The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-18

Clark, because he was the only Dem
oefat moth Of the Potomac and east
81 the Mississippi who stood true to
the democracy of the Mississippi val
icy NOW he wins the applause Of those
" =, 40 are hostile to every. principle Of
ne Democratic faith His place in this
mouse is on the otiser side Of the 20
ltseal aisle Democratic applause.}
Ar- clark read the Hepburn letter to
Secretary Gage branding it az a dis
grace While he was describing the
manner IN which deposits had been
made in national banks, Mr.. Lacey
tla-) interrupted him.
AndreY Jaekson's Course.
What didsArdrew jackson do about
deposits he inquired
He took them away from a lot of
thieves like these retorted Mr.. Clark.
ana placed them in the hands of hon
60 men democratic applapse.)
NoN crack away again..
tie put them in pet state banks,
SAID Mr. Lacey.
don't care about the state banks.
Instead Of rebuking Mr. Hepburn for
writing him such a letter, Secretary
Gage conferred upon him the greatest
favor ever conferred upon a bank since
banks were established.
Mr.. S4biey replied briefly. Ordinar-
lily, he said. he would be Inundated to
have the vice presidential nomiUdtiOn
publicly Withdrawn, but he had already
Withdrawn i'm favor Of Mr. Sulzer He
was mO-e concerned with the state
n.ent that he should take his seat on
The other side because he had changed
his position
IT claim equal honesty ior both posi-
tons believed in 1895 that bimetal-
IsTn was sacred, but events have 50
changed conditions by The ENORMOUS
production Of gold, that the priee-level
fer WhiCl both the gentleman from
Missouri Clark and I we're striving
was raised.
Silver Ridiculous Now.
"The cause held eacred then has
become ridiculous. 7 believe if the
Democratic party is victorious this fall
it will not be able to write a single line
of financial legislation in the next six
years. I am striving to do something
practicable and helpful ff the Demo-
cratic party IS to live, II must have a
policy. III must do something besides
carp and fault-fnding. If it viii adopt
a policy / viii keep Step with il, but if
it invites me to a BANQUET of carDing
and fault-fnding. it viii have 10 ex-
cUse me-" loud Republican applause.)
Mr.. Hepburn Of Iowa cauatiCally ar
raigned Mr.. SuIzer for his alleged mis-
statements in the face Of Secretary
Cages report. He denounced him for
alleging that Secretary Gage had adj
mttcd violation C the law. There
ought not to be an investigation of the
secretary Of the treasury. but there
ought To be a public rebuke Of a menu
Der who distorted the trUth. who dis
t0rted the facts, and Who elandered
hOnOred public officials Republican
applause)
Have a Controversy.
Mr.. Terry (ArkD and Mr. Cannon be-
came involved in a controversy toward
the close of the session. Mr. Terry de-
uOunced the war in the philippines as
criminal. Mr.. Cannon said the appro-
priation of S45. 600. 900 in the bill was to
support the army. uphold the flag and
sUDDvfss the insuTeCtiOn.
Mr.. Terry said he was willing to sup
port the flag. His denunciation was of
the purposes of the war He tainted
tie Republicans with forever wrapping
the flag about them and crying pa
triOtism
Mr.. Cannon declared that declama-
ton amounted to nothing. If an9One
was opposed to the appropriation for
the support Of the army, here was the
time and place He defied any one on
the ether side TO move TO strike il out
In response 10 this challenge Mr.. vii
l1anls Dem, Miss) replied in a brief
and ELOQUENT speech. There was not
an American citizen. ne declared. in or
out Of the house who was disioyal TO
the flag Of shis country. The gentle
man from Illinois with MS accustomed
shrewdness, had issued a challenge well
knowing that there was not man IN
the house, no matter how bitterly OPP
posed he might be to the imperialistic
policy, who would raise his hand
against our spiders dghting in the field.
whether the fstruggle in which they
were engaged was right o. wrong
Ready For the Fray.
4 believe said he, that the people
out there against whom tEey are fiSnt-
ing are struggling for their liberty. but
when my country lines UP for the fray
I am with II. He has issued a safe
challenge. But L am tired of this mis-
cradle suOterfuge by which it is at
tempted to confuse loyalty to the flag
with loyalty to the policy in which the
flag is disguised Great Democratic
aoo.auSe.)
Men had a right to oppose a no.icy
OF war He cited the example CT Burke
and Chatham. great men VINO had never
refused TO vote supplies for war. but
who had stood up in the house of COM
mons day after day entering their pro-
tests against the war wsged against
our ancestors, because they believed it
wrong The history Of the old world
held its lesson. AS Byron had said,
first came libeutV then glory. then
splcndor. then corruption, decay and
dear1.
Several amendments by Mr.. Lentz
and C7hGs to increase the aEpacpri2-
ton for rural free delivery were voted
DOWN The bin was then passed with
out division
At $40 p. NJ. the house adjourned IN
til o'clock tomorrow.
Favor Popular Vote Plan.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house COM