The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-23
DEMOCRATIC FOLLY
Dockery Attacks the Ding
ley Tariff Atrocity
Along SilVerite
Lines.
VERY INVOLVEMENT HISTORY
Disasters Caused by McKinleyism
Thrust in the Face of the
Protection Robbers.

bill. The first speaker CT the day was
Mr.. Gibson ReD., Tenn) in support of
the bill
He concentrated the two systems of
taxation-direct and indirect-and said
that any man who would vote for the
former, thus removing from the should
ers of the plutocrats Of the East the bur-
den of taxation and placing it on the
shoulders of the Popocrats of the West
and South. would be speedily and stern
ly rebuked and repudiated by his con-
stituency He stood where George Wash.
ington stood more than a century ago
when he signed the first law passed by
the American Congress, a law to- raise
revenue from the imports from foreign
lands and to encourage the establishment
and growth of home industries.
Mr.. Dockery Dem., MOI, opposing the
bill. said his complaint primarily and
essentially was that this measure, IN
volying the interests of the industries of
the country and providing for a taxation
amounting to s275. 900 a, year, was in
troduced and pressed here without oppor-
tunity to the minority to prepare their
Views or to draft substitute represent
ing the policy of the Democratic party.
The debate so far as 1t had progressed
had proved tame and unipterestings and
the fact was no surprise to him. The
people wanted more money and less taxes.
tApplause.) This bill did not represent
the issue which divided the people ia the
last campaign. Speaking for himself, and
he believed for the Democratic party he
preferred to legislate to put $119000 900
more money into circulation rather than
to exercise the sovereign power of taxa
ton and thus withdraw that amount
from circulation. (Applause.3
Mr. Dockery repeated the suggestion
heretofore Frequently made that It did
criticize the Cleveland administration
The party had endorsed the bond issues,
and had refused to pass the joint resolu-
Mr.. Ray (Rep., N. " endeavored to
divert Mr.. Dockery at this point by ask
ing, Do you suppose we would have
been tariff LAW on the statute books
producing sufficient revenue to meet the
e5pea,dstqlres a,1a Of the Government and to
But Mr.. Dockerys prompt response.
$50 you acknowledge that you did en-
dorse the bond issues evoked Demo-
cratic applause, and seemed to embar-
rass the gentleman from New York
Mr. Doclxery referred to Mr.. Dingley's
characterizaltfon of the Wilson-G German
jority of the COMMITTEES on Wa Ways So and and
Means with Mr.. Dingley's admission yes
terday that the iron and steel and cotton
practically copied into the bill under dis
cussion. He reviewed the history of
tariff legislation of the past decade. as
sert-ng that the Republican claims that
prosperity accompanied the operation of
the Mckinley bin was unfounded what
caused the awful Homestead riot. June
80, 1922" he asked, before Cleveland was
was in operation, if prosperity was its
handmade ?"
Mr. DazeH (Rep., Pa-)-s'Why. I'ai tell
the ss genqtleman # he wants to know
Mr Dockery (suavely)--Certainiy I do
and l wait the gentleman's answer
Mr.. Dalzell-That riot grew out of a
contest between organized labor and those
who were opposed to it.
Mr. Dockery (triumphantly and emphat-
ically)-And in which armed Pinkerton
detectives were employed by Carnegie, a
protected manufacturer, to shoot down
striking workingmen cloud Democratic
applause
Mr.. Dockery devoted himself for the re-
mainder of his time to a consideration
of the agricultural schedule, to show that
it would not and could not afford any
benefit or relief to the farmers of the
country for the reason that there was no
importations of their products with which
their own came into competition. In the
course of tbs part Of his remarks. an
interesting and lively colloquy ensued be-
tween Mr.. Dockery and Mr. Tawney
(Rep., NSinn.) over the matter Of mort
cages. .Mr. Dockery ironically asked how
much rne Dingley bill would aid the Min
on their lands.
Mr.. Tawney-I desire to say to my
friend that there are no farm mortgages
in the district represent.
Mr.. DOckery received the statement
with amazement, but retorted that the
official records would show and he de-
fed Mr. Tawney to contradict 1t, that
not a single Congressional district In the
Union was free from mortgages. Cap
plause.)
Mr.. Greene (Pop,, Neb.) interjected the
statement that there were farm mort
cages in Minnesota to the amount of
karro o,1d ~ s+s
thereto, to over $27,0 GOO.
Mr.. Dockery-I should have accepted
that statement from the official records,
but courtesy forbids me to do so. whcr,
the gentleman from Minnesota stands
here and tells the House it is not correct
(Applause.)
Mr.: Tawney---I was referring to my own
State (Derisive laughter by Democrats. )
When that had ceased Mr.. Tawney
asked Mr.. Dockery how many farm
MORTGAGES had been released in his State
Mr. Dockery replied, amid much laugh
ter from the Republicans that there had
been a little relief in that direction "But
you know he continued, energetically,
that the corrupting taint of protection
was left in every schedule in that bill,
except in free WOOL
Mr.. Dockery said in conclusion that
the policy of the Republican party had
cost the workingrnan his wages had sur
rendered to- Great Britain the supremacy
of the seas. and had Impoverished the
farmers of the land. Cloud applause)
Mr. Newlands, who spoke next in favor
of the bill, Illustrated MS remarks by a
map showing the distribution of the va
rious forms of money among the nations
of the world. This showed, he said that
the United States, Great Britain, France.
| Germany and Russia held three-quarters
of all the gold in existence.
Mr.. Fowler (Rep., N. d. asked if the
commerce Of these nations was not mucil
more than three-quarters of all the com
merce Of the world.
| Mr. Newlands replied that he believed
| the domestic commerce of the tinted
| States alone was equal to that of the
world "And that demonstrates he said.
| ssthe power of the United States alone.
! pitted against the whole world to restore
| silver to its use as primary MONEY!"
| MIR. Lacey (Rep., aIa.), who spoke newt
| in favor of the bill. referring to the
/ declarations of the Democrats who IN
! one breath ask Why doesn't your
! promised prosperity come right aiong -
/ and in the next breath say that there is
| plenty Of time in which to act on the
1 tariff bill. Mr.. Chairman, said Mr.
Lacey, the situation is too serious fol
/ delay on our part. We cannot control
| the rate of progress upon the bill affes
I it passes from the House, but we can
i demonstrate to the people the necessity
/ for rapid action elsewhere.
/ Later Mr. Lacey was asked by Mr.
| Handy S(Dem., DeE) If he thought tiis
| gold Democrats helped the Republicans
| gain their victory of last fall
Mr. Lacey thought they did,
j Mr.. Handy Well dos't yap thipk Its