The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-05-25
SEN4 TOR GORM4N'S SPEECH

The senior Senator from Maryland
made great speech in the Senate on
Wednesday. He was listened to with
great attention, and his speech Was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause. We
are able to give only extracts:
Mr.. PRESIDENT
We are nearing the end,
After twenty years of political pro-
gress, of positive growth, of constant
development and of universal enlight-
ment the Democratic party and the
American people are within sight OF
the promised land. Emancipation is
at hand-emanclpation from partisan
oppression, from the greed Of classes,
from extortion, from willful ex'rava-
gance, from financial fantasy, from
spoils, from restrictions upon individ-
ual liberty, from jingoism-from all
those evils, in brief, which the Demo-
cratic party inherited as hat full Ie-
gacy from three decades of republican
maladministration. Years Of arduous
labor by unselfsh and patriotic men
cannot count for nothing. Fruition Is
as inevitable as fate. And ] repeat, it
IS near at hand.
1t is not surprising tt at The delay in
accomplishing this great purpose has
been source of disappointment with
the people. So much more was ex-
pected from the Democratic party than
had ever been wrung from the repub-
lican party that time could hardly be
conceded for even that preliminary
consideration which all thoughtful
men knew to be essential to satisfac
tory results. But every Senator in this
Chamber is we'll aware and every cand-
I'd student of political history must adj
init that such delay as we have had,
deplorable though it has been and is,
in fact, as unavoidable as that which
will be caused 10y the perlunctory call
ing of the roll at he end. 1t was nat
ural to desire and Easy to demand
prompt fu' fillment Of the party's pledg-
es. But there existed in this instance
as have existed IN all such cases since
legislation began, conditions which
could no. be ignored.
So, now, with the tariff. Legislation
affecting dut es is more complete, more
fraught with danger to the industries
of the country, more certain to affect
in one way Or another The well-belng
Of a vast MAORI y of ITS citizens than
all other kinds OF lesislati IN combined
The need and the duty of extreme eau
ton would seem to be apparent. Ger
tainly If it be true that much of the
recent depression Of business was due
to the probability Of changes, some
care onght to be taken to avoid the ne
cessity of further disturbance in the
immediate future. The importance of
these facts has never failed Of recogni-
ton in the past. Time, and p'eLty OF
it, has always been absolutely essential
in reforming tariffs.
10 my friends OF this side of the
chamber | say in conclusion that we
have only TO stand firm. There has
never yet been time in the history of
this Senate when clear majority was
unable to enact law. Manifest OBJ
struction, however concealed by a pre-
tense of legitimate debate, cannot pre-
vail against determined effort to &C
complish purpose absolutely essential
to the prosperity Of the country and
approved by vast majority of Amerl-
can citizens.
There need be no fear of the result.
The people will soon understand if they
do not fully comprehend the true stu
alton.
The line that marks the difference in
party policies Is no less distinct :han
when the people made their choice in
1892. The republican party still stands
for excessive taxa ion, for class privi-
ieges, for intimidation at the polls, for
extravaganza, for restriction of person
al liberty, for that misrule of every
kind of which the country has reaped
the bitter fruits in the past year.
The Democratic party is still the par
ty OF the people, of enlightenment, of
conscience, of reason, of individual lib
erty, of progress-liberal always, radi-
cal when occasion requires, but con-
servatiye when, as now, caution is es-
sential to prosperity.
Only let the millions of patriotic cit
liens who stood shoulder to shoulder
Ill the great crusade against usurpa-
ton and wrong reflect that perform
ance is difficult in the same degree
as criticism is easy, and be Il: least
tolerant on the eve of fulfilIment
never forgetting that, while opinions
may honestly differ, the one underly-
ing patriotic parpose still animates all
Patience. Forbearance. Courage.
The shadow is not that Of the hori-
zon. Now, of all times, the sun of
Democracy is at the meridian. Before
the second year Of responsibility Shall
have ended the cloud before it will
have rolled away and It's radiance will
rest upon land blest with peace and