The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-17
TOMUMSON AND JOHNSTON HAVE
MAJOR|T|ES IN JACKSON COUNTY
StaNng Defeated for Governor by 27O VOBs While Senator
Morgan is 96 Votes Behind His Opponent
never so funny as when he tried to be seri



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Extravagant Eulogy of Cleveland
Later Mr.. Lands, republican, of Indiana
created considerable amusement by read
ing an extravagant eulogy of Grover Cleve-
land made by William IL. Wallace, of Mis-
souri, in seconding MIR. Clevelands nomi-
nation in 1892.
MIR. Lands read the extract to contrast
It. with the bitter denunciaton of Mr..
Cleveland in which democrats of the house
We're INDUCED in.
Mr.. Vandiver democrat, of Missouri, got
the floor next
The speech of the gentleman from In
diana, said he, lis the most unklndest cut
of ALL. 1t is true that We once believed
that fat-witted occupant of the White
House was democrat. But now we know
ne is a republican.
And you are welcome to him." ne
added, with wave of his hand toward the
republican side, amid democratic ap-
plause
Mr. Lentz, of Ohio, charged that the
pending bill had been prepared by the 5000
national banks, a select combination that
welded more influence than the Masonic
| fraternity, the Odd Fellows and the Red
Men combined. The bill was intended to
increase the power of the national banks
All the rest that was in 1t was already
| IN the law As he proceeded Mr.. Lentz's
| remarks became sensational
we are in favor of renominating W. j.
Bryan said he, land we will put in a
! plank against trusts, we will put in plank
| against imperialism, and we will put in a
| plank against the British alliance, an alli-
ance that is now open and apparent. (Ap-
plause on democratic side)
They are shooting down liberty in South
AFRICA, while you are shooting it down in
| the Philippines. applause on democratic
| side) That is evidence sufficient that both
| governments are operating upon parallel
| lines.
1.-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 England. with
| the car asking for a peace conference. If
| things are not inside out, how can the
| publican PARTY stand impotent and silent
| while England is shooting to death a repub
| lie in South Africa, and why under the
military and imperialis:fc powers that pa
tronage has delivered to the president here,
| the crime of crimes is being committed un-
| der the stars and stripes Of the union The
| president at Madison, Wis, said:
One Tribe Resists Authority
lone small fraction of one small tribe
resists our authority in the Orient Aye,
| my friends, with an army there and on the
| way of 70 900 men to subdue one small frac-
| ton of one small tribe, 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 year to subdue
| one small fraction of one small tribe. Is
| that the source of your prosperity? Is your
/ Egan pension of $75, 900 for being reduced,
| degraded and dishonored, Is your beef trust
| that murdered 1880 men while the Span
| iards only killed $50, is that the source of
| your prosperity? applause on democratic
side) Is you humiliation and and subordin-
| alton of the man who won the most mag
| nifcent naval victory that the world has
| ever seen-Winfield Scott Schley-(applause
| on the democratic side) Is that the source
| of your prosperity? Is your subordination
| of Brooke and Miles and Merritt, the men
| who had been trained together with their
| associates at an expense of millions or DOL
| lars to this country and putting OF poiiti-
| clans in the army saddle, is that the cause
| of your prosperity? applause on the DEM
| ocratic side) You will live to be ashamed
of your record. $500 ,
| In the closing hour of the DEBATE MT.
| Gaines of Tennessee, read tne io,oiwlns
| telegram from w. ]. Bryan IN reply 10
message sent him regarding his interview
on the house currency bill, in which Mr.
| Gaines stated that his application Of the
| term democracy was being perverted
| here: =,
"Austin, Tex, December 1t.
"5on. ]. w. Gaines, Washington
"Have seen report in morning paper, but
| do not recall any interview dn which used
| the language criticised. Have said that
| the bill is bad in every particular ana
| should be defeated, but have not said That
| 1t would hurt the democratic party or de-
| mocracy; believe it will injure tine coun-
! try. and it ouslpt to drive out of the re-
publican party all sincere believers in BIZ
metallism.
(signed) "W. J. BRYAN"
DeArniond Closed Debate
Mr. DeArmond, of Missouri, closed the
debate on the democratic side He called
attention to the fact tr1at only one section
of the bill had been read and no opper-
tunity had been given to amend the bill.
He declared that 1t was the opinion of the
minority side that the bill was designed to
create a huge, far-reacEning and all-pervad-
| ing bank trust. He had intended to Of
| fer an amendment, but the section to which
it would apply had not been reached. He
had it read at the clerks desk 1t pro-
vided that it should be unlawful for any
bank under Its provisions to combine with
any other bank for the purpose of increas-
ing or restricting THE coin in circulation,
credit or interest. That amendment, Mr.
DeAvmond said, If adopted might help to
prevent the fruition of the scheme in this
bill. BY this bill the government would
issue no more money. Its issue was to be
turned over by 1t to the banks so long, as
they operated the power in the interest of
themselves and the republican party.
The scenes attending the close of the de-
bate were exciting and dramatic. When