The sun., 1906-02-24
THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM
PrNKHOLLER on FREE ART.
Not from he Congregational Record.

Not from The CongrcssIonaf Hscoro'
MIR. Speaker, | rise TO protest against q
measure born OF the cunning deV'ltry y.
gang of conspirators calling themselves s"e
Free Art League. and Of the supne comp'unoo
of tho gentleman from Michigan. VINO nas
introduced II in this hon able body
measure. sir, which bids fair TO bring ou'
cherished insttushuns trembling In the puI
ance. then topping headlong to mother eaItn
in smithereens. A measure WHOM propoeo'
TO admit free OF tarif duty painted pictureo'
stachoos OF shameless huzaes dug up from
the horrors OF antikity woodcuts ensrasou
By tho pauper labor OF unfortunate iuriup'
which are destined to compete win iree
born, high priced American wages. anu
which must eventually. II not sooner, dras
down the income Of free Americana 70 the
pauperzatIon level Of the miserable pittahco
doled out TO said unfortunate Yurropeens.
Let us first, sir, examine into this insid]us
measure, which would food our fair shores
with so many pictures that our beloved peepui
would be distracted from their lawful anu
regular occupations. For why, do ASK. ior
why is the work Of artists livin' IN fore'gh
climes to be allowed to be brought here TO
compete with en- destroy our printin' ana
lithographn' industries? Only Echo answers,
and she don't answer loud. For my part
sir. am convinced that this is the nrst step
taken by group Of foreign Powers VINO long
has viewed with alarm the strides taken
by the sons of America, who nave ocen
marching on to victory in peace ana IN war,
throwing out the glad song of freedom ana
prayerfully remembern the warnings given IN
such solemn terms by the Fathers OF the Re-
public to wit: to steer clear OF foreign ALL
ance to uphold at all costs the sacred tariH
bequeathed to us through tho Revolutionary
martyrs who fought and bled and died Tor
their country.
We. sir. in our mighty strength, nave
throwed a At into the emperors and naughty
princelings of the Old World the old. worn
out world. ] shd say. were this suitable
time fer levitical mirth We have conkered
them in arts of peace and Industries. And
not one of EN- dares tackle us with horrors OF
war And they know it. Having conspired
together, they now propose to get Ut US ID
this underhand schemng way. To inter-
duCe their pictures, to Influence the plastic
minds of our beloved youth. and incline them
more an more first to tolerate them. then
admire, then adopt the principles on habits
of effect monarchy. Whom this occurs, sir
where will we be? A prey to the powers OF
darkness, a ruined nat on an awful example.
Sodom an Gomorry of lost hopes and van
ished patriotism. These shaking tones. this
trembling hand, these moist eyes are not
afrectations. sir. l shudder and weep to
think of the fate in store fer the children
of my constityents in Punkholler. whose hon.
able standards and broad views of humanity
try in my humble way to represent In TINS
Congress What, | demand, what do my
Punkhollerites care for one-legged stachoos.
chucked aside by some old Greek ages ago and
buried under seven thousand loads OF art!
II them stachoos want wuth taking kesr OF
when they was new and fresh. why In thunder
be they wuth takin keer Of now. and lettin
In free, TO compete with the high art turned
,k~Ar. ~ tha A IL
gamated Sculpting and Sandblasting Union?
Tell me that. sir. demand reply from
any hon Bile member Of this House. who may bs
in favor of tearing down our American ldeeH
and admitting them pictures free OF duty.
WHAT No reply? ! thought as much!
Again, sir, let me call attention to the fact
that even IL we did permit this combination
and alliance of foreign Powers TO send us
pictures free Of cost. how many OF the $4,000 900
Americans would ever see them? About
900 maybe, or 5000 at the outside. Would
my Punkhollerites ever git as much as
sount eyed glimpse at EN-: Not much, sir!
They d be hung in the palaces OF the rth in
New York. and Chicago, and Boston. in the
gray castles of Newport where tn swirling
tide and the salt spray browns outer the poor.
miserable our-hundred victims of effect aris-
tocracy all the good red American blood that
once flowed through the veins OF their pay
trotic ancestors, What DO they care for our
country right or wrong. but invariably right?
What do they care when they see the indus
trial MONUMENTS of our greatness trembltn'
in the balance, on the edge of falling into the
outstretched arms of bcsotted and rapacious
Yurropeen princes? Nothing, sir nothing.
| repeat Where is the freedom We used to
boast Of? Where is the American Eagle.
emblem of grit and git'har' Why did We
have Washington. and lincoln. and jackson?
Had Grant and Patrick Henry any excuse for
being? Does AppomattoX and Paul Jones
mean anything TO this present generation?
The inspired and immortal Declaration Shall
We drag il in the dust and mire like skirt
Topping down Broadway. or State street?
The Constitution of the Union-Vdliev Forge
| COMMERCIAL pFEsTRrCTIoN - FARRAGuT-
| Oh-h-h my fellow-countrymen' In this crisis
! in this hour when our national existence Is
| threatened by the undermining OF all that Is
| great and good anl protective when we are
| tremblin' in the balance. and threatened with
! aggression, ] appeal to you as paytriots-
| ms Americuns--to chuck them pictures and
! stachoos back inter the teeth OF that Old
| Schcmin' World that is a-trying to force 'em
| down our throats to choke and strangle and
| bust US and to lay this here insidius measure
| on tn table to die and rot and blow away into
| the dust of interminable space Great ap-
| plause. Motion seconded by the gentleman
| representing the constituency Of Bullpurp,
| Idaho, and carried BY an overwhelming ma
| jorIty.l