Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-18
A FREE PERFORMANCE.

A FREE PERFORMANCE,
"There are people In Washington city
today who are going down to thea
ter and paying out so cents each In
order to see performance Of Lilipu-
tians. What a sinful waste OF money,
when they can come up here and watch
this house perform six days In the
week for nothing,
Nov, Mr.. Chairman, q member OF
this house said to me the other day
'Cushman, what makes you so thin?
! Will tell you what makes me so thin.
| have half million earnest, patriot
ic. intelligent constituents behind me,
demanding that secure certain needed
and righteous legislation in their in
terest. That Is the pressure on me
from the rear.
when try Ia secure recognition and
an opportunity to bring up that legis-
laton for consideration | go up against
the stone wall that surrounds the
speaker OF the house and the commit
tee on rules. That is the pressure
on me from in front, and between the
pressure from the rear and the pres
sure from the front / have been Nat
tened out like a Cancelled postage
stamp.
Now In the three years that | have
been a member Of this body, | have
always approached that little machine
with the Difference due to its age and
its station: but | hope you will excuse
my frankness when | tell you that from
this time on ! will devote little OF
my time and 1.-THE of my energy to
putting a few spokes in the wheel OF
that machine that the designers OF the
vehicle never ordered.
Now, / will leave the consideration
Of this subject with the final observa.
tion that some time between now and
the close OF this session / will get
little time. at a suitable opportunity,
and will make a speech on the subject
Of the rules Of this house, and | prom
Use you that the speech VIII be so hot
that II will have to be printed on as
bestos paper and tied TO a hand gren-
ade for distribution"
THE RECIPROCITY MEASURE.
Mr.. Cushman then turned his atten-
ton TO the pending measure and It's
sponsors. After reading the utter.
ances of Harrison, Blaine and McKin-
ley on the subject OF reciprocity, TO
show that they did not advocate such
reciprocity as was contained in the
pending bill, Mr., Cushman said:
II appeal from the reciprocity OF
John Dalzell to the reciprocity Of Ben
jamin Harrison. | appeal from the re-
ciprocity OF Congressman Grosvenor
10 the reciprocity OF William McKin.
ley ! appeal from the reciprocity OF
Serene Il. Payne to the reciprocity OF
James G. Blaine. have been inter-
ested as well as entertained" he con.
tinued, by some peculiar statements
that have been made on the floor In
support OF this measure.
"The gentleman from New York (Mr,
Payne) on this side OF the chamber
proclaimed that this measure was the
height of Republican protection, and
then within an hour, before the sand
I'm the glass had run once, Mr.. McClel- |
Ian arose from the other side and an
nounced that he was going TO vote for |
Il because II was a breach In the wall |
OF protection and step toward free |
trade And these two speeches are |
printed in parallel columns " the same |
issue OF the Congressional Record |
There Is a picture.
"The gentleman from New York (Mr |
Payne) with one foot planted on the |
wall Of protection. with the other set |
firmly on the ramparts OF free trade |
with the American Sugar Refining com
pany in his arms and the platform Of
the Republican party In his hop-pock-
ct. There is a tableau that with the |
aid OF slow curtain and little red
fire would bring tears TO the eyes OF
an Egyptian mummy.
GOES AFTER GRosvENoR.
"My distinguished friend from Ohio,
(Mr. Grosvenor), for whom have a
very high regard. also spoke upon this
bill, and | desire to say here, and 70
give II all the emphasis | can, that he
Is personally responsible FOR the fact
that | occupy seat on this floor to-
day. The way 1t came about was this;
In my state, that great expansive !