The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24
staneIpas Day.

Washington, May 23.-PreVious an nouneement having been made that this would be stand pat day" In the House the galleries were comfortably filled and a large membership present upon the floor when MT Charles B. Lands of In- diana arose to speak. The republicans gave MT. Landis an enthusiastic recep- tion He said that during the ten years the republicans have been faced with two separate and distinct classes of prob lems. those problems growing out of ad- versty and those growing out of pros perity.
 "The democratic party bequeathed to us the problems of diversity. We are our selves responsible for the problems of prosperity" he said. "We solved the pro- blems of democratic diversity and we are solving the problems that came with the republican prosperity. l believe too that the people of this country are with the republican party on the solution of these problems of prosperity"
 He asked that the people be patient, have faith and confidence in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. Have faith in your President, who by reason of his matchless grasp of national and inter- national questions Is the leading citizen of Chrstendom." When he stated that he still had faith in the Dngley law the taneous outburst of applause which made the Indianian smile appreciatively.
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 "Cleveland had been in for four years.' said MT Landls, "and the tariff for rev enue only when the Wilson bill was in force. The nation and its people were in a state of insolvency. Tramping had be- come a fad and idleness profession. Me Kinley was elected and both branches of Congress were republican We were call ed in special session and the Dingley bill was presented. We wanted measure that would do two things: Put money in the national treasury and restore indus trial activity. Dingley. who was the greatest practical political economist of his day, said his bill would do the business and leave to you, hasn't it done the bus mess tapplause), and gentlemen l want to say to you here and now that I am not one of those who will deliberately place the country into a condition auto-hypnotc by the suggestion and threat of tariff re- vision. I believe in letting well enough alone, especially when that well enough is getting better all the tlme.'
 
 lures taken by Harper's Weekly in 1894 showing the condition of affairs In that year. He first called attention to the pie ture entitled "Coxey's Army in Washing tion, and said that they had come to Washington and to the capital of the na- tion for the purpose of asking that $JO0- 000.000 be expended on the public roads. They did not want the money" he said, "they wanted it spent on the public roads cf.t hat bax ipb baN yvnrl< ff
 Another Pitcure.
 He called attention to another picture. ten thousand men marching up to the city hall in Boston and demanding work That condition of affairs. he said, had long sirre gone under republican rule.
 An animated colloquy ensued between the speaker and the floor leader of the minority Mir. Williams. and Mir. Landis, over the authenticity of the pictures.
 Mir. Landis stated he did not know when they were made. MT. Williams ob- tained the picture and found that tho Coxey army picture bore the date of May IA. 1894. He called the attention of the House to the fact that the Wilson-Gorman bill had not been passed at that date and the country was still operating under the Mckinley tariff law. This remark met with loud applause from the democrats. but only for a moment, when MT. Hill of CCnneGtlcul dTOSe anu stdttu titttt lht Nil- son-Gorman bill had been passed in Feb ruary of that year. nearly three months previous to the Coxey incident. This gave the republicans an opportunity to test the strength of their hands.
 MT. Landis took up the assertion of MT. Williams that corn was so low in 1890 and 1891. that the farmers were compelled to burn it for fuel He said he came from corn belt in Indiana and he denied that farmers were compelled to burn their corn.
 Mir. Williams insisted that he was right