[ABIFF DEBATE OYER
„„re WITH A CHEAT BURST
tL°sC OF ORATORY.
front to Hear *5*®*®*** Anythin* In
■** pecollectlon of the Capitol Police
^Ur't »nd Wom*“ 8trn*Ble and Fight
Good Position—The Closing
,“rffhrS of Keed, Crl«p and Wlleon—
Sl>,,l eulogizes the American Market
*"the nest in the World—Sconce and
Inctdl'E*#*
En,l of the Tariff Discussion.
m?msr.TOT, Feb 2.—The tariff de
te pn the Wilson bill, which has oc
w ifj the attention in the house for
!”Pr ,,-efk!, closed to-day with a burst
[eratery, Speaker Crisp, ex-Speaker
jpoilaiiii Chairman Wilson of the
.„ an(] means committee appearing
n j|1P dosing' hours to prosecute and
defend the great issue—the inaugura
, m of a new economic system in the
' atest republic of the world. At
by anticipation of the speeches
[ ,ho leaders and the final vote, long
ire ;0 o’clock the public galleries
BVre black with people. Behind the
jcji, banked against the doors and
,3iis were others straining to get
lijht of the arena below. The re
ared galleries also were thronged
,nl even in the president’s gallery
(jp.ye was not a vacant seat.
The crash exceeded anything in the
r, ilieefion of the capitol police. Men
,„,i v.c men struggled and fought for
jnoo.l positions. Women were fright
and cried to get out of the
tangled mass of humanity. The ele
,3m> carried up loads only to find an
impassable barrier at the upper doors,
g,,|l,at the loads had to be carried
down again. One woman in the eleva
tor. finding that she could not get out
md that, the elevator hung at the tot
,sable 1c discharge its burden, sobbed
hv-tcric ally and fainted. A large man
fi i.'ht de sperately at the upper mid
ill? dorr of the gallery for admission
ini failing to make headway, jumped
on the t acks of the crowd and scram
bled over heads, crushing hats, until
be landed within the walls of the
chamber. The officers were power
leo to keep the crowd ih subjection.
Tire sergeant at arms of the house tel
enhomd to the city police headquar
ter. for a detail of men and a lieu
tenant and a squad of policemen were
tent to the galleries to assist the reg
ular capitol police in preventing a riot.
After an unsuccessful attempt
it filibustering by Mr. Lock
wood cf New York Mr. Richard
snn took the chair and announced
that the pending question was to
disc the debate on the amendments
to the barley schedule. Mr. Wilson
md Mr. Warner, the tellers, took their
places and the members came forward
to be counted. The motion was car
ried 179 to 0.
Mr. Lockwood was again on his feet
fighting for time and amendment and
motion followed in quick succession,
ta li foil by the wayside hut the pur
pose fur which the filibustering had
Ven inaugurated was .successful and
the two hands of the clock opposite
the speaker’s chair were pointing to
noon as the tellers took their places
on a motion. ,
Then the speaker reascended the
rostrum and the gavel was passed to
hint. Mr. Richardson moved around
to the area in front of the .speaker’s
chair and, according to parliamentary
formula, reported that the committee
of the whole had had under consid
eration house bill 4804, tariff bill, and
reported it to the house with sundry
amonciments.
Tbc speaker then announced that
three hours would be allowed for
closing debate, and said: “The chair
recognizes the gentleman from
Maine.'1
Mr. Reed rose from the center of the
republican side amid cheering and
hand dapping from the galleries and
hnzzas of his party friends about him.
He frowned and shook his head as
though the demonstration was dis
tastef ul to him. Standing in the isle
ma long Prince Albert coat with
head erect and defiant he began to
s?cak slowly and deliberately. In
open, r>g he said:
■a ,r.:a debate, which has extended over
one remarkable result has al
; 1. ''n reached—a result of the deepest
tv;,T 10 the country That result is
M.r.obill before us is odious to both sides
" >b- bouse. It
tivr.v V UCJiOVC lllttb WUiiD 11 1UUK.S
hlVF0 trade it does not accomplish it.
wili vote gainst this bill will do so
r>Vr U °Pf.“ns our markets to the destruc
liiasPJ11,011 of foreigners, and those who
ti’ -rr. , 11 with a reservation that they
c-iNu'i1-‘anvv devote themselves to a new
vjuaiwmst whatever barriers are left.
