The times., 1897-03-24


that they were wrong and must fail. he
had seen the repeal OF the Sherman law
recommended and applied as panecea
and it failed. he had seen the Democrats
try the effect of the Wilson bill and pros
perity had not returned.
There was no question that as to the
tariff, the popular verdict at the last cleo
tion was in favor of protection. Had the
Democratic party declared the tanif 10 be
the leadinr q issue it would have been over
wbelmngly defeated. 1t acted wisely, an
nounced a truce regarding the tarili, anu
declared silver to be the dominant Issue,
and nearly snatched victory from the most
desperate conditions. Their victory would
have heel complete had not the l'emocrauc
marty presented other unnecessary issues,
winch handicapped Bryan's candldacy'
furnished preteXt for misrepresentation anu
abuse. and really divided the friends OF
silver 4 multiplication OF Issues created
a diversion of strength, and he was satlS-
fled that in the future the allied forces
would avoid this mistake, aud would make
himetallism the crucial issue. As 1t was
however. the people had declared IN FAVOR
of protection and had given the Republic IN
party a contract for prosperity.
He was N favor VI .ettlne them Try thlS
measure without delay, except Tor proper
discussion This would open the way TO
the only radical cUre-the fun res,olatieh
of silver as a money metal. 1t was no
time To play small IolItlcs. The decks
would he cleared for action at the Con-
e,.ess;opal election two years hence and
at tbe Presidential election four years
hence, by a prompt and generous response
to the verdict of the people, and the allied
forces could then appeal with absolute
confidence TO the conservative sen uhieh1
# the country, oyerawed at the last eiec-
lion hy the cIamor and frightened 10y the
instrumentation and abuse OF tEeir cp-
ponents, without the support of which
seEtl-r, ent, success Could reNeI lie assured
He placed before the Speakers desk
map OF the United States, and pointed out
that al. Coo miles of railroad had gone
INTO receivers hands in the past three
wears. These were represented by rel
lines on the map and were all IN the Sonth
md West and the Pacific States. What
reason. he asked, was there for TINS. ii
was pain o any student Of legislation that
this was the result or protection Tor New
England and Eastern industries ne
factories Of those sections enjoyed the
markets of the South ana West for their
protected products. They had accunu-
I.te8 Wealth and then grown richer by
lending money To the South and West
Mr.. Newlands claimed that the real
uuestiou before the people OF the United
states is financial, and the solution OF
difficulties was the remoneuza uon OF
silver TWENTY-FIVE years ago only Eng
land Portugal, and Turkey were god
standard countries, and 1t would be hke
Republican oratory to say Turkish mis-
rule was the result OF the use OF gold
aInua as money. He illustrated by the
man the distribution of the various 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-q lariers Of all the
gold in existence.
MIR. Fowler asked if the commerce Of
these nations was not much more than
three-quarters of all the commerce OF The
world.
AR. .Sewlands replied that he believed the
the domestic commerce. OF the United States
alone was equal t. that OF the world.
And that demonstrates" he said, the
powcr pf The United states alone, pit e
against the whole woril. TO restore silver
20 its use as primary money" Applause
and coagi atulations marked the close oil
his address
Mr.. Lacey spoke next in favor Of the bill,
referring to the declarations of the Demo-
Gratis. wn3. in one breath ask, Why doesn't
ourpTonised prosperity come right along
and in the next breath say there is plenty
. tn, .ar-tff fai
Nj Chairman" said Mr Lacey, THE stu
alton 5 too serious for delay on our part.
We cannot control the rate of progress
upon the bill after it passes from the House,
but we can deomnstrate to the people the
necessity for rapid action elsewhere.
Later Mr. Lacey was asked by Mr.. Handy
of DeIawar il be believed the gold Demo-
Gratis heIred the Republicans gain their
victory of last fall
Il think so, was the reply.
Mr. Handy-Well don't you think it's a
pretty hard return TO make for their aid to
force uron them such a tarin bin as this?
democratic applause)
Mr.. Lacey-Oh, well, Mr. Chairman, the
gold Democrats are not nearly so much
upnosed to a protective tariff law as they
were in 1892 They have had an oppor-
tunity ia the Tast four years to test the
beauties of one of their own. daughter
and applause)
To the inquiry of another Member Mr.
Lacey said he believed that even more
Democrats came 10 the Republican party
last year upon the tariff question than
upon the money question, although they
were not always frank enough TO own 1t.
Mr.. Lacey, in the remainder of his time,
defended Mr. Cleveland against the crit
icisrns of Democrats fer sending troops 70
Chicago to put down the railroad riots
of 1894, and argued that there was moth
ing upon which to base the charges against
the Supreme Court for ma king its decision
in the income tax case, and that no basis
whatever existed for the proposition that
the defeat Of that tax was responsible
for the present deficit in revenues
Mr.. McLaurin, as a member OF the Ways
and Means Committee. spoke for an hour
He said he was no protectionist, but as
the till was TO pass he demanded for his
section the same advantages given New
England and the States OF the East.
"If YOU protect New England manu-
facturers, then protect the raw material
of the South If cotton cloth is pro-
tected. the cotton from which IL is made
must be protected also. Those who spin
in New England can have bank accounts;
are they who produce raw cotton in the
South less worthy" tApplause.D
MI McLaurn made comparison be-
tween the wealth of tie East and that of
The South and West. He took twenty-one
States, including Ohio, and set their
statistics alongside the six New England
States, with New York, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey added. With 2S.CCo.G0G DoE-