The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-20

that the people of Virginia were some
times thieying peopleY' (Applause).
II would have preferred" responded
Mr.. Tucker, that the gentleman had
taken some other State as an example,
like Texas (laughter), but such ques-
ton is triffng."
Mr.. Tucker referred to the Chandler
interview, charging that the protected
industries had been levied on by the
Mckinley agents and that those indus
tries would own him and make mer-
chandise of him, if elected" In the
light of that interview, he asked, did
not the words of Mr.. Bayard, that pro
lection corrupted public life" fall as
gratefully on the ear as the sound Of
rain on the roof in time Of drought.
Suppose all Mr. Chandler said in
that interview is true, which / deny"
interrupted Mr.. Northway (Rep., Ohio)
hotly, sis that any reason why Mr..
Bayard should denounce his country
men to foreign audience?"
II call Mr.. Chandler" replied Mr..
Tucker, ''as a witness TO prove my
case and / know of no man better
verscd in the inner workings of Re-
pulican politics than William t..
Chandler"
you call him on the theory that he
has turned State'e evidence, and that
there is no other evidence?"
There is ample evidence" replied
Mr.. Tucker, ''that the Republicans fry
the fat out of the manufacturers with
becoming regularity"
"Haye not the Democrats, during
he Fs.,a Il
the fat out of the manufacturers and
everybody else % asked Mr.. Mccall
rep, Massachusetts
Not in the way you mean" replied
Mr.. Tucker. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Tucker argued that the resolu-
tions meant nothing. The managers
of the House had decided on a do
nothing policy and sat and found more
mischief still for idle hands to do. He
closed with magnificent tribute to
Mr.. Bayard's personal character.
II honor Thomas #. Bayard, as a
citizen of America" he said 81 have
from my youth up watched his course
with pride as a man whom the youth
Of the country could follow and honor.
He has ever worn upon his breast the
white flower of a bIameless life. Nor
can / forget that in those dark days
that followed the late civil war, when
reason was dethroned in these halls
and passion held sway; when my peo-
pie in the South were lying PROSTATE,
bleeding at every pore, where did we
look for relief in those dark days but
to
THAT good grey head,
Which all men knew,
That iron nerve to occasion true
That tower of strength
That stood four-square
To all the winds that blew?"
I'm the Senate in those dark days
when no voice was raised in our be-
half, no arm lifted to save our pros
trate people, cannot forget that
when the arm of passion was about
to strike blow at my own beloved
people, there stepped into the arena
a knight in the armour of truth, and
thank God. he had the courage to re-
ceiye on his own bosom the blow that
was intended for my people. / can
never forget it. No Southern man can
ever forget it. These resolutions viii
return to plague the inventor. You
can no more hammer down that old
granite figure than you can crush
Gibraltar with toy pistol. Mr.. Bay
ard will live in the hearts of the peo-
pie as a. pure, honest, old-time states
man who loves honor and does justice.
He VIII stand
Like some tall cliff, that lifts its
awful form,
Swells from the vale and midway leaves
the storm,
Though round it's heart the rolling
clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
(Applause.)