Ik!rf *?r sPeet’hes have been made in de
me bill on the other side, whether by
OKh JiTrf?-. 0 'Vere responsible only to their
W vStlt.u®ncios, or by the gentleman from
1vK1Dia» wh>> ought to have been
*hJw2. .k*8 sense of responsibility to the
eicrii4n« ntry; have one and all, with but rare
' 1,laced their authors uncompro
* exeept for temporary purposes, oa
‘ae °f unrestricted free trade.
iwicuTiON AND WAGES.
g r '. Reed quoted at jength from
nf i$h authorities as showing the
r,ngth of their confidence
- --v*™-in the
P^pcrity 0f this country and contin
M?w^.!lotatlon8 also ore reminders for you,
toat tL a r’ and a11 who boar me, to know
j,c American who has been long enough
hi8 opportunities has found the
eVn^CLror- wa*©* in the world. Is there
totior ln tbe bistory of the world of any
hke ours who has taken the
*ten *
#«;I,,?hic'11 we ore invited? Some gentle
liuj afi,2PSi are hastening to say that Eng
h,v«'/,r, us the needed example that we
that *,, V;° ,'urn to her history and find all
,!>e stat,™<!<5 by way of examples, just as in
■tall fin,in1? of taer political econpmlsts wo
Wanm „ i , at la necessary for advice, for
,‘nce an<l Instruction.
rvatCr- flno.t‘n? statistics to show the
K- - nse *n wages since 1800, Mr.
^“continued:
tafeViv ls tllat this very question of rising
trad,,, makes a good mony men free
'tat anp.^Ple with fixed incomes think
'°themanj'Lwhich raises wages is inimical
manufacturers who havo foreign
anxious to have wages
,BI8 Quoatir** °/4*UUttr‘t I confess to you that
l!«u ivY011 of was?os is to me the vital ques
*e*!th »i,n?ure our growth in civilization and
J«thPvft»Ymu'tnot only have wa es us hivh
^Cr^8lnD-C nmv; but constantly anl steadily
Jyincrpviin 1bisdoslreof mine for constant
»ve for ti!!^ *a*cs does not have its orlgn in
bon. ne mdividual but in love for the na
ei»logized the American
o*i„ 1 as being the best in the world
ftabne tlle ‘'Ufb wages paid here,
w°rkingmen to purchase
* J of the cqmforts. of life. In
iacreMJn,? this market, ha
«aid by leaving it to the steady in-■
"f*®®’ wh,ch th« figures of
^dr,c5 rel?°'t » conclusively
showed and which had not only re
ceived the sanction of the members
from New York, the secretary of the
treasury and the Democratic bureau
of statistics, this congress proposed to
J°y'r®r tho ,'vap» and so lessen the
market and then divide the market
with some one else and all on the
chance of getting the markets of the
world. He continued:
-.T’® *um. it up. if this protection slves ns
J®°?ey*n<l ®en and our vast country needs
both. It may show why we haveio wonder?
Jylly Prospered If it does I am inclined to
one'man'il t»hV'*y t0 have two Jobs hunting
1 1 k“p on m!lWn* new mills and
provent tbe committee on ways and
means from pulling down old ones. y*
aSS1 **??* ,do you say about the farmer'
•noii’ ??tlla^ subject i do not profess any
nwnt r »i^hn.in*’ b,ut the£0ls on* simple state?
