Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06
GROSVENOR'S SPEECH
ENUNCIATES STEAMBOAT" POL
ICY OF THE REPUBLICANS.
Lively Political Speech in the House
Frequently Questioned by
the Democrats.

Representative Grosvenor of Ohio enter
tanned the House yesterday afternoon with
a lively political speech in which he enun-
ciated the stand pat" policy of the repub-
iican party and proclaimed republican prin-
ciples as the only means of maintaining
prosperity in The country. General Grosve-
nor said he would fight out the coming
campaign on single question. He would
simply ask the voters whether they pre-
fe-red the hard times Of the last Cleveland
administration or the prosperity following
the republican victory of 1896. In begin
ming his speech General Grosvenor declared
he was feeling in the very best of humor.
This was an Invitation for Interruptions
and interrogatories from the democratic
eide and they came in great numbers
General GrOSvenor spoke just after Mr.. De
Almond of Missouri had arraigned the re-
publicans for defeating general investlga-
ton Of the Post Office Department.
Mr.. DeArmond, he said, had indicted the
lea ders on the floor Of the House for an at
tempt to cover up crime. Mr.. Grosvenor
said he was sorry that the gentleman
course of thinking had led him to believe
there was no exception to the party men
Of the country, not even himself that all
were sinners.
Specifications Desired.
What crime" Mr.. Grosvenor asked,
branches Of the administration of the fed
Ell al government and by whom?
He sarcastically remarked that when a
member Of the House knew enough to hurl
In the face of the majority of the House
the charge that they were covering up ana
pr protecting crimes "he ought to know
enough to make some statement that some
body. somewhere. had committed some
crime" He declared. amid laughter. that
since the references to the post once re-
port In the House, the democrats had gone
through a series of "agonizings. The dy-
ing agony, he said, appeared to nave oeeh
transferred to Mr.. DeArmond.
.sWhy are you opposed to investigating
the Department." inquired Mr.. DeArmond.
For the manifest reason said MI.
Grosvenor. that the department has neeh
thoroughly investigated" He defied CON
tradiction that all wrong-doing had been
laid bare He challenged Mr.. DeArmohu
and called upon him to tell us ~nat w"
know should be laid bare.
Mr.. Grosvenor said this had been showh
by the convictions in washington. baiti-
more, New York and elsewhere. ana. ne
said, referring to the st. Louis pooo e
acauittals 80 far as we know OF the or 81 40
M ready-made, willing supreme court TO set
at liberty everybody who should pc con
1-icted.'' Democratic applause Followed an
INQUIRY from Mr.. DeArmond as 10 "NtH lsa
the gentleman would endeaVor 70 epS 20
one if the statue oI iiii'''io' 40
be insufficient. .;ao
Mr.. Grosvenor facing the democratic slue.
said that your entire clamor anu Sou
Iibelous attacks have been based upon hoGh-
inc hut a deliberate purpose to .tarnlsh the
DEMONSTRATION of your government IN the
interest of party politics. He assured the
democrats that If they Would come III WIZ
a single charge in writing that soinepouy
had committed a crime in the POST Oince
Department and had gone unprecedented
they will have an investigation instantly.
Tariff Changes.
The republicans of the House. he declared
were willing to stand on their record ana
let the stream rage around them. Iheii
branching off on the tariff he called upon
Mr.. DeArmond to state what ought to be
changed in the tariff. There; Womb pc no
ten of YOU" he said that will name the
same item, no five of you that Will come
within fifty per cent of it, and none OF you
will agree upon all of the Items of tins tar
iff' at which there was much laughter he
scored the democratic party on the tarlfl
question as being composed OF a. "disor-
ranized broken-up, dismembered. helter-
SHELTER crowd" He got into an argument
with Mr.. Clark (MoD regarding differences
of opinion among republicans on the tarlf1
question and said there was no oinerence Oh
opinion as to the true basis upon which
protection must stand. When the time
comes to amend the tariff he vehemently
stated. I'VE will amend 1T.
Mr. Grosvenor declared the republicans
would not disturb the peace of the country
and bring 1t to the condition Of 1893 through
an agitation of intended tariff revision that
would break up the flow of prosperity In
the country. He maintained that the busi-
ness interests would not trust the demo-
cratic party. He said that from the be-
Sinring of the history of the democratic
party whenever they have made tariff
agitation. bankruptcy. panic and hard times
have followed.
Prosecution Of the Trusts.
Mr.. Grosvenor declared that not one word
of praise or approval of the Sherman anti
trust law had come from democratic
sources He defended the President for his