The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-25

| man, whether in this or another place, no
| matter what his position may be, who
| styles himself Democrat, who believes
in his party. can change materially this
| measure without defeating it Who dare
| take that responsibility? I can imagine
| no man who could do it unless he was
| consumed with vanity and desired to sit
| in judgment above that of his fellows, or
a desire to keep an issue before the people
| that he might ride into power rather than
| to give content and peace and labor and
prosperity to his fellow countrymen.
| AS Mr.. German made each reference to
| the president there was a commotion in
the galleries which compelled the presiding
| oi1lcer to interpose constant cautions
| against further demonstrations. Mr.. Cor
| man next turned his attention to Senator
| Hills speech of Friday, indorsing President
| Clevelands. letter
THAT letter." said Mr. German was a
| godsend to the senator from New York
(Mr. HID. 1t was the only comfort he
has had from this administration"
| Uaughter).
AS the laughter continued, Mr.. Hill arose
| and with good-natured deliberateness said,
| I'm the last proposition 1 will say that the
| senator from Maryland is entirely
| rect"
MIR. German proceeded to critcise Mr..
Hills course and asserted that the New
| York senator had throughout attempted to
thWart his party. Never before, since
| the declaration of independence, Mr.. Cor
man went on, had a president of the Unit
| ed States been guilty of such a violation
| of the spirit of the constitution as had
| Mr. Cleveland in writing his letter to
Chairman Wilson. He handed to Mr.
Blackburn and had the Kentucky senator
read the extract from Washington's fare
well address about the encroachment of the
| executive on the powers of congress as
| subversive of the principles of the republic
He referred to the great political eX-
citement attending the Hayes Tilden con-
| troversy and the fear of the concentration
| of the army in Washington Forms of
law had averted that catastrophe. There
| should be, he went on, no further concen-
| tration of power. Conference committees
| should be free from outside influences
| 1.-The liberty of the senate should not be
| invaded he said in thunderous tones,
| though thousand hirelings write us
| down and traduce us.
| The president, he continued, had said it
| would be dishonorable to tax coal and iron
! The house,
PARROT-L1KE,
repeated the cry. Men who set up high
| standards" said the senator, "shouId come
| to us with clean hands,"
He urged that the house, if it had been
| consistent would have placed all raw ma
| terals the free list He enumerated
| other raw materials which the house had
made dutiable. He denied that it was
either Democratic doctrine in accord
ance with Democratic platform declara-
! list. lie enumerated the amount of the tax
| on coal placed by different Democra tic
| congresses.
| THE same bills you speak off, inter-
| rupted Mr.. Hill. placed wool and lumber
| on the dutiab BILE list"
''They did," replied Mr.. German. He pro-
ceeded to declare that the Democratic plat
| form did not demand free raw material.
| He went back to the platform of 1884, on
| which he said Mr.. Cleveland was elected,
INV of(N God
| hard work. 1t did not provide for free
raw ma terals. The bill prepared by his
| distinguished radical friend (Mr. Mills)
| placed Is cents duty on coal
Il was in the same situation then" in
| terrupted Mr.. Mills" that 1 am now. 1 was
! in the hands of half dozen men who
! forced duty on coal. 1t was not my
choice"
Il not attacking you," said Mr.. Cor
| man, deprecatngly.
| You said 1 prepared a bill with tax on
! coal in it," replied Mr.. Mills hotly
| Mr. German then gave the history of the
! convention of 1885, where he said the rad
| icalS were in the saddle.
A resolution was adopted ndorsing the
| Mills bill taxing coal
| MR. CLEVELAND ACCEPTED 1T
| and stood on it. He referred to the plat
| form declaration of 1892, prepared by Mr.
Clevelands friends, commencing the house
'for going in the direction of free raw ma
| terials.'
| The radical resolution sprung in the con-
! vention was pushed by those who desired to
| defeat his nomination. But it did not de-
| feat his nomination. No one expected Mr..
| Cleveland to stand on that radical plank
Mr.. Clevelands letter was looked for
| ward to with anxiety. In it Mr.. Cleveland
| declared specifically against the destruc-
| ton of any industry and in favor of
"freer' materials. That letter. Mr.
| German said, changed the tide and elected
| Mr.. Cleveland president.
| Revertng again to the duty on COAL Mr.
! German argued that 40 cents a ION was
| purely a revenue duty. Free coal, he said
| would give to single foreign corporation
| all the coal trade from Boston north Free
| coal would not benefit any man or woman
| in the country. Who demands it? he ask
| ed. The professional, the theoretical tariff
| reformer said it would cheaper the cost of
| manufacturing, yet automatically free
coal would not give the New England man
| ufacturer more than three-quarters of
| per cent of manufacturing There was but
one great concern on the face of the earth
that wanted free coal. In Nova SEQ
| tia there was a deposit of coal as broad
| and as rich as any on the face of the earth
| The government of Canada had controlled
| it. Five years ago the Dominion govern
| ment induced
| TO CHANGE ITS POLICY.
| The small leases were wiped out. The Cam
| adam Pacific, that great artery of Great
| Britain together with men from the United
| States, associated themselves together and
| secured a 99-year lease of those coal fields
| on condition that they should pay into the
| Canadian treasury u cents ton royalty If
| coal were free the coal of Nova Scotia
would displace that of the United States
| in New England, and the treasury of Can
| ada would be enriched by money that ought
! to go into the treasury Of the United
| States.
| God knows have enough trusts"
| said Mr.. German. Il will never consent to
| allow this mammoth foreign corporation
| to invade territory and take the sub
| stance away from people,"
Mr.. Germans reference to the sugar
| question in the following words: Mr.
| President, there is only one other serious
| proposition, 1 understand it, involved in
| this controversy, and that is the subject of
| sugar. Our friends on the other side, with
| great generalshp the weak point in
our line from the beginning In the con-
| struction of the Mckinley bill they made
| free sugar the pivot, that they might
| increase the duties on their own wares
| and the output Of their factories. They
attempted to secure free sugar by fighting
| us when we attempted to reverse the Nc
| Kinley act, outwitting by going back
| and putting upon the dutiable list an ar
ticle which they put upon the free list
| They managed it well. They know how to
stir up the anmosities and feelings which
are natural with against duties on any
thing whatsoever. They used the press of
| their party to charge
ALL SORTS OF BAD MOTIVES
against the men who were in favor of put
ting sugar on the dutiable list. They twit-
ted us upon the floor and you heard it up
on the streets. You had scarcely gotten
into the constitution of the bill before they
wanted to investigate us, and see whether