The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-14

tening intently to his every word. Again
and againthe applause broke forth.
90 "Mr. Speaker" he said, 81 have made
the motion which l have sent to the
clerks desk not On my own responsibility
or from my own volieoH but as the official
organ of the caucus of my associates on
. this side of the House and by their direc-
ton. i shall say very little myself on this
occasion In advocacy of the motion, and l
am sincere and frank in what l shall sub
nit to the House. do not pretend that
am gratifed at the outcome of this pro-
longed controversy. do not pretend that
up to The very last l had not cherished the
hope and the faith that we would reach
another and better and more satisfactory
conclusion of this conflict between the
two houses Of the American Congress.
had hoped and believed, until there seemed
to: be no ground for hope and belief. that
in such contest this House, backed by
tle*American people and enthusiastically
sustained by ihe Democratic party, would
be able to achieve some honorable eomprO-
mise. between. the two houses which we
could have accepted, not from a sense of
duty, but with sense of satisfaction and
a feeling. that we. had responded: to the
mandates oftbe American people. -
But. Mr. Speaker, we have simply
realized In; this great fight the fact 30 we'll
stated by the*great leader of the tariff re-
form. fight, ON the great question:. that
when the people had gained a victory at
the polls they must have further stand
up-and-knock-d down fight with their own
representatives. And we have realized, if
nothing else,-the salutary lesson of the in
trenchmen.t 0fthe political system in this
country under thirty years of class legisla-
tion, until the mere matter of tariff
-. schedules is "a matter Of insignifcance, and
the great question presents itself, is this TO
be a Government by self-taXlng people
or Government by trusts and monopol-
ists? Applause on the Democratic side
IF we.haye taken out of this fight no
other lesson than that. it has been to US
great, an Inspiring and valuable lesson.
IF we have not been able to get all the
mandates the people told US to get, all the
high enthusiasm the people expected US to
get, we have brought this dangerous fact
face to face with American fTeemen. and
we have made some breach in the protec-
tive system through which the hosts of
American freemen viii continue to march.
EAppiause on the Democratic side.
ST shall not attempt as l said in the
outset, TO explain the merits or dwell on
the dement's eff 600 odd amendments to
This bill which this House is about, of ne
cessity, to concur in. Perhaps could not
do justice as yet to the merits OF the case.
My attention has necessarily been so
steadily directed to the dement's that it
would require some experience 10 learn
what the merits are. daughter and ap.
pause. .-.
But whatever the measure Of short
comings Of this bill in its present form,
whatever be its dement's in many sched-
ules. this do know. that it is better tnan
the Mckinley law. Democratic applause
This / do know. that in a part of it 1t
does afford some relief to the taxpayers of
the country and does clip the wings of the
giant monOpoles who are now depressing
them and blocking legislation. Applause
on the Democratic side and dersiVe cries
on the Repu blican side.
Take even these portions of the bill
over which this contest between the two
houses has been waged; take iroa ore and
coal, upon which we have confronted and
to a certain extent unsuccessfully con-
tronted the great railroad syndicates of
the country; yet we have reduced them
both nearly so per cent below the McKiu-
leybill. democratic applause.1 TakeEthe
sugar schedule, over which the greatest Of
all. the contests between the two houses
has been waged. Vicious as it may be,
burdensoms to the people as 1t may be,
favorable to. the trust as it may be, it is
Tess vicious, less favorable to the trust.
1O-- I'D
Mckinley law, under which this trust has
grown so great as TO overshadow with lis
power the American people. flor no other
reasons than these those who believe that
when they cannot take the full step which
they desire, when they cannot do that
which the people commissioned them to
do. they must take the best they'can get
and step as far as they can, may find
some justification for an unhesitating
choice between the two bills.
Il should like to ask the gentleman"
in eTruptsd Hudson Populist of Kansas,
whether he has investigated SO fully as
to be able to state definitely that this bill,
as amended by the Senate, will furnish
sufficient revenue TO meet the entire ex-
penses of the Government"
THAT is a question:" replied Wilson,
(which no man perhaps, certainly not l,
can answer in definite language, but /
have no difficulty whatever in saying that
when the schedules of the BILL with the
Senate amendments, get into normal opera
ton it Will produce sufficient, and more
than sufficient. revenue for the support
of the Government. / should add to this
answer, perhaps in the beginning the bill
will not produce as. much revenue as will
result from it later on under its ordinary
workings, because, I am informed
whether 1t be true or not, don't know
that the sugar trust, in anticipation Of the
passage of this bill, has imported about
500, 100000 worth. or, it has been ssid.
even" more than that quantity OF raw
sugar"
will the passage of this bill, in your
Judgment, save the country from the fur
Their issue of bendS?" continued Hudson.
II think l have already covered tina
question in my previous answer. 1t may
be for the first few mon his of the operation
of the bill. because Of this great aceumula-
ton of raw Sugar to which l just referred,
that the revenues of the Government will
not be sufficient to meet the expenditures
of the Government. But it is Inv belief.
in view of the large amount of imported
goods IN bond, and also in view of the fact
there will be large importations when the
tariff rates are definitely known and fixed.
.that:if the necessity does not exist TO-DAY
1t will not exist after the passage of this
BILL