The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-01-14

' would not vote for it unless hide
went on the free list.
"Place duty on hides" said Mr.
: Vest, sarcastlcally, "and New Eng
land would be aroused as she ha,
not been aroused by this Venez
. uelan dispute. She would flame
You would smell powder and hear
the whistling Of bullets in this
chamber. The spirits Of the New
Englands fathers would be inspired
and they would march to victory
or to death" (Laughter.)
Further contrasting the McKin-
ley law and the Wilson law he
praised the latter, especially free
wool, ane the reductions on wooden.
In that respect, although he frank
ly admitted that the Wilson bill
did not meet his entire approval,
ii was satisfactory. Wool, he con-
tinued, furnished the element of
vitality to the protective system.
Yet, he maintained, despite Mr..
Aldrich's denial, that under the
free wool clause of the Wilson law
the price of wool had increased
and the woollen mills had been
prosperous.
He confessed that. it was true
that sheep had been slaughtered
since the passage of the Wilson
bill, lut this was the result of the
advice of Mr.. Lawrence and others
of the shepherd kings as Ohio.
who had sought to show the incom-
potency Of Democratic legislators.
This had been done in his state,
but those who had followed this
advice were already sIrry for
what they had done. The shee p
had gone to that land from whic h
sheep no more than men return
and they would not be brought
back.
Mr.. Vest also conten led that
there had been an Improvement in
building by wool m ln1fLcturer
Furthermore, wooden clothing has
been cheapened. In fact there never
had been a more complete vindi-
cation Of the p )sition Of the Demo.
cratic party than hal been shown
in this wool schedule and he was
glad that the Wilson bill had been
enacted go on this account if on no
other.
Mr.. Vest described the alleged
alliance between the producers of
wool and the manufacturers Of
woolens. He described how the
ways and means committe had |
closed the door in the face of Will
lam Lawrence and the Ohio Shep- |
herds and how the latter, with |
blood in their eyes. and rs they
claimed million votes in their
pockets, proposed to come here and
force the hand of this Republican
congress.
Recurring to the financial ql est
ion Mr.. Vest admitted that the
financial influence of the world was
against silver. Europe feared tina t !
we would on to silver basi~
When the president sent his Nene-
zuelan message to congress it had
been received with acclaim alton by |
the people and he had heard tn e
hostile guns booming in this cham
Der. How had England responded
Not with shot and shell and saber
stroke and battleship, hut by
throwing our securities on the
market. The powder Of money
was to be used TO crush us. On |
Monday when the secretary of the
treasury had issued his circular
(his only complaint was that 1t
was not Issued sooner notifying
the country that the bonds should
go to the highest bidder. Wall
street was dissatisfied. Two syn
dicates had cornered the gold
one paper said $l00,0OO.00. They
were opposed to selling bonds to
the public. 1t was humiliation that
the most intelligent people on the
globe whose heritage was contin-
ent, should, when they undertook
to protect their financial system,
be met by an autOcratic ukase.
We've got the gold and yOu must
get IL from US at our price" Mr.
Vest with glowing eloquencc said
he would rather have war. There
were calamitles greater than war.
Better anything than to have us
and gibbeted as we were
now.
Mr.. Vest next challenged tie
statement that the people had any
gold in their stockings. "Where
are the old women with their
stockings full of gold?" He asked
Il would Ike to see one outside of
Wall street. l could make more
Kan my salary exhibiting her as a