The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-03-27
THE TARIFF AND SILVER
SECOND DAYS DEBATE nRINGs
OUT SOME WARM WORDS.
neEAuren wants Cotton Protected
while Newlnnds Champions
the white Metal.


advanced members poured In. and tbs
galleries became crowded.
Mr., Gibson Republican. Tennesseel. the
first speaker. delivered q general argu-
ment In favor Of protection Mr.. Dockery
democrat. Missouri. who followed. said
u was not n surprise to him that the
discussion thus rar had been tame and
undressing rThe truth Is" said he
"that the people of this country want
more money and less taxes. Democratic
appiause.) This bill does not represent
the issue OF the last campaign The peo-
pie would rather see S11aOoo.Oo0 more
money put In circulation than to see that
amount absorbed by the treasury" Mr..
Dockery said 1t did not lie In the mouths
OF the republicans to criticise the bond
issues OF the last administration. ''Cleve-
land was criticised on this side of the
house." said he. while you Endorsed 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 is
sues because your leaders had been noti-
ned by 90 republicans from the west that
they would be compelled to vote for it,
Mr.. Dockery ridiculed the idea that the
present tariff was a monster which had
destroyed our Industries IT 1t had done
50, why he asked. had the 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 existence Of
the Mckinley law, and instanced the Car
negie strike.
That catastrophe" interrupted Mr..
Dalzell. was a contest between organised
labor and the opponents OF organized Ia
Dor. Mckinley had nothing to do with
It."
Yes. and protected the employer who
hreo Ptnkerton detectives 10 shoot down
organized labor" returned Mr.. Doekery.
"A distinguished republican. then a MEM
Der Of this house, told me at the time 1t
was the worst disaster the republican
party had experienced in 20 years"
MI. Dockery was especially sarcastic
In his remarks on the absurdity Of Civ
ing alleged protection to agricultural
products OF $569 loo Of products ex-
ported by the United States last year.
$60l000OOo was agricultural products In
conclusion. he said the policy Of protec-
ton had driven our flag from the high
seas, impoverished laboring men and null
dplied farm mortgages.
Newlamds Talks for silver.
Mr. Newlands (silverite. Nevada) then
took the floor as the spokesman of his
party. which numbers three members in
the house. Mr.. Newlands discussed the
tariff bill from the standpoint of the sill
yer men who united with the democrats
and T1pulists during the last campaign
In opposition to the republicans. This ad-
vance, he said. still continued. and was
likely to amalgamate the combined forces
into one strong party. with silver as the
supreme, dominant issue All other Ques-
TONS he said, were subordinate to 1t,
and the largest tolerance was being ex-
ercised as to the differences of opinion
on other questions which hitherto had d.
vlded the various elements constituting
the silver forces Much depended In the
future upon the tolerance. wisdom and
conservative action Of the allied parties,
and he proposed to address himself to
the question of what line OF party action
would best promote the cause of bimetal-
hsm- which he regarded as the only rad
lcal cure for the present conditions. AL
though, he continued, cit Is sometimes
dtfhcult to determine the exact issues
settled by the campaign. there can be no |
question as to the tariff. The popular |
verdict Of the election was in favor Of |
protection The democratic party decIar- |
ed silver to be the dominant issue. and
the republican party snatched victory
from the most desperate conditions. The |
republican victory would have been COM
plete had not the democratic party pre-
scented other unnecessary issues, which /
Bryan's candidacy
ThtS furnished a pretext for misrepre-
sentation and abuse, and 1t really divided /
the friends Of silver. As II was however.
the people had declared in favor Of pro-
lection, and the republican party should.
lions and with expedition. Mr.. NewIands
declared that both Industrial and none
Iary legislation was necessary, and that Il
of the two the latter was the more nee
sssary. Tariff legislation alone, he as
serted. wonld not give relief. Producing.
As we do. a surplus Of wheat. cotton and
other farm products. the price Of
he exportable surplus IS fixed
n Liverpool. and the Liver
'ool price fixes also the domestic price.
IN the Liverpool markets these products
,ome In competition with the products Of
india. Russia, Argentine and other coun-
ries. none Of which are upon a gold
ASS. These countries are willing TO ac- |
'ept the old silver price for their prod
lcts- The old silver price means today
lah OF the old gold price. 50 we have
he price Of our farm products cut In two |
y competition with these countries. Re
tore the old gold price of silver, S1.29
er ounce, and we Immediately restore |
he old gold price for our farm products.
his means. he said, protection to the
american farms and plantations. Just as
tarin law means protection to the fac
DRY. We have, he continued, an indus
rial system in this country which makes
the object Of attack from all other
ountries.
Mr.: Lacey Republican. Iowa). the next
resident Cleveland by the democrats and
'opulists. and said in the debate not one
lind word had been said of the only man
rho carried the democratic party to VIC
DRY In quarter of a century.
Mr.. Handy, democrat of Delaware-Ia |
not pretty hard for the republican par
y to turn on the gold democrats, who |
helped II, with such a tarin bill az this?
MI. Lacey-The gold democrats have no |
Iuch hostility to the republican tariff as
hey had in 1892 The republicans had
lot attacked the Cleveland admiuistra |
ion for Issuing bonds, but for the policy
hat made them necessary.
MI. McLaurcn. democrat Of North Car
)lina, member Of the ways and means |
COMMITTEES, was the next speaker.
aeLauren Desires Cotton Protected.
MI. McLauren's speech was one on
prospective lines for southern industries. |
he advocated duty on cotton to keep
tut Egyptian crown cotton and also faV-
pred protection for cotton manufactured
mo other articles Of southern production.
oaL McLauren's demand for q duty on
cotton created a mild sensation, but II
vas heartily applauded by several Of the
democratic members from the cotton belt.
While Mr.. McLauren was contrasting the
'ast wealth OF the manufacturing states
u the east with the poverty Of the farm
i,! states OF the south, Mr.. Linney. pop |
illst OF North Carolina, asked him what |
vas to hinder the people Of the CaroIinas
rom building factories and sharing IN
he spells instead OF "cussIng'' their more
rivals.
The state Of affairs produced by the
Existence Of the republicans and the pop |
lists In the Carollnas." replied Mr.. Nc
lauren, prevents the investment Of cap
rs not free raw material The pet doc
rine OF the democracy?" asked Mr.. Lin
icy.
at Ii the pet doctrine" responded Mr..
dcLauren. with emphasis -of the DEM
cracy represented by Cleveland and Car