Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
TARIFF AND SILVER
Continue to Keep the Animals in the
Congressional Bear Garden
ALWAYSPRETTY WELL STIRRED UP
A Young Kentuckians Maiden Speech
Makes a Decided Hit.
A GEORGIANS LOGIC is LAUGHED AT

WASHINGTON, May 2S-The legislative
appropriation bill was reported by Mr..
Forney, of Alabama, in the House to-day
and referred to the committee of the whole
Mr.. Durborow, of Illinois, from the world's s
Fair Committee, reported a joint resolution
authorizing the President to make procla-
nation relative to the observance of the
400th anniversary of the discovery of
America Calendar. The House then went
into committee Of the whole, Mr. Buchanan,
of West Virginia, in the chair on the Post
Office appropriation bill
Mr.. Hayes, of Iowa, spoke in favor of
striking from the bill the section which
authorizes the Postmaster General to fix the
rate of mail transportation over land grant
railroads-such rate not to exceed so per
cent OF the compensation paid by private
parties for like or similar transportation.
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. His honored
predecessor, he said, had pledged the con-
vention that nominated him that he would
lift their banner against the money
changers, the money lenders and the Shy
locks of Wall street, the tariffs of the East
and the railroads of the West
Will Keep His Fathers Pledges.
In a much humber way, but with an
equally fearless and unfinching zeal, not
caring what the consequences might be upon
his own fortunes. he was here to redeem
that pledge. Mr.. Kennedy then proceeded
10 deliver an eloquent free coinage speech,
which was listened TO with marked atten-
tion and ELECTED applause at its close.
Mr.. Fithian, of Illinois. spoke in denun-
citation of the Mckinley act and in favor of
the enlargement of the free list.
Mr.. Watson, of Georgia, referring to Mr..
Fithan'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 a 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 if there was anything that the Demo-
Gratis took off their hats to on this floor it
was the same act.
The OcaIa Platform ExtoIIed.
Mr. Watson then proceeded to e1tol the
planks of the Ocala platform, and was fire.
quently interrupted by Messrs. Fithian,
Reed. Enloe and others, but he held his
own against them all. He congratulated
the Democratic party of the South (much to
the amusement of the Republicans) for
coming over gradually to the principles of
the platform, and predicted that the time
was soon coming when the Democrats of the |
South, if they wished to save their party, |
would wrap the Ocala platform around |
them and come in out of the wet. |
Laughter.
Mr.. Enloe replied to the criticism of the
Democratic majority made by Mr.. Watson.
1t was, he said, much easier to criticise a
production than to produce something 1t
was easier to criticise a law than to make
one. 1t was easier to criticise the admins
tration OF the House than it was to admin
lister it. This House was not governed by
sny individual in it. If the Democratic
party was to be criticised, it should be crit
izised for the rules it had made and not for |
the administration of business in conformity |
'yith those rules.
RSter further debate the committee rose |
end the House adjourned until Tuesday, |
Monday being Decoration Day.