The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-25

! kindest fellings 1 heyer,peyer in nv life
had anything but the kindest feelings for
nlm l believe he Is one of the most re-
markable men everJ I'm public life in the
last SO years in anys, civilized country on
| the face OF the globe. To elect him the
! first time he was a'Vcandidate l gave my
constant, unremittina labor. 1 stood by
him when he had bpt few who had the
| moral courage to walk through the slime
and filth and uphold him. 1 supported his
nomination for thejtBeoond time, though
| not agreeing with the policy of his declar-
atoms in the message Of 1887 and / stood
| by my friend, the senator from Ohio (Mr.
Brlce), who gave to the nomination of Mr..
Cleveland his SUBSTANCE i6hd his time and
everything that a man can give to serve
| great cause. 1 stood with him from the
! beginning of the campaign to the end I
| was not in favor of Mr. 9Cleveland's nom
| ination again in 1892, as a matter of policy.
| but 1, with the distinguished senator from
| Ohio (Mr. Brice), and the distinguished
| senator from New York (Mr HID, who
| carried the battle flag in that state, and the
| senator from North Carolina CMr RANSOM
, never permitted anything to stop our
| efforts until placed him on this high
| station We did it with an admira ton for
| the man, with a belief that he would serve
| his country well, but did it also in order
| that we might have Democratic control in
| the government.
Il have given the president fair sup
| port anu an honest support; sub
| servient never swayed by the want of
| patronage. or by patronage, ready to stand
with him on whatever right. He has
no cause of complaint against me- 1 am
not his debtor. Let him answer for him
| self. But in the campaign of 1892 when
| BLANCHED WITH FEAR,
! my friend, the junior senator from New
| Jersey (Mr SMITH, active as was the sena-
| tor from Ohio (Mr Brice), and 1 and the
| distinguished senator from New York (Mr
| HID whom 1 now hear opposes this bill
went to the front to lead in that campaign
! and made a Democratic victory possible,
starting the first great cheer which gave
hope and comfort to the country.
Louisiana, through it's two senators
| Gibson and White) wanted to know be-
| fore entered upon the campaign-with
| no threat, with no inquiry except that
| which an honorable man had a right to
make-what the policy of the party was to
| be under the apparently free trade resolu-
| tions adopted at Chicago. After a great
| deal of talk and most careful considera-
| ton that candidate of our party told them
| as he told the public through his letter.
| that the Democratic party not to de-
| stroy INDUSTRIES; that it should place a
| fair duty upon dutiable articles revenue
| duty; that the bill which had met his ap-
| prevail the Mills bill, and on the line
| of the Mills bill the Democratic party
would act. The junior senator from New
Jersey CNIr Smith,, Mr.. Brice and myself
did that giving our time and our money
and everything that man can give for the
| success of the party. We conferred with
| all those distinguished gentlemen. We were
| not at the conference with the candidate,
| but had it from both sides what occurred.
| They wanted to know if the Democratic
| organization of which were a part, put
| the same construction upon it and would
| be in favor Of that line of procedure here
| after They said to US frankly, we want
to tell our people the truth. We do not
| want to press you to give a single frac-
| fraction of fact to Louisiana, but we only
! want to ,s.c,
KNOW THE TRUTH.
| AT that solemn conclave we all said, Yes,
| it is dutiable article; it is to be and must
be the corner stone by which we will over
| throw McKnleyism.' YOU shall have it,
| ''In all my public career, man has
| ever charged me with, pertdy. No soul can
| say that l ever made a promise about pub
| lie or private matters that 1 did not carry
| out if l had the power to do it. These two
senators and myself carrying out the
| pledge of our party, whose candidate was
| Endorsed by us, have staid here and been
| gibbeted men who are in a sugar trust.
l true to the people to whom | am in
| debted. No man here would believe such a
| thing.
of the senate have great duty to perform
| These are almost irreconcilable differ
! ences. But l want them to say to the con-
ferrees on the otheraside. No. above all
! things, gentlemen law. must be observed.
| Harmony only be had by standing by
the letter of the law. You, who make laws
| with u.s. must not violate them. There is
| in this case the written and the unwritten
| law to which there is no exception and
that is when one house proposes to change
an existing statute and the other refuses
to go so far, the house making the radical
| demand
SHALL GIVE WAY.
| That is the law, that is the custom
Whenever it is insisted upon there is mo
escape from it if you intend to have legis-
| lation.'
| "You can say, Mr.. Chairman addressing
Chairman Voorhees,, that while there has
| been great talk about people coming out
! in the opinion, senator after senator has
announced what he is bound to do as a
| matter of conscience, If that radical charge
| is demanded 1 do not mean that you shall
| not have a free and fair conference
| II would exclude everything except your
| own thoughts The country say that
| in this body now where we have only one
| majority among the Democrats, that the
| great state of Ohio the state of New Jer-
| sey and the state of New York and the
states of Louisiana and Maryland step out
| to the front and tell the public frankly
what ought to have been told only in pri-
| Vate and say that within the borders of
| the states 1 have named, while they num-
| Der five or six, there is more manufact-
| uring industry than in all the other states
| which demand this radical change Say to
| them at this time, when the whole world
is ablaze with revolution in industrial
| affairs and want and distress are
| felt, the senators have said to you they can
| not go further, they prefer to make mis-
| take for higher rates rather than to have
them low; that it is wise craftsmanship
through patriotism to make the mistake
and make the tax too high, and let these
| laboring people go to work, Their than
! make it too low and thereby keep them all
in order too. Mr.. President. with rules
this bill stands, as 1 think, in the shape
possible to get it to represent our views.
| l appeal to- my colleagues on this side to
STAND TOGETHER
with the perfect knowledge that if we do
not the bill is defeated If my good friend
| from New York (N1r. HID or the sena tor
from Wisconsin (Mr. Vilas) succeeds and
any other Democratic senator may sue
coed by uniting with them and with others
and amending the bill, you have the decla-
| ra ton of enough senators to know that
| you defeat it,
| What is duty; what did we agree
to do when we placed in your hands. Mr.
Chairman, and you Democrats, the power
to say we ought to do after careful and
unfettered conference? No such confidence
on the part of all our party has ever been
given to men as we gave to you. Let this
degree of confidence continue. Let this bill
go back to a conference on the part of the
two houses. These thunder clouds will roll
past; these Hastings of 'lightnings, these
exhibitions of temper.sal must clear the at
mosphere and enable, the conferrees to give
new hope and new, life to the American
people. applause in the galeries)
WHITE SPEAKS.
senator White followed Mr.. German He