The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-02

ner took their places. The members caihe cate
forward TO be counted. The pubic was pe
uninteresting parliamentary work of per
fecting a bill in committee or the Whoie'
The motion carried-l19 to '. 60.
Mr.. Lockwood was again on MS - ~
fighting for time He submitted a parma
mentary inquiry to whether, III thS 9r Sya.
mittee placed prohibitive duty on oad pasls Z,
a yea and nay vote could be secureu III
the House. The chairman rephed snaip ~
that he could not bind the speaker Oy ma ma
decision, but that a yea ana nay Note - SV1iv 10
be secured if the demand was secohqssa s "
the constitutional one-fifth or the flouse..
He then stated the pending ameiuihs,hS ~,
TO be on Mr.. Tracey's amendment 10 - -
committee amendment TO increase lhe W uu's
on barley and barley malt 10 ~ per PTaa NJ
ad valorem. This was lost-9l 10 icS- - ~
Pickler's amendment TO substitute the pIets
ent duty was also lost. Mr.. Payne S1 snu1
stitute go cents per bushel on bariey)
shared the same fate-9l 10 loS. -,
The vote would then have recnrreu ,-1l on
son interposed with a substitute 10 plaSS
barley on the free list. This was Notedd
down without division ana Al Mr' u,xe IS."H the
", on barley and barley malt. TO this
Mr. Payne offered an amendment IL ss Mss
quickly voted down. Mr.. Lockwood VINO
was still industriously sparring for time,
demanded a division and teliers on e1ch
Mr.. Tawney offered an amendment 10
make the duty 80 cents per bushel and II,
too, fell by the wayside; but the r pulp3;Se ;Se
for which the filibustering had been m
auguarated was successful. The seconls
were ticking away. The two hands OF tne
clock opposite the Speakers chair We're
nojntinp TO noon as the tellers took their
places on this motion. Before the vote
could be taken Chairman Richardson
O'Clock having arrived" said he, 'the COM
mittee will now rise and report this bill
to the House" -,
the gavel was passed to him. Mr. Rich
ardson moved around TO the area in lIont
of the Speakers chair and, according 10
parliamentary formula, reported that the
committee of the whole had had under CON
sideration House bill 1854 dhe tarin Did I
and reported it TO the House with sundry
amendments. The Speaker then announced
that three hours would be allowed for clos
gentleman from Maine" said the Speaker,
with a last rap OF the gavei for order.
MIR. Reeds Speech.
Mr. Reed rose from the center Of the
Republican side amid wild cheering and
handclapping in the galleries and the
House. Mr.. Reed frowned and shook his
head as though the demanstration We're
distasteful TO him. He waited for the ap-
pause TO cease. Standing in the aisle,
clad in a long Prince Albert coat, with
head erect and defiant, he looked like
physical and intellectual giant He began
to speak at last, slowly and deliberately,
in the voice that has become SO familiar
to the people. There IS an aggresikeness
in Mr. Reeds speech which courfG for
more than rhetoric. He spoke to-day with
his back TO his friends; his face to the foe
across the aisle. Save for his ringing voice
the drop of a pin could have been heard.
He said in part:
I'm this debate. which has extended over
many weeks, one remarkable result has al
ready been reached-a result OF the deepest
Importance 10 this country. The result is
that the bill before US is odioGs TO both
nowhere and commands the respect of
neither party. On this side we believe that
while it pretendS TO he for protection IL
does not afford it; and on the other side
they believe that while IL looks toward free
trade it does not accomplish IL: Those who
will vote against this bill will do so because
1t opens our markets TO the destructive
competition of foreigners. and those who
vote Tor Ii Will do SO with reservation
that they will instantly devote themselves
to a new crusade against whatever barriers
are left. Whatever speeches have been
made in defense of the bill on the other
side, whether by gentlemen who were re-
sponSible only to their own constituency or
by the gentleman from West Virginia, who
OF responsibility to the whole country, have
one and all, with but rare exceptions,
placed their authors uncompromisingly, ex-
cept for temporary purposes, on the side of
unrestricted free trade.
ut is evident that there is no ground for
that hope entertained by so many moderate
men that this bill, bad as it is, could be a
resting place where our manufacturing and
productive industries such as may survive
can re-establish themselves and have n
sure foundation for the future free from
party pickering and party strife Hence
also there can be no foundation for that
cry, so insidiously raised, that this bill
should be passed at once because uncer-
tainty is worse than any bill can possibly
be. Were this bill to pass both branches
to-day uncertainty would reign just the
same. So utterly undiSputed and so distinct
ly visible to every human being in this aud
fence has been our growth and progress
that whatever the future industrial system
OF this country may be the past system is
statesman who found the country bankrupt
and DISTRACTED and left it first on the list
of nations"
Mr. Reed quoted at length from English
authorities showing the strength of their
confidence in the prosperity of this coun-
try. These quotations" he said. ''are only
reminders. for you, Mr. Speaker, and all
who hear me know that the American who
has been long enough here to know his OPP
portunities has found the best place for
wages in the world. Is there any example
in the history of the world of any nation
situated like ours which has taken the step
TO which we are invited? Some gentlemen
perhaps are Fastening TO say that England
affords the needed example; that we have
but to turn TO her history and find all that
we need by way of examples. Just as in
the statements of her political economists.
We shall find all that is necessary for ad-
vice. for guidance and instruction. Mr.
Speaker, L have looked there and I am
amazed to find how little the example Of
England can teach
After quoting statistics to show the great
rise in wages since 1860, Mr.. Reed contin-
uec:: Truth is that this very question of
rising wages is what makes a good many
men free traders. People with fixed in
comes think that anything that raises
wages is inmical to them and manufac-
turerS who have foreign markets naturally
are anxious to have wages the foreign
standard. i confess to you that this dues-
ton of wages to me is the vital question.
To insure our growth in civilization and
wealth we must not only have wages as
high they are now. but constantly and
steadily increasing. This desire OF mine
| for constantly increasing wages does not
| have its origin in love for the individual,
but in love for the Nation"
HOME MARKET THE BEST.
Mr.. Reed eulogized this market as being
| the best in the world. owing to the high
wages paid here enabling workmen to pur-
| chase largely of the comforts of life. In
stead of increasing this market ne said,
| "by leaving it to the steady increase OF
wages. which the figures Of the Aldrch re-
| port SO conclusively show, and which have
not only received the sanction OF the MEM
bers from New York. the Secretary of the
| Treasury and the Democratic Bureau of
Statistics our committee on ways and
means proposes TO lower wages and So
| lessen the market. and then divide that
| market with somebody else. and all on the