The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-01
SENATOR HILL.
JlevelaDd's Rival Unbcsoms Himself on
Political Issues.

ALBANY, y. y, Dec 3l-David B. Hills
lerm as governor of the state expired to-
night, and the event was marked by a
dinner, at which Mr. Hill made a lengthy
farewell speech TO 80 persons, including
the state officials, GOvernor-eleCt Flower
and many prominent state Democrats. In
the course of his address, speaking upon
the wisest course for the Democracy to
pursue in the present congress, Senator
Hill said;
Concerning the tax power and the coin
nge power, which, | suppose, we must con
cede to be specifically granted to the fed
eral government, aud concerning the re-
cent abuses and misuses of these powers
by the biliion-dollar congress, | have had
nothing 10 say. Our politics, | trust will
turn upon those abuses for the coming
year, upon the ISSUES made by the billion
dollar Ongress-uothing else and nothing
less
1.-The overturn Of the billion dollar CON
Cress by an immense popular uprising, by
the election of 255 Democratic representa-
tions ont OF 3S2. will not enable one new
line TO be written 10y the present congress
In the federal laws. But the acts OF the
billion-dollar congress are part of the fed
eral statutes. There they stand-flagrant.
intolerable. The senate or the house or
the executive can prevent changes. Two
of the three being Republican. actual law
Is doubly barred-no repeal, no change eN-
cept what perfectly suits the Republican
wrongdoerS The house can compel
trugality in current appropriations. But
Mills bills, Morrison bills. general bills.
repeal bills, all alike, are sure to be barred
at the senate threshold and slaughtered in
committee
why? Because the republicans, though
as powerless as we now to pass new laws,
can SIT still. do nothing and yet keep, at
least till the 4th of March. 1893, all they
got by the acts of the billion dollar con
gress, and chance the saving thereafter of
their main booty-saving their tariff for
projections sake, IN place of a tariff for
revenue only, with prott ction incidental:
saving their bounty and subsidy princi-
pie; saving their reciprocity humbug
which Is hut X scheme To expand state So
cialism and substitute the restrictive bar
gains of diplomats for the worldwide
commerce of freemen.
1T Is bad lockout What are we going
10 do about it, You and and every Dem
Dcrat in Washington is asking himself
that question. Now, let US hold fast TO
the great facts and pivot our policy on
those How can that best be doues First.
pass no free coinage bill; pass only the
needfuI appropriation bills. enforcing
economy. Second: grapple to undo the
the Sherman silver law and The two
Mckinley laws No small issues. no TN
timely issues, no new issues. no other is
sues-grspple TO undo he work of the bill
lion-dollsr congress. Put the country and
its silver laws and its tariff laws back
where they stood before our party's mis-
adventure IN 1855. and before the Infamous
Republican revolution. Demand this. aud
demand nothing but this. and keep on de-
mandlng thls-in congress- in our state
conventions, in cur national convention.
and throughout the canvass till shutdown.
of next Nov. S
The characteristic feature the present
political Juncture is that, by holding fast
10 the issues made by the billion dollar
congress during the canvass already pre-
pairing with great energy throughout the
Union, the condolences Of time Of public
interest, OF senatorial election. OF he elec-
tions of representatives and of the execc-
tiYe- are such that the peoples will as de-