The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-17
But Who Failed to Do So Because
Two Sound-Money Members of
Their Party Openly Objected.
SEVERAL SPIRITED TILT'
MEMORY OF PRESIDENT HAYES DE-
FAMED BY CHAMP CLARK,
And the President and Administers
ton ExcOriated by Mr.. Lentz I'm
Vituperative Terms.

| WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-The six days
debate On the currency bill closed In
sensational manner. The Republican lead
ers had evidently set trap for the minor
| ity to show that discord existed on the
money question. and 1t was timed so as to
make the scene as dramatic as possible.
| Just at the close Of the debate to-day three
Of the heavyweights. General Grosvenor. OF
Ohio, Mr. Dalzel, Of Pennsylvania, and
Mr.. Dolliver of Iowa, were put forward to
call the attention of the country to the
fact that in the long debate very little had
been heard about free coinage of silver at
| l6 to from the minority side of the House,
| and that not one had offered amend
ment containing such proposition. Mr..
| Grosvenor said it was one of the signs of
| the coming regeneration of the Democratic
party. Mr.. Richardson. the minority lead
| er, Indignantly denied any intention Of
! abandoning silver, and called attention to
the fact that under the special order un-
| der which the House was operating neith-
| er a substitute nor a motion to recommit
! vas In order. Then Mr.. Dalzell challenged
a member of the opposition to offer free
coinage amendment In response half the
| Democratic membership rose and demand
ed the privilege. but here and there was an
Eastern Democrat shouting disapproval.
| There were cries of Blur from the Demo-
cratic side but the Republicans, after the
|
| through Mr.. Overstreet, who was In charge
| OF the bill, asked unanimous consent for an
amendment to the rule to permit the
amendment to be offered. Then MIR. briggs
and Mr.. Levy, two New York Democrats,
| blocked the game with objections. No
amendment was offered to the bal to-day,
and only one section Of the bill was read.
| The whole time was occupied In tive-min-
| ute speeches.
| The incidents Of the day were sensa-
tional speech by Mr.. Lentz (Dem.. Ohio)
denouncing the prosecution Of the war in
| the Philippines and charging an alliance
| between Great Britain and the United
States to subvert liberty. one in South At
| rlca and one in the Orient. and an attack
upon the memory Of ex-President Hayes
| by Mr.. Clark (Dem, Mo-. Mr.. Brown. an
| Ohio Republican, warmly defending the
memory of MIR. Hayes. Mr.. Clark declared
| that Mr.. Hayes was a counterfeit Presi-
dent, for whom he had a supreme con-
tempt, even though he was dead. He stole
the presidency" said he savagely. ''the
greatest crime in the tide of times. l wish
he could have lived forever and borne the
scorn Of descent men to the end Of the
| world. His sepulchre should bear the
words: This man was guilty Of the monu-
mental crime against human liberty"
LENTZ'S VITUPERATlVE SPEECH.
Mr.. Lentz, in tie course of his speech.
said: I'VE are in favor of renominating
| William Jennings Bryan, and we will put in
| plank against trusts. We will put in
plank against Imperialism. and We will put
| In a plank against the British alliance. an
| alliance that is now open and apparent.
| [Applause on the Democratic side.l They
are shooting down liberty in South Africa.
while you are shooting IT down in the Phil
| ippines. lApplause on the Democratic
side.l This is evidence sufficient that both
governments are operating upon parallel
lines The first blossom of liberty in the
Orient to be cut off by the Republican party
| of the United States. the first substantial
struggle for liberty in Africa to be moved
down in its infancy by the Queen of Eng
land, with the Car asking for a peace con-
ference. II things are not inside out. how
| can the Republican party stand impotent
and silent while England is shooting to
death a republic in South Africa, and while.
under the military and imperialistic powers
that patronage has delivered to the Presi-
dent here, the crime OF crimes is being CON-
| mitted under the stars and stripes of the
| Union?
1.-The President, at Madison, Wis, said:
| One small fraction Of one small tribe re-
| sists our authority in the Orient Aye. my
| friends. with an army there and on the
way of seventy-fve thousand men, to SUBJ
| due one small fraction of one small tribe
an army larger than Sherman needed to
march to the sea-an army larger than
Grant needed to take Vicksburg-is now
called into requisition and kept there for
nearly a year to subdue one small fraction
| of one small tribe. Is that the source OF
| your prosperity? Is your Egan pension Of
| $4,000 for being reduced. degraded and dis
honored? Is your beef trust, that MUIR
dered 4.s00 men, while the Spaniards only
killed 3S0-is that the source Of your pros
perity? Applause on Democratic side.] Is
your humiliati and subordination of the
man who won the most magnificent victory
that the world has ever seen. Winfield
Scott Schley Applause on Democratic
side] is that the source Of your prosperity?
Is your subordination Of Brooke and Miles
and Merritt. the who had been
trained, together with their associates, at
an expense of millions Of dollars to this
country. and putting OF politicians In the
army saddles that the cause Of your