The advocate., 1892-02-10
WASHINGTON.
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that the corn raisers of Kansas are not in a
destitute and deplorsble condition, and
have not been burning their own corn, and
reading the rule nisi foreolosing his mort
gage by the light of such fire-then he
certainly contradicts the very strong testi-
mony upon which my assertion was founded.
Mr.. Funston. It is not true.
Mr.. Watson. By men who have seen
theee fires burning.
Mr.. Funston. Il is not true.
Sir, know that what have said here TO-
day may be utterly thrown away. am not
addressing so much this Congress as am
addressing the future, because our action
here would not bind us, and would not bind
the next Congress, but through the hurried
pencil of these stenogrsphers will reach
the hearts Of the American people; through
the fingers of every reporter in the galleries
will reach the American people, and we
expect to stir them up all along the line,
until from Maine to Georgia, and from the
lakes to the gulf, they will ask to have this
government rededicated to the old Jeffer-
sOnian principles.
Mr.. Speaker, what is the essence of it? Its
essence is that grand truth enuncisted by
Abraham Lincoln when he stood at Gettys-
burg, with words to encourage the living
and to commemorate the dead, sun-lit by a
enough to say to the man who remarked ~
am proud to be feliOw-countryman of the
soldiers who held these heights" "Yes,
and I am glad to be fellow-countryman
Of the soldiers who attacked these heights"
On that memorable battlefield he asked
that this government might be dedicated
again to it's original principles. We ask no
more. We ask that much. We insist upon
that much. We insist that this government
shall be again brought back to it's founda-
tions 80 that it may be government of the
people, by the people, and for the people.
Applause.
Hon. John Davis had five minutes,
and here Is one of his favorite points:
have studied this question considerably
and tried to understand it; and, Mr.. Speaker,
can only understand it in the light of
some good old orthodox authority, Ny
first impression is that there is no difference
between the two wings of the old parties on
my right and left. In the first place, this
minority is perfectly willing TO intrust
legislation in the hands of what they call
an opposition speaker, for they know that
all great questions of finance, transporta-
tion, public lands, taxation, ETC., are equally
important in the mind of any speaker, no
matter what you may call his party. But,
on the other hand, this majority, in regard
to all these great questions, are willing to
trust almost autocratio authority in the
hands of the other fellows.
Id onot speak at random. have before
me a very orthodox authority on the Re-
publican side, a book written by Mr.. An
drew Carnegie. think he is Republican.
He Gays he is a Republican of the high
tariff protective kind. But he says:
Rather than have free coinage of silver,
Iwould vote for the lowest tariff Democrat.
That looks as if he was almost there.
Hon. Jerry Simpson, had the last FIVE
minutes of the hour and his time was
extended another five minutes after |
"Tom Reed" had given Farmer Funston |
Rve minutes of time. The following ap-
pears in the Record:
Mr.. Simpson. Mr.. Speaker, l also wish
to thank both Republicans and Democrats
for the courtesy with which they have
treated US, the Peoples party, in Congress.
Therefore, am satisfied with the present
rules. l do not see any necessity for chang