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has gone through a process of refining,
imported into the United States / S25- 1000
cents per pound"
Mr.. Payne-Mr. Chairman, 1 make the
point of order that the amendment is not
germane.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri wish you would
reserve it.
Mr.. Payne-I will reserve it FOR five
minutes in the interest of my friend.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri-Mr. Chairman, 1
have no desire whatever at this stage of
the proceedings to- inflict a speech upon
this house, but l want to explain this
amendment very briefly. The total diff
ferential on refined sugars imported into
this country amounts to $3.50 a ton. This
amendment cuts off $3.50 of that differen-
tial and leaves $780, If I had followed
my own inclination I would have offered
an amendment to cut it all off; but, yield
ing to the judgment of some of my
friends, have offered the amendment
which takes off $3.50 of that differential.
They say. and therefore / say, express
ing their opinion. that taking half of it
Off no possible injury can be done to the
producer of raw sugar in the United
States, and it still gives the American mar
ket to the American manufacturer But
1t does reduce the price of refined sugar
to the American consumer, and SO that
you cannot have any doubt about it, /
will tell you how. Last year we imported
and consumed 1885,, 160 tons. The reduction
that this amendment gives would amount
to $6.917,9 05 year-that is. it cuts off that
much annually of the enormous and I'M
Just profits of the sugar trust and gives
1t to the S3,000,000 American consumers of
refined sugar
Now, gentlemen, not only ON the Dem
ocratic side but the Republican side-and
n1,l mt cnHy l. 80
feelings, because like you all-time and
time again on that side of the house and
In Republican stump speeches and in Re
publican editorials we have heard the
American sugar trust denounced in the
severest terms that a man can pronounce
in the English language. Now you have
an opportunity of proving your faith by
your works, and If you vote against this
amendment forever and eternally here
after hold your peace about the extortion
Of the sugar trust.
Now, one word more For the seven
hundredth time, 1 think the gentleman
from New York, chairman OF the COM
m1ttee on ways and means, has referred
to a speech made here in the spring of
1897. 1 want him to get that right for
what / said was classic-borrowed bodily
from Sir Walter SCOTS "Marmion." That
was that 1 would destroy every custom
house in the United States from turret
to foundation stone" Now, will tell
you what I have to say about that. One
of my predecessors in this house, along
back In the sixties, was man of splendid
genius-Colonel George w. Anderson. He
had boxed the political compass complete
ly before he died. He had belonged to
every political party that was organized
In his time, except the Prohibitionist. He
was born a Democrat in Tennessee He
became a Wing, a Know Nothing and a
Republican; served four years in this
house as Republican and then, return
Ing to the Democrats, was made a judge
by appointment of Democratic governor
and died finally In the odor of Democratic
sanctity. While he was running for con-
gress the second time he was opposed by
a very able man, Colonel William F.
SwitZler, the Nestor of the editorial pro-
fession in Missouri In the debate Colonel
Switzlsr took an entire hour to prove that
Anderson was inconsistent When An
dersons time came the only reply that he
ever made to the charge OF Inconsistency
was, Fellow citizens, consistency be
damned!" II were not church member
I would repeat those words here today;
but, being a church member and being
afraid of getting turned out of the church
for swearing, will put it this way:
had rather be inconsistent and be right
than be consistent and be wrong.
If the Republicans want it, l will pre-
pare an illuminated edition of that speech
that made in the debate here in 1897 and
present every one of them with copy Of
it to frame and hang on his wall.
Mr. Payne-1 renew the point Of order,
Mr. Chairman.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri-Now, Mr.. Chair
man, on the point of order
The Chairman-The chair will hear the
gentleman from Missouri on the point Of
order
Mr.. Clark Of Missouri want to say
this: am afraid. to use q very common
western expression, that ''the horses eye
is sot." But want to say this (of course
the chairman understands that that Is
just figure of speech, for I hold him
personally in high esteem): On the Cuban
reciprocity bill. think 1t was, Mr.. Nor
rts Of Minnesota offered this same amend
ment, word for word. The chairman of
the committee on that occasion [Mr.
Sherman], splendid presiding officer,
ruled that it was not germane. Mr.. Nor
ris or somebody on that side-I think it
was Mr.. Tawnsy-appealed from the de-
cision of the chair. By q very large ma
jority the house Of representatives, large
~ Republican in its character, overruled
the chair and established the precedent by
q very large vote that this difterential
amendment Is germane. I believe It is
germane. The chief feature Of this bill
twelve days. 1t has been sugar, sugar all
the time, and this amendment deals with
sugar. Mr. Chairman, take 1t with all
due respect to the present occupant OF the
chair, or any other man that ever occu-
pied the chair or ever will occupy 1t, that
the house Of representatives II greater
than any chairman Of 1t ever was or ever
can be. That was the deliberate verdict
Of this house. and, as ! said here the
other day, 1t was splendid spectacle.
one Of the finest that have ever seen,
when enough Republicans marched down
that aisle and joined with us to march
between the tellsrs and overthrow the Re-
publican machine in this house. The Re-
publican insurrectos on that occasion
smancipated themselves from the shackles
which bound them for one brief, festing,
halcyon moment They must have felt
more like men. more like Americans,
when the sun set that day than they ever
felt on any other day Of their lives. Now,
Mr.. Chairman, that is the highest prece-
dent, the most binding one, 1t seems to
me, that can be found in the parliament
tary history of this house, and on that I
rest this case.
Now, It will be observed that Hon.
Serene e. Payne, chairman Of the
house committee on ways and means
and ex oficio Republican floor leader,
raised the point Of order against my
amendment. After debate on the point
Of order the chairman Of the committee
of the whole house, Mr.. Olmsted of
Pennsylvania, one of the most promi-
nent Republicans in the house, prompt
~ sustained Mr.. Payne's point Of order.
From the ruling Of the chair appeal
ed The Rannhlicans lined lin in favor