The advocate., 1891-01-14

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for taking the vote and suggested satur-
day January 10, whereupon Mr. Ed
munds remarked, In a tone Of bitter sar-
Casm:
The season is drawing 10 an end and this
most important and immaculate bill ought
10 be got into tho form Of law at tho earliest
possible moment Tho country, OF course,
ls suffering for IT, Disaster and bankruptcy
are said 10 DO impending and therefore We
ought not 30 leave a Bton0 unturnod 10 got
an immediate vote upon II.
Senator Edmunds might naturally rldi-
cule the Idea Of "lmpendlng disaster and
bankruptcy" and more especially when
he calls TO mind his remarks made in the
Senate on December II, 1889, when, In
defending the high-taxers, he thus draws
this glowing picture Of those taxed:
Look al the condition Of the American
labOrer with the money he gets, Go into
his house In New England or New Jersey or
Pennsylvania or Alabama or Michigan or
California or anywhere else whore free and
intelligent and protected labor exists Ia
this country, and then 90 through the SINH
lar labOring establishments and COmmuni-
ties in Great Britain or Germany or France
or Austria or Spain II there DO any there
and there are sOme-And compare their con-
ditiOn.
Can any intelligent, patriotic and self
respecting citizon, in this so-called free
republic, respect very highly an AmeTl-
can Senator, who is so lost TO the proper
comprehension Of the real rights Of the
plain, common people Of our land that he
enjoys the foregoing comparison made by
one OF the oldest Of the constant pluto
Gratis Of the present United States
Senate?
The House went into the committee of
OF the whole for the further consldera-
tlon Of the shipping bill. The main
speaker was Mr.. DookerY, Of Missouri.
He discussed the relations OF the tariff
and the carrying trade, and he declared
that the policy Of the administration on
imports was utterly at war with the In
forests Of American carrying trade. 1t
was impossible TO dominate the home
markets and the markets Of the world at
the same time. He opposed subsidies
and all other protection 10 special indus
tries. He would take the fact home to
the farmers Of the west that $5,OOO,OOO
were being taken from the treasury TO
sustain and support a few New England
ship owners. The farmer could derive
but little benefit from reciprocity, be-
cause the South American countries had
almost every article necessary FOX their
own consumption.
The opposition theories Of the exclu-
sion and Of freedom Of trade had been
Contesting FOR supremacy upon the seas
at many periods Of the worlds history,
and always with the result of unham-
pered commerce. Let the country re-
turn to the prOpitlOus policy, under
which it had explored every sea and
cast anchor in every harbor. Divested
Of Artificial restrictions, our commercial
marine could renew and assert its I'M
portance upon the mighty deep. The in
coming and rehuent wave which made
music upon our shore simply wOoed ua
10 resume our proper place on the glOFi-
GUS sea. Let the shackles Of exclusion
be stricken of our people and there
would soon arise, like Venus from the
seas, splendid merchant marine, restor-
Ing the prestige and prowess OF our
country.
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