The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-24

 HAVE A SAY Landis Speaks for the
 Dingley Law. coNTRADIcTED BY WILLIAMS Warm Debate in the House of
 Representatives. Coxey's Army and the Time of Its Campaign the Matter Over Which There is Centrover.y--Bcrning of Corn in West.
coNTRADIcTED BY WILLIAMS

nouNCenent having Deeu EAGe that this would be "stand-pat" day in the House. the galleries were comfortably filled and a large membership present on the floor when Charles B. Landis of Indiana, arose to speak. The RepubH- can side gave MT. Landis an enthusi- astic reception. He said that during the ten years the Republican party has been faced with two separate and dis tinct classes of problems. those prob lems growing out of diversity and those growing out of prosperity.
 The Democratic party bequeathed to us the problems of diversity. We are ourselves responsible for the prob lems of prosperity" he said. We solved the problems of Democratic ad versity, and we are solving the prob lems that came with the Republican prosperity. believe. too. that the people of this country are with the Re- publican party in the solution of these problems of prosperity"
 He asked that the people be patient and have faith and con6dence in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. Have faith in your President, who, by reason of his matchless grasp of national and international questions, is the leading citizen of Christiandom.'
 Loud applause).
 When he stated that he still had faith in the Dingley law. the Republican side gave Mir I.andts spontaneous outburst of applause which made the 1ndain smile appreciatingly. "Cleve- land had been in four years" said Mfr. Landis, ''and the tariff was for rev enue only when the Wilson bill was in force. The nation and it's people were in state of insolvency. Tramp ing had become fad and likeness a profession.
 The Great Mir. DinEIey.
 Me cKiniey was elected and both branches of Congress were Republican. We were called in special session, and the Dingley bill was presented. We wanted a measure that would do two things--put money iu the national treasury and restore industrial activ- ity Dingley. who. was the greatest practical political economist of his day, said his bill would do the business And leave 1t to you--hasnt 1t done the business7 (Applausel.
 And gentlemen, I want to say to you here and now that am not one of those who will deliberately throw the country into a condition of auto hypnosis by the suggestion and threat of tariff revision. I believe in letting well enough alone. especially when that well enough is getting better all the time
 MT AA0HQle QlHpldytQ d nuIlDCF or pictures taken by Harper's Weekly in 1894. showing the condition of affairs in that year. He first called atten- tion to the picture entitled, "Coxey's Army in Washington" and said that they had come to Washington and to the Capitol of the nation for the pur- pose of asking that s6oO.ooO.00o be ex- pended on the public roads They did not want the money" he said. they wanted 1t spent on the public roads so that they might have work"
 He called attention to another pic ture. ten thousand men marching up to the city hall in Boston and demand ing work That condition of affairs. he said. had long since gone under Republican rule.
 Authenticity of Pictures.
 An animated colloquy ensued be tween the floor leader Of the minority, MT. Williams, and Mir. Landis. over the authenticity of the pictures.
 MT. Landis stated he did not know when they were made. MT. Williams obtained the picture and found that the coxev army picture bore the date of May 14. 1894 He Called the attention of the House to the fact that the Will son- German bill had not passed at that date and the country was still oper- atins under the Mckinley tariff law. This remark met with loud applause on
 
 for a moment, when Mir Hill of Con- nactinut rose and stated that the Will son-Gorman bill had been passed In February of that year, nearly three months previous to the Coxey incident This gave the Republicans an opportu- nitv to test the strength of their hands
 Mir. Landis took up the assertion Of MT williams that corn was so low in 1890 and 1891. that the farmers were coupelled to burn it for fuel. He said he came from a corn belt in Indiana and he denied that farmers were com neIled to burn their corn.
 Mir. Williams insisted that he was right in his statement. This brought MT Himshaw of Nebraska Into the oreana to say that he knew that corn was not burned in his State
 Repudiated by ReedeT.
 Mir. Reeder of Kansas followed to renudiate the statement that the farm CTS of the Sunflower State had burned their corn.
 For upwards of two hours Mir Landis spoke and when he concluded the Re- publican side arose. according him an ovation.
 pearance of General Coxey's army on inc grass about the capitol some years ago was told by MT Williams, (Miss) today in the House in reply to the stand pat" speech of MT Landis. He stated that he had walked through coxey's army while 1t was encamped in front of the capitol and at that time the wilson -Gorman bill was under dis cussion fin the Senate. He insisted that tbe government was still operating un- der the Mckinley bill at that time and that revenues were being collected un- der that Republican measure.
 MT Williams said he was encourag- sd in the fight the Democrats were roaking in favor of tariff reform be- cause of the number of Republican leaders who were dashing to the re- iisf to the protective tarifr. He said the sIedee hammer debater. Mir. Hepburn, 1Iowa) the chaste and brilliant Boutell ana even the humorist of the Repub- ItcaD aide. Mir Cushman. (Wash.) had been all communicated to support tha nrotectlve theory and he inferred Iron, this that the attacks were hav- ing effect. -,,,,,,--.. . that the worst thing about the protec- tive tariff was that 1t bribes and cor