Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-24

the earth daughter.) That was the
theory What has actually happened may
be stated in a few plain words and sisuIes.
Ten million sheep driven TO the slausnter;
so 900, 900 pounds of American wool displakeu
in our own market; the Importation OF ciolSi
multiplied by 2; half the woolen mills idle
and locked up. the. Other half on IS scam any
wages and half time. the treasury. OF the
-United States 81. 0.0ss oea shy Qaughter); our
choice and select gentry disporting tnem-
selves in German Eiiglish ,,6 and e,ed Frencd
in oyercoats purchased during Harrison,e
admiriistration." itAPplause andt great
Mr.. Dolifrer concluded as follows: THE
Wilson law still stands and has for three
years stood on the statute books OF tne,
Urited States without friend ana Win
out a name stealing the revenues from
the treasury, wasting the resources Oh the
government, stealing away the earnings OF
Americana labor taking from the american
farms the market places of the United
States and of the world That law stands
on the statute book to-day and brings TINS
congress together in EXTRAORDINARY session.
Now ordinary sessions of congress do not
attract any public interest except cheer
full expression of relief sometimes when
the session is at an end. The American
people in ordinary times look TO congress
very muoh as the shipwrecked mariner
looks to Providence in a storm, not partic-
uIarly expecting anything, but because
everything else has been washed over
Nor is this slim and feeble faith of the
people in congress entirely to be reproved'
for In the world in which We live, what
ever we politicians may say on the stump,
the most that is done for us-and who
will pardon the figure-we have got to do
for ourselves.
s.If the American people ever get their
prosperity back, ii will come by their own
individual enterprise and courage, not by
edicts and proclamations, but by the hon
est and careful settlement of conditions
favorable to industry and investment. III
William Mckinley has been described as
an advance agent, Fastening TO the seat
of government in order to distribute pros,
perity from the east portico of the capltol
in a few well chosen words, the conception
belongs to the world of dreams and not
to the earth on which we live. No man
bears any such relation to the prosperity
of great people; but the man may stand.
and 1 reverently believe William Mekin-
ley does stand, as the chosen instrument IN
the hand of Providence to restore TO tine
United States public policy which has
never yet failed to enable the American
people, by their own honest hard work, 10
secure out of their own resources fair
level of prosperity a reasonable reward for
their labor and "a. reasonable dividend on
their investment Applause on. Republie-
At the conclusion of his speech, Mr.. Dol
liver was besieged' with Congratulations.
member of the ways and means. commit
tee, commenced his speech by referring to
occurred in this country for the last twelve
years at every national election. he claimed
It did not show any fickleness on the part
their part to obtain the prosperity they
sought. He said that in less than four
years two extraordinary. sessions OF con-
gTess. in times of peace had been called TO
remedy the existing depressed conditions.
He insisted that the present evils could not
have arisen from deficient revenue, or from
the impaired credit of the government. He
argued that the want of adequate protec-
ton for American industries could not be
the cause of the depression; that the sub
stance of this assertion, if true,. would be
that there had been an increased importa-
tio:l of foreign goods; and that ms lmpor-
vented the sale of home goods. He argued
thai the depressed condition of the manu-
featuring industries had not resulted from
facturer had lost his market. not because
the. foreigner had taken 1t, but because his
chases: that relief could not come to the
manufacturer until the price OF Wneat,
ccrn, oats, tobacco and other products IN
He insisted that the low price of these re-
suited from the appreciation OF gold, which
would continue SO long as silver was de-
monetized. He said the committee mad leIt
the impression that the sugar trust only
received q differential of u of cent per
pound, but asserted this was not true,
and that the differential in favor OF the
trust ranged from 4 to Is Of cent per
pound.
In conclusion, he characterized the bill
as the most ,eXorbitant IN IT'S exactons; ions;
the most iniquitous ever sought to be en-
acted in this country.
Mr.. Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri, the
last speaker of the day, while denouncing
the Republican policies, produced burst
of applause on the Democratic side by re-
ferring to Mr.. Cleveland as that great
Republican leader" This bill, he argued,
was an effort TO evade the real issue be-
fore the country.
At o'clock the house. under the order,
took a recess until o'clock.
The night was given over to set speeches.
There were not over forty members on the
floor. but the galleries were crowded to the
doors. Mr.. Howard Populist, of Alabama,
delivered a speech reeking with denuncia-
tions of capital. and charges of corruption
and jobbery against all branches of the
government. Mr.. Sperry, Republican, of
Connecticut, in the course of his speech,
presented a petition from the president
and faculty of Yale college in favor of plac-
Ing hooks on the free list. The other speak
ers were Messrs. Adamson, Democrat, of
Georgia: Clardy. Democrat. of Kentucky,
and Kelly. Populist, of South Dakota.
At 1920 the house adjourned.