Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-16

tarif-for-revenue-only policy, but to save
itself from the humiliation of utterly re-
pudaung the hollow and insincere pretenses
py wnich II confused the minds of the peo-
pie ana came into power il offers the bill
with the lame explana ton that n "a q stem
In the right direction. The measure Is a
protective one, as have said yet il is SO
Illogical that great harm must result from
It's passage. II is so framed as to strike a
blow at our manufacturing centers and AT
our raw materials. The laborers win be the
ones to suffer.
1 am a firm believer in the policy of pro
lection. 1 think our laborers and manufac-
turers should be protected against the la
borers and manufacturers of foreign coun-
tries. 1 believe they should not be made TO
compete with them on equal terms and
brought to their level / think the greatest
prosperity has come to our country under
the protective system and that IL will
main with us only under that system. While
so believing. and while / shall SO vote, IL is
equally clear to me that, no matter what
tariff bill you pass or whether you pass any.
there can be no permanent prosperity for US
until you reform your financial system. 1t
will be equally fruitless to pass this bill or
to defeat it and to allow the Mckinley act
to remain the law.
Any Action VIII he q Relief.
Until your minis are open to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver as well as gold
falling prices. stagnation in business. lack
Of employment. distress and misery must
remain with US. / think the passage of
the pending bill. or any bill, will tempo
rarily relieve the present most lamentable
condition of affairs. / believe IL this bill
were defeated and the present law allowed
to remain, there would be greater activity
in business and more employment for cap
ital and labor at better prices. Either the
passage or defeat Of the pending measure
will be quickly followed by a return of
business to a greater or less extent. The
settlement of this question now and the
adjournment of Congress will bring relief
to the country and employment to thou
sands of honest men and women who are
willing and anxious to work, and who are
now in actual distress.
We are now at the lowest ebb. Action
OF any kind. so that Ii Is final, will be a
welcome relief. The millions Of invested
capital will not longer remain idle. 1t will
start the thousands of various industries
so soon as Ii knows what IL can depend
short lived. however. Within a short Pc
Rod, two or three months, many enter
prises will be abandoned. while I'm the
others reduction in the wages and in the
manent and settled. Believing as / do,
that the chief trouble with our country is
the contraction of our currency, the de-
probation Of silver and commodities ard
the appreciation of gold, / can see no hope
for returned and fixed prosperity until we
abandon our gold standard and return TO
bimetallism.
The republican party will win the cleo
lions this fall on the tariff issue. As
purely political proposition / would advise
the speedy passage Of the pending bill. in
order that the temporary prosperity which
will follow a settlement of the Question
may subside and the country settle down
to the condition of low wages and con-
tracted business which must come after
the passing relief has expended ITSELF
BY the time that the presidential cam
pafgn OF SO arrives, however, the country
viii understand that 1t is not a question OF
tariff rates which hurts. but that currency
contraction and an appreciation of our
money standard precludes all hope OF re-
stored and permanent prosperity.
The Duty of the senate.
believe 1t is the duty Of the Senate, in
this great industrial crisis. when hundreds
of thousands of honest and capable citizens
are suffering for the necessaries OF life, and
are asking for employment, to pass what
ever legislation We intend to enact with
such promptness as Is commensurate with
a fair discussion Of the various schedules.
The quicker action is haG the better It WA
be for the country, in my Judgment. ,-sa
/ do not mean by this that will favor un-
usual methods to limit debate Discussion
in this body should be free and tmtram-
neied. but We should bear in mind sat all
times that any action. that it is ffnai
" i'll bring work and bread to numbers OF de-
serving people who must remain idle and
hungry until our verdict Is rendered Speedy
action now will the quicker sweep away the
clouds and mist which obscures the vision
OF the people and enable them to perceive
with clearness and accuracy that II is our
monetary and not our revenue laws which
bring distress and want and falling prices.
When IL is made plain to them that this bill
brings no relief, that the unfortunate condi-
ton In which We find ourselves, with idle
mills and mines and capital and men, con-
tnues. with no hope or prospect of a change
Tor the better, they will SO fully understand
the necessity for an charging currency and
will so thoroughly appreciate the fact that
there can be no prosperity for US under a
gold standard that their demand for BIZ
metallisn, for the free and unlimited COIN
age or both gold and silver at a ratio of Is
IL or Is to 1. will be made with such force
and earnestness that II will not and cannot
be ignored.
Viewing the present situation from every
point. taking into consideration every cir
cumstahce. IL Is to me obvious that both
temporary and permanent happiness and
prosperity viii the sooner return to our
land by speedy action on the bill before US.
viii close by repeating again that am
a frm believer in and advocate of a logical
and consistent system of prote .ti.,a 3 The
highest and most stable prosperity will come
TO US, however. when we unite oSection
nd