The record-union., 1894-08-14

are going to give the country free sugar"
said he IN bis most ironical vein, amid
shouts of Republican laughter, sin your
minds, and free coal and free iron ore.
You are going to be free and manly, as
you have been in this backdown."
Representative Turner of Georgia re-
Dlied to Reed and was greeted with ap
plause by the Democrats when he said
the gentleman from Maine had built up
parliamentary system which now reacted
against him. There was no right nor
Justice in the assumption that the action
OF the Senate in sending the bill back to
the House was wrong. He asked Reed
what right he had to make this assump-
ton.
Reed said be did not make any claim.
he had been informed that the Irregular
ity occurred, but he had no personal in
formation.
Turner proceeded to show that the
present action of the House was strictly
regular.
Tire question then being put on agree
ing to the resolution, Reed demanded a
division. The entire Democratic side
rose en- maSSe, but when the negative
vote was called tue Republicans sat
calmly ID their seats, hoping to break a
quorum.
Then the Speaker announced the vote
lbs TO ), II more than quorum. The
Republicans were somewhat discon-
certed. Reed, however, quickly de-
manded the yeas and nays. The House
rule was adopted--l76 to 81 IL not voting.
| Among the Democrats voting in the neg
alive We're Davey, Robertson of Louisi-
ana, Covert Price German and Warner.
hilgore answered present, but did not
vote. In other respects the vote was
strictly on party lines.
Upon the announcement Of the vote
Chairman Wilson Immediately submit
tod Tr~ftI hat f,I4
the order adopted.
Reed made the point of order that the
bill was not before the House. The bill
had been brought, however, during the
roll-call and the Speaker pointed to it.
Wilson took the floor. He spoke
calmly, but eloquently, the Democrats
crOwding about him and listening TO his
every word. Again and again the APP
plause broke forth. Wilson said:
MIR. Speaker, | have made the motion
which L have sent TO the clerks desk, not
on my own responsibility or of my own
/ volition, but as the official organ Of the
caucus Of my associates on this side of
the louise, and by their direction.
shall say very little myself on this occa-
sion in advocacy of the motion, and [ am
! sincere and frank in what l shall submit
TO the House. L 90 not pretend that
am gratified at the outcome of this pro-
longed controversy. l do not pretend
that up to the very last [ had not cher
ished the hope and the faith that we
would reach another and better and
| more satisfactory conclusion OF this con-
flict between the two houses of the
American Congress. | had hoped and
believed. until there seemed TO be no
ground scarcely for hope and belief, that
in such q contest this House, backed by
| the American people and enthusiastically y
| sustained by the Democratic party, would
be able TO achieve some honorable COM
promise between the two houses which
we could have accepted, not from sense
of duty, but with q sense of satisfaction
and a feeling that we had responded to
the mandates Of the American people.
but, Mr.. Speaker. we have simply
realized in this great fight the fact, so
well stated by the leader of the tariff re-
form on the great question, that when the
people gained q victory at the polls they
| must have further stand-up-and- knock
down light with their Representatives.
And We have realized, if nothiug else, the
salutary lesson of the intrenchment of
/ the political system In this country under
thirty years of class legislation, until the
mere matter of tariff schedules is mat
| ter of insigniicance, and the great ques-
! ton presents itself is this to be Govern
ment by self taxing people, or Gov
ernment by trusts and monopolists. APP
/ plause on the Democratic side.
other lesson than that it has been to US a
great, an inspiring and valuable lesson;
if we have not been able to get all the
mandates the people expected 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 freemen will continue to
march. Applause.
II shall not attempt, as | said in the
outset, to explain the merits or dwell
upon the demerits of the six hundred of
amendments to this bill, which this
House is about, of necessity. to concur
in. Perhaps l could not do justice, as
yet, to the merits of the case. My atten-
ton has necessarily been so steadily di-
rected to the demerits that it would re-
quire some experience TO learn what the
merits are. Laughter and applause
! But whatever the measure of Shortcom-
ings of this bill in its present form, what
ever be It's dement's III many schedules,
this do know, that it is better than the
Mckinley law. Democratic applause.
| This do know, that III part of it it does
! afford some relief to the taxpayers of this
country, and does clip the wings of the
gigantic monopolies who are now op-
pressing them and blocking legislation.
| Applause on the Democratic side. De-
| risive cries on the Republican side.
Take even these portions of the bill
over which this contest between the two
houses has been waged; take iron ore
and coal, upon which we have been con-
| fronted, and to certain extent unsuc-
cessfully confronted, by the great rail-
! road syndicates of the country, vet we
have reduced them both nearly so per
cent. below the Mckinley bill. Demo-
cratic applause. Take the sugar sched-
ule over which the greatest of all the
contests between the two houses has been
waged. Vicious as 1t may be, burden
some to the people as it may be- favorable
to the trusts as it may be. it is less vicious,
! less favorable TO the trusts, less burden
some to the people. than is the Mckinley
| law, under which this trust has been so
great as to oyershadow with its power
the American people. Ii for no other
reason than those who believe that when
they cannot take the full step which they
desire, when they cannot do that which
the people commissioned them to do,
! they must take the best they can get and
step as far as they can, they may find
some Justification Tor an unhesitating
| choice between the two bills"
II would like to ask the gentleman"
interrupted Hudson (Pop.) of Kansas,
whether he has investigated fully so as
to be able to state definitely that this
| bill, as amended by the Senate, will
furnish sufficient revenue TO meet the en-
tire expenses of the Government"
THAT is question:" replied Wilson,
(which no man. perhaps. certainly not l,
can answer in definite language. but L
have no difficulty whatever in saying
that when the schedule of the bill, with
the Senate amendments, gets into normal
operation, it will produce sufficient and
| more than sufficient revenue for the sup
port of the Government. | should add
to the answer, perhaps, in the beginning,
that the bill will perhaps not produce as
much revenue as will result from it later
! Il ite