St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-14

to prevarcate or misrepresent the
actual condition which c0nfronts US,
confesslng that he has besn deserted by
those in whose support he had every
reason to confide. asking us to
Record Our Betrayal
of every principle which the house
under his leadership has maintained.
We are told that three. four. five. six.
seven or eight individuals have man.
aged 10 make such combination in the
other branch that any change in its
terms will be fatal to the passage of the
measure. Ii that be so. in the name of
the American people. in the name of
liberty and honor. let US know who they
are. Applause OH the Republican side
and in the gallery.]
1--WE are hopelessly discredited be-
cause our cOwardice makes our Surren-
der disgraeeful.
"Mr. Speaker. / desire to state here
that III my humble Judgment the meas
ure we gre now asked to pass is more
obnoxious protective tariff measure than
the Mckinley act which it is designed
to supplant." Cries of disseutson the
Democratic side and jeers.]
MIR. Cochran ridiculed the action of
the house conferees in having gone
forth to meet the senate conferees aud
then having turned and fled at shad-
ow without having met the enemy in
conflict at all. Thus you stab the tariff
reform in the house OF its friends. You
surrender the dignity and independ.
ence of the house to secure the passage
of bill which will so firmly entrench
protection in popular favor that this
generation may never see another sue
ceSSful effort to overthrow it.
IF we are to swallow this whole OBJ
noxlouS bill, then i'll the name of fair
play, in the name OF propriety, in the
name of decency and name of American
liberty and American freedom, let the
gentleman from West Virginia (Mr.
Wilson, tell US to whom we are surren-
derlng, tell us who they are VINO consti-
tute the new forces on this government
to which we are to pay tribute; tell us
fully and without reserve The character
Of the action which he asks US to take
that we may judge the depth of the in
fanny into winch we are invited to de-
seend." Applause.
Representative Tarsney
(Dem., Mo- followed in bitter attack
on the senate bill. He said the highest
authority in the Democratic party had
stigmatized the bill as filled with per-
ization | heartily concur" said Mr..
Tarsney, land. feeling thus. it would
bea personal dishonor for me to vote
for this bill. and shall not do So"
There was hearty Republican ap-
plauSe at the announcement of Mr..
Tarsney, which was the more significant
in view of his membership on the ways
and means committee.
Mr.. Hopkins {Rep., ILL., spoke of the
broken pledges of the Democratic party
and of the desttuti0n of recent months
as compared with the satisfactory con-
ditions eighteen months ago.
Mr.. johnson (Dem., o. said he was
grieved to part company with his Demo-
cratic colleagues on the floor. but he did
not believe that the concessions made
were necessary to secure the vote of the
senate. This bill was not the best that
could have been secured. The house
had ingIoriOusly surrendered, it had
hoisted the white flag: it had lowered
itself to the United States senate.
Laughter.l This action meant that
every woman who bought her house
hold sugar was made an emissary to
preach against the Democratic party.
MIR. Turner (Dem., Ga.) referred to
the calcium light which a senate con-
fierce had threatened to turn upon the
conference. MIR. Turner said he well
coined this light. 1t would disclose the
house conferees
Struggling Honestly
and persistently for revenue reform.
He reiterated the statement that he did
not like TO "eat dirt" yet i'll the present
case he preferred to take that course
rather than follow the gentleman from
New York tCockran) in eating from the
feet of the Republican party.