The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-08-14


''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 voli-
tion, but as the official organ of the
caucus of my associates on this side
of the House, and by their direc.
tion.
II shall say very little myself on
this occasion in advocacy of the
motion, and l shall be sincere and
frank in what I shall submit to this
House. l do not pretend that am
gratifled at the outcome of this
prolonged controversy. do not
pretend that up to the very last
moment | had not cherished the
hope and the faith that we should
reach another and a better and
more satisfactory conclusion on
this conflict between the houses Of
the American Congress. had
hoped and believed until there seem
ed scarcely no ground for hope or
belief that in such a contest this
House, backed by the American
people and enthusiastically sustain
ed by the Democratic party, would
be able to achieve some honorable
compromise between the two houses
which we could have accepted, not
from sense Of duty, but with a
sense of satisfaction and feeling
that we had responded to the man
dates of the American people.
''But, Mr.. Speaker" we have
simply realized in this great fight
the facts so well stated by the great
leader of the tariff reform fight in
Great Britain-that the people who
have gained victory at the polls
must have a further stand-up and
knock-down fight with their own
Representatives. And we2 have
realized, il nothing else, the salu-
tary lesson of the entrenchment of
the protective system in this country
under thirty years of class legis-
lation, until the more matter Of
tariff schedules is a matter of in
significance, and the great question
which presents itself is whether it
is to be government by self tax
ing people or government Of tax
alton by trusts and monopolists
[Applause.] If we have taken out
of this fight no other lesson than
that, it has been great, an inspir-
ing and an invaluable lesson. If
we have not been able to get all
that the mandates of the people
told us to get, all that the high en-
thusiasm of the people expected us
to get, we have brought this dan
gerous fact face to face with
American freemen, and we have
made some breach in the protective
system through which the hosts Of
American freemen will continue to
march" [Applause on the Demo
cratic side.
Continuing the speaker reviewed
the more salient features of the
present bill, and, while thanking
heaven for so much of good thing,
expressed regret for lost benefits
resulting from the 600 and odd
amendments, by which the Senate
had weakened this great Democrat
ic effort, at sweeping tariff reform.
Following Mr.. Wilson's mastery
address, came the final vote, upon
which the house accepted the Sen
ate bill, this ending the great fight
on the tariff. AS yet it is impossi-
BILE to give the exact vote cast,
which was sufficient, however, for
all needs and purposes.
In accordance with the instruc-
tions of the House Democratic
caucus, the Ways and Means COM
mittee are preparing separate
house bills for free sugar, coal, iron
and barbed wire, one of which, the
free coal bill, has already been pre-
sented and passed by that body.
So far as the tariff measure, in
the main, is concerned it only re-
mains for the President to attach
his signature thereto, and the
great tariff battle is over, with vic
tory perched upon the banner OF
national Democracy, whose pledges
to the people, after a long and bit
ter contest, stand redeemed.
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