The age-herald., 1899-01-08

democratic and the protective tariff and gold standard policies of the republican party.
 The result of the republican policy, he said already seen in the increase of our exports, bringing gold to this country and stopping the revolution of the 'endless chain" about which so much had been heard under MT. Cleveland's administra- ton. The issue had been clearly cut and distinctly defined, and the democratic ora tors had dwelt especially upon the men, aces of maintaining the gold standard.
 Mir. Grosvenor then outlined the action of congress under republican leadership in passing the Dingley bill Dwelling upon the passage of the bill he showed that there had been in the beginning an appar- ent majority in the senate against 1t, but never in the history of a free people had there been a better demonstration of the power of the majority of the people than had been shown in the passing of the Dngley bill through the senate. This was clear yielding to the popular demand, and was "strong monument to our free government. So," continued MT. Gros- venor, "the change in the tariff had been made, though none had been made in the currency laws. There had been made in the years of the republican administration and no two years had ever seen a more radical change than had occurred in the general conditions. He instanced the prosperity of the railroads declaring that no line of railroads was able to carry its business.
 America's Foreign Trade Also the foreign trade was without paral-
 lel In view of these facts, he had no doubt
 that MT Bryan had often had occasion to regret his utterances in the campaign. "The
 most unfortunate utterance public man
 ever made" he said. was MT. Bryans
 frequent inquiry whether General Prosper
 ity had yet arrived That inquir was be-
 meath the dignity of a great mana man
 made great by a great issue, II not by his own personal magnitude.
 The Chinese wall of foreign trade had been broken down, and for the first time in our history Europe was looking to the United States to fix the rate of exchange. He maintained that while there had been an unprecedented decrease in the revenues derived from abroad our agricultural products from abroad, the exportation of our manufactures had kept even pace with them. He proceeded in some detail to show thta American trade was penetrating all corners of the earth and winning for our country the admiration and envy of all mankind concluding with an appeal to the l country to sustain the policy which was do- | ing so much for it.
 Reply by MT. Underwood MT. Underwood (dem) of Alabama replied briefly to Mir. Grosvenor, urging the futility
 of recent tariff legislation in securing pros- perity and the lnactl0n O1 tHe party III | power on financial questions.
 | MT Cox (dem) of Tennessee also took up | the political theme, alleging that if the gov- l ernment was on gold standard it was not l due to any legislation by the party in | power, but through the course of the Sec-
 retary of the treasury.
 An amendment was made to the applica-
 tion of the civil service law as to emergency 1 employees. Those already in service under l the emergency applications are left outside | the civil service regulations, while those 1 hereafter appointed are brought within the
 operation of the law.
 | The bill was then reported back to the 1 house and agreed to throughout, with the | exception of the items relating to the civil 1 service commission which went over until
 Monday. The house then adjourned. THE SENATE
 | Washington, January 7.-At a brief ses- | sion of the senate today the first of the
 regular appropriation bills to be reported to | that body, the District of Columbia, was passed. It carried a trfle over seven mill
 lions of dollars, and was passed practically | without debate.
 | The presentation of a memorial from a | camp of confederate veterans in opposition
 to the proposition of MT. Butler, (pop.) of | North Carolina to pension ex-confederate 1 soldiers, made the text by MT. Allen | (pop) of Nebraska for some remarks, in the course of which he said that MT. Butler 1 in making his proposition and the president | in suggesting that the nation care for the ! graves of the confederate dead, had been 1 carried away by their enthusiasm