ment I wish to make and leave the auestion
ibore if, wim cities growing up like mselo
manufacturing villages dotting every eligible
ail swarmlng with mouths to
‘be producers of food are worse off
y’beu half this country was a desert, X
b<w n’Jhn n?i\ “ *,av£r 0( Poetical economy. 1
imt«® wi? thins 1 have noticed In this d«
£?*? When the ventleman from Kansas (Mr
Simpson) vets a little money ahead he does
5.°atn,Sut.lt lnt0*bese immensely, prolltabl®
SeaJ“f?lti“r?s _He has ,0° much sense He
isdHcierhlhan™ecSptnia t0,d “ 80 E““ple
8 *h® w“*es of artisans have In
i*5ft£» ™ England say »MJ per week elnce
Wop the wages of agricultural laborers have
only increased U cents and whiie the Lan
cashire operatives In the factories live as well
exc®Pt Americans, the agrlcul
ttinil laborers are hardly better off than the
Peasantry. England’s example
will not do for agriculture. v
Nobody knows so well as I do how nuch 1
fai!ed t0 Presont even of my own com*
i* ?*the 6reat argument which
should control this vote. I have said not a
word of the great fall of prices which has al
ways come from the competition of the whole
JXT2JL rendered possible by protection and
substituted for the competition of a single
island. I have said not a word of the great
difference between the attitude of employers
who find their own workmen their best cus
tomers in their own land, and who are, there
fore, moved by their own best intereus to
give their workmen fair wages, and those who
sell abroad and are therefore anxious for low
wages at home, and on whom works unre
strictedly that pernicious doctrine—as wages
fall profits rise These and much more have
I omitted, for there is a limit to all speaking.
We know, my friends, that before this tri
bunal we all of us plead in vain. Why we fail
let those answer who read the touching words
of Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural and re
member that he pleaded in vain with these
men and their predecessors. Where he failed
we cannot expect to succeed. But though we
fail here to-day, like our great leader of other
days in the larger field before the mightier
tribunal which will finally and forever decide
this question, we shall be more than conquer
ors: lor this great nation, shaking off, as it has
once before the influence of a lower civiliza
tion, will go on to fill its hLh destiny until
over the South, as well as over the North,
shall be spread the full measure of that amaz
ing prosperity which is the wonder of the
world.
Throughout Mr. Reed’s speech h
was frequently interrupted with aj
plause and at times the Democrat
joined in the general laughter.
Speaker Crisp relinquished ih
chair to Mr. Hatch of Missouri and re
Burned the old seat which he had oc
cupied in the days before he was ele
vated to speakership. When he arosi
in his place he received an ovation.
MB. CBISP'S ARGUMENT.
Until he warmed up Mr. Crisp spoke
with the hesitation of a man weighing
each word and with a perceptible
tremor of the lip. As he became
aroused, however, he displayed more
freedom and ease until the words came
in a perfect torrent. As he proceeded
he was given generous applause by
his Democratic associates on the
floor, but his points were of an argu
mentative character which appealed
to the students of the question rather
than to the galleries. He referred to
the minority report and criticised that
feature which declared that the
foreigner paid the tax. In particular
he addressed himself to the ex
speaker, although the latter was still
held in the cloak room by the con
gratulatory hand shakes.
He said: “1 assume that the cause of
protection has no more able advocate,
I assume that the arguments for pro
tection can be put in no more forcible
form than that to which you have
listened to-day and I shall ask you
dispassionately to examine with me
that argument and then ask the judg
ment of the house as to whether the
cause attempted to be sustained can
be established consistently with right
and justice to the people of the United
States.”
Mr. Crisp declared that an examina
tion of the protective system would
show that while it was built up for
the ostensible benefit Of labor it was
in truth constructed for the benefit of
the manufacturing classes. He pointed
out that the wages of laborers in pro
tected industries went down and those
in unprotected industries went up as a
result of the McKinley act.
Mr. Crisp was greeted with ap
plause when he said that the thirty
years of protection was a period of
unrest during which the masses t
of the people had constantly
rebelled against the heavy burdens of
taxation. The people had always
been stilled at the polls by promises
to reduce the tariff, but once success
ful at the polls, the Republican legis
lators surrendered themselves, body
and soul to the manufacturing classes.
