ex-
pense Of another, limiting the revenues OF
The government to Its necessary expenses,
state and national supervision OF the means
OF public Communication and the election
Of U S Senators By direct vote Of the peo
pie. and of president and Vice president by
= popular vote.
The confederation took no formal actica
towards this formation Of q new political
party and dc not regard Il as probable
that they win n the future. because, from
talks with the delegates am satisfied that
great majority of them believe that the
democratic party will take care OF their
interests, and that they will use their In
iuence 10 have all members OF industrial
organisations support the national demo-
cratic sicke, next year.
Speaker Reed 10 doing his level best to
gag the democrats OF the House, and is
prewn.ed from going to greater extremes
by the absence OF republican quorum.
He Is trying to railroad the appropriation
bulls through so as to have clear track
when the Force bill comes over with the
senate amendments, II 1t ever does. He
isn't succeeding very well, and sdll not.
unless he gets that republican quorum, ,
and keeps it.
Dli begins 10 look as though the silver
pool investigation would turn out TO be the
usual republican congressional farce, and
that Senator Cameron, who has admitted
his guilt, would be made the seape-goat
Il Is stated, and generally believed here,
that Mr. Reed aud other prominent repub
licans are using their influence upon the
individual members of the committee to
prevent their exerting themselves TO find
out who has been speculating in silver.
There Is also talk about some democrat
doing the same thing. This Is all dead
wrong, If true. II any senator or repre-
sentative, be he high or low, democrat o.
republican, has been spccula.ing in silver
while bills affecting the market rrice o
that metal were pending, let him be ex-
posed. The people have right to know
and no half way methods on the part o
the committee will satisfy them.
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