Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-15


ment of fact, not an announcement of
faith. But many reverend and eminent
divines many disinterested editors, many
ingenious orators perverted this utterance
into personal advocacy of the impurity
OF politics. He did not complain, 1t was,
as the world went, legitimate political
| warfare.
A Good Rule If Generally Observed.
But it was an illustration of the truth
| that the golden rule and the decalogue
ought to have place in political cam
paigns. IF the enemy smite thee on one
cheek, turn the other" was good pre-
cept to follow But he would OBJ
serve that until that precept was more
generally observed, or was likely 10 be- if
| his political enemy smote him on one
cheek, instead of turning to him the
other, he would smite him under the butt
end of his left ear if he could. Laughter
II that be political immortality, he must
be included among the unregenerated
The Second Great Evil.
The second evil to which he had advert
ed was the tyranny of combined, concen-
trated, centralized, constituencies and in
corporated capital, and the people were
considering that great problem now. At
the beginning of the second century the
American people had been profoundly
convinced that the ballot was not the pan
aeea for the evils of society; that it had
not abolished poverty, nor diminished in
justice 1t was within bounds to say that
at the present time there were many
scores of men and of corporations in this
country whose annual income land there
had hAan Ia vNrbnS
nue. exceeded the entire Accommodations of
the richest citizens of the United States
at the end of the last century.
The Change in ocIal Condition.
The population of the Union was then
b,5OOOOJ, and the estimated wealth of the
country between S, 0OO, OOO, coo and $780,
UOOOOO There was not a millionaire and
there was not a tramp or pauper in the
country. Since that time the growth in
wealth and numbers of the United States
had had no precedent in the building of
nations. He referred TO Sherman's speech
| OF Tuesday as defense of millionares. and
said that millionaires and SPECTATORS
| We're nearly the same kind of people
Ihey are not the producers and laborers of
the country. They are arrayed like Solo
] mon In all his glory" but "they toll not
( neither do they spin" Yes; they do spin.
These gigantic accumulations have not
been the result Of industry and economy.
A Reference to Jay Gould.
After some more denunciation of those
VINO have acquired great riches, Ingalls,
said that one man in this country, the Mi
uas OF the century, mt whose touch every
thing turned 10 gold, had in a lifetime ac-
qulred, out of the aggregate of the nations
wealth, earned by the labor of all. a sum
that exceeded the assessed value of four of
the smaller states and which was many
times more than the entire wealth of the
republic when it was founded. This was
the most terrible commentary ever re
corded in the book of time. We were ac.
customed TO speak of this as @the land of
the free and the home of the brave:p and
u would soon be -the home of the rich and
the land of the slave"
The Decentralization Act
He said the late election was neitbera Re-.
publican defeat nor Democratic victorv
1t was a great uprising, independent of and
superior to both political parties. 1t was
crisis that might become a catastrophe
lie attributed the depression in the conn
Try IN great measure TO the demonetiza.
tion act OF 1873 He did not claim that
lhat act mad been passed fraudulently.
Declares for Free Silver.
The political power of the nation had |
Oeen transferred from the circumference |
10 the center, and the people of that cen-
ter were unanimously DEMANDING fraa
coinage OF silver. 1t was for that reason
that he should cordially supnort The
amendment of the senator from Ner.d,
In doing so, he would not only follow rho
dictates OF his own Judgment, but wouId
carry out the wishes of the great majority
oil his constituents, irrespective of narty
or political affiliations.
The Debate Is Closed
ingalls, was heartily applauded and |
then Jones OF Nevada spoke in favor of
rec sllVtt. When he had concluded the
wee president announced that the general
leoate was closed, and then the discussion
ii amendments under the ten-minute rula
began. "''
All Leather and Prunella"
some desultory discussion took place re.
,aEulhS amendments offered by Aldrich
sherman and German, which were Iatar
slthurawn, and then Vest replied to some
u the taunts made by Aldrich and Sber.
nan against Democratic senator's and said
nat they were simply Leather and pru-
iella. The Democratic party had no .
eader 1t had representatives, and when ,
ny man ceased to represent the nrinci-
LII. VI 'he democratic party then his So {
ieauerShlp ceased to exist plunh I
' ,a uellVered himself of a grovl at tbe
- committee for not REPORTING rnaaa
lieS favorable to the views of tba fraa ~
e and greenback men. and So e ,,. ail-
is took place upon the ouestinr 80 I
with silver and paper obIic,o' 9
, rons mare "a, payable in gold BIZ the con. {
'nau; me sense of the speakers was G
a.~nI 'ii. UJiy against this and il wao '
= -, .nat nothing in law permitted sncb I
,, vote on Stewards Amendm,.
49, herson spoke against free coinoo.
'hich, he said, would rasnI, - Image,
o o6 ot ohe currency to the extent Of tha go t
- vi gold now in the conntrr ar1, l.
-. discussion on Stewards onnanS, t
plnr,b anu remarks were made h., 8
he d;,, horsan and Cockrell Fin,iiy, I
49, ussion closed, and the s.ratny (
n - 10 vote on Stewards amendr,pp
lows: yeas 81 nays 30, as fol.
BlaeSb mm'le en- Barbour, Bate Berry I
rell. Cox n nu.ier' Call, Cameron. Coct. v
49, CoAe' Daniel, Eustis FouIl.o, lex lex /
Ioh' uorman, Hampton. Harr;n '>rGr' Glib ,
Con es OF Arkansas, Jones of NavoanS a,,s' q
ponl'. Henderson, MitcbelI Ma, NC 9
pI,1,h Pasco, Payne, Plumb Deah'
ford teagan, Saunders. Shonn S
o, stewart, Teller, Turpie Vanc, S stan
SSorhees, and WalthaIl-tS 'nc'' Vest, ,
c uiiom DA n. Allison, Carey Co.ou 6
Evar r1ni r Davis, Dixon. Dolpb Edr oasey' i
sins RYE Gray, Hale, Hswio,i i'I mas, /
Son s'' ,H,lscoek, Hoar, Mcmillan e y.p Mig- :
man So o, Platt, Quay, SAWYER St her /
bnrn SIP9 ,I. stockbridge, Waryep' T Sher-
land 80 ""' Wilson of Mary.
quit and Dsr announced as follows. r., J
and FarweII A Hes George and Blair Ke moi a
and Chandler capIi. and psttgrew squires