The herald., 1897-03-24
ELOQUENT
DOLLIVER
Puts Some Little Life Into
Tariff Debate
A FORENSIC MASTERPIECE
LOOMS UP LIKE A HEADLIGHTS
IN A FOG
A FORENSIC MASTERPIECE
The House Grinds at the Tariff Mill
The Senators Express Ideas
on Civil Service
ssociated Press Special Wire.


WASHINGTON March 23.--Although
several sharp passages at arms enlivened
the tariff debate in the house today the
brilliant speech of Dolliver Of Iowa was
distinctly the overshadowing feature OF
the day. 1t shone out through the
weary, monotonous gloom which has
so far pervaded the debate like loco
motive headlight in a fog. Dolliver Is q
finished orator and his speech today was
a masterpiece of forensic eloquence. Re-
plete with wit and glowing periods. II al
tcrnately aroused his Republican coll
leagues to unbounded enthusiasm ana
convulsed the house with laughter. Doll
liver is quick and adrot in the use OF the
foil and the Democrats refrained from
interrupting him.
McLauren. a Democrats, member OF
the ways and means committee, created
a mild sensation by boldly proclaiming
himself in favor of duty on cotton, ana
IL was noticeable that when he repudiateo
the free raw material doctrines Of Cleve-
land and Carlisle, land those who had
prostituted 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 ses-
sion were Messrs. Gibson OF Tennessee
Republican; Docker.y of Missouri, :oem-
| ccrat; Newlands Of Nevada. Lacey OF
Iowa, Swanson Of Virginia and Cochran
OF Missouri.
There were less than fifty members on
the floor when the house entered the Sec
ond day of the tariff debate at 10 o'clock
AS the day advanced members poured In
! and the galleries became crowded.
Gibson, Rep, Tennessee, was the hrst
speaker, and delivered general arsu-
ment in favor of protection.
| Dockery. Dem, of Missouri, who fol-
lowed, said 1t was not surprise to him
that the discussion thus far had been
tame and uninteresting.
''The truth is" said he, 1.-The people
| of this country want more money and
less taxes" Democratic applause.)
This bill does not represent an issue OF
the late campaign. The people would
prefer to see $113 ,0O00 900 more money put
| in circulation than to see that amount
absorbed by the treasury" Mr.. Dock
| cry said it did not lie in the mouths OF
Republicans to criticise the bond issues
of the last administration. "Mr. Cleve-
land was criticised on this side Of the
house." said he, while you indorsed his
| policy in the last congress- Your COM
mittee on ways and means refused to
| give the house an opportunity to vote
| on the senate resolution prohibiting the
bond issues, because your leaders had
been notified 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 monster which
had destroyed our industries. If 1t had
done so, why, he asked, had Republican
members of the ways and means commit
| tee lifted the metal and cotton schedules
almost bodily from this monstrous law?
| He denied that there was an era of PROS
perity for labor during the existing OF
the Mckinley law, and instanced the
Carnegie strike.
THAT catastrophe" interrupted Dali
zell, "was the result of contest be-
tween organized labor and the oppon-
| ents of organized labor The Mckinley
law had nothing to do with It,"
"Yes, and a protected employer hired
|
| ganized labor" returned Dockery. "A
distinguished Republican then meme
ber of this house, told me at the time
that it was the worst disaster the Repub-
lican party had experienced in twenty
years." Dockery was especially sarcas-
| tic in his remarks on the absurdity oG
giving alleged protection to agricultural
products. OF 1863 900 900 products exports
ed by the UnitedStates last year. $504. .000.-
900 were agricultural products. In con.'
clusion he said the policy of protection
has driven our flag from the high seas,
impoverished laboring men and muiti-
piled farm mortgages.
| Newlands of Nevada, Silverite. than
took the floor as spokesman for his par.
| ty, which numbers three members Of the
house. Newlands discussed the tartG
bill from the standpoint Of the silver
men. who united with the Democrats
and Populists during the last campaign
in opposition to the Republicans This
alliance. he said, still continued, ana
was likely to amalgamate the combined
forces into one strong party, with silver
as the supreme, dominant issue, all oth<
er questions being subordinate to II, and
the largest tolerance being exercised -
to the differences of opinion on other
questions which have divided the var1@
Gus elements constituting the si1voB
forces. Much depended in future upon
the tolerance, wisdom and conservatinu
| Of the action of the allied parties. or1
| he proposed to address himself 20 ~
| question of what line Of party, actlq
| would best promote the cause Of bimeto5
| lism. which he regarded a. the ONLY ~
| cal cure for present Conditions. Ak
| though. he continued. II Is eoriotilo1
| diflcult to determine the exact iruu@
settled BY the campsisn. thsrs ear -