The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-02

| which the majority of the house reg
| lister the will of the men who control the
| policies of the house-nothing more and
| nothing less Men who are opposed to
this will will be called upon to respond
| under the whip and sting of the party
lash, and they will be compelled to vote
against the convictions which they
themselves possess. Why, Mr.. Chair
man. you remember well, and so do
many other men here who were mem
bers of the Fifty-fourth congress, the
| miserable scene which was presented
here in the early days of that congress.
When the bond bill came out from the
committee on ways and means. with
out previous declaration from any ma
tional or state platform favorable
thereto, you remember that there was
little band of rebels, of which L was
one, and ! am proud that / was-(ap-
plause on the democratic sde)-a little
band of rebels organized against that
bill. We had q men solemnly pledged
to vote against it, who We're members
of the republican party, as | was then,
and you know that when the vote came
we had very sudden and rude awak-
ening. Why, l remember distinctly L
was in the cloak room and i heard the
mutterings and heard the complain
lngS OF men and the abuse of the COM
mittee because they had exceeded their
powers. l remember all that and
said to myself oh. we have this infa-
nous bill beaten, but / was mistaken.
Pretty soon the party lash cracked, the
mutterings ceased, the slaves got up
and wobbled out upon the floor of the
house of representatives like jelly-fish
and voted in favor of the bill that their
conscienceS and their constituents con-
demned. applause on the democratic
side). All, Mr.. Chairman, will it be
done in the Fifty fifth congress? Let
Us hope not, and yet If we must judge
of the future by the past, there can be
nothing but the belief at least, that
when that time comes those who shape
the destinies and the privileges and the
bills and the legislation of this house
Will direct the men who are sitting here
to-day, not as members of the house
of representatives, but as members of
the house of registers, to come out and
cast their votes in favor of the retire
ment of the greenbacks.
why, Mr. Chairman under existing
conditions we ought to change the oath
which we have taken here. We, each
of us, on the first day of each session,
walk up before the clerk and take an
oath that we Will support and defend
the constitution of the United States and
maintain true allegiance thereto, and
that we Will perform our duties as rep
resentatives to the best of our ability.
I'VE ought to modify it so it will read:
L solemnly swear that L will support
and defend the constitution of the Unit
ed States, provided we can get the
consent of the leading commercial ma
tions of the world; and l will perform
my duties If the speaker of the house
Will permit me to do So daughter and
applause)
/ Mr.. Chairman, in yonder chair sits
the gentleman who has led the fight
against the tyranny of these rules; and,
sir, let there be no mistake about what
the character of the complaint is. l
have not a word of fault to find with
the speaker of the house. He is not the
person that | am criticising. | am criti
cising the system, and not the man. If
we must have master Thomas b.
Reed is a good enough master for me;
but / object to a master. (Applause)
l believe that this ought to be a house
of sovereign representatives of the peo-
pie, who represent their views and not
the views of any master or of any man.
(Renewed applause. And, sir, when |
heard, as ! have heard, in yonder room
complainings of republican members at
the tyranny of the speaker. / retort TO
them by saying, that if YOU do not like
the tyranny of the speaker. shear him of
his power; you are the representatives
of that power, and If you have not got
the manhood to free yourselves, then
you ought never 10 complain again
you made your master.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi-Yeu
ought to be slaves
Mr.. Hartmann accept the suggestion
of my friend, you ought To be slaves"
Mr. Quigg-Nobody has complained.
Mr.. Hartman-If the gentleman from
New York would sit around that cloak
loom as much as ! have sat around. he
would hear a great many complaints.
do not think the gentleman from New
York will say that everything is as Sc
rene as summer day with reference
to the grinding process of the rules of
the Fifty-fifth congress.
Mr.. Quigg-I suspect my friend has so
mixed up his cloak rooms that he is
thinking of the wrong one. ddnghtef)
Mr.. Hartmann am glad the gentle
man made that suggestion. The gentle
man from Montana has mixed up his
cloak rooms and he is going to continue
TO mix them up. / want 10 say to the
gentleman from New York that l am
grateful 10 him for his suggestions. |
will tell him the facts. Mr.. Chairman. l
Will tell him what the men who are
mixing in that cloak room yonder are
going to do. They are going to do it in
1898 and 1900. cloud applause on the
democratic side.) And they are going
to continue TO do it under the declara-
tion of the Chicago platform and under
the leadership of William Jennings
Bryan of the United States. Great APP
plause on the democratic side)
Further than that. Mr.. Chairman. let
me say there is going To be no depart
ure whatever or modification of the
declaration of that platform; no modifi-
cation Of il or relaxation whatever We
propose To go on in favor of the free
coinage of silver by the independent ae-
ton Of the United States. We propose
10 go in in favor of the government is
suing all the money and not the banks
issuing the money. (Renewed applause.)
We are going To say that there shall be
no unlawful overriding by federal tri-
bunals of the institutions Of the state
and their jurisdiction