The advocate., 1892-04-27


their remarks, or to print remarks upon the
tariff bill, is it in order to simply say 81 de-
siretO submit certain volume as express
ing my views" Laughter And under
that publish printed book in the Record
for free distribution. The title of this book
is, ''ProteCtion or Free Trade" II is simply
question of order and there is no neces-
sity for any expression. It is simply q
question whether under leave granted to
members of the house to extend their re-
marks on the tariff debate, or to publish
remarks on the tariff debate, it is in order
to embody, without making any remarks of
your own whatever under that order, ex-
cept sufficient to constitute peg to hang it
90, to publish printed volume in the Rec
ord for distribution.
understand that this is a copyright vol
ume, and somebody of course will be liable
for it. But the point want TO make, and l
do not care to argue any further is this: Is
it in order under the rule, or under the
order, or the permission of the the house to
print remarks to put in the Record, printed
volumep This is evidently done with con
cert and understanding, because no chapter
is duplicated. They have got chapters, now,
from to 25, and the next Record, l suppose
tomorrow, will complete the volume.
The first gentleman mentioned by Mr..
Burrows referred to the matter as fol
lows
Mr.. Stone, of Kentucky-There was no
complaint about il and no complaint has
been raised about any such matter hitherto.
But, Mr.. Speaker, the question of the re-
vision of the tariff and Of relieving the peo-
ole from the burdens Of taxation that are
now resting upon them ia before the country
and it is being made warm for the party that
favors protection, and they object that this
argument should go to the voters of the
country.
did not submit this matter as my argu-
ment; do not claim to have made it as q
speech, but put it in the Record that it
might 60 through the mails to the people
of the country in order that they might have
the benefit of the views of one of the strong
est writer's in the country upon the side Of
tariff reform. That is exactly why I did it..
Re the house desires to strike it out, of
course submit; but I ask that it also strike
out all the things that have gone into the
Record during this session of congress that
have not been spoken by members ON the
floor. And when you have done that you
will have rid the Record of vast amount
of misleading stuff that has been put into
it, from newspapers and other sources, by
members of the Republican party to bolster
up the cause of protection. And you will
leave good many skeletons in the Record;
you will strike out some Of the best por-
tions of speeches on the other side. The
gentleman from Iowa Mr.. DolliVer has
within the last day or two inserted matter
of this kind in the Record (I refer to page
3 453) that must go out; and the poems and
other things of that kind, which have been
inserted in the Record will have to 60 out.
Mr.. Speaker, 80 far as am individually
concerned. 1 am willing that the Record
shall be held right down to what occurs on
the foor-the utterances that are made
here. But if this privilege of 'leave to
print" is to be allowed, it can not be con-
6ned to one set of men; every man on the
floor must be recognized as entitled to ex-
ercise the same privilege.
have no excuse to offer; l have no de-
malls to make. did insert this matter in
the Record; and inserted it in order that
it might go to the country under the frank
Of members of the house, in order that
their constituents might be able to read