The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-25
Speaks in House on the Oip-
 |omatic Bill
ANSWERS STAND PAT SPEECH
Pays Ills Respects to the Republican Party and It's Funny Man." Mir. Cushman of Washington.
 Was Appauded.

Washington. May 24.-Mr. Towne of New York, when he rose to address the House of Representative today, under general debate on the diplomatic bill, was accord ed an ovation by his associates on the democratic side, a number of republicans joining with them in giving him friend ly welcome Following closely in the foot steI of the speech made by MT Charles P Landis of Indiana yesterday, interest oentered in MT. Towne, who was expected to answer the stand pat" speech from the Hoosier state MT. Towne prefaced his remarks by an allusion to the speech made by MT. Cushman of Washington, whom he denominated the funny fel- low" of the republican party wherein the latter spoke rather disparagingly of the change in Mr. Townes politics. To this MT. Towne replied that if he had been content to swallow the prescription given 1.him by the republican party he would
 be in the republican ranks with 10
 republican majority at his back, and believed he could have continued in Congress for fifty years.
 
 changed it's position on the money ques- ton between 1888 and 1896, and as he de- sired to be in a position to champion bis convictions and as the republican party had no convictions during those years. he got out of the republican party. lJe spoke of MT. Landis' reference to tbe money question yesterday and declard that the latters reply to the interrup- Cons of democrets showed that ''whirl- wind orator from the Wabash was dense- ly ignorant of the money question. He confessed that the democratic party had made a tactical error in 1896, when 1t com mitted itself to the ratio of l6 to l, the republican party was dexterous in taking advantage of the affirmative position Of the democracy.
 Free Coinage.
 +Domocracy," he said, stands in prin- eiule today where it stood in 1896 We do not demand free coinage today. Why? Be- cause we do not need it.
 Speaking of the increase In the produe- tion of gold, he said, addressing the re- publioans: You did not know what you wanted in 1896, and even now you do not know what you have got. This increase nf gold supply saved your faces as well as your offices. The people decided not to onen the hints, but heaven decided to open the mires. It was both wiser ana
 
 He quoted from Roosevelts "Lh1e or Benton" to show that the president was also out of tune with his party, as the marty was sometimes out of tune with itself
 "In Roosevelt's Life of Benton,' ] think in the old first edition." said MT. Towne, you will find the following: Political economists have pretty generally agreed that protection is vicious in theory and
 faA Int n q of the people in interest wish it, and it affects only themselves, there is no earth lv reason why they should not be allowed to try the experiment to their hearts content" MT. Towne then read an ex- tract from the speech of the president ac- cepting the nomination. July A, 1soi wherein MT. Roosevelt said That when ever the need arises, there should be readiustment of the tariff schedules is undoubted but such change can, With safety, be made only by those whose de- votion to the principles of high protective tariff is beyond question:
 .'It is not pleasant to examine he said "and I shall not examine the question of veracity between high executive off, cer, especially the president of the United States, and other honorable and reputable gentlemen. It is enough to say that 1t Is exceedingly unfortunate that this par
 
 raise the question of veracty with every public character he has come in contact with during his administration. Applause on the democratic sde)
 Payne Interrupted.
 "'Does the gentleman mean to let that statement go into the record?" asked MT. Payne Docs the gentleman mean to make such broad statement as that today that nearly every man. said MT. Payne
 ..No." interposed MT. Towne, 'I will say with very great many that the returns fare not all in" Applause on the demo- cratic side)
 "In the last campaign" continued Mr. Towne, 'it was admitted in many places in this country that the accusations brought against the republican party of complicity and partnership with those great economic forces that today prevail in the civilized world were true. There were great many thousand democrats in the country who believed, whether right ly or not, that the democratic candidate was largely sponsored by and represented the class as to which the masses of the democratic party charged that the repub- lican party was in partnership with Thousands of republicans therefore, who would otherwise have voted with their party. voted for Roosevelt and thou
 
 sands of democrats voted for him, too When he came into office he had promi- hence that no elective man in the history has had.
 Tn that attitude he could probably choose his allies to carry out ideas of legislation that he entertained. In the Senate of the United States these com binations were made with some repub- licans and democrats and were informed on the record and it is seldom chal- lenged by the other side, and which believe is the truth there was at one time arrived at an arrangement by which 47 or 50 votes, enough to pass the law were assured to the President upon the basis of an amendment to the rate pro- vision of the so-caled Hepburn law, pro- viding for a restricted court review and for a suspension of inteructory injunc- tions.
 within twenty-four hours after the agreement was reached without notice to his allies, even to his ally in his own cabinet, the attorney general, the set clement of that arrangement which is now known to be eminently satisfactory to the senator from Rhode Island, whose