The record-union., 1897-03-24

fined to the mining belt, the wheat belt
| and the cotton belt had now extended
| to the Middle and Eastern States,
which We're suffering from the loss or
! the consuming capacity of the west
ern and Southern States. The increase
of protection to the factories would not
materially add to their prosperity, un-
| less the consuming capacity OF these
regions We're restored. That could not
be done by tariff legislation, but could
only be accomplished by legislation that
| would stop the appreciation of gold,
and thus relieve our wheat and cotton
| industries from the destructive compe-
tition of silver countries. The restor-
alton of bimetallism, conjointly with
reasonable tariff legislation, would, in
his Judgment, protect every American
| interest, and thus bring back a revived
prosperity to our home industries, our
mines, our farms, our plantations and
our factories, as well as to the COM
mercial transactions and our banking
| industry, which are dependent upon
them.
Lacey R) of Iowa, the next speaker,
commented on the abuse of President
| Cleveland by Democrats and Popuhsts,
| word had been said in behalf of the
| only men who carried the Democratic
rarty to power in a quarter of a CEN
tury The Populists, who abused the
| Democratic party in 1892, were its
| leaders in 1896.
Handy CD of Delaware-IS it not
pretty hard for the Republican party
| to turn on the gold Democrats, who
helped it, with such tariff bin as this?
Lacey-The gold Democrats have no
such hostility to a Republican tariff
as they had in 1892. The attacks on
| President Cleveland was really made,
Lacey insisted, on account of his action
during the Chicago strike in keeping
| the peace. "All honor to him for his
noble stand on that OCCASION" he add
| ed The Republicans had not attacked
| the Cleveland administration for issu-
| ing bonds, but for the policy that made
them necessary.
| McLauren CD of South Carolina,
member of the Ways and Means Com
| mittee was the next speaker. Me-
Lauren's speech was on prospective
lines for Southern industries. He ad-
yocated a duty on cotton to keep out
| Egyptian grown cotton, and also ia
vored protection on cotton manufac-
lures and other articles of Southern
production.
| McIauren's demand for a duty on
| cotton created a mild sensation, but 1T
was heartily applauded by several of
the Democratic members from the cot
ton States.
| While McLauren was contrasting the
vast wealth of the manufacturing
States of the East with the poverty of
! the farming States of the South, Lin
ney R.) of North Carolina asked him
what was to hinder the people of tn
| Carolinas from building factories and
sharing in the spoils, instead of 'cuss-
| ing" their more enterprisng rivals.
THE state of affairs produced by the
existence of the Republicans and Popu-
lists in the Carolinas," replied McLau-
rem. prevents the investment Of capi-
tal."
rs not free raw material the pet doc
trine of the Democracy" asked Lin
ney.
1T is the pet doctrine" responded
McLauren, with emphasis, "of the De-
mocracy represented by Cleveland and
Carlisle and those who have prostituted
the name of Democracy, and who were
your aides and allies in the last cam
paign."
A large proportion of the Democrats
on the floor applauded this statement.
Did not William ]. Bryan vote for
free wool?"