The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-22
1T CIT Es NO ISSUE.

That was rather a sharp passage at
arms on Monday between Representa-
1lVes Dockery of Missouri and Dingley
of Maine, chairman of the committee
on ways and means, and other mem
bers of the house of representatives. 1t
will doubtless bring home to our Re
publican friends some of the difficult
ties that will confront them on the
stump this fail.
Mr.. Dockery asked the Republican
side what effort they had made with
$50 majority to repeal the so-called
Wilson-Gormah bill, against which
they denounced; and tainted them with
having done nothing. He referred to
the campaign book of blank pages cir
culated by the Republicans in 1894
under the title--"What Congress Has
Done;" and reminded them that Dem
ocrats could very effectively circulate
such book in the coming campaign.
MIR. Dingley attempted to answer all
this by saying that the Republicans
were in possessio of but one branch
of the law making power; that the SEN
ate and president were against them,
and they were not responsible for a
Democratic and Populistic senate and
the influence Of a Democratic execu-
tive.
we did everything we could do un-
der the circumstances" said Dingley,
and here and at the other end OF the
capitol met the united opposition of
the Democrats and the Populists. The
only thing to do is to appeal to the
people and let, them say whether we
shall have a president and a senate
who will block our way or who will
cooperate with us in giving the treas
ury sufficient revenue and restore pros
perfty to the country" Republican
applause)
THE gentleman says the Democrats
and Populists killed the so-called Ding
ley bill in the senate. Was it not pig
eon-holed by Republican votes?" asked
Savers.
THE Republicans were not in con-
troll replied Mr.. Dingley
But were not some of them partly
responsible?''
Yes, partly, admitted Mr. Dingley.
will the Republicans ask the states
represented by these senators to repu-
date them?''
Those states can take care of them
selves" replied Dingley.
did not the Republicans and Popu-
lists make a dicker by which they OBJ
tanned cntrol of the senate?" put in
McMillin.
THE Democrats and Ppulists control
the senate" replied Dingley.
rs not Tom Carter chairman of the
Republican national committee?" asked
McMillin.
do you claim that Wolcott, Dubois
and Teller are Populists? If you do,
you cut off a good deal of the respec-
liability of oyur party"
Have not the Democrats and Popu-
lists aiority in the senate?' asked
Dingley. who now became in turn in
quisitor. McMillin adroitly parted this
query which Dingley thrust at him re-
peatedly by dwelling on the -four re-
calcftrant Republican senator's" and
the swap" of the biggest committee
in the senate for loaves and fishes that
float about the senate waters.
McMillin concluded by referring tc
the necessity for bankruptcy BILL a
Pacific roads refunding bill, currency
bill. ETC., and charged the Republican
side with cowardice in not meeting these
questions instead of preparing to adj
iourn and run away.
There can be no question but what |
the house in following the do nothing
policy of Speaker Reed has made a
great mistake; and it will be rather
difficult for Republicans to explain the !
Dingley tariff bill, which all Republi- |
cans disavowed as to its being Repub- |
lean legislation. The passage OF a bill |
authorizing the issuance of bonds after |
the Democratic administra-
ion for selling bonds in times of peace
will be equally difficult of explanation
Clearly what the house should have
lone would have been to pass such
strictly Republican legislation as in it's
Judgment would bring relief to the
let it's fate be what it might
n the senate, and at the hands of the
Executive. Had it been defeated there
hen Republicans would have had
grounds on which to appeal to the
ountry to judge between them and
heir opponents; but now-what issue
lis the Republican house given the
ountry for the coming campaign?
Nothing except the defeat of the SEN
tie free coinage bill, and for the west
re shall be quite content with that, but
hat in so far as it will be an issue was
hrust upon the Republican house
ather than made by it.
1t cannot be otherwise than that the
o-called party of great moral ideas is
osing the courage of its convictions.