The record-union., 1897-03-25

ern States as cheaply as any place in
the world. the duty of 81 per ton should
have been reduced. He declared that
the agricultural schedule was a hum
bug, and enumerated a long list of
trusts which he said would fatten on
this bill. Continuing. he said
The reciprocity clause is remarkable
for the fact that it puts into the hands
of the President absolutely the power
to impose taxes and remit taxes at
pleasure. He can impose them this
month-remit them the next. He can
do SO without convening Congress or
consulting it if convened. The taxing
power is thereby surrendered by Con-
greSS, its constitutional right, to an
executive who was never clothed with
such power by any statute framed by
those who made the Constitution. The
reciprocity clause is an effort to coun-
teract the ill effects of the mal-legisla-
ton which this same bill proposes to
enact. If reports be true it is more
than likely that some safety valve will
be needed for already France, Canada
and other Governments are preparing
to resist this assault on commerce.
In conclusion, he said: Il beg the
Der that the victory obtained last fall
was obtained by such an expenditure of
money, such an exertion of bulldoZing
and force and such prostitution of
elections as was never before witnessed
in this land. They must not take such
a verdict as the established and ire
vOcable will of the American people.
The Democratic party has suffered de-
feat before, and by stern adherence to
never failing principle it has regained
power and readminiStered Government
Let us now and here resolve anew that
the principles of jefferson, Jackson and
Polk shall be the principles of the Dem
ocratic party now, as they have been
in the past, and as sure as the day sue
ceeds the night, it viii return to power
and restore the Government to the
constitutional moorings from which it
has been wrested by such mal-legisla-
ton as that which is being forced upon
US to-day.
McMillin's speech was very well re-
ceived by his Democratic colleagues,
who appaluded him frequently.
Dingley challenged McMillin's state
ment that the pending measure gave 70
the refiner of sugar a differential OF
more than one-eighth of a cent per
pound.
McMillin gave an elaborate calculation
in support of his statements, but Ding
ley repudiated the calculations, con-
tending that they We're based on the
supposition that 100 pounds of raw
sugar testing 90 degrees polariscope
would produce 100 pounds of refined
sugar.
McMillin spoke about an hour and a
half, and when he concluded he was
warmly congratulated.
Grosvenor of Ohio then spoke. He
began by referring to the neces-
sity of speedy traiff legislation, going
over the ground relating, as he ex-
pressed it, to the bankruptcy of the
treasury, the enormous expenditures in
excess of the receipts of the Govern
ment, and the undesirability of borrow
ing money in times of peace to carry
or the Government. He drew a parallel
between the condition of the country on
the 1st of November, 1892, which he de-
clared to be one of unparalleled pros
perity, and on the 1st of November,
1896, when enterprise was 'at stand
still, doubt, fear, uncertainty every
where"
He declared that this great calamity
had come upon the country substan-
TALLY by reason of the single act of
Democratic Congress-the repeal of the
Mckinley law. 1t was the Mckinley law
misrepresented and misunderstood that
aided our overthrow in 1892; but it was
the Mckinley law with the blessings
we received from it during its short
life that became, the talismanic word
that swept Mckinley into nomination
and carried the country in 1896 Thus
it was that the discarded Mckinley law
of 1894 became the battle cry of the
triumphant people in 1896, and the
stone which the Democratic leaders had
refused has become the head of the
political economical corner.
I'VE are here" he declared, ITO exc
cute the peoples demands. The demand
Of the people for a protective tariff sys-
tenn comes not from partisan utter
ances, but from the men of all parties,
and from every section of the country.
The fruit grower of California, rob-
bed and ruined by the Wilson law,
cries loudly to Republicans for assist
ance, and from Alabama and Georgia,
and conspicuously from Louisiana,
comes the earnest demand for the pass
lge of this bill.
What, then, is the great necessity
of the hour? TWO deadly evils are upon
us-unemployed labor and a bankrupt
treasury There can be no business
confidence in this country when the
treasury of the United States is with
out funds to meet it's current obliga
tions."
Mr.. Grosvenor paid some attention
to the statement that although McKin-
ley was elected, prosperity has not yet
come"
Gentlemen, he said, must bear in
mind that a violation of law always
merits and always receives punishment
The country that would turn its back
upon the prosperity of 1892 and de-
scend into the blunder of 1894 must
expect punishment"
There was no better doctrine in all
the range Of human thought than that
blessings follow repentance only when
works meet for repentance have been
done"
There stands upon the statute books
of to-day the accursed law that was
put there by the blinded Bourbon De-
mocracy While il stands there the
curse will remain. The curse is light
ened by the prospect that works meet
for repentance will be accomplished,
and so from Maine to California there
comes the cheering sound of improved
conditions. but while this is being done,
while the shouts of anticipated emanci-
patton are coming to us from al
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