St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
TWO REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES.
ACCORDING TO MIR. MANTLE THEY
ARE PROTECTION AND BI-
METALLISM.
Put OFF by the Senate Until Today,
When the Whole Question VIII
BE Discussed.


was brought forward in the senate today as
text for speech by Mr.. Mantle, of Mon
tana, one of the five Republican senators who
voted against considering the tariff measure
Mr.. Mantle defended the course of the silver
Republican senator's, declaring that the Ding
ley bill was not framed a patriotic meas
ure. He urged that protection should be link
ed with bimetallsm. sharp tariff colloquy
followed between Senators Mills, Hoar, Haw-
ley and Mitchell, as to the effect of the Will
son bill on wool. Some progress was made on
the Indian appropriation BILL but the secta-
rian school question went over until tomor-
row. The calendar was cleared of all private
pension bills, after an hour especially devoted
to pensions.
Mr.. Mantles remarks were his maiden ef-
fort of a formal character. He spoke Of the
recent utterances of President Cleveland be-
fore missionary gathering, derogatory to
the West as but one of the assaults made of
late against the ''rotten boroughs and mining
camps" Of the West, the metropolitan press
designated the silver states. Mr.. Mantle de-
clared that within a radius of five miles from
Carnegie hail. New York. where Mr.. Cleve-
land spoke, there was more poverty, ignor-
ance squalor, starvation and crime than in all
of the silver states combined.
The Mckinley law, said the senator, turning
to the tariff question was strictly high pro-
teotive measure, so high that some Republican
senators now on the floor, doubted its eXpe
diency, and would, If the Republican party
fully restored to power, oppose it's re-
enactment. But the Dingley bill was not a
measure designed for protection or revenue.
1t was political measure, and it was framed
without due consideration to Western inter-
ests. ''There are some Republicans" exclaim-
ed Mr.. Mantle, willing to sacrifice the prin-
ciples of the Republican party for a measure
that affords protection to certain interests"
The FIVE silver Republican senator have been
denounced as TRAITORS" to their party for fall
ing to vote for the tariff bill. But Mr. Mantle
denied that the Dingley bill was Republican
measure, and he quoted the statement of Mr..
Sherman that the bill was strictly non-parti-
san. If the Dingley bill was revenue meas
ure, as claimed by its friends, then no
manufacturers suffered from it's failure, as it
was protection 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 de-
clared himself in favor Of protection, but not
sectional protection. 1t was a principle too
great to be used in behalf of any special in
terest or any monopoly. 1t must shield and
upbuild the West as we'll as the East. While
he favored true protection he favored equally
true bimetallism, the coinage Of both gold
and silver at ratio of 16 to l. He be-
lieved also in bimetallism which did not
wait for the action of foreign countries.
In conclusion, Mr.. Mantle expressed the
hope that the tariff bill would be so remod-
eled by the finance committee as to be truly
Republican in combining tariff and bimet-
allism. After paying glowing tribute TO
the Republican party, Mr.. Mantle said he
hoped that great party, though wavering,
would in the end refuse to be guided by
greed and selishness, and would refuse to
stand as the representative of corporate in
terests, and would stand for the whole people,
and in national convention would give such a
consideration to the toilers as would be
harbinger for Republican victory.
There was a lively tariff colloquy following
the Mantle speech. Mr. Hawley Rep., CON-
questioned some of the wool figures which
Eastern senator's had voted here for pro-
lection for wool, while the Western states
had sent senator's from Kansas Texas and
Oregon who had voted for free wool. This
brought Mr.. Mills to his feet, who declared
against the statements that the wool manu-
facturer had suffered from the Wilson tariff
law. He would state that there was greater
use Of wool than ever, every fiber manufact-
ured by American labor; the people of the
United States got cheaper wooden goods, the
government received more revenue than ever
for wool and wool itself had advanced.
"Let me add the further fact" inter-
jected Mr.. Hoar. "that wool manufacturers
are still failing and the government is still
bankrupt
Let me ask the senator from Texas" in
quired Mr.. Mitchell, eff there has not been
vast decrease in the number of Texas
sheep since the Wilson law went into ef-
fect?"
Il don't believe it, responded Mr.. Mills
But the statistics of the above show it."
insisted Mr.. Mitchell
"The statistics are made by the wool men
in the deluson that they will be benefited"
said Mr.. Mills.
After this furry had subsided Mr. Butler
Pop, N. c. was recognized for speech in
support of a government postal telegraph sys-
tem At the conclusion of Mr. Buffers
speech the Indian appropriation bill was
taken up. When the provision in relation to
Indian schools was reached, MIR. Carter Rep.,
Mont.) said the proposed change from con-
tract to government schools was being ac-
complished precipitately that thousands
of Indian children were being left without
schools. He moved to strike out the pro-
vision that no money be used for sectarian
schools. This was withdrawn to be taken up
later, when the entire sectarian school ques-
tion will be discussed.