The Irish standard., 1896-02-29

the Mckinley act provided - cents per
pound on a given grade of wool, lilnita-
tons reduced the figure in actual prac-
tice to about 6 cents per pound. In sup
pert of this position he quoted the mem
crial of the National Wool Growers as
ISOLATION and said that the retained con
ditions and limitations included in the
present bill would reduce the proposed
tariff to trifle more than one-fourth
of the nominal rate of duty fixed by the
Mckinley act. Wherein, he asked. does
such a measure protect, the American
wool growers? In contrast TO the man
ner in which the wool growers were pro-
tected he referred to the second section
of the bill TO show how the manufacture
ers of woods were taken care OF. There
was no Is per cent horizontal increase
here to the existing duty. The bill pro-
posed to add 60 per cent of the specific
square yard duty imposed by the Nc
kinley act. In the second subdivision OF
the section the per centum was wholly
omitted and the entire specific square
yard duty imposed by the Mckinley act
on carpets and other enumerated ar
ticles was added to the adyaiorem duty
imposed by existing law
Answering the claim. that this BILL II
it became law, would expire by limlta-
ton in 1898, Mr.. Carter asserted that II
the intricate tariff riddle this bill would
construct should prove reasonably salts
factory to the manufacturers of the coun-
try it would remain the law for an in
definite period. Therefore he could not
vote for it. The motion to recommit the
bill to the committee ON finance without
| instructions would leave that committee
to 1,o
senate fair and just bill, which every
Republican could consceEtiously sup
port The veto message OF the president
, on true Republican measure would
| raise an issue, while his veto message
on the pending bill would raise a laugh
at the expense Of the Republican party.
Continuing, Mt Carter said he was a
firm believer in the policy of protection
to American labor and American indus
tries and that a large majority of the
people Of Montana were devoted to this
doctrine, Notwithstanding they were pur-
chasers of protected articles generally,
and only received a meager direct benefit
through the duties on lead and wool. But
they also believed in the principles laid
down in the Republican national plat
form of 1892: THE American people,
from tradition and interest, favor BIZ
metallism and the Republican party de-
mands the use OF both gold and silver as
standard money, with such restrictions
and under such provisions TO be deter
| mined by legislation as will secure the
| maintenance of the parity of values of the
| two metals SO that the purchasing and
! debt-paying power of the dollar, whether
| of silver, gold or paper, shall be at all
times equal
Recently certain self-const:tuted CEN
sors of party action had been pleased to
| denominate free silver Republicans as
conspirators against the public veal;
others had gone so far as to INVITE them
to relieve the party of their obnoxious
presence. They have been advised that
their states were not needed in the Re
publican column. Garrulous statesmen,
possessed of more zeal than knowledge,
had assumed to deal with party principles
by the measure of party necessity. The
advocates of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver in the Republican party in
sisted upon the adoption of their views
because they believe that the principle for
which they contend is inherently and
eternally right. Their zeal and enthusi-
asm in behalf Of silver does not detract
from their devotion TO every elementary
pIluClplS VI LuC 1kCpublSoA pcIA ~ AuC1A
Republicanism, however, is placed on
trial, and therefore. said Mr.. Carter, beg
leave to briefly review the history of re-
cent events, to the end that this history
may shed some light upon true allegiance
| to Republican principles.
! The senator from Montana proceeded to
comment upon the recent panic and it's
causes, as viewed by him. He accorded
to President Cleveland the merit Of hav-
| ing displayed a spark Of genius and
marked political tact n diverting public
attention from the fact that the deep,
dark cloud which spread over the country
thirty days after his nomination was real
| ly due to the presence of his own party in
power. and ascribing it to another and
wholly Inadequate cause, the silver pur-
chasing act. The Sherman act WAS re-
realed but the depression in business still
continued. The operator had drawn the
wrong tooth. The attention OF the coun-
try. however had been in the meantime
diverted from the administration and its
fragrant violations of the civil service
rules, and the Wilson bill had been pre-
pared The regular session of congress
passed that bill The Sherman law was
no more, and yet disorder, doubt and I'M
certainty pervaded the country. Another
| PAUlD VI S,culUS. iAS pI ColuCAL oleo
gested that the greenback was the cause
of the trouble and that in the interest of
what he was pleased to call sound
money the greenback should be retired
and an interest bearing bond substituted
for it. Again the Republican maybe
chartered. A horde Of presidential aspi-
rants rushed to political suicide, yelling
Sound money! The press Of New York
city led the procession. Sound money
was taken up as the war cry and under
the cover of that cry the president pro-
tected himself and his administration
from just criticism for the most shady
and Ubiquitous transaction in public finan-
ces the world had ever known. Then
when the sentiment Of the country was
found to be Overwhelmingly against the
issuance Of bonds in times of peace. there
came another exhibition of genius. \
venerable dispute Of the age OF three score
and ten concerning strip Of swamp land
in Venezuela was rushed upon the coun-
| try with a warlike demonstration and
were proudly informed that the same
hs nd that assisted the tearing down of the
flag at Honolulu would sustain the gov
eminent al all hazards, even upto the
horrors of war. By this time the Repub-
licans of the East had become used to
bobbing up and down like. a cork on the
water at the suggestion of'the president,
and instantly resolution was passed ap~
propr;ating 100000 for commission to
! advise the executive on points on which