Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-26

NIAcAe Su0ii IL ltS sphere De IUGeDeDdeut Of a.
the others: What becomes OF our boosted re-
publican institutions our freedom from all ex.
cept the limitations Of the constitution: II the
president can do this, he can send his ca biuet
ministers 10 US. he use his executive
patronage over us he can do as was done in
Iegard to the silver question, punish recall
/ citrant democratic senators who did not ac-
eept his views in regard to the free coinage OF
silver
But what mockery it is to talk of a full anc
free conference when one confe-co Ess il hi
pocket at the time when he goes into confer
eEce the views If not th.. Instructions OF the
president OF the United States as to what shall
De cone 1t has been said in another place. OF
rules of this body. that the senate conferees APP
Feared fettered hand and foot, and in sadness
informed their brothers OF the other house tina,
they were not at liberty to 90 a. they pleased
ST. my sadness would have been Infinitely in
creased II mad known that at that time in the
POCKET OF one OF the cOnferees of the otnel
house was 2 letter from the president inform
ing rs as TO our duty in the face OF the instruc-
ton that We should have fun and free confer
ence in regard to the matters in dispute be-
tween the two houses.
REVIEW OF TARIFF LEGISLATION.
Now Mr. President 4 few plain words in q
resume Of the history of this tariff bill shall,
content myself by saying that no one has made
greater sacrifices Of opinion tina; in support
ing the bill as il passed the senate. The first
Din reported from the finance committee or
the democratic members of that committee.
provided for free iron ore free Lead. free
Iumoer- free wool free zinc. and a duty Of 20
cents ton on coal That bill came, or was
about to come 10 the full finance committee Of
the senate when caucus OF democratic sen
ators was called. and after three days deliber-
alton as all the world knows. we were told TO
go out and prepare such bill would COM
tnand "a majority of the democratic votes in
this chamber 1t is easy enough for those who
are at a distance and without responsibility
resting upon them to aSSail democrats in this
chamber and denounce them for making weak
and cowardly compromises and concessions
what was the situation with which We were
confronted:
We knew that the overwhelming voice OF the
democratic party in tie United states was in
favor OF the repeal of the McfSiniey act and the
lessening Of duties imposed by that legislation.
We knew that the country had been carried
upon that issue We realized that We were il
structed- above all things, to relieve the coua-
try from inordinate taxation imp posed by the
Mckinley act. We were confronted with the
alternative o! going back 10 our people and
carrying out the instruc'i.nS OF our party or
of making an improvement upon the Nc
hInley act and which les>ened the duties
That was the question presented 20 me When
the president OF the United States says in his
Law We please beg most respectfully to take
issue with him All the world knows ROW.
without elaboration Of detail that il was inI-
possible TO pass the Wilson bill as il came from
The house of representatives. All the world
knows now. unless il chooses to believe false
doo&- wi!1uiiy- that the only possibility Of
enactirg anything III place OF the Mckinley
act Is TO accept The measure which. after four
months OF such toll. reSponSi bilitv and haraSS-
ing service as shall never endure again has
bee. sent TO the house of representatives
When the president set.rlre. in the White
House reads to Us Z lecture about coward
y surrender. does he realize the circumstances
which surrounded u: Does he know that we
were confronted with the alternative of taking
this bill or of taking nothing: for one deter
mined that question for myself. and stand
here to-day fully responsible for my action.
the bill does not meet T.ly views. am known
to be extreme tariff reformer. but when
r:i.> confronted with the necessity of taking
lni> or OF giving nv ac4ule>cence to the Nc
kinney act remaining upon the statute book
did not hesitate for one instant. 1 should like
TO see free coal. free iron ore. free lead. free
ZINC Tree lumber fFpe WOOL. but II | not
get all / shall take what can get. and trust
that a time may come more propitious when
the people OF the United States Will go further
IN the direction Of tariff refor III
VIGOROUS PROTEST.
Mr.. President. for to be told now. after
what we have endured and suffered. after libel.
SANDER. calumny in all its black to-tuouS de-
tails that We who were tariff reforInerS before
the president commenced his phenomenal
beyond Hmic of human endurance. and
for one shall protest most We
tolls up his weary course along the noun
tain side knows that he can not reach the sum-
by some marble cliff. by some icy glacier. and
must by strategy make his way around: but il
coed at last he Will eventually stand upon the
highest peak and then look back upon the toll
and danger as anxious memories hope
that the time may come when the full
fruit of my hopes in regard to tariff re-
form may be witnessed but until 1 can get a
better bill shall take such measures can be
enacted oy the congress of the United States.
and shall not receive my instructions from
any other source in regard to my duties as a
conferee than from the senate. No president.
no administration has the right to dictate to me
what shall consider to be my duty to the
people of Missouri and TO the United States
l do not care to go further into what is at best
an unpleasant task. l do not care to state
more now than that the bill as it is before the
senate will. in my judgment. become a law. or
the Mckinley act will remain upon the statute
hesitate to go back to those who have entrusted
me with the responsibility which L now bear.
and say to them under all the circumstances.
as democrat and tariff reformer, did the
Mr. AIdrich-Before the senator from Mis-
souri, sits down should like to ask him que
ton
Mr.. Vest-CertainIy.
THE CLEVELAND LETTER.
Mr.. Aldrich-DocS the senator from Missouri
desire the senate to understand that the demo-
cratic managers of the conference on the part
of the senate were not aware of the existence of
the presidents letter of instruction for the
seventeen days which elapsed from the I'd OF
July until the 18th:
heard of the letter until it read yesterday
in the house of representatives had no more
idea of its existence than nave now of what is
being transacted in Asia Minor Africa. Z
say. in addition and l neglected to state it,
that 1 was under the impression at the time
these amendments were offered that the
president of the United States and the secre-
tary of the treasury were fully cocnizant OF
their nature I know personally that the
secretary of the treasury knew the diff
culties which we were encOuntering. and that
in place of the Mckinley act. and that he
agreed with that the greatest dis |
aSter possible that could come to this |
country would be the failure of the demo- |
cratic party to enact tariff bill in this con- |
gress- When. therefore. this letter. placing |
upon the senate of the United States the odium |
of having framed this bill and departed from |
the cardinal principles of the democratic party.
was made public. use but mild expression |
when say il struck me with infinite amaze |
ment
1 am not here, Mr. President. to defend or |
attack the administration. but 1 am here tc |
defend the rectitude of my motives and those |
of my colleagues in what we have done shall |
not make the speech which made by the |
senator from New York tMr. Hill in |
defense of the president. II reminded |
me OF a desperate murder case / tried |
in my early life when 1 was COM
peeled to plead the abnormal and unnatural |
moral depravity of my client to such an extent |
that he was incapable of committing crime. |
Laughter After I cleared him he came to |
rae and said: Il am Obliged YOU for having |
gotten me OF. but would rather 70 to the pen |
itentiary for life than to near that speech |
sgain.-' Laughter
safety Fly Wheels.
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