The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-25
TONNE FOR
 DEMOCRATS New Yorkg> in the Lime
 light. MADE NOTEWORTHY SPEECH Q ~.mcs Plan of Attack Against
 Republicans. Declares Roosevelt Has Ceased to Figure and is Now Tied to Chariot
 of Rhode Islands
 Senator.

- New York, when he rose to address the House today under general debate on the diplomatic bill. was accorded an ovation by his associates on the Demo- cratic side, number of Republicans joining with them in giving him a friendly welcome.
 Following closely in the footsteps of the speech made by Mir. Charles B. Landis of Indiana yesterday, interest centered in MT. Towne. who was ex- pected to answer the stand pat speech of the gentleman from the Hoosier State.
 MT. Towne prefaced his remarks by an alIusion to the speech made by MT. Cushman of Washington, whom he de- nominated the funny fellow of the Republican party, wherein the latter spoke rather disparagingiy of the change in Mir. Towne's politics. To this. Mir Towne replied that if he had been content to swallow the prescrip- tien given him by the Republican party he would still be in the Republican ranks with 10000 Republican majority at his back. And he believed he could have continued in Congress for hfty years.
 Instead. however the Republican par ty changed it's position on tho money question between 1888 and 1896. and as he desired to be In a position to cham pion honestly his convictions and as inc Republican party had no convic- tions during those years he got out Of the Republican party.
 He spoke of MT. Landis's reference 10 the money question yesterday and de- clared that the Iatter's reply to tho interruptitAs of Democrats showed that '.whirlwind orator from the Wabash" was densely ignorant of the money question. He conceded that the Demo- cratic party had made tactical error in 1s0s, when it committed itself to the ratio of IS to 1. the Republican the ffrmative peaiton of the Demo-
 "pernocracy,g he said. 'sstands in principle today where 1t stood in 1896. We do not demand free coinage today Why? Because we do not need it. Speaking of the increase in the pro- auction of gold, he said, addressing tho Republicans: You did not know what you wanted In 1896, and even now you do not know what you have got. This increase of gold supply saved your faces as well as your offices. The peo- pie decided not to open the hints, but Heaven decided to open the mines. 1t was both wiser and kinder than you, (Applause.)
 He quoted from Roosevelt's Life of Benton" to show that the, President was also out of tune with his party es the party was sometimes out of tune with itself.
 Roosevelt and Protection.
 "In Roosevelt's Life of Benton think in the old first edition,' said MT. Towne, you will find the follow ing: Political economists have pret- ty generally agreed that protection Is vicious in theory and harmful in prac- tice. But if a majority of the people in interest wish it and 1t affects oAly themselves, there is no earthly reason why they should not be allowed to try the experiment to their hearts con- tent"
 MT. Towne then read from the speech of the President accepting the moni- nation July 24, 1904, wherein MT. Roosevelt said Wherein the neei arises there should be re-adJust- ment of the tariff schedules Is undoubt- ed, but such change can with safety be made only by those whose devotion to the principles of high protective tariff is beyond question"
 Having concluded the reading Mir Towne said: T refrain at present from producing other deadly parallel coll umns from the same high source. They can be produced, believe, on any sub ject he ever gave expression to, includ- ing the rate bill. (Great applausel It is not pleasant to examine. and I shall not examine the question of ve- especially the President of the United States, and other honorable and repu- table gentlemen. tI is enough to say that exceedingly unfortunate that this particular executive has the misfort- une to raise the question of veracity with every public character he has come in contact with during his admin istration.' (Applause on the Democrat ic side.)
 "Does the gentleman mean to let that statement go into the RecordT' asked MT. Payne.
 Does the gentleman mean to make such a broad statement as that to say the nearly everyT ?" said MT. Payne.
 "No,' interoosed MT. Towne. T will say with very great many that the returns are not all in" (Applause on the Democratic side.)
 'In the last campaign" continued MT. Towne, 1t was admitted in many places In this country that the accu- sations brought against the Republican marty of complicty and partnership with those great economic forces that today prevail in the civilized world were true There were great many thousand DenOCTdls iil thN NOuhti who belle I.d, whether rightly or not, that the Democratic candidate was largely sponsored by and represented tho class as to which the masses of tbe Democratic party charged that the Republican party was in partnership win Thousands of Republicans there fore who would otherwise have voted with their party. voted for Roosevelt and thousand of Democrats voted for him. too. When he came into office he had prominence that no executive in inc history or the world had.
 Tn that attitude hG could probably choose his allies to carry out ideas. of legislation that ho entertained. In the Senate of the United States these combinations were made with some Re- pubIicans and Democrgs and were Inc formed on the record and 1t Is sell dom challenged by the other side and which I believe Is the truth, there was at one time arrived at an arrangement by which forty-seven or fifty votes, enough to pass the law were assured