The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-24
mn On TARIFF BILL.
.., NcLsuriu and Swanson
d ~. the Leading Speakers.
/ and STRONGLY DENOUNCED.
- Missouri Characterised
.rhat Great Republican
..ser,.-Dollivers Claims.

.s,sson, March 3.-Aithoueh sew
$3.50 messages at arms somewha'
=. .be tariff debate in the house
sss brilliant speech of Mr.. DOLL
\ Iowa was distinctly the overshad-
'es,s e.ature of the day. 1t shone out
,he weary. monotonous gloom
!. 40 far pervaded the debate,
- ,scomotiyc headlight in a fog. Mr..
a a finished orator and his speech
~ a masterpiece of forensic elo-
~ Replete with wit and glowing
IN II alternately aroused his repub-
a. .oIeagues to unbounded enthusiasm
ID ronyulsed the house with iaugnter' d,
Wci aurin, a democratpc member oil
y! and means committee from
Ssroina. created mid sensation
slSjv nroclaim.ng himself in favor OF
~ IN cotton, and IT was notIceaple
y" ~.Sen he repudiated the free raw
ssenl doctrines OF Cleveland ana Gar
n. and those who had Frustrated the
~ democracy" fully three-tourths
n. dsmocrats on the floor sustained
v,th hand and voice The other
.Lsn OF the days session were Messrs.
~ Rep) of Tennessee Dockery
= AZ Missouri, Newlands (silverNe) of
ks..Ja Lacey URep.) of Iowa, swanson
%
-
r.sh,nrton. March 23.-IThere were less
~. sftv members on the floor when the
~. Entered upon the second day of the
n debate at 10 o'clock. There were
= few etragglers in the galleries. AS
. mrudng advanced the members pour
N. ana the galleries became crowded.
nf francesca ty.ll
- sneaker. He devoted hLnself to a
sssrsi argument in favor of protection.
m DocKery Dem.) of Missouri, wb ,
alosed, said & was not a ma tlter of sur
~, "a him that the discussion OF the
n tbus far had been dume and unnter-
m. "The truth is" sad he, 1.-The peo-
"a this country want more money and
Y nIes Democratic applause.) This
n dos no. represent the issue of the
N umpaign. The people would prefer
y - tli3,UJ.u0 more money put in cir
eaton than to see that amount absorbed
/ II The trusts.
NJ Dockery said u did not lie in the
scuthS u the republicans to criticise tina
MA hasues OF thu last administration.
| n. Cleveland was criticised on this side
| 4 the house." sad he. while you IN
. bnA his policy in the last congress.
You committee on ways and means re-
/ I'D 10 give the house an opportunity to
pu On the senate resolution prohibiting
kM sues, because your leaders had
teeu notified by fifty republicans from the
vss that thev would be compelled to
| yes for |"
n. pockery rticuled the idea that the
eeseat tariff law was the monster which
ia xsroyed our Industries. IF It had
bweo, why. he asked, had the republican
MEMBERS OF the ways and means commit
N Med the metal and COTTON schedules
lns! bodily from this monstrous law?
Hs denied that there was an sra of pros
rhy during the existence of the Nc
Alvey Aw, ana instanced the Carnegie
khtA
sThak catastrophe" interrupted Mr.. Dali
~ was the result OF a contest between
wInmyed labor and the opponents of or
sn,sd labor. The Mckinley law had
Mhing TO do with 81
Yes and the protected employer hired
hkes,on detectives to shoot down or
enfed abor,' returned Mr.. Dockery.
distinguished republican senator, then
rapber Of this house, told me at the
me That II was the worst disaster the
lsS5s Years. party had experienced IN
n. Dockery was especially sarcastic IN
remarks on the absurdity of giving
Ued probection to agricultural prod
M W the $3.50, 100000 of products ex-
Ed by the United States last year.
hWtW were AGRICULTURAL products. In
xnon had driven our flag from the high
~ impoverished the laborIng man ana
ranpled farm mortgages.
~ Newlands (sllverite) of Nevada then
10Y NE floor as the spokesman of his
NY, which numbers three members in
", Lacey Rep) of Iowa, the next
ussker; commented on the abuse of Pres
~ u. -. ea,ry YEA by democrats and popu-
aN WORD had been said in behalf of the
s sny man who had carried the democratic
ev ,Mo power In a quarter of a cen
VI. ~ Ine popuitsts who abused the dem
wIauc purity N 1892 were, the leaders in
~ y. Handy Den) OF Delaware asked:
~, ~ hot pretty hard. for the republican
WV 70 turn on the gold democrats. who
nvsqi i, with such tariff hgll as this?"
~. y! Lacey replied; "The gold democrats
~ 10 such hostlitv to a republican
1911 ~ = they had in 1892. The attacks on
sssLoeA Cleveland were really made on
s ssS2u'- Of MS acton during the Chicago
ss,S AZ honor 10 him for his noble
~ ~. on mat occas lon." he added.
c LIZ republicans had most attacked the
IlssAand administration for issuing
hesssary. ''N''
/. ~. McLaurln Dem) of South Carolina,
~eaner OF the ways and means CONN.,
~ ~ the next speaker. Mr.. Mci<au-
ir,.ss,~ nsh was on protective lines for
4 - ~ industries. He advocated a duty
lou %'on to Keep. out Egyptian grown
49,, 49, ann also favored protection on
Si~ .nh manufactures and other articles of
ywaInern production.
M NJ Mclaurin's demand for a duty on
\, h. GRATED a Mid sensation, but II
NM NC memhers from the cotton belt.
M, lus ~ az, McLaur.n was contrasting III"
~ "rriipn OF the manufacturing States
~ c..Ia st with The poverty of the farm
V ns.he OF the South. Mr.. Linney RepD
49, SS"em carolina asked him what was 10
a.nn, ue people of the Carolinas from
p,soss laelorIes and sharing in the spo.ls
Snvas. s '''e'r more ei''e' p''s'
,, the STATE OF affairs produced by the
- sVahs and populists n the Caro-
. 'rve sepEed Mr. McI.aurin, prevents
M , e,i,SI,.ent OF capital"
.as Of ,b ,se So raw material the pet doc
/, ii. .n Is The pet doctrine" responded Mr..
IN se, ~, with emphasis. "of the democ-
i. csrIisisne by Mr.. Cleveland and
tuted H. and those who have pros
N y ,me rime Of democracy, and who
a. psisr gur aids and allies n the last
folsse nropontion of the democrats on
"DH no s,pplauded this statement.
oclY' NV W. i. Bryan vote for free
lu MILAN J. Bryan" retorted Mr. Nc
! coc.,was Responsible for his vote TO
espons1,u,ehts. and John l.. McIJiurln
tie w anr kep) of Iowa, a members
: ii" nays nsy and means committee, who
lsntion ON OF !, speaker, drew the istant |
y IN ihe va s,ie members and the specta-
H. %ost polished orators o Of he II ho o
ned ihss LOWING words have often elec. |