The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-25

speech, devoted nlInSel1 TO general ar
gument in favor of protection.
Mr.. Dockery Dem. MOI, who fol.
lowed, said it was not matter of sur
prise to him that the discussion of the
bill thus far had been tame and unin.
teresting "The truth is" said he, 1.-THE
people of this country want more money
and less taxes. democratic applause.
This bill does not represent the issue of
the late campaign. The people would
prefer to see $ll3,OOO,OOO more money
put into circulation than to see that
amount absorbed by the treasury"
Mr.. Dockery said it was lie in the
mouths of the Republicans to criticize
the bond issues of the lat e administra.
tion. "Mr. Cleveland was criticized on
his side of the house." said he, while
you endorsed his policy in the last con.
gress. Your committee on ways and
means refused to give the house an op.
portunity to vote ON the senate resolu.
tion prohibiting bond issues because
your leaders had been notified by 90 Re-
publicans from the west that they would
be compelled to vote for it.
Mr.. Dockery ridiculed the idea that
the present tariff law was the monster
which destroyed our indu stries. If il
had done so, why, he asked, had the
Republican members of the W ays and
means committee lifted the metal and
cotton schedules almost bodily from
this monstrous law? He denied that
there was an era of prosperity for labor
during the existence of the Mckinley
law and instanced the Carnegie strike.
That catastrophe, interrupted Mr..
Dalzell, "was the result of contest
between organized labor and the oppo
nents of organized labor. The Nc
Kinley law had nothing to do with it. g."
"Yes, and the protected employer
hired Pinkerton detectives to shoot
down organized labor" returned Mr..
Dockery. "A distinguished Republi-
can senator, then member of this
house, told me at the time that that
was the worst disaster the Republican
party had experienced in 90 years"
Mr.. DOckery was especially sarcastic
in his remarks on the absurdity of Civ.
ing alleged protection to agricultural
products. OF the $569, 100000 of prod
ucts exported by the United States last
products. In conclusion he said that
the policy of protection had driven our
flag from the high seas, impoverished
the laboring man and multiplied farm
mortgages.
Mr.. Newlands (Silverite, New then
took the floor as the spokesman of his
party.
He declared it is some times difficult
n of hU a
campaign, there can be no question that
as to the tariff the popular verdict Of
the last election was in favor of protec-
ton. The Democratic party declared
silver to be the dominant issue, and
nearly snatChed victory from the most
desperate conditions. AS it was, how.
ever, the people had declared in favor
of protection, and had given the Re.
publican party contract for prosperity,
and that party should, in its Judgment,
be allowed to carry out any reasonable
tariff policy without distractions and
with expedition.
Tariff legislation alone, he asserted,
would not give relief. Producing as
we do surplus of wheat, cotton and
other farm products, the price of the
exportable surplus is fixed in Liverpool,
and the Liverpool price fixes also the
domestic price. In Liverpool these
products come in competition with the
products of India, Russia and Argentina
and other countries, none of which are
upon a gold basis. These countries
are willing to accept the old silver price
for their products. The old silver price
means today one.half of the old gold
/ price, so we have the price of our farm
products cut in two by the competition
of these countries. Restore the old golC
price of silver, $1.29 per ounce. and we
Immediately restore the old gold prices
of our farm products, and this means
he said, protection to the American
farms and plantations just as the tarif
law means protection to the factory.
Mr.. Lacey (Rep., la. the mex
speaker, commented on the abuse o
President Cleveland by Democrats ant
Populists.
Mr.. McLaurin Dem., S. o., mem
ber of the ways and means committee
was the next speaker.
Mr.. McLaurin's speech was on pro
tective lines for southern industries. H
advocated a duty on cotton to keep ou
Egyptian grown cotton and also fayoret
protection on cotton manufactures AM
Dther articles of southern production.
, Mr.. McLaurin's demand for duty o.
cotton Great d a mild sensation, but
was heartily applauded by several O
the Democratic members from the cot
ton belt.
, While Mr. McLaurin was contrastin
the vast wealth of the manufacturin
states of the east with the poverty @
the farming states of the south MI
Linney (Rep., N. o. asked him wha
} was to hinder the people of the Caro-
linas from building factories and shar
ing in the sp0ils inst lad Of "cussing
their more eIterprising rivals.
"Ihe state OF affairs produced by tn
existence of the Republicans and POpu
! lists in the Carolinas," replied Mr.. No
Laurin, prevents the investment c
capital"
''Is not FREQ raw material the pet doc
trine of the Democracy" asked Nj
. Linney.
r ut is the pet doctrine" responde
| Mr.. McLaurin, with emphasis, "oi tn
] Democracy represented by Clevelan
| and Carlisle and those who have pros
[ tituted the name of Democracy an
| who were your aids and allies in th
J last campaign"
A large prn0rion Of the Democrat
on the floor applauded this statement
"Did not William j. Bryan vote fC
""Willlam j. Bryan" retorted Nj
McLaunn, "was responsible for his vot
10 his constituents and John l., Nc
Laurin in responsible to his.
= Mr.. Dolliyer rep, Ia, a member @
J the ways and means committee, wa
] the next speaker
Mr., Dolliver, in the course Of hi
speech, said:
"In the early stages of the tariff con