The Irish standard., 1896-04-11
HE TALKS ON PROTECTION
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TO UNITE IT WITH BlnErAlIIsa
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Washington, April 9-The serious ILL
ness of two senators, Voorhees, OF Indiana
and Morgan OF Alabama, was feelingly
alluded to in the opening prayer or the
chaplain at his devotions this morning.
"A letter from the general secretary OF
the Armenian Keller Association was
read BY Mr.. Gallinger. 1t presents the
extreme urgency of the situation In TUE
key and asks that steps be taken 70 stor
that most appalling sacrifice In the his-
tory of the world Mr.. Gallinger ex-
pressed the hope that some means wouio
be found to check Turkish atrocities
Mr.. Frye, chairman OF the commlttee
on commerce, gave notice that that cons
mittee would be ID session tomorrow
Saturday and Monday to hear any sem
ators who might desire to propose amend
ments to the river and harbor btii and
that the committee would not hear any
afterwards
Mr.. Mantle addressed the senate in sup.
port Of resolution heretofore onereo
by his colleague, Mr.. Carter, 10 recommli
to the finance committee the house tar
iff bill passed in the early days oi tne
session. He spoke of the unwarranteo
aspersions cast by the metropolitan press
on the senators who favored silver colnt
age and who voted in opposition TO tnal
bill and he defended those senators anq
the people Of the silver states from tne
indiscriminate charges Of seliishness ana
lack Of patriotism brought against them
Mr. Mantle argued against tne bingiey
| !iu declaring that while 1t professed "a
Ne interests of the wool growers, II
llv in the interest Of the wool
tnrers tariff bill. he said
4 be so adjusted as to guard every
| American industry that needed shelters
| ing arms to shield il from the degrading
competjtion Of other lands. he admitted
that while he was an ardent believer AZ
| the principle of protection, he was an
ardent believer in the advantages oI Di-
i rnetallism. And without bimetallism no
protective tariff ccGld guard against the
competition that is coming and TO CONS
for China and Japan. Unless a parity
was established between gold and sllveri
one OF two things he said. must newt
ably happen. Either the wages. ano
standard Of living ii Asia must be raised
to the American level, or else the wages
and standards, Of living IL the United
States should be reduced 10 theirs. Tie
was therefore in favor of uniting the pol'
icies OF bimetallism and protection Tie
declared that the Republican silver sem
ators would have been quite as fully aus
tilted in aiding the Democrats 70 repeal
the Mckinley law as other Republican
senators were In Joining the administra-
ton Democrats to secure the uncondl'
tional repeal of the Sherman law
In conclusion, he expressed the dope
that the resolution would be agreed 70
and that the Dinglay bill would be re-
ported back with fair protective substi-
tute and with provision for nimetal-
lism. The Republican party, he said
lwould 20 into history as the best and
, bravest party that the world had ever
known, and he had hopes that u would
refuse to be guided in its future policy
by the dictates Of seIfshness and greed.