The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-01
GROVER DlNED
A C0LORED MAN
Fact Brought Out in Debate in
the House.
SEVERAL SHARP SPEECHES
REPUBLICANS ARRAIGNED FOR
THEIR MIsDoINGs.
:RAL SHARP SPEECHES

ERT ASHINGTON, Feb. Z9.-Mr. Cas-
w tor, elected to succeed the late
Mr.. Burke from the Third Penn
sylvania district, was sworn in when
the house convened today. The house
then went into committee Of the whole
TO consider the District of Columbia
appropriation bill
After Mr.. McCleary CNIinn). who is
IN charge of the bill. had explained its
provisions, Mr.. Gilbert CKy.) took up
the history of the Republican party.
proposing TO show what the party is
for and for what it stands.
Referring to the declaration Of a r
publican platform for free and equal
ity," Mr.. Gilbert mentioned the reten-
ton Of Mrs. Cox as postmaster at In
dianola, Miss, and to the appointment
of Mr.. Crum as collector at Charleston,
). c, and he~made reference 10 the
dining Of Booker T. Washington at
the White House, undertaking to de-
scribe the seating of the presidents
family at the table.
In CleveIand's Time.
Mr.. Scott (Kan.) asked Mr. Gilbert
if ne would criticise a Democratic
president if he should have a negro
dine with him as severely as he criti-
cised President Roosevelt.
An impossible assumption" declared
Mr.. Gilbert.
Mr.. Scott asked him if he did not
know that a negro dined at the White
House during President CIeveland's
first administration. to which Mr.. Gill
bert replied that the Democrats were
not particularly claiming Mr.. Cleveland
and that he was not a first-class Dem
ocrat.
Mr.. Scott then said that c. II. J.
Taylor, negro from Kansas, was
brought to Washington and was taken
TO the White House, when Mr.. Cleve-
land invited him to dine with him.
which invitation, he said, was accepted
Mr.. Scott drew a contrast between
Washington and Taylor, saying the for
ner was man OF recognized ability
and had been the guest of distinguished
people at home and abroad. including
Queen Victoria. and declared that the
latter had nothing to commend him
save the claim that he carried the
Democratic vote i'm his pocket He fur
ther said that Taylor had been ap-
pointed TO position i'm Washington.
And by Cleveland" suggested a
voice on the Republican side.
Democratic Warriors.
Continuing, Mr.. Gilbert said that in
the Spanish war there We're General
Miles, commanding general of the
army; Admiral Dewey at Manila, Ad-
miral Schley. Generals Lee. Wheeler
and Bell, all of whom were Democrats
On the other side. he said there was a
member of the Republican cabinet ac-
eused of sending embalmed beef to the
soldiers. ''Then," he said, there was
Republican horse doctor sent 20 Cuba
who was accused Of befriending the
gamblers and laW-breakers.'
He referred 10 the conviction of bath
bone and Nicely. and alluded to General
Funston, who. he charged, had violated
the rules OF civilized warfare in wear
ing the uniform of On enemy in the
capture Of Agu.naldo.
He next referred TO General Davis.
who he said. sold rice and other
provisions to starving natives at enor-
nous profits"
Mr.. Dalzell Of Pennsylvania. discuss
ing Canadian reciprocity, said he had
been able to find an exhaustive re-
search, a single argument which would
justify the negotiations of a reciprocity
treaty between the United States and
Canada.
End of Prosperity.
Mr.. Lowering Of Massachusetts
aroused the minority to applause when
he declared that while we arc talking
about standing pat. the great ship of
business is drifting on the rocks ard our
boasted prosperity is fast coming to an
end"
Mr.. Lowering prefaced this by say
/ ing that millions Of dollars had been
lost to manufacturers and thousands OF
laborers had been deprived of work be-
cause the government had not enlarged
! the drawback system. The remedy. ne
said. was easy. The relief demanded.
he declared. could be secured by sim
pie amendment to the drawback fe9-
ture Of TIE administrative act of the
Dingley law, and this could be done, he
said, without interfering with a single
schedule or in anywise reviewing the
tariff.
He differed, he said, from Mr.. Dalzell
in the matter OF demand for new
markets for goods of American manu-
facture. The manufacturers wanted an
outlet for their surplus products and
the demand for the new markets caused
them to realize that production had
passed beyond domestic consumption.
He urged the south TO increase the out
put of cotton and sai5 immigration
was needed greatly in the south. These
things, he said. would aid materially
in solving the race question.
The house adjourned until tomorrow
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