The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-24

lumber on tho dutiable list"
WHAT ELECTED cLEvsLASn
"They did," replied Mr.. German. Hs
proceeded 10 declare that tho Dcno-
cratic platform did not demand free
raw materials. He went back 70 the
platform Of 1884, on which he said M.
Cleveland was elected by the grace Of
God and great deal OF hard work 1t
did not provide for free raw materials:
Tho bill prepared by his distinguished
radical friend (Mr. Mills) placed 75
cents duty on coal. =.
II was in the same situation then"
interrupted Mr.. Mills, "that am now.
l was in tho hands Of halt dozen mon
who forced a duty on coal. II was not
my choices"
~ am not attacking you," said Mr..
German deprecatingly:
"You said l prepared bill with taxed
coal in it," replied Mr.. Mills hotly.
Mr.. German then gave the history Of
tho convention OF 1883, whore he said
the radicals were in the saddle.
A resolution was adopted endorsing
the Mills bill taxing coal. Mr.. Cleve-
land accepted it and stood on II, He
referred to the platform declaration Of
1899 prepared by Mr.. Ceyelaud's
friends, commanding the house "for 60.
ing in the direction Of free raw mater.
iais."
The radical resolution sprung in tho
convention was pushed by those who
desired to defeat his nomination. But
II did not defeat his nomination. No
ono expected Mr.. Cleveland to stend on
that radical plank,
Mr.. Clevoland's letter was looked for
ward to with anxiety. In 1t Mr.. Clevo.
land declared specifically aSalnstl the
destruction OF any industry and In favor
OF "freor" raw materials, That letter,
Mr.. GormGn said, changed tho side and
elected MT. Cleveland President.
FREE COAL
Reverting again to tho duty on coal,
Mr.. German argued that forty cents
ton was purely rcyonuo duty. Free
coal, he said would gIvo to single for
eIgn corporation oil the coal trade from
Boston north. FREQ coal would not
benefit single maa or woman in tho
country, Who demands it? ho asked.
The professional, the theoretical tariff
retormor, said it would chGapon the
cost Of manufacturing, yet mathemati.
cally FREQ coal would not give tho Now
England manufacturer more than three
fourths OF one per cent OF manutRctur-
ing. There was but one great concern
on tho face Of the earth that
wanted FREQ coal. In Nova Scotia
thoro was a deposit OF coal as
broad and rich as any on the face Of tho
cartb. Tho government Of Canada had
controlled it Five years ago the Do
miuion government was induced to
change its policy. Tho small lcases
were wiped out Tho Canadian Pacific,
that great artery OF Great Britain, to.
eether with men from tho United Stntes,
associated themselves together and 60
cured q ninety-nine.years lease OF those
coal folds on condition that they should
pay into the Canadian treasury l2c q
ton royalty.
II coal were free the coat Of Nova
Scotia would displaco that Of the United
States In New England and tho treasury
OF Canada would be enriched BY money
that ought to 90 into the treasury OF
the United states.
"God knows we have enough trusts"
said, Mr.. German, II will never consout
to allow this mammoth foreign corpora
ton to invade our territory and take
tho substance away from our people,"
Mr.. Gorman's reference 10 tho sugar
question was in tho following words:
TuE SUGAR QUESTION.
"Mr. President, there Is only ono
other serious proposition, as I under
stand It, involved in this controversy
and that Is tho subject Of sugar. Our
friends on the other side saw tho weak
point in our limo from the beginning.
In the construction OF tho Mckinley
bill they made troe sugar the pivot, so
that they might increase the du-
ties on their own wares and the
output OF their own factories. They
attempted to secure FREQ sugar
by lighting us whom we attempted to re-
vorsc the Mckinley act, outwittiug us
by going back and putting upon the du-
tinblo list an article which they put
upon the FREQ liat. They managed ii
we'll. They know how to stir up the
animos!ties and the feelings which are
natural with us against duties on any
thing whatever. They used tho press
OF their party TO charge all sorts OF bad
motives against tho mon who wero in
favor OF putting sugar on the drtiable
list. We had scarcely gotten into the
consideration Of tho bill before they
wanted to investigate us aud 500
whether We were not selling ont to a
trust, Tho mon who made the trust
became suddenly virtuous for tho pur.
poso Of killing our bill. rhcy managed
il 90 astutely that the. bill really
lost many honest men inside and
outside Of this chamber. There
was d battle between two sides. You
havo conducted It, II not upon the
highest plano, as we'll as a Modoc In.
dian ever conducted campaign.
TLuurhterI. That you dcmoralized
some OF our forces and made thcm run
to tho bomb psoot house where they
might bo safe. is true. lhavc Hcon hon.
orablc men donouncing, or rather cor.
rectIng in tho papers, tho horrible
statements which havo been put forth
10 domoralize them, and Is it not nat
ural that they should have dono ao2
But tho majority Of US arc accustomed
to shot and shell, but mover yet
tliuched and have never yet ilinched bu.
Cause wo know that no matter how dis
tusoiulit was tous personally, tho vote OF
tho Louisiana senators was necessary
10 us. We know moro than that, TINT
Eojr d,,Ey IN snvAF WnR thu frat conRid.
Grafton to tho treasury. Your legislu.
.ion has loft US bankrupt until wO have
been compelled 10 soil bonds. Wo do