Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-28

have enabled this
SENATOR cuLLoM. nation to become
tho most prosperous and powerful
on tho globe, and that its pros
perity can be promoted and ass
sured only. by q continuation Of
the wise and progressive policies un1
der which u unexampled growth and
progress during tho past thirty years
have been made possible. He then re-,
viewed the history and achievements
OF the Republican purity, contrasting
1t with h Democracy, which, he said,'
has always seemed to be troubled with
what might be termed constitutional
obliquity OF vision upon public guess
lions and Its pathwayof late resembles
that OF a swaggering inebriate. If it
over post essed either purity or patriot
eince the present Congress convened.
Its moro recent triumphs have been
signalized chiefly by a display of affec.
tlon for sugar trust, and q display VI,
hostility to American industry and
labor. How long the people will toll
crate Democracy, however slightly
reasoned with mugwumpery, remains
to be seen.
Mr.. MacVeagh, the Democratic can
dldate for Senator, had asked Mr..
Cullom to toll him what the Republics
Ill k1EUH pIODOSCu GU uO WlIl Une GAlln.
whether it would ruin business by re-
opening the tariff discussion in case il
were returned to power, whether it
would %re-enact the Mckinley law or
accept the German bill az q final solu-
ton OF the question.
MIR. MacVeagh evidently thought
that he had put the Senator in a hole
by these questions. His reasoning
was somewhat as follows: The Repub.
licans have all along been complaining
that the country was suffering from
the mere agitation of the tariff ques-
ton. They have even gone so far as
to cry for the passage OF a Democratic
bill in order that an end might be put
to a distressing period of uncertainty.
II, therefore, the agitation of the ques-
ton is as disastrous as they claim, be-
ing far more injurious than any sort
OF settlement, how can they ever con
slsIentiy reopen tho tariff controversy?
70 ms purely, speclous n alto
seSher Senator
Suilom replies: Inc agitation prior to
INC passage OF the German Dill caused
= paralysis OF business because the
BUSINESS interests OF the country
were waning to accommodate them.
selves 10 a REIMBURSEMENT that must
;peNiCaply WORK them III. they were
~ n position OF aman who Is expect
ang = dow, anu felt that anything
M Moaaa ne oetter thar the sustense.
Fence thelr eagern ;ss to have the
!hlng over. But the Republican party
Joe not now n never has proposed
Iarll1 n mat would bring disas-
Ter 10 any one. It's revlslons are not OF
inc soft that destroy.
ut has revised and reduced the tariff
at intervals of a few years when it has
been in power, and when it returns to
power it undoubtedly will pursue the
same policy and revise and reduce
tariff duties whenever the constantly
changing conditions of and
competition and OF the revenue of the
Government show it to be advisable or
necessary. 1t has made these revisions
in the past without disturbing or stop.
ping the business Of the country and
what it has done it can do again.
Senator Cullom then won't into q full
review of the struggle over the tariff.
showing how the incompetency of the
Democratic party had unsettled bust
ness and paralyzed industry every
where. He called on the Democrats
who charged that the depression and
distress which followed C%leveland's in
au.uration were the result of Republic
can legislation. to explain how it hap
pened that d the same legislation
the country reached the flood tide of
prosperity when tho Republicans were
in power. He pointed u how when
President Cleveland convened the
Democratic Congress i'm extra session
silver was attacked instead of the tar
if, how the Cove, nment revenues kept
falling, how the public debt was in.
creased b. the issue of 100000. 900
bonds, how after the passage of the
Wilson bill by the House the Senate
began to make it protective in order
He showed how the Democrats kept
on demanding protection in a tariff re-
form bill until GU protective Senate
amendments were swallowed by the
House at one gulp. He quoted Cleve-