The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-27
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viding for the appointment of a select com
mittee OF five members of the House to
investigate the charge which had been
made against him by Mr.. Dalzell. He and
other Democrats, including Mr.. Williams,
the minority leader, demanded immediate
consideration, but the speaker declined to
pass on a point of order against the reso-
luton until he had examined precedents.
MIR. DALZELL'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Dalzelrs speech was in reply to Mr.
Cochran. who addressed the House on Sat
urday last. He began by saying that the
time had come when the people would be
called upon to select an administration for
the next four years and il was well to dis
cuss some of the issues involved. Many is
sues, he said that had interested the coun-
try in the past had ceased TO be considered
now, but he said the tariff question was
one which still was before the public mind.
He inquired if the Democratic party
honest in its declarations of conservatism
made before each presidential election for
many years or was that party still, as it
always had been, a party advocating the
doctrine of free trade.
He said he would refer to the attitude
of two Democrats of prominence in the
House, one of whom was Mr.. Clark, of
Missouri, who, he said, I'm 1897, had advo-
Gated free trade. but whose views had since
changed. He said that If through Mr..
mitted TO. free trade, it was a long way off.
what are you bowling about them in
terjected Mr.. Clark, amid Democratic
The tariff. Mr.. Dalzell said, was to be
the burning question at the coming cleo
ton, and the honesty of the declarations of
either party of supreme Importance.
He said that the other Democrat to whom
he had referred was Mr.. Williams, of Mis-
sissippi, the minority leader, who also, in
1897, had declared for free trade. In the
n coming presidential election
he insisted. Mr. Williams was in favor of
a conservative advance toward free trade.
Mr.. DalZell then read from the Demo-
cratic campaign book of 1902, in which it
was said that reciprocity was a sham and
a humbug, and would ever remain delu-
sion and snare. But he said, the
latest declaration of the Democratic party
We had on Saturday last" He paid trib
ute to w. Bourke Cochran as an orator, as
d representative of Tammany," whose
speech was free trade without pretense,
frank, open, manly free trade not a pre-
tense that any laborer. farmer manu-
facturer might hope for anything by way
of tariff from the Democratic party, but
declaration that tariff in any shape or
form was simply public plumber. Mr.. Cock
ran, he said, had unfurled the banner of
free trade and invited his Democratic breth-
rem to follow him.
He referred to the great Democratic ap-
plause which had greeted Mr.. Cochran, and
said he concluded Mr.. Cochran spoke for
the Democratic party. He READ from Mr..
Cockran's speech in which Mr.. Cochran
said he would like to see every custom
house closed. That, he said, would be joy
Gus news to the laboring men of his (Ir
Dalzells) district in Pennsylvania.
Turning his attention to the Wilson BILL
which, he said, was at first designated as a
tariff for revenue only, he said that when
IL emerged from the Senate ii was a meas
ure indescribable'' and measure that
favored the great corporations of this coun-
try" He declared that Democratic senators
had sold themselves to trusts" and. he
added, amid screams of approval from the
Republicans. the bill was not two hours
in this House until you-turning to the
Democrats-joined in the bargain. He was
doing no injustice. he said, further than to
say that upon the faith of your own men,
bers the Senate and the House combined to
sell their constituency TO the trusts"
More Republican laughter and applause
greeted him when he said: "Oh, you are
very much afraid of the trusts when you
are not in partnership with them.'
SATURDAYS COLLOQUY.
Mr.. Dalzell referred to the merger de-
cision and the charge against the admin
istration of failure TO prosecute the trust
and received Republican applause when he
said that the first man publicly TO an
nounce the sufficiency of the Sherman anti
trust law was Mr.. Knox. Mr.. DalzeIl re-
ferred to the colloquy between himself and
Mr.. Cochran last Saturday and called at
tentien to the reply OF Mr.. Cochran that