The record-union., 1897-03-24
Handles the Subject in Mastery and
Eloquent Manner.
rlcLauren, Democrat of South Caro-
lima, Creates Little Sensation by
Repudiating the Free Raw rlateriai
Doctrine of Cleveland and Carlisle,
and PrOclaiming Himself in Favor
of Duty on Cotton.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-Although
several sharp passages at arms some
what enlivened the tariff debate in the
House to-day, the brilliant speech OF
Mr.. Dolliver of Iowa was distinctly the
overshadowing feature of the day. 1t
shone out through the weary, monoto-
nous gloom which has so far pervaded
the debate like locomotive headlight
in fog. Mr.. Dolliver is a finished
orator, and his speech to-day was a
mastery of forensic eloquence. Full
of wit and glowing periods, it alternate
ly aroused his Republican colleagues to
unbounded enthusiasm and convulsed
the House with laughter. Mr. Dolliver
is quick and adroit in the use of the
foil and the Democrats refrained from
interrupting him.
Mr.. McLauren, a Democratic member
of the Ways and Means Committee
from South Carolina, created a mild
sensation by boldly prOclaiming himself
in favor of a duty on cotton, and it was
noticeable that when he repudiated the
free raw material doctrine of Cleveland
and Carlisle, .sand those who had pros
tituted the name of Democracy" fully
three-fourths of the Democrats on the
floor sustained him with hand and
voice.
The other speakers during the day
session were Gibson (R.) of Tennessee,
Dockery Cd of Missouri, Newlands IS.
u of Nevada, Lacey R) of Iowa,
Swanson CD of Virginia and Cochran
CD of Missouri.
Gibson Rep.) of Tennessee, the first
speaker, delivered a general argument
in favor of protection.
Dockery Oem.) of Missouri who fol-
lowed, said it was not a surprise to him
that the discussion thus far had been
tame and unintereSting. 1.-THE truth
is,' said he, that the people of this
country want more money and less
taxes. Democratic applause.) This
bill does not represent the issue of the
late campaign. People would prefer to
see $113,000.000 more money put in
circulation than to see that amount
absorbed by the treasury" Dockery
said 1t did not lie in the mouths of Re-
publicans to criticise the bond issues of
the last Administration. Cleveland
was criticised on this side of the House -
said he, while you indorsed his policy
in the last Congress. Your Committee
on ways ana Means refused TO give the
House an opportunity to vote on the
Senate resolution prohibiting bond is
sues, because your leaders had been no.
titled by fifty Republicans from the
West that they would be compelled to
vote for it." Dockery ridiculed the idea
that the present tariff law was a mon
ster which had destroyed our indus
tries. If it had done so, why, he said,
had the Republican members of the
Ways and Means Committee lifted the
metal and cotton schedules almost bod
lily from this monstrous law? He denied
there was an era of prosperity for labor
during the existence of the Mckinley
law, and instanced the Carnegie strike.
THAT catastrophe" interrupted Dali
zell, was the result of a contest be-
tween organized labor and the op-
ponents of organized labor. The Nc
Kinley law had nothing to do with it"
Yes, and the protected employer
hired Pinkerton detectives to shoot
down organized labor" returned