Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-10-12


OF their section, to put their own cleo
ton III doubt, to 60 against what the,
believed TO be the sentiments of thei
community. Ii was only after pa
thence and long toll that we succeed
ed III getting majority. | tell YOU
rs one Of your representatives, | Eel
very proud when the five or six Dem
ocrats who were opposed to the repea
came in 20 vote for it. | secured
enough votes to repeal the infamous
sherman law. say | was proud
and had special pride in the fac
that the great commercial body o
Baltimore, with Mr.. Hurst at the heat
Of it, had enabled us to repeal thai
bill. (Applause.)
Mr.. Abel, of the Baltimore Sun
complained because we did not do il
sooner. 1t he had been as good 4:
Democrat rs Mr.. Hurst, looking tC
his country's interest alone, he would
have aided us in passing it sooner, bu
| never heard OF his aid at that tim,
in any efiectual way. lie was laying
foundation, rs | believe, to try Il
throw the responsibility upon me that
he might easily become a traitor to hi.
party. (Applause)
IN THE THICK OF THE FRAY.
| was one of the Democrats who
had been in the thick of tie fight
from the day Tilden was counted out
until now. | say that we had come
into power with slender majority,
which described to you in the Sen
ate, and took it upon myself to 90 tc
the President-elect before his Inaugural
ton and tell him, in my judgment, he
ought to call the Congress together
Immediately after his inauguration
on the 18th of March, it was seen that
the Republican party had bankrupted
the government, that they had spent
100 millions alone upon pensions, that
the current expenses of the govern
ment were 500 millions, with contract.
made which would make il impossible
for us to reduce the expenditure large
ly until the expirations of the con
tracts. | made the explanation in de-
tail before the Presidential election, SO
that no matter what would occur,
whether we were successful or defeat
ed 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 atterward, 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.
THE TARIFF BILL.
Mr.. German dwelt upon the diff.
Guilty Of getting together "A Democra-
tic Senators to agree in all the details
of a tariff bill. They did get 43 To
come together, and the result was the
most perfect revenue measure that was
ever on the statute book. He admit.
ted that it contained some items that
are undemocratic Still he asked if that
would Justify Maryland Democrats
sending Senator TO Washington 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 Il
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 possibility
hereafter. (Applause.) They say the
Sugar Trust has got more than it was
entitled to. Now, look at the bill
Let the fact meet the untruih. The
sugar taxation was cut down - pei
cent. 1t was the greatest cut that wa.
made on any great trust in the Union.
applause. tell you, frankly, why
it was made so great. In the cool
calm, sober moments of judgment Of
Mr.. Wilson, OF West Virginia, who
consulted with the Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr. Carlisle, who consulted
with the President OF the United
States. they, without the knowledge oil
anybody in the Senate, said in cutting
it down, cut one-half of every trust il
the Union cut the Sugar Trust, anc
il YOU look at the bill as it was report
ed by Mr.. Wilson and at the Presi
dents message, there it is. And thai
was deliberate fair judgment il
council. The House, however, wipet
all the sugar tax out. Our people
said we won't take it, We can't tax,
the judgment either of Mr.. Wilson oil
the Secretary of the Treasury, or tn,
President of the United States himself
This is a peculiar trust. The 0nl,
trust of all the trusts Of the United
States formed under Republican sway
that happened to be in Democratic
hands. Then you can understand
what God-send it was to the Repub
lican party to have an opportunity IL
strike this particular trust because it
members were the only Democratic
members that had n trust in the Uni
ted States.
Don't forget one thing. Anybod,
that attempts TO reduce the profits o
an enormously rich man or stron:
corporation is going to be attacked
from top to bottom before he get
through. | happened to get on ;
railroad train the other day with tw'
very intelligent men. One man wa
from Maryland. They said: "Gor
man. you know you did everythin.
except one right" said that wa
doing remarkably well, and aske,
what that one thing was. "You ough
not to have put tax on coal" the
said
"Why not p | asked. "Well,
they said, ''you know we all bur
coal"
You think this tax is on the Goa
that people burn? No. There neve
was any tax ON hard coal. The Ia