The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-29
WATSON AFREE TRADER.
THE GEORGIA ALLIANCEMAN AT
TACKS THE DEMOCRATS.

He Goes for the Party in the House
for Not Repeating the Mckinley Bill.
Kendall of Kentucky Makes His
Maiden Speech and Declares for Free
Silver.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-In the House to-
day, on motion OF Mr.. McMillen of TenDes-
see it was ordered that when the House ad-
| journed to-day it be to meet on Tuesday
next.
The legislative appropriation bill was re-
ported by Mr.. Forney of Alabama and re-
| ferred to the committee of the whole The
| most important feature OF the bill, and one
which, without doubt. will lead TO a bitter
| contest, is that to abolish the Utah COM
mission. The total appropriation made by
the bill is $2l. 6S2, 752, which is 81 .070. 2S6
| less than the estimates. The appropriation
for the current fiscal year was $22, 141, s74,
being 1858, 122 more than is recommended
In this bill. The number of salaries
| provided for is l0,635. being 259 less than
the number estimated for and seventy-one
less than the number provided for by the
| current law.
A communication from the Secretary of
the Treasury asking for an additional APP
preparation Of 100000 for the enforcement
Of the Chinese exclusion act was laid before
the House and was referred to the commit
| tee on appropriations.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole, with Mr.. Buchanan of Virginia
in the chair, on the postoffice appropriation
| bill.
In the general debate good many topics
besides postal matters were touched upon.
Mr.. Kendall of Kentucky, who recently
succeeded to his fathers seat in the House,
delivered his maiden speech, which was ad-
dressed to the silver question. He is a
thorough going free silver man. and his
speech was intended to pus himself on
record as being in line with his father.
Mr.. Fithian of Illinois spoke in denuncia-
ton of the Mckinley act and in favor of an
enlargement Of the free list.
WATSON GOES FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
Mr.. Watson of Georgia, referring to Mr..
Fithian's remarks, took occasion to read a
lecture to the democrats of the House. The
Democratic party had cursed the Mckinley
act until it had become the object of its
greatest affection. That party had been in
control Of the House for five months and it
had not dared to consider bill to repeal
the act. Laughter. If anything came in
for democratic denuncIation on the stump
and In the press, it was the Mckinley act,
but il there was anything that the demo-
Gratis took off their hats to on this floor it
was the same act. The gentleman from
Illinois struck another blow at the act.
Why did he not do what he (Mr. Watson)
had done few days ago-take the House
by one of its own rules and say: lyon
shall not do anything until the committee
on ways and means reports bill to repeal
the law" The gentleman from Tennessee
MR. Enloe) had early introduced bill to
that effect, but he had not forced the CONS
mittee TO report it.
Mr. Enloe suggested that there was no
way to compel the committee on ways and
means to report bill
Mr., Watson replied that no committee
had right to ride ruthlessly over any man
in tho House. The democrats had q ma
jority of las members by virtue of the fact
that they had denounced the Mckinley act.
Little bills, private bills, SUPPORT of entry
bills and the like go through the House, but
nothing was done to repeal the tariff law.
Why? Because the Democratic party
dared not face the music any more than it
dared to face the silver bill, which 10000
00J people were appealing to congress to
pass. [Laughter.]
WATSON A FREE TRADER.
Mr.. Fithian inquired what was Mr.. Wat
sons position on the Mckinley act.
Mr.. Watson-I would repeal the whole
act
Mr.. Fithian-You are in favor of free
trade?
Mr. Watson-I am free trader.
Mr.. Fithian-Then why do you criticise
mea
Mr.. Watson-I am criticising the Demo
cratic party, of which you are one.
Mr. Watson then proceeded to extol
planks OF the Ocala platform, and was
frequently Interrupted by Messrs. Fithian,
Reed, Enloe and others, but he held bis
own against them all. He congratulated
the Democratic party Of the south (much to
the amusement OF the republicans for COM
ing over gradually to the principles of the
Ocala platform, and predicted that the
time was soon coming when the democrats
Of the south If they wish to save their party,
wouldIwrap the Ocela platform around
them and come In out Of the wet Laugh
teri
Mr. Enloe replied to Mr.. Watson's crih-