Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-25

Several Representatives Talk To Fill.
ed Galleries ON the Tariff.

several Represent lives Talk tn Fill.
ed Galleries On the Tariff.
The persistence and courage Of the gal.
1ery gods, who make Mecca Of the Capi-
toll o. nights nowadays, were shown sur
prisingly last night. In the face Of tho
fierce rain storm that swept the city
enough brave souls ventured forth 10 IN
all the public seats and most of those re-
served for the select few. That gallant 100
that fill the mems gallery night after night
Were there just though it were one OF
the balmiest nights on record
There was astonishingly large num-
Der on the floor. too, but this was probably
due to the fact that the evenings program
contained twice as many speakers as usual.
The time has now come In the tariff de-
bate when there is quite a rush on the part
of the spellbinders to get in under The
oratorical tent before the show closes. So.
instead of fifty and sixty-minute stints
the nocturnal takers are being given fif-
teen and thirty-minute allowances. There
Is general telescoping to be noted on all
hands The speeches viii not be found 10
be any shorter when they appear in The
Record, but that is a mere detail that can
easily be explained by the speakers.
Mr.. Ryan the First Night speaker.
Last night Mr.. Ryan of Port Cheste.,
n. Y. led of I'm the debate. He thought
the Wilson bin a pretty nice sort Of affair.
after all the abuse that has been heaoed
upon X. He made a good. old-fasnioned
talk that. with changes of names and other
minor items, might have fitted easily into
almost any tariff debate that has taken
place during the last fifty years. He spoke
feelingly of New England's abandoned
farms and then came around to the beau
ties of the proposition TO take of the du-
RNan n-nia
has curious trait of sliding up on the
scale that keeps the listener in a chronic
state OF suspense. He read his speech.
but, though he generously skipped large
sections OF IL, Chairman Baiey's hammer
fell while he was in the middle of SEN
tence. One Of his colleagues asked for five
more minutes for the member from Port
Chester. but Mr.. Blair objected. He With
drew his protest. however. in another mo-
ment. and Mr. Ryan hurried on 10 a con-
venient peroration. which was greeted with
applause.
Ten Minutes of Republican Sentiment.
Mr. Wanger of Pennsylvania came next
and gave ten minutes of republican senti-
ment. He objected to the bill and he also
objected 10 the logic OF Mr.. Cochran. He
was in the midst of a stern denuncia:ion OF
Mr. Cockran's convenient philosophy. which.
he claimed, enabled him TO see only the
bright side of his own theories. when the
unwelcome hammer thump disturbed him
and he sat down. threatening TO take ad-
vantage of some more time later on.
a Hit With the Galleries.
The first hit of the evening was made by
Mr.. Swanson of Virginia. who wAxed elo-
quent over discriminative ANALYSIS of the
two parties He was applauded quite a
dozen times by the galleries as he made
good round periods about favored classes"
and unjust discrimination" He grew very
nuch in earnest and he spoke straight at
Mr. Tom Reeds vacant seat. Mr.. Swanson
had thirty-five minutes and had enough to
say to take up as many hours. The result
was that he talked so fast that the stenog-
raphers were dismayei. He scarcely
breathed in his haste to tear up the last
shred of the prot e-tion policy. He was very
gloomy in his view Of the condition of The
toiling masses" but he painted a glowing
chromo OF the future that is to come from
the workings of the Wilson bill. The climax
OF his scorn. however. was reached when he
told of the pernic.ous influences OF the mated
Mckinley bin in favor of The "city dude
and the robber baron" Mr. Swanson
thanks to his speed and his enthusiasm.
rea ched his bow before the hammer fell
Mr.. johnson OF Dakota.
He was followed by Mr.. johnson of North
Dakota who protested against the style OF
argument adopted by Mr.. Swanson. IL con-
sisted of twenty-five minutes Of railing
against the republican party. he said. Rni
i've minutes of argument i'm favor of free
trade. He then preceded 70 show Mr..
Swanson the path Of truth and the way OF
righteousness. according 10 his belief
Then followed speech after speech .irxt
on one side and then on the Other Mr.
Baldwin Of Minnesota had twenty minutes
Of fun with the republican theories and
next, Mr. Moore of Michigan spent af,een
minutes in athletic exercises. using he
Wilson bill as punching bag. Mr.. Baker
OF Kansas had quarter of an hour in
which to uphold the popui.stlc doctrines and
he was followed by Mr. kiefer of Minneso-
Ia, Who had to content himself with ten
minutes OF republican talk. Mr.. Ikert OF
ONO spoke for ten minutes. while ex-Sen-
ator Blair held the floor for half an hour
Mr.. Cummings OF New York closed .hs
evening with a brisk ten-minute talk in be-
half Of the bill; Mr.. Bailey let the hammer
fall for the last time and gave the crowd q
hint TO go home.