The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-24
His Remarks the Dingley Bill Serve to Amuse the
Members of Congress.
SILVER BRINGS ITS SIDE TO THE FRONT.
Newlands the Principal Speaker for the White rleta
Republicans Dockery the First Speaker
of the Day.

several sharp passages at arms some
what enliVened the tariff debate in the
house today, the brilliant speech Of
Mr. DOlliver, of Iowa, was distinctly
the overShadOwing feature of the day
1T shone out through the weary, mo-
notonous gloom which has SO far per-
vaded the debate like a locomotive
headlight in a fog. Mr.. Dolliver is a
finished orator, and his speech today
was a masterpiece of forensic elo-
quence, replete with wit and glowing
periods it alternately aroused his Re-
publican colleagues to unbounded en-
thustasm and convulsed the house with
laughter. Mr.. Dolliver is quick and
adroit in the use Of the foil and the
Democrats refrained from interruptins
him. Mr.. McLaurin, a Democratic
member of the ways and means COM
mittee, from South Carolina, created a
mild sensation by boldly prOclaiming
himself in favor of duty on cotton
and 1t was noticeable that when he re.
pudiated the free raw material doc
trines Of Cleveland and Carlisle land
! those who had prostituted the name Of
Democracy" fully three-fourths of the
with hand and voice. The other speak
ers during the day session were: Mr..
Gibson Rep, Tenn), Dockery Oem.,
Mo-, NewIands (SiIverite, New, Lacey
Rep., Io) Swanson Oem., Va.) and
Cochran Dem, Mo-.
There were less than fifty members
on the floor when the house entered
upon the second day of the debate. AS
the day advanced, the members poured
in, and the galleries became crowded.
Mr.. Gibson Rep., Tenn.) was the first
speaker. He devoted himself to a gen
| eral argument in favor of protection.
Mr. DOckery Oem., Mo-, who followed,
! said 1t was not a matter of surprise to
! him that the discussion of the bill thus
| far had been tame and unintereSting.
1.-THE truth isl said he, 'the people
| of this country want more money and
| less taxes" Democratic applause.)
| This bill does not represent the issue
of the late campaign. The people
| would prefer to see $4,000, coo more
| money put in circulation than to see
| that amount absorbed by the treas
ury"
Mr.. Dockery said it did not lie Ill
the mouths of the Republicans to criti-
cize the bond issues of the last admin
| iSt1atiOn.
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in his remarks on the absurdity Of
giving alleged protection to agricultur
| al products. Of the 1868 600, 600 of prod
ucts exported by the United States last
year, $504 600 was agricultural prod
uCts. In conclusion he said that the
! policy of protection had driven our
flag from the high seas, impoverished
| the labOring man and multiplied farm
| mort ga ges.
Mr. Newlands (SilVerite, New then
took the floor as the spokesman of his
party, which numbers three members
in the house.
Mr. Lacey (Rep., Io.), the next speak
er, commented on the abuse OF PreSi-
dent Cleveland by Democrats and Pop
ulists, and said that in the debate not
ONE kind word had been said in behalf
of the only man who had carried the
| Democratic party to power in a, quarter
of a century. The Populists who
abused the Democratic party in 1882,
were its leaders in 1896.
Mr.. McLaurin Oem., S. CO, a. men,
ber of the ways and means commit
tee, was the next speaker.
Mr. McLaurn'S speech was on pro-
| tective lines for Southern industries.
He advocated a duty on cotton to keep
! out Egyptian grown cotton, and also
! favored protection on cotton manu-
| featured and other articles of Southern
production. Mr.. McLaurin's demand
for a duty on cotton created a mild
sensation, but it was heartily applaud
! ed by several of the Democratic men,
bers from the cotton belt.
While Mr.. McLaurin was contrasting
the vast wealth of the manufacturing
states of the East with the poverty of
the farming states of the South, Mr..
Linney (Rep., N. CD asked him what
was to hinder the people of the Car
olinas from building factories and
sharing in the spOils, instead of ''cuss-
ing their more enterprising rivals"
THE state Of affairs produced by the
existence of the Republicans and Pop
ulists in the Carolinas,' replied Mr..
McLaurin, prevents the investment
of capital"
rs not raw material the pet doc
trine of the Democracy" asked Mr..
Linney
"It is the pet doctrine" responded
Mr. McLaurin, with emphasis. ''of the
Democracy represented by Cleveland
| and Carlisle and those who have prosti-
tuted the name of Democracy and who
were your aids and allies in the last
campaign"
A large proportion of the Democrats
on the floor applauded this statement:
Did not William ]. Bryan vote for
free wool?"
William ]. Bryan" retorted Mr.. Nc
Laurin, was responsible for his vote
to his constituents, and John L. Nc
Laurin is responsible to his
Mr.. DOlliver CRep., 1o), member Of
the ways and means committee, who
was the next speaker, drew the in
slant attention of the members and
the spectators in the galleries. Mr.. Dol
liver is one of the most polished ora
tors of the house, and his glowing
words have often electrified the MEM
bers and the people in the galleries.
For the first time since 1916 every great
employment of the American people is united
! in a common recognition of the importance
and value of a reasonable discrimination, by
our laws in favor of our own people; the
farmer because nearly everything that he
has for sale must be sold here not sold
at all; the manufacturer, because he has
found it impossible to sell homemade goods
in a market place that has already bought 1T
self poor at the bargain counters of Eu-
rope and Asia; and commerce, because ma
ton like this that goes past the closed doors
and broken window lights Of its own fac
tories to the ends of the earth for what it
| buys is in a condition that is completely
fatal to all commerce, domestic and for
eign.
/ In the early stages Of the controversy 1t
was the custom of the mercantile classes to
push the farmer forward to the front of the
battle for free trade. The farmer Of the