Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-16
that is said by the gentleman from Maine. n

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 "But you and the gentleman from Illi nois," Mr. Boutelle psrsistsd, ''pretend tt
 be standing on the same platform" ran. i've make no statements, which tn, house is competent to understand. And SO far as am concerned, I know, and sc far as the gentleman from Illinois is con cernsd believe we want both to state the truth"
 MT. Boutelle replied that MT. Cockrar and Ar. Black, in that case, were about four miles apart. From this remark 2 wordy battle resulted. MT. Payne's state ment that trades unions were the only method of distribution that would force the manufacturer to divide his profits with
 labor, and asked how 1t had worked st Homestead, whore there was not . union man employed to-day. How, he asked, when the trades unions were wreckedf MT. Payne-'"Ths fact that Hr. Carnegie
 preferred to sustain loss of hundreds of thousands rather than yield to the de- mands of the men convinces me that the
 wages were at the extreme height"
 "Why could they not rather, |" MT. Coch- ran asked, ssdistributs these hundreds of thousands among the workingmsnP'
 "Beoauss they thought 1t better," Ar. Payne replied, "to lose . few hundred thousand dollars in few months than to increase wages for . long period. which would destroy the liability to pay"
 triumph, i've have the statement ct last. Now 1t can go to the country. We have then, this, that 1t is better to have spent hundreds of thousands of dollara to settle the question of wages by reducing them, than 1t was to distribute that amount among the employees. But what was the method of rsductionf Breaking down the trades unions. If this settlement of dis tributioD can be broken down ss 6 salutary experience of the power of capital, what is left for the benefit and protection of the laboring man to get his share of the rob. beriess
 "why are the laborers hungry and the manufacturers comfortablei What princi- pie of division of profits has been used which enables the manufacturers te look on this condition of things with com posture, while the men who work are wan deriDg houseless, hopeless, without food and without any security of sheltera"
 The masses in the galleries and the democrats on the floor broke out into tu- multueus applause. In the midst of the din MT. Boutslle was heard to shout that Jack Cade had exhausted that sort of ar gument hundred years ago.
 Then MT. Reed moved calmly and stead fly into the arena of copfiict and expressed his sorrow that, with all the repertoire of York had ct his command he should re- sort 80 frequently to that portion of 1t which was merely physical For his part he would present the matter in few words. How easy, MT. Reed said, it was to meet MT. Cockran's assertions by simi- lar ones and to say that labor was walking the streets in idleness on account of the unfaithfulness of the democratic party to it's duty. He went on to argue that the Idea of wages being dependent upon the law of supply and demand was exploded. The republicans believe in enlarging the market in 8 different direo- ton. They did not mean to go to the ends of the earth and struggle with the cheaper labor of the old world. What they mean to do was to elevate the market of this country by giving higher wages to the labor, and thereby constituting @ market plause) It was not the arbitrary fxstion of markets, but 1t was the growth of in- telligence. And what was the direct means of reaching that positioni It was by labor unions by making the manufacturers un- derstand that they must give higher wages
 But there were limitations to this, as to all human tendencies. The laboring man was struggling to supply hls wants and the wants of the manufacturer, and by the assistance of new inventions the manufac- turer was able to supply those wants, but there was limitation to inventions, and limit to the ability of the manufacturer. There was tremendous struggle going on between the demand of the public for lower prices and the demand of the work men for higher wages and shorter hours. And the democratic party proposed to bring the laborer in contact with g lower without protection. It pro posed to make that struggle absolutely i'm possible on the part of the laborer and to crush him.
 "But, thank heaven," MT. Reed ex- "the success and good fortune and prosperity of the lsboring man of America does not depend upon those men who rend the heavens with shouts of his praise, but on the laws of the Lord God omnipotent." Grest applause on the re- publican side and in the galleries
 MT. Cochran remarked sarcastioslly that MT. Reed had begun by stating that much of the tariff reform agitation was physical and he (Mr. Cockran) desired to oomph. ment him by saying that the conclusion of his argument was spiritual. Laughter. The gentleman's final reliance was on the Lord of Hosts rather than on the reasoning powers of the American people. Ap- plause. But he (Cockran) did not think that thels ought to be that difference be- tween the two. Every conclusion which the American people had reached in its his tory on any economical question had ,soon- CT or later, come into direct connection and harmony with the laws of God.
 "And," he exclaimed fervently and em- phaticalIy, fit is moving in that direction now" Democratic applause. In the course ot further remarks MT. Cochran ex pressed his desire that, If any gentleman on the other side conceived that his state ment was inaccurate or unfair, he would correct him now.
 eve know 1t is-svery one of us," shouted MT. Walker (rep. Mass)
 'I intended" said MT. Cochran, with somewhat of disdsin in his words and man ner, "to exclude the gentleman from Mas sachu.etts from the operation of my offer. !" Democratic laughter.
 MT. Boutslle attempted to intsrpoes 6 re- mark, but was stopped by MT. Cochran notifying him positively that he was re- plying now to the ''gentleman" from Maine the late speaker of the house.
 Soon after this discussion came to 8 close, the amendment was adhered to and the house took a recess.
 At the evening session MT. Powers, rep. of Vermont, protected against the Wilson bill in general aud against the lumber and granite schedules in particular. MT. Boen, rep, of Minnesota, also opposed the bill and Mr. Hudson, dem. of Kansas de-