Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-05-23
THE DEMOCRATIC THEORY
GORMAN STATES 1T As HE
SEES 1T.
The Democratic Platform Meant
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dental PrOte ctiOn-A significant
VOte-TO Foreign Nations.


WASHINGTON, May 23.-In the Senate
today Mr.. Kyle introduced resolution,
which went over till tomorrow, dcclar-
ing it as the sense of the Senate that the
United States should not use force for
the purpose Of restoring the dcposcd
Queen of the Sandwich ISLANDS or dc
stroying the existing government; that
the provisional government having been
duly recognized. the highest national in
tcrests requires that it shall pursue its
own line OF policy, and that foreign in
tervention in the politicalallars Of those
islands would be regarded as an act I'M
friendly to the government of the United
States.
The tariff bill was taken up at 1l:30
a. m, the pending question being para
graph III relative to railway bars of
iron or steel. Mr.. Jones Ark moved
to make the duty sevcn-twentieths of a
cent per pound.
German then addressed the Senate.
He opened in a prophetic strain, saying,
eve are nearing the end. After 20 years
of political progress, of positive growth,
of constant development and of universal
enlightenment the Democratic party and
the American people are within sight of
the promised land. Emancipation is at
hand-emancipation from partisan op-
preston, from the greed OF classes, from
extortion, from wilful extravaganza,
from financial fantasty, from spoils,
from restrictions upon individual lib
crty, from iingoism, from all those evils,
in brief, which the Democratic party ill.,
hcrited as a hateful legacy from three de-
cadcs of Republican maladministration.' "
German then touched upon the diff
Culties which confronted the Democratic
party on its return to power, after
thirty years of opposition, and the We
hemcpce OF the demands made upon
them. He said "We were not only
urged but ordered percmptorarily to
reform the tariff at once. Why vote
first and talk afterwards But, Cor
man asserted, time and plenty OF it had
always been considered absolutely assen
tial in reforming tariff bills. The Mills
bill did not pass the House till mid-sum
rner. The Mckinley bill did not receive
the signature of the President till the
last day of September. Speaking OF the
House bill, he said the House in obc
dicncc to the obvious wish ofthe count ry
passed tariff bill early in the st sslon
Comparatively little time was given tt
consideration OF the various schedules
which not only failed to meet the re
quiremcnts OF the treasury, bat actual,
increased the deficit created by Republl
can prohibitive duties. There was nj
expectation that this bill would bccom
a law without change.
The Senate, said German, had alway
perfected such bills. Yet no sooner di'
the finance committee begin its worl
than the cry OF "act :" was renewed witt
Extraordinary vigor, and Democrat
Senators were informed that any chang
would be set down as "bctraval c
party PROMISE" and that the very Ser
ator who showed least concern for tn
interests of his own State was traito
to the Union and his party; that tn
Senate was no longer a co-ordinat
BODY. but that its sole duty was t
ratify the blind action of the House.
Then German added with signican
cmphasis: "Our friends on The othe
side seem anxious to learn upon wha
theory this bill was constructed. wi
tell them. 1t was constructed upon til
Democratic theory of tariff for rcvcnu
with such incidental protection as ca
be given consistently to the industries {
the country. 1t follows strictly II
course marked out by President Clcv
land in his letter of atceptanccs. 1t
not free trade measure, but is longt
step for frecr trade than either the Mil
bill or the tariff OF 1888. 1t is not
protective act for the sake of protection
but it does discriminate bctwce
raw materials and manufactured article
to the full extent of the difference bctWc.
European and American wages.
Turning to the alleged influence OF IL
sugar trust and other like organization
| in shaping the Senate bill German sai'
"The assertion that any trust Or trus
have dictated any part of or any sche
ulc of this bill ! pronounce unqualified
false. They have received some atte
ton, although not as much consider
ton as individuals engaged in the bu
nesss of manufacture-no more and
less"
Upon the subject of the income t;
German said he was in full accord wi
the sentiment expressed by the Senate
from New York and New Jersey, and Ii
: them considered that it had served
purpose as a war tax and that il has |
fitting place in our tiscalsystem in til
of peace. lie could not vote console
. tiously>to make this method OF taxati'
part Of our settled policy, but he cou
not ignore the fact that a large majC ri
of his Democratic colleagues honest
differed from him in this matter, and
$ was willing to subject it to the test OF
few wears, in view of the necessity
obtaining additional revenue, so tn
customs taxation might be rcduc
without increasing our debt. He W
bound in honor to let no ordinary pre-
dice or difference of opinion prevent
passage of the tariff measure or refuse
vote for the amendment. He would s.
port it, however, as an emergency tax
During the delivery OF Germans spec
the drop of pin could almost have be
heard, SO deep was the hush in the cha
ber The definition of the position
Democrats and the arraignnent OF tn
J political adyersaries was given in
pressive words, and when German clos
at IL O'Clock, after having spoken
actly an hour, with the warning that
opposition on the other side could I
obstruct. the progress of the tariff b
the galleries burst into round OF
plausc and a number OF Democratic 5
ators, first among whom was Rr
hurried forward to congratulate
Maryland Senator.
Vice President Stevenson quelled
confusion with his gavel and warned
galleries that demonstrations Of apr
val or disapproval would not he to
atcd.
Aldrich replied to German.