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charges of disloyalty to his party had
been made by many papers in the

himself, had been pronounced guilty Of
treason, without hearing or trial. He
then paid some attention to the house
tariff bill. 1t was admitted everywhere
that the house bill was not Repub-
lcan measure, but, he said, it was a
measure to meet an alleged emergency
which the chief executive stoutly as
serted did not exist at ALL Recently
certain self-constituted eensors of
party motion" Mr.. Carter continued.
nave peen pleased to denominate the
Republ1canS who voted against the
Dill as conspirators against the public
veal; others have gone SO far as to in
V1te them to relieve the party of their
obnoxious presence" Mr.. Carter said
that business depression in this coun-
try followed the election of 1892 be-
cause tariff reform meant free trade.
and continued:
RESPECTS TO CLEVELAND.
AT this momentous point, the spark
OF genius appeared in one of the most
determined men this country has ever
known. When the history of our times
shall be written, Mr.. Cleveland will be
accorded the honor of having displayed
the most marvellous political tact of
any man of his time.'' Mr.. Carter then
referred to the financial and tariff leg
lsIatlon favored by the administration,
ana PAID his respects to the Republican
senators and representatives who
operated with the Democratic adminis-
ITaton to bring about the repeal of the
sherman silver law, and in speaking of
the suggestion of the president that the
greenbacks should be retired, said:
AGAIN we hear the Republican mag
PIE chatter. A horde of presidential
aspirants rushed to political suicide.
yelIlng sound money The press of
New York city leads the procession
SOUND money is their cry. And
under the cover Of this cry, the presi-
dent protected himself and his admin
lstratlon from unjust criticism for the
most shady and iniquitous transaction
in public finances the world has ever
known. Referring to the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act.)
Ihen continuing, he said in part: I'm
que time the present congress assem-
bled and the president does not call
for more revenue, pertinaciousIy in
slstlng that the revenue laws are all
right, but calling for authority to issue
bonds so as to facilitate the retirement
or the greenbackS and his operations
IN an Increase of the public debt
There is some doubt about the success
OF the operation. Mutterings are heard
about the previous bond sale-when, 10
ana behold, there comes another exhi-
b1tion of genius. A venerable dispute
OF the age of three score and ten, con-
| cern1ng strip of swamp land in Ven
ezuela, is pushed upon the country.
with warlike demonstration, and we
are proudly informed that the same
| hand that authorized the tearing down
OF the flag at Honolulu will sustain the
government at all hazards, even to
! the terrors Of war. By this time, the
republicans Of the East became used
! to bobb1ng up and down like a cork on
the water at the suggestion Of the
president and instantly we see a reso-
luton passed appropriating $100, 900 for
! commission to advise the executive
on points on which ample facilities for
information were at. the time at his
| disposal. The president understood
the string upon which to play: he
played
THE PART OF AN ARTIST.
I'm the midst of the warlike excite
1nent following on the evening of Dec.
| ~, just three days having been allowed
| to work congress and the country up.
another message followed, in effect re-
newing the call for the retirement of
| the greenbackS and authority to issue
| ponds. Conservative men were swept
| Off their feet. The last message adroit-
| ly referred to the first, and an impress
sive warning was suggested to the
| country. Who could think of a party
principle at such a juncture? We were
| persuaded that war was upon us. I'm
der pressure of this artificial but ex-
act1ng and exciting situation the rev.
enue and bond bills were passed by the
! house, The record shows that three
and one-half hours were allowed for
| the consideration of the revenue meas
ure, and about one day to the con-
sideration of the bond bill To insure
speedy relief, the Republicans dropped
their own principles on economic legis-
| lation, and, in lieu thereof. accented
three distinctly Democratic heresies on
the tariff horizontal revision, ad va
| lorem duties and the Wilson bill as a
| foundation for revenue scheme, and
they proceeded to it's enactment. fond
ly hoping that the president might
condescendingly consent to favor it
with his signature or his sufferance
| The bill reaches the senate A substi-
tute is reported for it. Certain patri-
otic Republicans forgetting the plat
form of 1892 on the tariff question: for
getting all the traditions of their par
ty seek to have Republicans in this
chamber who are devoted to bimet-
allism and protection, two elementary
principles of Republican faith. put in
such position as to apparently be
/ compelled to vote against one of their
/ principles in order to secure the sue
cess of the other Some gentlemen
who pretend to understand the situa-
tion refused to cooperate. To the
SdiuIu JiuSllieHl VI honest men Leave
the determination of the questions re-
lating to the fidelity of the Republic
ans in this senate to their party prin-
ciples.
"It is high time Republicans who
claim to be within the party should
take their cues from the party plat
form, rather than from the White
house If it shall occur that this sense
less crusade against Republicans who
believed in good faith in the Minneapo-
lis platform when it declared for bimet-
allism, as well as protection, shall be
carried to such an extent as may re-
suit in the adoption of President Cleye-
lands scheme by the st. Louis conven-
| tion, I submit that Republican success
| will be rendered utterly impossible
Mr.. Carter closed at 2:15 o'clock, and
was greeted with hearty applause from
the crowded galleries and congratuIa-
4 tions from number of his colleagues.
MR.. HOAR REPLIES.
Mr.. Hoar took up the charge of Mr..
Carter that Eastern Republicans had
been false to the platform of 49, Did
the Montana senator mean, asked Mr..
Hoar, that the construction placed on
the platform by President Harrison
was false and elusive? The senator
Carter had referred to Republican
senators joining President Cleveland.
but Mr.. Hoar called attention to the
overwhelming majority which the Re
publican states of New England had
given against Mr.. Clevelands party.
Mr.. Hoar closed with a question ad-
dressed specifically to Mr. Carter.
namely: Il shall ask that senator
whether we are to understand him to
say that if he fails to convince his Re
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