The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-11
50 Lodge Calls the Doctrine Of
Laissez Faire.
WHAT WAS DONE AT THE CAPITAL
YESTERDAY.
A Truce in the Tariff Debate - Colloquy
Negotiating fer the Coinage of Mexi-
can Dollars-The Garrulous Vest Pulled
Down.

Washington, April Ex-senator Lodge
of Massachusetts, discussed the Wilson
bill today in an elaborate speech. COM
prehensive in it's scope AMI philosophical
in it's treatment of the subject. He
said, in opening. that two questions
are involved in this bill. One is the
effect upon our business prosperity, the
wages of our workingmen and the well
fare of our people, of given set OF tariff
schedules and duties on imports.
The other is a much wider and deeper
question, and involves nothing less
thansa conflict between two hostile
theories of government upon the out
come of which is staked the social and
pol ltical fabric which embodies our
modern civilization.
In conclusion, Senator Lodge sald
We believe in maintaining, defending,
and uplifting the standards of living of
the American people, because upon those
standards rest our civilization -and the
onward march of our race. Men have
struggled up from the darkness which
shrouds their beginnings by slow aud
strenuous endeavor. They have fought
their way to the light through many de-
feats and with much sore labor. They
"laissez faire' or "let alone,D butsby
united and unresisting effort. The
same force which has created great
nations has created civilization, and
great nations are the denial of the let
alone theory. "Laissez fare. supply and
demand. one begins to be weary of all
that. Leave all to egotism, to ravenous
Of of rlaoC11 Of
plause. 1t is the gospel of despair"
Washington, April 1O-The bill in
troduced in the Senate sometime since
by Mr.. PETER (Pop.) of Kansas, generally
known as the good roads bill, was re-
ported adversely from the committee on
education and labor. Mr.. Quay (Rep of
Pennsylvania, offered resolution,
which went over till tomorrow. that the
Senate hold session on Saturday, the
2lst, to hear committee of workingmen
in opposition to the tariff bill.
The resolution offered on April Q by
Mr.. Wolcott, looking to negotiations for
the coinage of Mexican standard dollars
in United States mints was taken up
and agreed to. The resolution reads as
follows:
Resoled, that the President of the
United States, with a view to encourage
and extend our commercial relations
with China and other Asiatc countries,
be requested, if not incompatible with
the public interests, to enter into ne
gotiations with the repu bile of Mexico,
looking to the coinage by the United
States at its mints, of standard Mexico
dollars, under some agreement with the
said repub bic of Mexico as to seigniorage,
method and amount of such coinage and
that he be further, requested "to report
the result of his negotiations to the
Senate"
A truce has been agreed upon for the
conduct of the tariff debate during
the present week. but open hostilities
will be resumed next week. According
to statement made by Messrs. Aldrich
and Harris on the floor Of the Senate
this morning, the Senate will meet the
remainder of this week at uoon. The
tariff bill to be taken up at O'Clock
and debate to be closed at S. What
agreement, if any, will go into effect
next week is a matter OF pure conjecture.
The Senate proceedings were diversi-
fed this afternoon by sharp inter-
change of personalities between Sena-
tors Hoar of Massachusetts, and Vest of
Missouri, in which Mr.. Vest said no
rule of the Senate could insure MIR.
FL oars silence on any question, and Mr..
Hoar retorted by saying it was & the gar
rulous and voluble senator from Mis-.
souri' who began the discussion, and
now like a small boy defeated, run
away and hurled personality as he dis
onpaaraH