Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-06-19

apon with searn and is ean4i9as aoRbtfHl investment by the lsajsisfn,.s of tho Uulted states
 ia addition, sr Press6ent it is saEy poor aG8nnent. when ven bsva 9eeh laabi1g some mm for yeaYs and ae asks you for justice, to say that yoe. propose 10 continue to rob him eP r,s.e ..s.. .no . say sass y2a e not tno w5s
 are going to gat the Hoae- which to restore thaF ' hies uiss unrighteously taken, t G1-s i- duty of the cong - e.- Gtafas to proyj9 as e..L 4Ea r1aife5 tit. g4'.S .s bill which shall not .o ,,S nest in its present applioa-
 tt which shall pay back some
 tion of that which has been taken from inc pockets of the toileHs of this laad
 have talked with the farmers in 20 states of Che Union since last fall, aud firmly believe that this tariff will 10 longer endure than uutii the farmers oi the United States can have chance to revise 1t at the polls, if you do not give to them some portion of its benefits
 The farmer is bending beneath q bur den which he cannot carry longer Ha i has been tho backbone of the integrity Of thc Uuittd States, but there comes ia the place of the free and indepesdent i farmer of this country 8 race of tenant 1 " to reap sarvilely where be saWed nobly, men who receive their opinions from others instead Of giving their own tindependenJ voice at tho polls and in all tLeir declarations to ther fellow men
 The senate of rho Unital States eaa afford ta be absolutely iast l believe the ameHdmeat should ba aa0Eted.
 Mir Chandler-May 1 as1 tlo senator from Utah 2 question:
 Mr Certainly.
 llr. Chaudlar--I g3ea53 sh~ ...4a. speak of robbery g 55as'- 5.5-==- - z.tsl. =. ..5 tariff. Dees tae senator sH' that the farmer has been l5dbeF i all these years by the tariff? i5 that the senator's argumentf
 EIr. Canuon-Yes, sir, decidedly
 Mr. GhandIer-Whena did tke senator first think that the American tariff SIS tem was a robbery of the farmer
 1lr. Gaunou-Just go soon as the sen ator gave sufficient attention to the sub feet to understand the truth Of il. l ad- vooated Republican tariffs as earnestly and as faithfully in my humble way as tho senator from New Hampshire, and ! believed exactly what l taught
 But am not disposed any longer to advocate system by which enc portion of the population is taxed for the benefit of another portion of the population. ! think that it is unfair to cherish only one class, and that the class which has already the most power of self protee= tion If the senator from New lamp shire will go across the plains of Kansas. as 1 have gone, and across the plains of Nebraska, l believe in him sufficiently to think he will come back and say tha5 this bill IS robbery of tEe American farmer.
 have st9tad tHat an in favor of q protective tarif system l stated that in the guilelessness of my seal, being a Republican. l went cut and advocated the Republican iaea af a protective tar ii. I never was brought quite 50 close | to responsibility concerning it hefoie as an today Heretofore I have discussed it on the stump advocating i in geaer= al termss Eut as saan a8 a#n confronted with responsibility which obliges me to look more closely into it's application 10 all tho people am simply disobargma my duty when l seek to amend thia measure so that it shall be honest to ali