The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-16

| IN ne Mhole SUBJECT democratic laughter
"A bemocfatic member Of this com ittee. -
said Mt. PAYNE. when no found out what
ing, said that they were the highest wages he
had ever heard Of in this country" iRepubiI.
isd yet8 said Mr. Cochran. when the
| trades unions sought to maintain those wages
from the RepubIcsn side. Of the Cham Der.
| Ihey wore met with bullets" he. repeated
hands o. the hired sssasslns in the protective
"A Temperate Governor" said Mr.. Boutells
presslnE into the conflict. sent the militia
-" les." Mr. Cochran asserted. a Democratic
Governor sent the officers Of the law 10 sun
plant the volunteers of anarchy" democratic
=, piI thew not carry bullets with them ?" Mr..
% They did" shouted Mr. Cochran with an
air OF triumph, and they had no occasion TO
use them, Tor Democrats and all the people of
ms country have shown readiness to submit
resist invasion or oppression or ASA sin alton
at tue hands of opprcssors."
:, In The further course of the controversy Mr.
bontelie expressed his satisfaction Mt hearing
the gentleman from New York asserting the
rights and dignity OF the House.
mo gentleman from Maine" Mr. Cochran
reIoined. may always rely on my assisting Is
maintain tho rights aud dignity aud principles
show that he understands them himself
D VIII show that tomorrow. was Mr.. Bou-
:. Mr.. Cochran Tho gentleman from New
YORK Mr.. Payne tells us that the theor, on
to stimulate profits IL The hands OF manufac.
turers AMI then to let the tradsssuniuns get
ef a p5o,s 6 Gut o. fhGW Laugh
profits in the first instance into the hands OF
shouts from the Republican side. How"
., MT. Eockran-l'y increasing the demands for
:. Mr.. Boutelle-But the gentleman from IL
linols LMr. llackl says that the object Of the
w iiIsoh bl.l IL 70 reduce wages. SO as to make
Mr.. Cochran / am not responsibie Tor the
statements OF the gentleman from Illinois or
no gentleman on the KepubiicAn side wants to
be held responsible for all that Ia said by tho
gentleman from Maine. Laughter and APP
=, But you and the gentleman from Illinois"
NE no4telle persisted. pretend to be stand
rectcd Mr., Bopteile. We mako statements in
competent to understand. And. so lar as /
an concerned, | know, and so far as the gen
that we both want to state the truth"
Then" said Mr.. Boutelle. you ought to
on G1 hc 9 .as. Of A
The platform Of the Democratic party"
exclaimed Dir: Cochran proudly. is not only
it ia wide enough to cover the 'f people Of tho
Mr. Boatc. said thar Mr. aP Gosirsn wa. in
the habit OF stating only half the truth as to
tele'J position was that protsction furnished
to ne manu!scturer market for his com
cash and be able to pay good wage, for labor
;, Mr.. Cochran said that, the point OF Mr.
mo,t ors which ,h nad strufE MIN WIN
theory OF the distribution Of profits II trades
, unions were the only method of distribution
that would force the manufacturer to divide
his profits with labor, he asked how it had
worked at Homestead. where there was not a
were profits to be regulated in tho future
when the trades unions were wrecked2
mOu. wages paid at Ho@s.!osd, but wv %h ether
those wages were all that Mr.. Carnegie could
90 hs ha sGs ss tt dSs SrS
Tered to s sdst loss OF hundreds Of thou.
rather than Yield to the demands Of the w "N
men. eonSinces me that the wages were at the
Why could they not rather" Mr. Cochran
asked distribute these hgndreds of thou.
lars In a few months than to Increase wages
q do not know destroy their ability to pay
triumph. we have the stat.msnt in fa ffl at
last. Now 1t can go to the country. We have.
sPS if 81 @ sr ' 70 hsS.
Es SSy !. fa S.x MI kSss T..
;Is$sni P' a' S:Isus ssSa -aisA If /: 4.
only one my COLLEAGUE lMr. Paynel can
mention g can n, be broken dowP =. sslHta
for the benefit and protection Of the laboring
man to get his share OF the robbery which you
EroieGtionl Democratic applausel Why are
the HS9TeTs hpmPSS and The
profits has been used which enables the manu-
facturers to look on the condition OF things
wandering houseiess. hopeless. without food.
and without any security OF shelterr
ries and the Democrats on the floor broke out
into sS. oe, wGGs
that JasE Cad. had exhausted that sort rs Of ar.
Then Mr.. Reed CRsp.. Ne. moved calmly and
steadily into the arena OF conflict and sI- |
toirs Of sloquence which tho gentlemen from |
New York had at his command. he should re- |
was merely physical For his part. he w wi
present the matter in a few words; How easy. |
ssrtions by similar ones. and to say that the |
reason why labor was walking the streets to-
fitness Of the Democrats party to it's duty,
arrested By the mere threat OF attenpting
law Of supply and demand was exploded. |
more extensive msrkst' They wanted 70 to- 20
forth into the rest OF the universe and obtain
u market; and the method which they pro-
posed was to obtain that market somewhere
else by giving up the market which they had
here. llepublican applause The Republic |
cans. op the contrary. believed in enlarging
the market in a different direction. They
Of the earth. and struggle with. the
cheaper labor Of the Old World. What they
meant to do was to elevate the market Of this
country by giving higher wages to labor and
thereby constituting a market as broad as
American production. lkepublicAn applAuse.l
II was not the arbitrary hxation OF markets.
but 1t was the growth OF Intelligence. tho
growth OF desires and wants on the part Of the
laboTing population, that forced m ATkstE. And
what Was the direct means Of reaching that
position 1t was by abor unions. by making
the manufacturers understand that they must
give higher wages. But there were limitations |
70 this, as there were 10 all human tendencies.
There was tremendous struggle going on !
stwssn the demand Of the public for lower
prices and the demand OF the work man for
higher wages and shorter hours. And now the
Democratic party proposed to bring the la
bOrer in contact with lower civilization with
out protection, II proposed to make that
struggle absolutely impossible on the part OF