The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-09-06


to the future policy OF the Democratic
} party. IL you have gained that in
formation, which failed to catch.
certainly congratulate you. Ii he
KNOWS no more of the doings OF the
government after 10 years OF service
than he has shown here on the stand
| certainly feel very sorry for him
democracy has been crying for
power in the senate and in the house
of congress, claiming that they could
remedy the tariff aud silver question
to the satisfaction of all tgi ven the
power. Have they done it? Not
much. The gentleman refers to my
record. 1 say it is here open to the
gaze of any man or woman
in this country. The gentleman
says am Republican. Well, had
rather be u Republican than be dog
that bays the moon and votes for
Horace Greedy. l have always looked
to your interest and intend to do so
in the future. Now, fellow citizens,
Joe Sayers says he gave you a fish
pond. That is the first time / ever
heard q man claim it. The nited
States government sent men out here
to look such matters up with q view
of locating fish hatchery and they
decided on San Marcos and that selee-
ton cost us $500.
''He says the Populists two years
ago nominated me on their platform,
which is not consistent with my bust
ness or political standing. 1 will
state in reply that the POpu-
lists and l both knew about the
matter before Mr.. Sayers told us OF it.
He says am seeking Office and I'm he
same breath he acknowledges that he
has been holding and seeking office
himself for 10 years" In reply to Mr.
Sayers remarks on the silver question
Major Hutchinson made himself clear
on the silver question along the line
| he has explained so often from Popu.
list standpoint on the stump within
the past few months
at is, 'continued the speaker, Greatly
amusing to me. You find from the
papers that congress meets about noon
| yet Mr.. Say ers says he was at work
from the rise to the setting of the sun.
Now you all know that Mr.. Sayers
did no such thing. l wouldn't do
it if | was in congress and | wouldn't
come back and say did 1t i'll didn't. l
certainly wouldn't go up and eat q
bit with Cleveland and possibly take
a glass of liquor with the groggy presi-
dent. AS to what Mr.. Sayers claims
he has done for Texas, l believe in
giving honor to the dead. 1t was
Senator Hancock who introduced that
appropI iarion bill and not Mr.. Sayers.
And now he is seeking that glory
himself inasmuch as Hancock Is dead
and cannot claim the honor himself.
The gentleman hasn't stated how he
stood on the silver question Msior
Sayers, say right now l am in favor
of 16 to / You do, do you, well then
you are standing under your platform.
That is certainly noble statement
Who will leave his platform and stand
under it.
As to the gentleman's charges as to
my standing on the wool question, l
will reply that am in favor of protec-
ton on wool until tine protection of
manufacturers has been removed.
And furthes, stated the speaker, am
in favor of pensionipg veterans if it is
done justly.
Major Hutchinson here consumed
some time in the discussion of the
minor questions Of the United States,
showing the bad management OF il, as
he claimed by the Democrats.
In response to the charges that he
had written protective tariff letters,
Major Hutchinson said he had never
written letter on protective tariff in
! his lie, and added that it was no more
to the interest of the community to
have free cotton than it was to have
free wool. He cited that Major Sayers
had said something about getting your
shawl a little cheaper, and yet you
have to pay a tariff on your sugar He
quoted from the AUSTIN STATESMAN
to show that the tariff had not been
removed from salt and said that this
statement of the AUSTIN STATESMAN
knocked the straw man down that
had been set up by Major Sayers,
and showed difference of opinion be-
tween Democrats on one and the same
pet measure. Hutchison added that
The tariff bill was fraud stated that
he did not desire any further authority
for that statement than Grover Cleve-
land himself, who had put his seal Of
disapproval on the bill in a public let
letter to that effect. Continuing along
his line of argument, he devoted at
least an hour to general ripping up
of the tariff bill. He urged upon the
people the necessity of making clean
sweep of the United States congress
by goirg back to the old fundamental
Democratic principle of rotation in
Office. He desired every congressman
and senator now in Office to be bounced
ard new and energetic men put in
their places.
He charged that when Major Sayers
started his speech he said he was
standing on his party's platform, but
he had just admitted that the 16 TO l
ratio suited him, and 1t now remained
for the gentleman to declare where he
really stood. If he is a Populist let
him come out and say so; II Demo
Graf then say so, but by all means let
his audience know where he really
stood He desired to know how the
men who endorsed the action OF the
Dallas convention on the platform
would like Major Sayers' statement
that he favored silver at a ratio OF 10
to /.
His discussion OF the silver question
resulting out OF this preface consumed
some half an hour. During the course
OF his argument Major Hutchinson
stated that the appropriation of the