New-York tribune., 1894-10-24
up TAKES Up THE AMENDMENTS

s..,o, tyu ,hen considered In detail tho sew
sral amendments urging his hearers 70 Fo'" u'o"
the amendments instead or simply c"HuhH ''',,
aside J-pon the apportionment amendment he s"l'
e., IN. nr,ncipes underlying previous apiofton-
want. had been cast aside. He opposed the IN
crease OF the number ot Senators ana NSse"O',
mon as contrary to what he called tho betho''""V
nrinciple OF not Increasing offices. lie also '"-
c,ared that the Increase would cost IN" poop" oI
tho state $1,000 year. and this Was a wicked
was,e u, public funds" one of the reasons ~"
speaker gave in opposition to the aipor"oh'h'"'
amendment was that there was new hPP"'""'
mon, only two years ago, and this' u" 'e''a''I
ras n fair tust and honest apportionment lie
.vidently forgot the outrageous gerrymhnder III
Kings county Senator Hn said that by care
,,I calculation II was shown that under the pro
posed apportionment the Democrats would nav"
ia carry the state by 1000 majority IN order 70
control the Legislature. He quoted "Ihe hIhs
bamnton Republican" n Republican authority
in condemnation OF the proposed appor'ionment
In continuing his speech he claimed ote''' Io'
tho Democratic party for the repeal OF the red
eral Election Laws and a revision OF the 'di'' III
spirit OF fairness to all Industries In in'h'n"n'
OF the pledges OF the National convention ]" '''-
On the tariff question he SAID
"Wo may not have secured all We desire. but We
have enacted "A safe reasonable and c"i,serfi i %
measure II does not 30 & aH 'ai az "a, ,b,t }or sew
free raw matsrlaS ," ~, S,do Win your patriotic
President for free iron and coal tApPi"u,,',J, ~,
81 is per cent rom the Menln'ey 'X 10 '' manu-.
fsc,urer could say justly that he woI ,a ha'y W 10
Ieau,u "a, VI II vns plan that II hc dil he could ma
=" excuse In the biz The Vicious princ'Ple 90, W.
houniies upon sugar had been eiiInnateI I, IN '"'
"i, Inc Wilson bill long step ior"aIn -,
M, 90 utterly futile to regulate" prices ny ~" ="
Cnnrress In the end they would be contr"lled w
The law OF supply and demand ne n'" ne ne
"a, "s worthv OF "A far trial AZ the handr "i .h.
,ennIe There was no truth In the assertion tha'
| mo democrats caused the panic ana haid th''r.
The Sherman silver bill and the MchlnIcE pll VII
~ cai,qns OK the want uf confidence that prod'cth
,ho hi,siness panic. The Mckinley bill had nrokNl
down NV reason Of its failure to produc" sumo rh'
! ,nrome for the support Of tn" Government me
! seeds of financial disease had been sown long pc-
| FIRE the Democrats returned TO power Ihrf' N'''
| signs Of returning prosperity on every ma mann ~
nrcsent since the Democrats repealed the sherman
and McKinley bills. and the old prosperous Demo
| cratic times would soon b" restored II wa h"l lo
he expected that "a tariff bill would satisfy every
| one. The business mon OF Brooklyn W"uh nav
| nothing however. to gain 10y change AT me
| prescnt time what the country needed was indus
| trial and commercial peace. and THIS "ould u"
| secured by retaining the Democrats In power. "
! The present state Of things lasted another year
there would be better times than under any iiepub-
| lican Administration.