Connecticut western news., 1894-08-16

or a government of taxation by trusts and monopolistss Applause on the Demo cratic side. If we have taken out of this fight no other lesson than that it has been to us a great, an inspiring and a valu- able lesson. If we have not been able to get all that the mandates of the people told us to get all that the nigh enthu- siasm of the people expected us to get we have brought this dangerous fact face to face with American freemen, and We have made some breach in the protective system through which the hosts of American free men will continue to march," Demo- cratic applause. MT. Wilson spoke but 10 minutes at the opening of the debate- He then re- served the balance of his time, and Mr. Reed, the leader of the opposition, took the floor. The gentleman from Maine aroused his followers to the highest pitch of enthusiasm.
 MT. Reeds Speech. "Mr Speaker, I am somewhat reluct- ant to address the house, because my feel ings are divided between two emotions, began Mir Reed. "One is an emotion of regret for the Democratic party and for it's position, and the other Is feeling Of equal regret for the country and its posi- tion too. So far as the gentleman from West Virginia is concerned and his com. patriots, there Is not the slightest necessity of my commenting on the difference be- tween this scene of sorrow and the tri- umphal procession which carried him out of this house Laughter and applause on the Republican side.
 He is not so joyous now, having been carried out in another branch and more effectually. It is unfortunate for the gen tleman from West Virginia that he and | \. | T Al gentlemen of so much more capacity and skill Undoubtedly the house conferees meant well, undoubtedly their intentions were honorable, but they were no match for the gentlemen whom they met in the other branch. They were not skillful, as these men are. Why, our oonferees come back to us, g ntlemen of the house, without so much as the name of the bill that they transported across this building a month agol It will be known in his tory as the German Brice vice the Wilson bill, dead Laughter and applause on the Republican sidel and not dead on the field of honor either. !" Renewed applause. ! Mir. Cochran (Dem., N. '. was. given the closest attention by the expectant gal leries and was at times enthusiastically applauded from either side of the cham Der as his sledge hammer blows were dealt
  Mir. Cochran was deeply in earnest, and his protest against the consummation of this tariff legislation recalled his famous speech of protest at the Chicago conven- tion.
 Representative Tarsney (Dem., Mol followed in bitter attack on the senate bill. He said the highest authority in the Democratic party had stigmatized the bill as filled with perfidy and dishonor. Speaker Crisp Interrupted.
 Speaker Crisp was recognized amid much applause. As he was about to begin an animated conflict arose over the right of Mir Reed to close the debate Mir. Tracey, who was in the chair, informed Mir. Reed that he had four minutes
 And will use it in my own time, |" said Mir. Reed.
 You cannot use it." said the chair man, "in closing the debate. If you wish to be recognized now, you can proceed. I will not recognize you to close the debate. !"
 ''It Is quite fitting said MT. Reed, that this refusal to recognize this side should be part of this spectacle.
 The gentleman should know" said Speaker Crisp, that the affirmative of the proposition closes a debate" MT. Crisp then resumed his speech. In conclusion Mir. Wilson said this was not time for Democratic enthusiasm. It was plain Democratic necessity, but if the Democratic party was to live, If it did live it would not lay down Its weapons until it had made 1t impossible in this coun try to lay burdens on one class of our citizens for the enrichment of another. MT. Wilson then demanded vote on the resolution. The yeas and nays were or | dered The vote resulted-yeas, 1S2; nays, | 105.
 Mr. Wilson immediately arose and of- cred s.the first of the separate free list bills in accordance with the resolution adopted by the caucus. It provided for the free admission upon its passage of bituminous coal, shale, slack and coke. Under the order 30 minutes we're allowed. The Democrats evidently sought to hur- " through by not using their l5 minutes of time. Mir. Grosvenor of Ohio occupied | five minutes. Then Mir. Payne of New York spoke of the triumphs of the Sugar trust.
 Questions recurred on the passage of | the bill. The vote by tellers showed 7S for and 47 against.
 NIT. Reed raised the point of no quorum, and Mir. Wilson demanded yea and nay vote.
 The Tariff Bn Passes.
 
 104; answering present, l. =.
 Twenty-one Democrats voted against the bill. Mr. Wilson then stated that he was di- rected by the Democratic caucus to pre- sent the bill placing iron ore on the free | list. Mir. Wilson said he did not wish to consume any time. Mir Blair of New Hampshire demanded that Mir Wilson give the names of such Republican senators 'as had relinquished opposition to the tariff bill on condition that their interests in the bill were looked after. Mir Wilson said he had heard the charge. but could give no names. Representative Cannon of Illinois spoke against the bill, the Democrats not claim | ing their time. As soon as he concluded the bill was placed on its passage. It was passed-1G0 to 104. | Mir. Wilson next presented the bill for free barbed wire. Mir. Hopkins of Illinois | inquired if this bill was intended as a rep rimand to Mir. Springer.
 MT. Wilson declined to respond. Free Barbed Wire Bnn ra.sed. The vote to place barbed wire on the free list was yeas, 187; nays, S4.
 MT. Springer tDem., Ills. began the discussion of sugar amid great confusion, claiming in refutatlon of the statement that the senate bill gave the trust greater protection than tbe Mckinley law, that the trust has received nearly SIS, 900, 900 1 during the three years and three months the Mckinley law has been in operation. l P. MT. Wilson concluded the discussion, charging that the Republican party was responsible for the creation of the Sugar ' trust and the power 1t had manifested in this contest He expressed sympathy with i the Louisiana men, saying that he had always believed in revenue tax on sug- | TT; that the agriculturalists were welcome to the incidental protection therefrom, knd he stood ready to co operate with his | colleagues in giving rev, nue tax The yeas and nays were then ordered, and the Republicans joined with the Dem ports in voting for the free sugar bill. It was passed-276 to II.
 CYST OF THE SENATE BILL.