Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-17
A M'KINLEY DOUBLE
ReviveS Interest in Tariff Talk by
Attacking the Majors Bill.
HE COULDN'T TALK LONG ENOUGH
To Please Those Who Wanted to Hear His
Side of the Argument.
A DEAD RINGER FOR oHICS GOVERNOR


the principal speaker in the House to-day
on the tariff question was in person, feat.
ures, voice and gestures so like him that an
old-time member of the House might have
fancied that time had turned back In its
flight and he was listening again to Major
Mckinley as young man in Congress max.
ing one Of his first tariff speeches. The
comparison would have ended with the ap-
pearance of the speaker however, for Mr..
Bryan, of Nebraska, the prototype of
Major Mckinley, attacked the law which
the latter had framed, and took advanced
ground against the protective policy which
Ohio's Governor has always advocated in
Congress.
The speech of Mr. BRYAN revived the flag
ging interest in the tariff discussion. 1t
was the feature of the day, and as the young
Nebraskan warmed up the small body of
listeners he had at the start was augmented
by the gossipers in the cloakrooms until he
had the careful attention of majority of
the House-something unusual in this de-
bate. Mr.. Bryan's voice was strong and
clear, his personality pleasing, his gestures
simple but forcible, like those of Major Nc
Kinley, his argument ingenious and his
illustrations bright and apropos to his re-
marks
A Sample of the Illustrations.
One of the best of these illustrations was
when be said the protection theory re-
minded him of his days on the farm, when
they used to raise sunken corners of fences
by putting beam under the corner, plac-
ing a chnck in the middle and then bearing
down on the other end. 1t raised the fence,
but the burden was felt somewhere. The
Protectionist he said, took hold of an IN
FAINT industry, then looked around for a
good tat lot of consumers to serve as
chuck 'fUp went the infant industry, but
down went the consumers" said Mr.. Bryan,
and his colleagues applauded.
The Republicans interrupted Mr.. Bryan
with number of hard, knotty questions in
favor of their side of the argument, but the
manner in which they we're parried showed
the speaker to be cool and collected, and
although young in Congressional expert
ence, accustomed to take and give in de-
bate. He was down for only two hours, but
the House gave him another hour, and then
wanted him to keep on.
On motion of Mr.. Richardson, of Ten
nessee, a concurrent resolution was agreed
to for the printing of 5000 additional
copies of the special report on the diseases
of the horse.
New Mexico Still Rapping.
Mr.. Joseph, of New Mexico, from the
Committee on Territories, reported a bill
for the admission of New Mexico as a State
of the Union. House calendar.
Mr.. Smith, of Arizona, from the same
committee, reported bill for the admission
of Arizona. Same order.
Mr.. Goodnight, of Kentucky, from the
Committe on Judiciary, reported back ad-
yersely resolution preferring charges
against Andrew P. Mccormick, United
States District Judge for the Northern
District of Texas The report was agreed
to, and the resolution was laid upon the
table.
The House then went into committee of
the whole, Mr. Blount, of Georgia, in the
Chair, on the free wool bill, and was ad-
dressed by Mr.. Sayers, of Texas.
His speech was largely statistical and
mainly devoted to scathing criticism of
the financial policy of the administration,
which. he said, was so ba0 that when the
bonds fell due in 1891, the administration
was compelled to appeal to the holders of
these bonds to continue them to the extent
of $25, 364 500. If this had been done by
the BritishNMinistry, he said, it would have
been hurled from power in disgrace within
a month after the fact had become known
and Parliament had assembled.
Mr.. Bryan. of Nebraska, followed He
was in perfect sympathy with the majority
of the Committee on Ways and Means in
its decision to attack the tariff in detail.
The main reason for preterring this plan
was that there was some possibility of
bringing relief from the burdens of
the present law in this way.
1t was conceded that the passage of
a general tariff bill at this session of Con-
gress was absolutely impossible. IT it |
could thus succeed in making any reduc- |
in Of I,,1a ~ bo-
done something, and the relief actually |
brought was worth more to the Democratic
party than the mere making of a record.
Mary and Her Little Lamb.
The pending bill brought great advantage |
to nine men and simply denied to the tenth |
man the advantage which he had enjoyed of |
collecting money from the other nine. |
There had been time in the history of Ne |
braska when its people had one sheep per |
capita-the mutton age, so to speak. But |
alas, that day had passed. Now, if every |
woman in the State named Mary wanted a |
pet lamb, she would have to 90 out of the |
State to get enough lambs to go round.
After reviewing the binding twine and |
cotton ties bills, Mr.. Bryan said in conclu-
sion:
''The country has nothing to fear from
the Democratic policy upon the tariff ques-
tion. 1t means a more equal distribution
of the great advantages of this country. 1t |
means that the men who produce the wealth
shall retain larger share of it. 1t means
that enterprise shall be employed in natural
and profitable industries, not in unnatural
ard unstaple industries. 1t means more
constant employment for labor and better
pay. 1t means the maximum of product
from the minimum of toll 1t means COM
merce with other countries and ships to
carry on that commerce. 1t means pros
perity everywhere and not by piecemeal.
1t is for this reason that the young men of
this country are coming to the Democratic
party, as Nh. Clarkson, that high Republi-
can authority, declared. 1t is because We
are right, and right will triumph.
Repartee in the Debate.
''The day will come, and that soon, I
trust, when wiser economic politics will pre-
vail than those to which the Republican
party is welded; when the laws of this
country will be made for all, and not for
few; when those who annually congrepate
about this Capitol, seeking to use the tax
ing powers for purposes of private greed,
will have lost their occupation; when the
burdens OF Government will be equally dis
tributed, and its blessings likewise. Hail
that dayi When it comes, TO use the lam d
guage of another, Democracy will be King;
long live the KingI Loud applause The
advocates of the Mckinley bill had thought
the people were bounded hand and foot.
Where were the conspirators to-day? Where
were the men who were largely instrumental
in fixing that iniquitous legislation on the
people?"