The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05

and asked IL the commercial inter-
ests were 10 be hampered and check
ed by the stand pat policy and be-
cause of the lavish expenditures made
on account OF war. He was delighted
that the Senator from Massachusetts.
Mr.. Hemmenway, OF the committee
on reports had brought TO light that
the present revenue laws were fail
ure and 1t was well for the country
to know that the refusal TO amend
and change them was due to the fear
caused by the approaching cam
paign. Mr.. German dwelt upon the
prospects of not securing a river and
harbor bill and said that money for,
the improvement Of the rivers and
harbors was even more Important
than the payment of the salaries of
Congress.
I'VE have now" he said, More
ships than can be manned and a navy
five fold larger than ever contem-
plated by the fathers for the main
We had hearts OF the people OF the
South and Central America, he said,
we would not need such a navy which
La top-heavy. Let war wait and
commerce be protected" he went on,
Take from war and give the attor-
ney general a home. Make your ap-
propriations for the St. Louis fair
and for the harbors at Boston, New
York and other points Reduce your
duties and meet the competition
that is coming and coming rapidly.
That seems to me to be the policy
this country should adopt" He said
that our present era of prosperity
was on the wane.
Mr.. Spooner replied to Mr.. Cor
man, saying that the speech was
purely partisan. He assured Mr.. Cor
man that he need not fear prosperity
of the country and for a revenue that
would be adequate to enable us to
do all that we ought to do. He said
If the Democratic leader had stopped
to calculate he would have discov-
| cred that the era OF prosperity had
begun when the Democratic admin
| istration ended.
Mr.. Spooner made a personal ref
| erence to Mr.. German as The most
| adroit and non-partisan statesman in
| the world" which caused all the Sem
! ators, including Mr.. German, to smile
| He suspected Mr.. German, he said,
! of the authorship Of g part of the
! Democratic platform adopted at ST.
/ Louis. in 1888, but had not supposed
| that he had had anything to do with
! the tariff declarations of 1892. Which
| policy, he asked, will be adopted by
| the Democrat party-'I might say
the reunited Democracy at it's next
| convention? ?'
May we not" Mr.. Tillman asked
| BE allowed to adopt the Senators
| policy in regard to the Philippines
| and leave that to the Democratic
masses?"
Il don't know which branch Of
| the party will be in control" re-
| sponded Mr.. Spooner
To this sally Mr.. Tillrnan replied
NTatt
ernor CumminS with his Iowa idea
| will play in the Republican conven-
| tion.''
Mr.. Spooner then made the i'm
| portant and apparently authorized
announcement that the Republican
| party did not intend to enter into a
| revision Of the tariff at this session
CT Congress. Asked why, he replied
| tnat the reason was found in the fact
| that such an effort would too great
| ly disturb the business interests of
! the country. A Presidential election
was entirely sufficiently disturbing to
! business without adding unnecessarily
to the complications.
After further remarks by Messrs
Hale, Elkins. Mitchell and others
| the Senate adjourned until tomor-
| row.
THE HOUSE
| Washington. February 3.Indiana and
! Kentucky locked horns in the House to-
| day. The debate. which involved nearly
every member of both state delegations
| was fast and furious from start to fin
| ish. Kentucky demanded of Indiana
| the return OF w. H. Taylor that he
| might be tried for the assassination oi
! William Goebel. The assault was made
by Mr.. James (Ky) and the defense was
| led by Mr.. Crumpacker Ind-). Parti-
| san feeling rose to an extreme tension
and as either side scored, both ap
plause and derision resulted The de-
| bate was based on the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill.
Mr.. James feelingly declared at the
outset that the Rough Rider Presi.
dent was ridiculous in his message tC
Congress favoring international extra
| dition treaties, when one state couIc
not get from another fugutives from
justice. He mad. he said, introduced z
bill i'll which the federal governnlen n
where persons had been indicted 70
crime. For four years he said. CIV
ernor Durbin in Indiana, had protect =;
Taylor. who had heen regularly ind ct
ed III Kentucky for the murder OF Gre
bel: And vet / notice that when Dirr
| bin comes to town." continued :
| James. He is wined and dined by tsl
great Don Quixote upon extraoit or
| who absolutely confidee to Durbin tn
right 10 give the waiting and anSicI
| world the news that Hanna ON
for President il he wants TO. Aud W
! we all read that We again declare TIL
king can do no wrong
Mr.. C-umpacker. OF Indiana. arose I
make reply to Mr.. James, a1
brought storm OF questions frcm 81
, Democratic side. The governor OF u
diana needed no defense, began Nh
Crumpacker especially to any one &C
| quainted with the Kentucky election u
1899. He declared Taylor had bee
elected governor. that the KentucS
juries had been packed, and that histor
would justify the action of Indiana.
, Mr. Williams. of Mississippi com
, bated the idea that the Kentucky jurie
: were corrupt and rotten In some re
spects. he said. the speech Of Mt. Crun