Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-02-09

OH tie annals Of freedom. (Cheefs.J
"I'his is not battle expressly on this tax
or on that tax; it is battle for human free
dom. (Renewed cheers.)
As sIr. Burke truly said The great battles
Of human freedom have been waged around
the question of taxation
NO EXCUSE.
'Y on may think to-day that some herring
of your own will excuse you in opposing this
great movement; you may think to-day that
some reason of locality some desire to oblige
!. great interest behind you, may excuse you
if, when the roll is called, your name shall
be registered among the opponents Of this
measure; but no such excuse will cover you.
The men who had the opportunity to sign the
Declaration of Independence and refused OF
neglected because there was something in it
which they did not LIKE thank God there
were no.such men but if there were, what
would be their standing in history to-day?
"lf, on the battlelelds of Lexington and
Bunker Hill there had been men who became
and threw away their weapons, what do you
suppose would have been their feelings in all
the years of their lives, when the liberty bells
rang on every coming anniversary Of Ameri-
can freedom? This roll call is a roll OF hon
or; it is roll of freedom. And i'll the name
OF honor, and in the name of freedom, l sum-
mon every Democratic member of this
House"
UNPRECEDENTED DEMONSTRATION IN THE
HOUSE.
Even the Democrats opposed to the income
tax joined in much of the applause on their
side, which broke in OIL Chairman Wilson
after almost every paragraph Of his speech,
and when he had finished mighty shout went
up from all his side of the House, which
drowned even the clapping of the hands ON
the floor and in tile galleries. Many OF the
Democrats lost control of themselves in the
excitement. Some of them threw up their
hats aud hanakerchicfs and papers, several
of which landed ON the Republican side;
others crowded around Chairman Wilson,
pouring out warm compliments upon him as
they all tried to grasp his hand at once.
Clifton Breckenridge, Of Arkansas, threw his
arms around Chairman Wilson's neck and
Rugged him till he almost choked him. Sud-
denly Bryan, of Nebraska; Williams, of Hi
nos, and Tucker, of Virginia, three of the
most athletic young Democrats on the floor,
elbowed their colleagues away and lifted the
slight figure OF the Chairman right Off the
floor and carried him on their shoulders up
the aisle to the railing, accompanied by a
dozen others, and amidst such yellS of tr-
unph as prevented Mr.. Wilson's remonstran-
ces from being heard.
This unprecedented demonstration added to
the excitement on the floor and in the gale
ries, SO that it seemed as if the Speaker would
not be able to restore order. 1t was charac-
teristic OF the gentle Chairman that, as soon
as his enthusiastic supporters set him down,
he turned to ask little girl, who had been
standing in the aisle, whether she was hurt in
the mad rush of the procession. The next
minute Bourke Cochran, who had applauded
except when Chairman Wilson was talking
about the income tax, was introducing him to
Mrs. Cochran, who had applauded all the
time. 1t took Chairman Wilson long time
to get back to his seat, where page had
placed great bunch of white roses, for all
his colleagues seemed to want to shake hands
with him. He had looked pale and delicate
while he was speaking, but now he fairly
blushed at all the attention he had received.