Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-23
AMUSED THE HOUSE
Representative Lands Enter
tanning Tariff Speech.
EXT0LLS THE DINGLEY LAW
Says It Has Done What Was Pre-
dicted of It.
PLENTY OF WORK FOR ALL MEN
Declares Reciprocity Champions and
Revisionists Are Free Trad
ers Disguised.
PLENTY OF WORK FOR ALL MEN

IF the democratic party should again
| come in power while Mr.. Williams lives L
| shall advocate the establishment of a new
| department of the government with repre-
| sentation in the cabinet. 1t viii be known
as the department of mendicancy There
| will be bureaus of beggary and divisions OF
want and despair. 1 think 1t would be fit
| and proper for Mr.. Williams to be the first
| secretary for this department"
| That reference to the minority leader is
| just one extract from the speech made in
| the House today by Representative Char
| lie Lands of Indiana-a speech that inter-
| ested and amused the House mighty and
| that kept the floor thronged for more than
! an hour and the chamber almost constantly
| ringing with applause. Mr.. Lands discussed
| the tariff from the point of view of the
stand-patter.
Record OF the Republicans.
1--WE republicans" he said, have been
having our own way about matters and
things for the last ten years. That is a
pretty long time, but it does not seem as
| long under a republican administration as
| it fc41ld seem under democratic admin
istration. 1T. has been long enough time
| for us to enact wise laws and rebuild the
| industrial temple for US to fight a foreign
| war and set up two separate and distinct
| republics and drive foreign nation from
| the western hemisphere for US to come
| into possession of a cluster of islands on
| the other side of the world and impress
| upon the people who inhabit them that the
school book and not the bolo Is the acknowl-
| edged badge of nineteenth century exist
| ence. 1t has been long enough to explode
| absolutely and for all time the policy of free
| silver by conn Getting with it the fuse of
daily fact running through all these years.
1 long u
| tion for the construction. of the Panama
| canal and do a whole lot of other things,
| any one of which would constitute a suffi-
| cient asset for an ordinary party and justify
| its asking for a renewed lease of power.
| During the last ten years the republican
| party has been faced with two separate
and distinct classes of problems. those
| problems growing out of adversely and
| those growing out of prosperity. The dem
| ocratc party bequeathed to us the problems
| of adversely. We are ourselves responst-
| BILE for the problems of prosperity. We
| solved the problems of democratic advers-
| ity and we are solving the problems that
| came with republican prosperity. I be-
| lieve too, that the people of this country
| are with the republican party in the solu-
| ton of these problems of prosperity. l
| would suggest too, that these problems
| which now face us are not problems to be
| solved by recrimination abuse, by
| throwing faith to the winds, nor by wav-
| ing goodbye to confidence. 1t was the
| hysteria of the people produced in this way.
syndicated by crafty politicians. that
| brought upon US that visitation of demo-
| cratic rinderpest thirteen years ago, and
| it is high time the people were getting
| down to first principals and taking stock
| Of real conditions"
| Results of the Dingley Law.
why, do you know I still have faith
| in the Dingley law? There may be some
sentiment about it. admit, for it was the
first measure for which cast my vote
| as a member of Congress. Cleveland had
| been in for four years and the tariff-for-
! revenue-only Wilson bill was in force. The
| nation and It's people We're in a state of
| insolvency. Tramping had become a fad
| and idleneSs a profession. Mckinley 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 In the national treas
ury and restore industrial activity. Ding
| ley. who was the greatest practical polt-
| ical economist of his day, said his bill
would do the business. Thomas B. Reed,
| the greatest Speaker the House of Repre-
| sentatives has ever had said the Dingey bill
would do the business. William Mckinley,
| the greatest protection President we ever
| had, said the Dingley bill would do the
| business. And / leave it to you-hasn't
| it done the business?
And 1 want to say here and now that
| l am not one of those who will deliberate
|
| autohypnosis by the suggestion and threat
| of tariff revision. believe in letting we'll
enough alone, especially when that we'll
enough Is getting better all the time.
II changed cars in Cincinnati recently.
In less distance than a block from the
| Union station l came upon an employment
| agency and in broad bold letters l read
| this sign, which said: All Kinds of Work
| for All Kinds of Men, That is the sign,
gentlemen, that is displayed in all the
great cities OF this republic after ten years
| of the Dngley law. That, after a demo-
cratic tariff revision era, when there was
no kind of work for any kind of man.
Why that republican sign is in the sky
| all over this broad land-All kinds Of work
| for all kinds Of men,
Free Traders in Disguise.
you would hearken to the voice of free
| trade democrats would you? You would
| give ear to free traders masquering in
| the guise of reciprocity champions and
| tariff revisionists. and that, too at time
| when the tide of hope. and ambition. and
prosperity. and glory was higher than ever
before recorded in the books of civiliza-
ton? Well. would not! I want it known
that / appreciate the present progress and
wealth, and development, and achieve
| ment; that ] believe that Mark Hanna
| advice is still good and I am willing to let
welI-enough alone. y
THE people will not be thrown into hys-
| terra over the contention Of the demo-
Gratis that American manufacturers are
selling abroad cheaper than at home
There is not a manufacturing nation on
earth OF which tnls same thing cannot
be truthfulIy said. Ii a recognized prin-
] ciple Of business.
'Tn his discussion q. few days ago Mr..
Williams OF Mississippi, the leader Of the
| democratic party on the door of this House,
made the most monstrous statement that
has ever been delivered in all the tariff dis
cussion OF moro than 100 years He stated
that he had written II out because he want
ed to measure his words when he said that
| he would rather live In country that
cattle and poll-and pay out OF the proceeds
directly once week from the. snbtreasHry
Ito al needy lab0refH working at lass than
1-thxn ta 3iyosunder tho present eyeteuns 4
neyer supposed that any man would nalls