Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-07-28

sugar question was in the following
words:
"Mr President, there is only on,
other serious proposition as l under.
stand it, involved in this controversy
lie subject Of sugar. Our frientls o.,
lie other side, with great generalsbip
saw the weak point III our line from the
beginning. In Tie construction of the
Mckinley bill they made free sugar
the pivot 50 they might Increase Tile
duty Oh their own wares and the out
put of their own factories. They at
tempted TO secure free sugar by fight
ing US when we ATTEMPTED 10 reverse
the Mckinley act, outwittii,g US by
going back and putting on the dutiabie
list all article which they Put Oh the
free list.
They managed i; vel. They know
how to stir up the animosities and
iee lings which are natural with us
against duties Oh anything whatever.
They used the press Of their party lo
charge all sorts Of bad motives against
the men WHO were in favor OF putting
sugar on the dutiable list. They twit-
y
the streets. You, hal scarcely gotten
into consideration the bill before
i they wanted to inves iga,e us and see
| whether we Wero not selling out to Tie
trust. The men who made the trust
/ became suddenly vrtuous for the pur-
/ pose Of killing our bill. They man
ase, it so that The Lii actually los.
many men inside and outside this
chamber. '..
\ The Real Battle.
"This was the battle between the
two sides. You have conducted it, if
! not upon the highest plane, as we'll as
q NIodoc Indian ever conducted cam
paign. That you demoralIzed some OF
our forces and made them run to Il
bomb-proof house where they might
be safe is true. / have seen honora bie
met denouncthg. or rather correc ing
| in papers, the horrible statements
winch have been put forth to deinor-
allze them AID it Is not l.ecessary that
they should Lave done s.. But the
minority of US are accustomed to shot
and shell, and have never vet Il inched,
because we know no. matter how dis
tasteful it vas 10 us ersonally, the
, vote Of the Louisiana senators were
necessary TO us. We knew more l.si,.
that. that u fair duty OH sugarn Il
first consideration, to The tre asury.
"1our legislation has left US bank
rupt until We have been compelled TO
sell l.onds. We do not iu,eud, wien
we get our 6iil through, to oincrease the
bonued deb. / we DO not get our
bill through. that may and probabiy
VIII happen" r..
German iecnunis Ills Sew .ces Elect
l.: ing the President.
Then revefting to- The president, he
sai,i: ''Mr. President: speak of the
president of The United States with
nothing but the kindest feelings.
have never in my lie had anything
but the kiIidest feelings for him. | ie-
iieve he is one of the est remarkable
men in public life iii the last
- Years III any civilized country
in the world. 70 elect him
the first time lie was candidate
gave my constant and uHrelnitting
labor sood by him when he had
but lew " ho had the moral courage to
walk through the slime and iilt:, and
uphold him. / supported his nolnina-
ton for the second time, though no!
agreeing with the policy Of his decIara-
lions in his message of 1887. ! stood
By MY friend, the senator from OHIO,
Mr.. Brice, who gave to the nomination
Of Cleveland his substance and his
tillle aud everything that u man can.
give to serve great cause. l stood
with him from the beginning of the
campajgato the end.
~ was not in favor of Cieyeiand's
nomination again in 1892 as u matter
of policy, but /, with the distinguished
senator from Onio Mr.. Brice and the
distinguished senator from New York
| Mr.. IilD. who carried the battle flag
IN that state, and tie senator from
North Carolina Mr.. Ransom). hever
permitted anything To stop our
T efforts until we placed him ill this
high station. We did it with admira.
lion for The man, with the belief that
he would serve his country We'll, but
did it also in order that we might have
democratic control of the govefnme
Always S:aunch Supporter,
II have given The president fair sup
port, and honest snpport-never sub
servient, never ,swayed by want Of pat
ronage or by supply OF patronage,
ready to stand witll.l,im on whatever
was Fight. He has no cause 10 complain
! against me- [ am not his debtor, lei
|. him answer for himself. But i'll the
cam paign OF 1S91 hen mems cheeks
were ,blanchetl>- with fear, my friend,
the Junior senator from New jersey
(Smiti,), active as was the senator from
Ohio (Brice), and the distinguished
| senator from New York Hilij, whom
now heir opposes this bill, went to
the front to lead in that campaign and
made a democratic victory possible,
starting the. first cheer which gave
nope and comfort to the country.
Duties Before the Conferree%,
"The conferfees in this matter on the
part of the senate have Il great duty to
perform. There are alnest ilreeoncile-
| able differences. But | want them to
say to the conferree> on the other, side:
/ Now above all other times, the law
must be observed. Harmony can only
be had by standing 10y the letter Of the
/ Ia W.. You, VINO make lHe laws Will
us, must not violate Them There IS
| in this case written and unwrltten
| law to which there is no
exception. and that is that
when one house proposes to
/ change All existing statute and the
i other, refuses to go so far, the house
making the radical demand shall give
way. That is all. That is custom.
/ That is law. Whenever, it is insisted
on there is no escape from if, if you in
tend to have legislation. | appeal to
MY colleagues to stand together with
/ the perfect knowledge that if We do not
/ The bill is defeated. If my good friend
from New York (HilD or the senator
from Wisconsin Villas succeeds, and