Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-05

averred, gave promise of being the
most prosperous ia the country's his
tory. but when it was discovered
that the democratic party had not
only the presidency and the house,
but the senate, and there was a pros
pect of change in the tariff system,
business stagnation and uncertainty
followed-and then depression. The
factories, mills and mines closed, in
dustry was crippled, and the work
ing people were turned out upon the
streets to beg.
Refers to Macyeagh.
"My old friend, MacVeagh, who
imagines he is runrQng for the senate
this year" said the speaker. "started
out to make an aggressive campaign.
Well. he asked me few questions
and answered them the best could,
and | answered them!to his satisfac-
ton guess, as have not heard any
thing from him siDce." Then he at
tackled Mr.. MacVeagh and Vice Pres
ident Stevenson jointly for voicing
the sentiment that the industrial de-
pressions were due to republican
misrule, and ridiculed the idea. He
held that the democrat party was
more interested in the markets of the
world than in the market of the
United States, the best in the world,
not only for ourselves, but for foreign
countries, as ''they are all fighting
like the .divil' to get in" After
laundering around on this subject.
he said that Mr.. MacVeagh thought
free trade meant good wages. why,
MacV eagh thinks he is a scholar in
politics. said the speaker; says he
is; perhaps he is, but he will have to
demonstrate it before the people will
believe it," Then he left Mr. Mac
Veagh go again, and returned to his
tariff discussion. The theory seems
To be-" said he, 'sthat because duty
was imposed upon a certain article it
was added to the commodity as it goes
upon the market" The theory was
not SO at all and was now exploded.
The Dixon milk" Mill.
"Why, while up at Dixon the other
day." said the senator, enthusing for
the first time, Il saw an illustration
of the fostering effect of the protect
i've tariff. Under its encouragement
a milk factory was brought to this
country and located near Dixon, and
it is flourishing and prospecting
This is an institution, this milk fac
tory, that we would not have had.
but for the practical operation of our
protective doctrine" Here he made
the announcement that he was afraid
he was going to talk too long-so he
would go on. He then took up the
extra session of congress in 1898, to re-
peal the silver purchase clause Of the
Sherman law. and he said that while
he never regarded the clause as seri-
ously injurious. to the country. he
nevertheless, voted Tor it, a did
other republicans in the senate, in
order to ..clear the deck for Cleveland
and the democratic party, just to see
what they would do" He attempted
sarcastic allusion TO the president
for not having presented q message
, asking the repeal of the protective
tariff law at that extra session, which
he did not, and $50 we all went
home"
. The democratic party was incapa-
bic OF running the government. be-
cause there was not unanimity SEN
timent on the various items of the
tariff bill, and in view of the fact
|, that there certain senators, who saw
tit to seek to have certain articles
placed upon the dutiable list, the
whole law was faulty. He attacked
the party's policy in placing coal.
: iron, sugar, barbed wire, rice, etc,
under the protection schedule, al.
luded to the democratic conference
as Justice of the peace court, and
paid his compliments to Arkansas,
because Senator Jones halls from
! that state, by saying that all the in
dustries in the state would not fill a
blacksmith shop.
e Attacks Chairman Wilson.
S He showed how far he could exag-
gerate matters by accusing Chairman
Wilson, of the ways and means com
mittee of the house, of going to Eng
I land on British ship with British
flag at the masthead. to report on
e what was going on in the United
e States. He declared that Mr.
5 Wilson had gone across the seas to be.
tray the country to the crowned heads
In conclusion. the speaker sprung
s his usual chestnuts about the substi
tuition of wildcat currency ty thu
: democrats for the present standard
about the democrats reducing thu
e appropriations of congress S29 900,
Y 600 by taking it from the pensions
= and about how he wanted such law.
: as would be for the prosperity of thu
3 working men and the best interests
1 of the entire country. His tribute
to Douglas, Grant, Logan, Lincoln
t Sheridan and Garfield was the onl,
a inspiring portion of his entire dis
t cussion.
e Other Speakers.
Y Following the senator, Gen. Pos
}. was introduced. but he merely sait
> he was at home and preferred to Civ,
: way to the strangers. He hoped