Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-24
SENATOR A.R. GORMAN.
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Revertipg again to the duty on coal,
Mr.. German argued that 40 cents too
was purely a revenue duty. Free coal,
he said, would give to single foreign
corporation all the coal trade from Bos-
toa north. Free coal would not BENEFIT
4 SINGLE MAN OR WOMAN
in the country. Who demands ii, be
asked. The professional, the theoret-
ical tariff reformer said il would cheaper
the cost Of manufacturing, yet maine
matically free coal would not give the
New England manufacturer more than
three-fourths Of one per cent OF manu-
featuring. There was but one great con-
Germ upon the face of the earth that
wanted free coal. In Nova Scotia
there was = deposit OF coal as
broad and as rich as amp on the face OF
the earth. The government OF Canada
had controlled IL. Five years ago the
Dominion government was induced to
change its policy. The small leases were
wiped out The Canadian Pacific, that
great artery of Great Britain, together
with men from the United States, asso-
ciated themselves together and secured
a 90 years lease Of those coal fields on
condition that they should pay into the
Canadian treasury II cents ton roy
atty.
II coal were free the coal OF Nova
Scotia would displace that or the
United States in New England and the
treasury of Canada would be enriched
by money that ought to go into the
treasury OF the United States.
God knows we have enough trusts,
said Mr.. German, a will never consent
10 allow this mammoth foreign corpora
ton TO invade our territory and take
substance away from our people"
MIR. Germans reference TO the sugar
question was
IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS:
"Mr President, there is only one
other serious proposition, as under
stand II Involved in this controversy
and that is the subject Of sugar. Our
friends on the other side speaking 10
the Republican side) saw the weak
point in our line from the beginning.
10 the construction Of the Mckinley
bill they made free sugar the pivot, so
that they might increase the duties on
their own wares and the. output OF
their own factories. They attempted
10 secure free sugar by fighting us
when we attempted to reverse the Nc
Kiney act, ouJwitting US by going back
and putting upon the dutiabe list an
article which they put upon the free
list. They managed IL well. They
- n he N
aud the feelings which are natural with
US against duties on anything what
ever. They used the press OF their
party to charge all sorts Of bad
motives against the men who were In
favor OF putting sugar on the dutia-
BILE list. You had scarcely gotten into
the consideration OF the bill before they
wanted 10 investigate US and SEQ
whether We were not selling out TO a
trust The man who made the trust
became suddenly virtuous for the pur-
pose Of Killing our bill. They managed
il so astutely that the bill really lost
many honest supporters inside and out
side Of this chamber There was a
battle between two sides. You have
conducted it, if not upon the
highest plane, as we'll as Modoc Indian
ever conducted campaign. Laugh
ter THAT YOU demoralZed some of
our forces, and made them run to the
bomb proof house, where they might
be safe, is true. | have seen honorable
men denouncing, or rather correcting
in the papers, the horrible statements
which have been put forth to democrat
ize them, Ond is it not natural that they
should have done so.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF Us
are accustomed 10 shot and shell but
vet iliuched because we knew that no
matter how distaStetul it was to US per-
soually, the vote of the Louisiana Sena-
tors was necessary to US. We knew
more than that, that fair duty on
sugar was the first consideration to the
treasury. Your legislation has left US
bankrupt until we have been compelled
to sell bonds. We do not intend, when
we get our bill through TO increase the
bonded debt II we do not get our bill
through that may, and probably will
happen"
Then reverting to the President, he
said:
Mr. President, I speak of the Presi-
dent OF the United States with nothing
but the kindlieSt feelings. l have never
in my life held any out the kindest
feelings for him. | believe he is one OF
the most remarkable men ever in public
life in the last fifty years in any civil
lied country on the face OF the globe.
To elect him the first time he was
candidate, l gave my constant, unre-
hitting labor. l stood by him
when he had but few who had the
moral courage TO walk through the slime
and filth and uphold him. supported
his nomination for the second time,
though not agreeing with the policy OF
his declarations In the message OF 1887,
and ] stood by my friend, the Senator
from Ohio Mr.. Brice)i who gave TO the
nomination OF Mr.. Cleveland his sub
stance ana his time and everything that
man can give.
TO SERVE A GREAT CAUSE.
I stood with him from the beginning Of
the campaign 10 the end. | was not in
favor Of Mr.. Cievelsnd's nomination
again in 1892 a. a matter Of policy, but
I. Win tue uloAlNe Ai NAEA sNtnGAOL aIuu
Ohio mir. BriCel, and the dis
tinguished Senator from New
York (Mr. HID, who carried the
battle flag in that State and the Sena-
tor from North Carolina Mr.. RanSom).
We never permitted anything to stop
our efforts until we placed him in this
high station. We did IL with an admi-
ration for the mau with belief that he
would serve his country well, ont did
italsO 10 order that We might have
Democratic control In this government.
~ have given the President a fair
support, and an honest support; never
Subservient, never Swsyed by the want
of patronage, or by patronage; ready TO
stand with him on Whatever was right
Tie mas no cause Of complaint against
me. am not his debtor. Let him
answer for himself. But in the cam