The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-24
THE DEBATE,
ChOle. Rlts From some Of toe T@Elf6
speeches Ia the HousS.

C1I0lea BITS BFom soma % w.
speeches Ia the HousS.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. March 81
There were less than hfty msmberS on
the foor when the house entered upon
the second day Of the tarin debate At
% o'clock. There were only few strag-
rlers N the galleries. As the day ad-
ynnced the members poured In and the
galleries became crowded.
Mr. Gibson (Rep., Tenn.( was the hrst
sneaker. He devoted himself to q gem
srsI argument in favor Of protection.
Mr. pockery, who followed, said It was
no, a matter Of surprise to him that
the discussion Of tho blu thus far had
been tame aud unInterestinE. The
truth ls.' said he, ''the people Of this
country want moro money and less
tSxes. This bin does not represent the
issue OF the late campaign. The people
would prefer TO see $uSO0O.VVV noEe
money put In circulation than 70 seS an
amount absorbed BY the treasury. AZ,
Nj. D0okerY said II was Q lie IN tho
mouths az the Republicans TO cridclse
flie bond Issues of the late adminigra-
~" ' s,de ~ tie houSe.' said he, while
you IndorSed his policy In the last Con-
gress Your committee on ways and
means refused TO give tho house an OPP
portunIiy to vote on the senate reSotu-
lion prohibiting bond Issues because
your leaders had been notified by htty
Republicans from the west that they
would be compelled TO vote for i"
Mr.. Dockery ridlculed the idea mat
the present tariff was the monster Whlch
had destroyed our Industries. II It bad
done a. why, he asked, had the Re-
publican members OF the ways 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 dur
ing the existence Of the Mckinley law,
and inGtanced the Carnegie strike.
That catastrophe" interrupted Mr..
DalzeII, was tho result Of q contest
between organized labor and the oppo-
nents OF organized labor. The Mckinley
law had nothing to do with 1t.
ASlIverite's Admission.
Mr.. Newlands (sIlverite, Of Nevada)
then took the door as the spokesman Of
his party. which numbers three mem
berA in the house.
Mr., NeWIands discussed the tariff bill
from the standpoint Of the silver men
who united with the Democrats and
Popullsts during the last campaign In
opposition to the Republicans. This al
lance, he said. Btlll continued, and was
likely to AmHlEamAte the allied forces
into one strong party, with silver nH the
supreme and dominant issue, all other
questions being subordinate TO It and
the largest tolerance being exercised as
90 difference OF opinion on other ques"
tlOnE which had hitherto divided the
various elements constituting the sll-
ver forces.
Though, ne continued. It Is some times
difficult 10 determine the exact Issues
settled by campaign, there can be no
question thHbas to the tariff the popular
verdict OF the last election was In favor
~ protection. The Democratic party
declared silver to be the dominant is-
sun and nearly Bnntched victory from
The most desperate conditions. As It
WAS, however, the people had declared
IN favor OF protection, and had given
tho Republican party contract for
prosperity, and that party should. In his
Judgment. be allowed TO carry out any
reasonable tariff policy without obstruc.
tiOnB, and with expedition,
We have, he continued, an Industrial
syEtcm In this country which makes II
the object OF attack from all other
countries. Our wages are much higher
than In any other country. and the unit
~ ali values here IL the daily wage
general reduction In wages would
bring about readjustmcnt or values that
would be destructive 10 the property
owners producers and debtors We
need. therefore, he said. tariff law 10
protect uS against the products OF
cheaper labor elsewhere. The protect
I've n,casurG that VIII protect us nBalnBt
tho existing agricultural competition
md the threatening manufacturing
competition OF silver countries must be
t,ic Legislation which viii restore the
lid relative value Of silver and gold.
%pch 4 law would BE- equivalent to turin
NJ 100 ner cent upon the products ~ Hll-
rar countries. for II would increase 10
mat extent the gold cost ~ such prod
nc,H. The competition OF Europe II In
rlghlllCant az compared with Tho exist
ing ana threatening competition Of Asia,
believe, he addcd, that the true policy