The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-27
MONEY BOUGHT
THE ELECTION
Dalzell's Attack Upon Cochran
Proves 1.-The Crime of 1896"
EXCITING SCENE IN HOUSE
REPUBLICAN LEADERS DRIVEN
TO COVER.

| ID the house today, with MeSSrS.
! Dalzell and Cochran as the combatants.
! The speeches were a renewal of last
] saturdays debate but were more per
! Sonal in character. As on Saturday
| the speakers were greeted with vocif-
! erous applause by their respective col
! leagues. and the bitterness of party
/ feeling ran high. Mr.. DalZell had Mr..
! Cochran on the rack for nearly two
/ hours, during which time he had dealt
! largely with that gentlemans political
! history. Mr.. Cochran denounced the
! accusation Of Mr.. Dalzell, whom he
/ arraigned for making statements which
! could not be substantiated.
The climax came when ne offered a
] resolution providing for the appoint
ment of five TO investigate the charge
/ which had been made against him bv
/ Mr. Dalzell- He and other Democrats.
including Mr., Williams. the minority
leader demanded immediate considera-
/ ton. but the speaker declined to pass.
on d point Of order against the rcsOlU-
ton until he had examined precedents.
/ Routine Business.
When the house met Mr. Jenkins of
! Wisconsin, chairman of the committee
on Judiciary, moved the adoption of the
resolutions recently favOTably report
ed by his committee. inquiring what
action had been taken by the depart
. ment of justice regarding an investiga
. ton of the coal trust and whether or
not any prosecutions have been inSti-
, tuted by that department against the
/ individuals found guilty of violations
! OF the antitrust law in connection with
| the merger decision. The resolutions
! were adopted without discussion or di-
! vision
From the committee on rules, Mr..
| GrOsvenOr of Ohio reported a resOlu-
! ton providing that upon its adoption
: the house would take up and consider
/ the bill regarding the employment of
vessels of the United States for public
! purposes.
The previous question was ordered,
13S to 81. and forty minutes were al
/ lowed for debate on the rule.
De Almonds Speech.
Mr.. De Almond of Missouri discussed
the bill itself. and said it was nothing
| more nor less than a thinly disguised
subsidy measure The effects of the
/ passage of the bill would not only
grant to few American ship owners
large bonus out of the public treas
Z ury, but would give a bonus to the
managers of the Republican party in
the coming campaign.
In urging the adoption of the rule.
Mr. Stevens of Minnesota said the bill
! tended to encOurag &c the American peO-
pie to enlist themselves and their means
for the national benefit.
On rising vote the resolution was
/ adopted, l28 TO III. a strict party vote,
and the bill was taken up
Its consideration temporarily was de
/ ferred in order TO make way for the
/ conference report on the District Of
/ Columbia appropriation bill, which Oc-
/ casioned some debate.
DalzeI Attacks Cochran.
The conference report was agreed to
and the ship bill again taken up. Mr..
DalzeH Of Pennsylvania was recOg-
niZed and spoke in reply TO BOurke
Cochran. He began by saying that the
, time had come when the people would
( be called upon to select an admins
tratiOn for the next four years and it
was well to discuss some of the issues
involved
Many issues. he said. that had inter
. ested the country in the past. had
ceased to be considered now. but he
said the tariff question was still before
the public mind. He inquired if the
Democratic party was honest in its
declaration Of conservatism made be-
fore each presidential election for many
years. or was that party still. as it
always had been. "A party advocating
the doctrine Of free trade
Champ Clark's Retort.
ne SdlQ ne NOulQ IeleT TO the dlIl-
tude of two Democrats of prominence
i'm the house, one of whom was Mr.
Clark of Missouri, who, he said, in 1897
. had advocated free trade. but whose
views had since changed. He said that
. if through Mr.. Clark the Democratic
party was to be committed to free
trade. it was long way off.
What are you hOwling about them"
INTERCEPTED Mr. Clark. amid Demo-
cratic laughter.
The tariff. Mr.. Dalzcll said was to
be the leading question at the next
election. and the honesty of the dec
I laTatiOnS Of either party was of Su-
prcme Importance. He said that the
/ other Democrat To whom he had re-
ferred was Mr.. Williams CMissD. the
/ minority leader, who also in 1891 had
declared for free trade. In the pres
ence Of the coming presidential cleo
tion. he insisted. Mr.. Williams was in
I favor Of a conservative advance to-
ward free trade.
Mr.. Dalzell then read from the Demo-
cratic campaign book of 1902, i'm which
it was said that reciprocity was a
sham and d humbug and would ever
remain d delusiOn and a snare.
Tariff Question.
But" he said, "the latest declara-
ton of the Democratic party we had
on Saturday last" He paid tribute
To Bourke Cochran as an orator. as
"a representative of Tammany' whose
speech was free trade without pre-
tense, flank. open. manly free trade
not a pretense that any laborer. farm
er or manufacturer might hope for
anything by way of tariff from the
! Democratic party, but a declaration
that tariff in any shape or form was
! simply public plUuder." Mr.. Cochran.
| he said, had unfurled the banner Of
free trade and invited his Democratic
/ brethren to follow him. He referred
TO the great Democratic applause
which had greeted Mr.. Cochran and
said he concluded Mr.. Cochran spoke
for the Democratic party. He read
! from Mr.. Cockran's speech i'm which
! Mr.. Cochran said he would like to see
| every custom house closed That. he
said, would be joyous news TO the la
boring men Of his (Mr. DalzelIs) dis
! trict in Pennsylvania.
Republican Screams.
Turning his attention TO the Wilson
| bill, which, he said, was at first des-
| ignated as a tariff for revenue only, he
said that when it emerged from the
! senate IL was a measure 'indescrib-
! able and a measure that favored the
greatest trust of this country. He de-
| clared that the Democratic senator's
had sold themselves 10 the trusts. -