The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-13
PETER TALKS OF COXEY.
The Arrests at the Capital Denounced
as Outrageous

The Senator Will Turn Free Trader il
the Represented Policy of Protec-
ton for the Manufacturers Only is
Adhered to-Gallinger Takes a Hand
in the Debate.
Washington, April 12.-Committee re
ports and the urgent deficiency bill oc-
cupied the time of the senate until l
o'clock. The tariff bill was then taken
up. and Mr.. PETER went on with the
third part of his speech.
In the course of his speech he an
nounced his purpose to present suhsti-
tute for the pending bill. The substitute,
he said, would be based upon the princi-
pie of taking the articles used by the
rich, and exempting articles of prime ne
cessity used by the poor, whether Of do
nestle or foreign production. Further
on in his speech, referring to the popu-
lists, he said I'VE are coming, Father
Abraham The vanguard is snowbound.
] understand. That is one of the symp-
toms of unrest among the people. Last
Sunday morning the city papers related
some sad experiences of the night before.
Somewhat in the neighborhood of forty
men had come into the city who had a
right to come here. They were arrested
and imprisoned without any authority Of
law.
AN OUTRAGE ON JUSTICE.
"That was an outrage upon justice. The
men were absolutely peaceful. They had
Just as much right to come here as the
president of the New York Central Rail
road Company had, or any other citizen
of the United States. Among the things
that occurred during the night was a con-
versation between the man who was
recognized as the leader of the little COM
pany and one of the police officers, in
which the man said: 'Wedo not belong to
the Coxey army; we do not belong to the
army of the commonweal; we are not
tramps; we are simply men out of work,
seeking employment; we are willing to
take what comes: we expect to, but we
want TO be treated as men, And, Mr..
President, 80 per cent. of the unemployed
men in this country to-day are Just that
class. They want something to do, and
believe that society owes them employ
ment."
Still further on he said: "If it is to be
the policy of the manufacturers that they
and they alone shall receive the benefits
of the protective tariff duties, then am a
free TRACER anu Will 10 WudJ can W
change the opinions of my people in that
direction so far as they are now in favor
of protection. ] want il distinctly under
stood that if you addressing the republi
can side of the chamber) are to get all the
benefits of protection, | am for free trade.
have not reached the point. ] am now
pleading with you to be fair with us You
demand a duty upon manufactured goods
which compete with yours give us duties
l, Oh fhapn No do "a al ms
and do not ask for 40 or so or 100 per
cent"
Mr. Gallinger. rep, of New Hampshire,
asked whether the manufacturers in the
United States could continue in business
very long on free trade basis.
PETERS MISSION
MIR. PETER replied that he was not look
ing after the interests of the manufac-
turers, but after the interests of the men
in the west and south who produced the
raw materials. If there were duties on
the manufactured products, he wanted
duties also on the raw materials.
Mr.. Gallinger asked further whether,
il free trade were established and if
manufacturers had 10 discharge their
laborers or to reduce wages, the consump-
ton of the agricultural products of the
west would not be largely reduced and
their prices reduced.
Mr. PETER replied that the surplus of
the agricultural products of the west
was exported, and the prices fixed in the
foreign market so that the people of Kan
sas could stand free trade better than the
people whom Mr.. Gallinger represented.
For that reason he asked that his repub-
lican friends would aid him in insisting
on retaining the duty on wool in putting
sugar on the free list and retaining the
sugar bounty.
GALLINGER DEALS OUT BUNCoMBE.
Mr.. Gallinger--I think can speak for
every senator from the New England
states when l say that we are with the
senator from Kansas absolutely on these
propositions. l think we are with the
senator on any other reasonable PROPOSE
ton which concerns the welfare and pros
perity of the great state he representa-
YES" said Mr.. PETER, satirically,
"but whenever we ask anything that you
do not agree TO, you call it unreasonable.
MIR. PETER had finished his speech at
p. M, when, according to agreement the
debate on the tariff bill ended for the day
The consideration of the further urgent
deficiency bill was then resumed, and con-
tinued until 6 o'clock, when. without ac-
tion, the Senate adjourned until to-mor-
row.
SAVANNAH PRESBYTERY.