The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-24
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by money that ought to go into the treas
ury of the United States.
GOD knows we have enough trusts" said
Mr.. German. 81 will never consent to al
low this mammoth foreign corporation to
invade our territory and take the substance
away from our people.
Mr.. Germans reference to the sugar
question was in the following words:
Mr.. President. there is only one other
volved in this controversy and that is the
subject of sugar. Our friends on the other
SIDE with great generalship. saw the weak
point in our line from the beginning. In
the construction of the Mckinley bill they
made made free sugar the pivot so that they
wares and the output of their factories
They attempted to secure free sugar by
their Mckinley act. outwitting us by GO
ing back and putting ON the dutiable list
T Tba article WnlGh they put on the Tree hist INST
to stir up the animosities and the feel
ings which are natural with US against
the press OF their party to charge all sorts
of bad motives against the men who were
list. They twitted YRS on the floor and you
found il on the streets. You had scarcely
gotten into the consideration of the bill
see whether we were not selling out 10
a trust. The men who made the trust be-
came suddenly ,yirtuous for the purpose of
astutey that the bill really lost many
honest men inside and outside of this
two sides. You have conducted it, if not
on the highest plane. as we'll as Modoc
teri That you demoralized some of our
forces and made them run to the bomb
proof house where they might be safe is
true. 1 have seen honorable men denounc-
ing, or rather correcting in the papers, the
horrible statements which have been put
forth to demoralize them. and il is but
natural that they should have done So
But the majority of us are accustomed TO
shot and shell. but have never yet f1inched,
because know that matter how dis
tasteful IL was to us personally, the vote
OF the Louisiana Senators was necessary
to us We knew more than that that a
fair duty on sugar was the first considera-
ton TO the treasury: your Ieglsiatlon mas
PEELED TO sell bonds. We do not intend
when we get our bill through to increase
bill through that may and probably will
happen"
WHAT HE DID FOR CLEVELAND.
Then reverting to the President, he said:
MIR President. I speak of the President
of the United States with nothing but the
kindest feelings. 1 have never in my life
had anything but the kindest feelings for
him. / believe he is one of the most re-
markable men ever in public life in the
last fifty years in any civilized country on
the face of the globe. To elect him the
first time he was a candidate l gave ny
constant. unremitting labor. / stood by
him when he had but few who had the
moral courage TO wax through the slime
and filth and uphold him. l supported his
nomination for the second time. though
not agreeing with the policy of his declara-
tons in the message of 1887, and L stood
by my friend. the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
Mr.. Cleveland his substance and his time
and everything that "A man can give to
serve a great cause 1 stood with him
from the beginning of the campaign to the
end. / was not in favor of Mr.. Clevelands
nomination again in 1892, as a matter of
policy. but /, with the distinguished Sem
ator from Ohio (AIr. Brice), and the dis
tinguished Senator from New York CIr.
HID, who carried the battle flag in that
State. and the Senator from North Caro-
lima (AIr. Ransom), never permitted any
thing to stop our efforts until We placed
him in this high station. We did Il with
an admiration for the man, with belief
that he would serve his country we'll but
/ did il also in order that we might have
Democratic control in this government
II have given the President a fair sup
port and an honest support: never sub
servient; never swayed by the want Of pat
ronage or by patronage. ready 10 stand
with him on whatever was right He las
not his debtor. Let him answer for him
self. But in the campaign of 1892 when
mems cheeks were blanched with fear, my
friend. the junior Senator from New Jersey
Ohio (Mr. Bricel. and | and the distin-
guished Senator from New York (AIr. HID.
Who / hear now opposes this bill went
to the front 10 lead In that campaign and
made Democratic victory possible. start
ing the first great cheer which gave hope
through its two Senator's. Gibson and
White, wanted TO know before entered
on the campaign-with no threat. with no
INQUIRY EXCEPT that which an honorable