The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-10


Mr.. Gallinger On. H.) read letter
from the general secretary Of the Ar
menian Relief association, referring to
the extreme urgency of the situation
in Turkey, and asking that steps be
taken to stop the most appalling sacri-
flee in the history of the world.
Mr.. Gallinger added that while he
would not suggest the ways and means
to the foreign relations committee, yet
he sincerely hoped that some method
might be devised to check the Turkish
atrocities.
Mr.. Mantle CMont.) was recognized
for a speech on the resolutions recon-
hitting the tariff to the finance COM
mittee, and made his maiden speech
of formal character. He said he hest
tated as young and new member of
the senate to address the body, but the
misrepresentation against the Republic
cans of the west moved him. He spoke
of the recent utterances of President
Cleveland before the missionary gath
ering,
DERoGATORY TO THE WEST,
as but one of the assaults made of late
ing camps of the west as the metropO-
Titan press designated the silver states.
Tie declared that within a radius of
five miles from Carnegie hall, New
York, where Cleveland spoke, there
was more poverty, ignorance, squalor,
starvation, crime and criminals than in
all the silver states combined. He
compared the silver states with five
eastern states, showing the former to
ibe breast and head over the eastern
states in material and moral standing
Mantle said the attacks spring main
ly from the fact that five Republican
senators from the west voted against
proceeding with the tariff bill at an
inopportune time.
The five Republican senators were
denounced as traitors to their party
for failing to vote for the tariff bill.
But Mr.. Mantle denied that the Ding
ley bill was Republican measure, and
he quoted the statement of Mr.. Sher-
man, that the bill was strictly non
partisan and was not a Republican
measure. If the Dingley bill was Re
publican measure, as claimed by its
friends, then no manufacturers suf-
fered by its failure, for it was pro-
lection, not revenue, that
WAS VITAL TO THIS INTEREST.
In view of these facts, Mr.. Mantle
suggested that the efforts made to
read him and his silver associates out
of the Republican party had better be
reconsidered by the eastern press and
that these senators be permitted to
remain in the party.
The senator declared himself in IA
vor of protection, but not sectional
protection. It was a principle too
great to be used in behalf of any spec
ial interest or any monopoly. 1t must
shield ana upbuild tie west as well as
the east. While, however, he favored
true protection, he favored equally
true bimetallism. the coinage Of
BOTH GOLD AND SILVER
at ratio of 16 to /. He believed also
in a bimetallism which does not walt
for the action Of foreign countries.
Mr.. Mantle expressed the hope that
the finance committee would remodel
the Dingley bill by combining together
protection and bimetallism. After pay
ing a glowing tribute to the Republic
can party Mr.. Mantle said he hoped
that great party, though waVerlng,
would in the end refuse to be guided
by greed and selfishress. would refuse
to stand as the representative of cor
porate interes s. would stand for the
whole people, and, when it met in ma
tional convention, would give such
consideration to the toilers as would
be harbinger for another Republican
victory.
MANTLE WAS CONGRATULATED
at the close of his speech by the silver
senators from both sides of the cham
ber
There was a. lively tariff colloquy fol-
lowing the Mantle speech. Mr.. Hawl-
ev. Rep.. Comm questioned some of
ahe wool figures which had been given,
and spoke OF the idle wooden factories
and stagnant condition of the industry
in the east.
Mr.. Eoar added that the remarks of
Mr.. Mantle implied that the eastern
manufacturers were willing to leave
western wool in the lurch after getting
protection for their own manufacturers.
But. Mr.. Hoar declared, eastern sena-
tors had voted here for protection on
wool. while the western senators had
sent senators here from Kansas, Texas,
and Oregon, who had voted for free
wool
This brought Mr.. Mills to his feet,
who declared that against the state
ments made that the wool manufactur
er had suffered from the Wilson tariff
law, he would place the fact that
there was
A GREATER USE OF WOOL
than ever, every fibre of it was manu-
featured by American labor, the peo-
ple of the United States had cheaper
wooden goods, the government received
more revenue than ever from wool, and
wool itself had advanced.
Let me add the further facts" in
teriected Mr. Hoar, that wool manu-
features are still failing, and the gov
eminent is still bankrupt
Mr.. Mills rejoined tina. every particle
of the wool now manufactured was
MADE By American labor.
.rrhen." he added, "a protective
tariff is a protective humbug."
Let me ask the senator from
Texas inquired Mr.. Mitchell, '.if
there has not been a vast decrease in
the number of Texas sheep since the
Wilson law went into force?"
Il don't believe it," responded Mr..
Mills.
But the statistics of the state show
it, insisted Mr.. Mitchell.
BY WOOL MEN.
i'The statistics are made by the wool
men in the delusion that they will be
benefited said Mr.. Mills.
Are your state officials of Texas
sheep menu pursued Mr.. Mitchell.
1.-The statistics are from sheepmen.' -
answered Mr.. Mills.
AS he sat down Mr.. Mitchell said:
"a Democratic congress favored a free
wool hill and the people discounted the