Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-10-12


When it came to the Senate then the
struggle began. Both great political
parties split upon the currency ques-
ton.
1t could not be a party fight, as
President Cleveland put il in his mes
sage. He knew that the Republicans
in the West were against it, and the
Eastern and the Central Republicans
aud the Democrats of this state and
Ohio were for it. After struggle
such as has never occurred before in
the history of the country that Sher-
man purchase bill was repealed, and so
far as legislation of that sort could
affect it the currency was put upon a
sound basis, and gave confidence not
only at home but abroad.
THE sUNPAPER SCORED.
Mr.. Abel, the controlling spirit Of
thu Baltimore Sun (hisslng) has been
giving the impression throughout
Maryland and where his paper is read
that that repeal was delayed by Mary
land Senators; that the delay was
because of the action of the Maryland
Senators-but | will not use harsh
words. will only say that can't see
how the author of that statement has
the truth in him. (Applause.) Why,
fellow-citizens, before you ever heard
the voice of this orator against the
Sherman law, Judge Wilson and my
self were against its passage and de-
nounced its originally as a measure
against the people. applause.
Delay its passageR Why, when we
began all the actors in this great
scene were present, and in the consid-
Grafton of that bill in the Senate there
was majority of from to 10 against
this repeal, and the Baltimore Suu
stated the fact, for they will occasion
ally state the truth by accident. Gap
plause.) | won't put them on the
stand, although / have the evidence
in my pocket. They said in their own
columns that there was a majority
against it. We went to work to Sc
cure a majority for it. 1t was by the
most extraordinary exertion, appeal
ing through patriotism Of Southern
and Western Democrats to sacrifice
what they believed to be the interest
of their section, TO put their own
lection in doubt, to go against what
they believed to be the sentiments of
their community. 1t was only after
patience and long toll that we succeed
ed in getting majority. | tell you
as one Of your representatives, Eel.
vegy proud when the five or six Demo
Gratis who we're opposed to the repea
came in to vote for it. | secured
enough votes to repeal the infamous
Sherman law. / say | was proud, and
/ had special pride in the fact that
the great commercial body of Balti-
more, with Mr.. Hurst at the head of
it, had enabled us to repeal that bill.
(Applause.)
Mr.. Abel, of the Baltimore Sun,
complained because we did not do it
sooner. If he had been as good a
Democrat as Mr.. Hurst, looking to his
country's interest alone, he would
have aided us in passing it sooner, but
| never heard of his aid at that time in
any effectual way. He was laying ia
foundation, as / believe, to try to
throw the responsibility upon me, that
he might easily become traitor to
his party. (Applause)
IN THE THICK OF THE FRAY.
was one of the Democrats who had
been in the thick of the fight from the
day Tilden was counted out until now.
/ say that we had come into power
with a slender majority, which | de-
scribed to you in the Senate, and took
it upon myself to go to the President
elect before his Inauguration and tell
him, in my judgment, he ought to
call the Congress together. Immedi-
ately after his Inauguration on the
4th of March, it was seen that the Re
publican party had bankrupted the
government, that they had spent 100
millions alone upon pensions, that the
current expenses of the government
were 500 millions, with contracts made
which would make it impossible for US
to reduce the expenditure largely un-
til the expiration of the contracts. l
made the explanation in detail before
the Presidential election, so that no
matter what would occur, whether we
were successful or defeated the record
would stand, and / spoke it not for
myself alone. | spoke it because the
Democratic Senators honored me with
the authority to do so, and | spoke it,
therefore, for every Democrat before
the election so that no man afterward,
when we came into power. should
gainsay the statement.
Now, when we come to consider it,
the House of Representatives swept
the bill through its body.
MIR Ap1rr pTTr
Mr.. German dweIt upon the difficult
ty of getting together "A Democratic
Senators to agree in all the details of
tariff bill. They did get 43 to come
together, and the result was the most
perfect revenue measure that was
ever on the stature book. He admit
ted that it contained some items that
are undemocratic. Still he asked If
that would justify Maryland Demo
Gratis sending Senator to Washing
ton who would vote to restore the
Mckinley bill.
Our enemies, he said, have harped
upon few items. They have sought
to make the impression that the bill
favored trusts.
HOW TRUSTS WERE TREATED.
Why, fellow citizens, there is not a
trust in the United States that has not
been cut down one-half in its protec-
ton. We have made the prohibition
of the Mckinley bill an impossibility
hereafter. (Applause). They say the
Smear Trusf has pOt more than III was