The herald., 1898-01-28

publicans were opposed to the retire.
ment of the greenbacks.
But" continued he, what will they
do about it when the banking and cur
rency committee report the bill to re-
tire greenbacks? If we may judge the
future by the past, there is little doubt
of the result. There Is no longer 4
house of representatives" he cried in
stentorian tones, 'it is house of reg
isters--it is a house to register the will
of those who control 1t.
Mr.. Hartman proceeded to give an ac-
count of Republican history.
"a miserable scene," he denominated
that which occurred in 1894 when the
bond bill was before the house. The
hill" he said. had the endorsement OF u
Republican platform, of Republican
| caucus.
II was then" said he, zone of the little
band of rebels solemnly pledged to vote
against the bill. Just before the vote
was taken we counted noses ana NUM-
bered "A. 1 rejoiced that the Dill was
beaten. The cloak rooms were filled with
the mutterings of rebellion against the
domination of those in control. Then
suddenly the party whip began to crack
and the slaves filed out of the cloak
room one by one to vote for the Dill
| their consciences condemned. In this
house we should change the oath. IN
stead of taking an oath to support, pro-
| tect and defend the constitution or the
| United States and perform our duties 10
| the best of our ability we should AT the
opening of each session swear to support
protect and defend the constitution pro-
vded we can obtain the consent OF the
leading nations of the earth, and to per-
form our duties, If the speaker will per-
nit us to do so."
Mr.. Hartman proceeded to say that he
had no criticism to make against Speak
er Reed personally. 1t was the system
he opposed, not the man.
'If we must have a tyrant," he said,
'"Thomas B. Reed is good enough for
me-"
Again Mr.. Hartman adverted to the
mutterings he had heard in the cloak
rooms against the tyranny exercised by
the speaker.
II have told these complainants," said
Mr.. Hartman, time and again that If
they do not like the tyranny of the
speaker they should shear him of his
power"
Il am afraid the gentleman from
Montana has got his cloak rooms
mixed" interposed Mr.. Quigg, Repub-
lican, of New York. Republican
laughter)
perhaps 1 have" retorted Mr.. Hart
man, but 1 give notice that those who
are mixing their cloak rooms now will
do so in 1898 and 1900, and triumph
eventually upon declarations of the
Chicago platform and under the leader
ship of William j. Bryan" prolonged
Democratic and Populist applause)
Mr. Barrett. Republican, of Massa-
chusetts followed with some criticism of
the house rules, under which he as
serted the legislative functions of the
government had been transferred to the
senate end of the capitol.
Mr.. Dearmond, Democrat, of Missouri
criticised the Cuban policy of the ad-
ministration, and with fine sarcasm ridi-
culed the official explanation of the visit
of the battleship Maine to Havana har-
Dor. This drew from Mr.. Dolliver, Re-
publican, of Iowa an eloquent reply.
"The question of Cuba" said Mr. Dol
liver, "is not new question. For seven
wears the administration of Grant was
called upon to deal with an insurrection
similar to that of today and at the end
of that time, seven years of responsible
ity, seven years of anxiety, OF worry, IN
messages sent to this house he vindi-
Gated the policy of the administration,
and warned the country that any inter-
vention in the affairs of Cuba would be
not only unwise, but injurious. For my
part, 1 do not aspire to larger patriot
ism than that which governed the Of
fetal career of Ulysses s. Grant. For
my part, if I were looking for wiser
patriotism, l would not resort to the
rural districts of Missouri Qaughter).
My friend complains that the Repub-
licans on this side of the house are under
a tyranny and the mastery of one man.
deny it.
"There is no authority that constrains
the Republican majority here except
the policy of the Republican party and
the administration of a Republican
president. My friend says that we are
slaves. 1t is a little peculiar that we
have got to go to Missouri for informa-
tude under which we labor and under
which we have suffered so many months.
1t is true we have a leadership in this
house, and /, for one, have very often felt
certain sense of satisfaction that 1
have not possibly expressed, that we
have a leadership of brains and charac-
ter that men may follow, and follow
without any loss of self-respect (great
applause). l understand perfectly we'll
the failure and difficulty of my friend
from Missouri, and ! appreciate it. The
only leadership the Democratic party in
this house has had is the leadership in
it's own party 1t was put into the
hands of a distinguished young friend
of mine from Texas (Bailey). and he had
to fight for it every day at the extra ses-
sion Qaughter). One day the gentle
man from Kansas (Simpson) got it away
from him, and the next day the sceptre