The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-25

which he attaches to his response to Mr.,
Olney and which we have before us as an
official document and in which We find
this false, eAtravaSant, and shameful IAN
guage: In M: own country have wit
messed the insatiabl growth Of that form
OF state socialism styled protection
which l believe has done more to foster
class legislation and create inequality OF
fortune, to corrupt public life, to banisn
men OF independent mind and character
from the public councils to lower the
tone OF national representation, blunt pub
lie conscience, create false standards In
the popular mind. to fanil!arize II with
reliance upon state aid and guardianship
In private AFFAIRS, divorce ethics from pol.
itics, and place politics upon the low levei
or mercenary scramble than any other
single cause. Step by step! and largely
owing TO the confusion Of civil strife. IL
has succeeded In obtaining control Of the
sovereign power of taxation never hesi-
tating AT any alliance or the resort to any
combination that promised to assist Its
purpose of perverting public taxation
from Its only true justification and func-
ton. OF creating revenue for the support
or the government OF the whole people.
into an engine for the selfish and private
profit of allied beneficiaries and combi-
nations called trusts Under its dicta-
tion individual enterprise and independ-
ence have been oppressed and the energy
or discovery and invention debilitated and
discouraged. 1t has unhesitatinsly allied
itself with every policy which tends to
commercial isolation. dangerously De-
pletes the treasury, and saps the popular
conscience by schemes Of corrupting favor
and larsesse to special classes whose sup
port is thereby attracted"
Mr. Speaker, in the first place, every
line and syllable of that diatribe against
the people OF America is refuted by the
history and experience of the United
States. In the second place 1t is polit-
zeal harangue. violating the express regu-
lations and instruction given by author
ity OF our own government TO all consul
lar officers of the United States. In addi-
ton TO his own instincts Of prOpriety
every consular officer is charged with
these regulations and instructions. Some
OF them have been read in your hearing
me read them again: They will not give
publicity through the press or otherwise
TO opinions injurious to the public insti-
tutions of the country or the persons
concerned in their administration" They
are not allowed to allude in public
speeches to any matters in dispute be-
tween the United States and any other
government: 1t IL a still better
rule to avoid public speeches when 1t can
be done without exciting feeling in the
community in which the officer resides.
They will be particularly careful to re-
frain from unfavorable comment or criti-
cism upon the institutions or acts of the
government to which they are accredited"
read, l think. by the chairman of our COM
mittee. as follows: lone of the essential
qualifications OF diplomatic agent is
to observe at all times proper reserve In
regard TO the affairs of his government: |:
and the knowledge of these affairs, pos
sessed by persons belonging to the lega-
tion, must be regarded as confidential. 1t
Is deemed advisable to extend a similar
prohibition against public addresses, ex-
cept upon exceptional festal occasions in
the country Of official residence. Even
upon such occasions the utmost caution
must be observed in touching upon polit-
cal matters"
VIOLATED INSTRUCTIONS.
As We learned from the chairman Of the
committee on foreign affairs (Mr. HitU
the other day, 1t was once proposed to en-
large these instructions so as to forbid
the discussion OF all domestic questi or
politics: and Mr.. Blaine, who at that time
was secretary of state. said NO; such
instructions are unnecessary. We never
have had and never will have an Of
ficer who will go abroad and talk about
our affairs at home" Strange as 1t may
seem. the very first to violate these in
structions is one who used to give them
over his own signature. Thomas F.. Bay
ard issued similar instructions when Sec
rotary OF state. closing with this in
junction: 'They are to be carefully OBJ
sseSsn ssryes IN erran all respects an sr ycHr
Looking across the sea to his native
land whose mission and confidence he
bore, the same Thomas +. Bayard, ambas-
sadOr of the United States at Great Brit
ain, on the 7th day OF November last. saw
the party OF protection and Of progress
carried back to power on the tide OF the
popular WILL Putting his ear to the
ground even In u foreign land, he could
hear the victorious tread OF the trium-
phant column of protection, once led by
the immortal Lincoln, and he could not
resist the temptation, even though he had
to violate the delicate proprieties Of the Of
flee which he held and the Instructions
his ancient prejudice. Loud applause.
And so he toadied to the Golden club
and the school of Manchester and to his
prejudice, and told Great Britain that pro-
lection In America had "banished men Of
independent mind and character from Its
public councils." When he knew that the
list of its ilustrious advocates, begln-
ming with the distinguished names Of
Washington, Madison, and Franklin, had
never ceased TO grow where progress
marked the way until 1t had recorded in
the register OF Independent mind and fame
the names of Clay, of Jackson. OF Web
ster, of Lincoln, of Grant. of Garfield, of
Randall. and of Blaine. Loud applause. ]
And he knew that almost on the very day
he uttered that Indictment, the list of in
dependent minds that champion the doc
trine of protection in America had grown
to the greatest and most significant ma
JoTlts tHdt ever Spoht lHtIT
at popular election. lApplause.1
He knew when he uttered that libel on
the memory of the greatest statesmen Of
America that II you should blot out the
list Of names identified with the dictrine
of protection In our history you would
leave it a literary desert az insignificant
and barren of achievement as Disraelis $
grandfather's Chapter Of Events that
never took place. Laughter and APP
plause.l Smarting with the certain knowl-
edge that the free trade policy of his party
In America has again been demonstrated as
anignomnious failure and overwhelmingly
defeated by the independent votes of labor
and of capital. he splutters out the parti-
san assertion that under the dictatiOn of
protection individual enterprise and in
dependence have been oppressed and the
''energy Of invention and discovery debil-
itated and discouraged
A NATION OF INVENTORS.
Why. Mr. Speaker. on the contrary, by
the stimulus and safeguard Of protection
the genius of America developed a cOnti-
nent 1t has achieved the impossible. 1t
went into the ground and found the iron,
and brought 1t out to the light and use
fulness. 1t formed it into wheels and
turned 1t into shafts. 1t set the spindles
turning and the axles whirling. 1t took
the wool and cotton from the Middle, the
Southern and the Western states that had
been feeding English looms and sent them
spinning through our own. Ii touched the
deft and cunning hand of toll and made
invention dream of better things, and
since that time God only knows the limit
of inventive genius in America. IAp-
plause.
With a band of iron in either hand 4
started at the Orient and with its su.
blime and determined face toward the
west II took up its continental march. 1t
would not stop. Where ii could not find q
place to stand 1t spanned with iron. 1t
laughed and toiled and hurried on. until
at last 1t found the Occident. lApplause,
Then IL became "a tOilng, tireless spide,
and wOve the desert into a web Of COM
merce. 1t stopped at every station and
took the produce of the farm and left the
product of our own American factory
1t looked into the childhood face Of citi-
zenship and studying its tendency of fac
ulty or genius. opened thousand doors
OF various and different enterprise and