He pointed to the Chinese as an ex
ample of what had resulted from a
protective policy of hundreds of years,
which had sought to make China rich
by trading with itself.
MB. WILSON CLOSES THE DEBATE*
Mr. Wilson arose after Mr. Crisp and
was greeted with great cheers. He
said Mr. Reed has forsaken his usual
course of congressional procedure and
had recited a set oration with the
old set praises of protection “sickled
o’er with the pale.liue of philosophy.”
Turning to the subject in hand,
he eloquently portrayed the advance
of freedom. This bill, he said
was but one of these advances. No
McKinley bill could stem the advance
of human progress. Great causes
could not be laughed or ridiculed
awav and the gentleman from Maine
could not draw from his armory of
sarcasm and wit in order to stop the
advance of this cause of lightening
the burdens of taxation.
Referring to the income tax scheme,
Mr. Wilson said he had not wanted it
attached to this bill, but once attached
he supported it with all the loyalty at
his command. , , *
Mr. Wilson then related the story of
the English herring merchant who
wrote to Sir Robert Peel that he did
not want free trade as to herring as it
would let in Norwegian herring, but
'that on other goods he was a thorough
free trader. He appealed to his fel
low Democrats not to allow any her
ring arguments to impede the move
ment toward the overthrow of the
protective system.
There was continued applause aa
, Mr. 'Wilson denied the charges of seo
tionalism in the bill. lie said that the
animating feeling of those who had
framed this bill was to make this
country one in which one man would
not be taxed for another—one in
which religion, scienee, culture and
education would go hand in hand as
the common untaxed heritage of every
citizen.
CARRIED AROtTND THE BALI.
Mr. Wilson closed with an eloquent
appeal to his fellow Democrats. He
told them that the record of the
house would permanently record no
passing event, but a great epoch in
American history. He wanted every
Democratic name recorded on that
historic roll. In that case, the day
would be a proud and happy ono for
him. His closing words were: “In
the name of honor, in the name of
freedom, I summon every Democrat to
vote for this bill."
When Mr. Wilson closed there came
a remarkable scene. Wave after wave
of applause echoed through the cham
ber. Messrs. Tucker, McMillin and
Bryan sprang forward and lifted Mr.
Wilson from his feet to their shoul
ders. He was borne up the aisle above
the heads of his enthusiastic associ
ates.
After this demonstration, Mr. Wil
son was allowed to return to liis seat,
where .the aisle was choked.W’th mem
bers who sought to shake his hand. It
was a demonstration seldom exceeded
in congress in enthusiasm and dram
atic climax.
, For twenty minutes after the Wilson
speech the house was in such disorder
that business came to a standstill.
The voting was next in .order, but it
was not until about 3:30 o'clock that
the floors could be cleared, order re
stored and preparations made for the
voting.
HRS. CLEVELAND HEARS THE CLOSE.
While Speaker Crisp was speaking
Mrs. Cleveland, with a party of ladles
from the White house, escorted by
Private Secretary Thurber, arrived at
the capitol. They made their way
through the crowds with difficulty to
the president’s gallery and Mrs. Cleve
land listened to the remainder of the
debate from a seat near the rear of
the gallery.
The first vote was taken on the bar
ley amendment. On the first call the
amendment was defeated by a vote of
170 against te 108 for. It was signfl
cant as the first test vote sustaining
the bill. The amendment making
barley twenty-two cents and barley
malt thirty-two cents per bushel was
lost—120 to 197.
The committee amendment to raise
the duty on malt from 30 to 35 per
cent and on barley malt from 35 to 35
per cent was carried, 304-114.
INTERESTING STATISTICS,
The Report of the Renta* Department
of Agriculture.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 2.—The report
of the Kansas department of agricul
ture for the quarter ending December
31, ■ just issued, is largely occupied
with the statistics of 1893, showing
the state’s acreage and yield of field,
orchard and garden crops, with their
values, and the numbers and
values of live stock, their pro
ducts, etc. In an introductory
summary of these Secretary Coburn
says: “They show—what scarcely
needs to be stated—that Kansas, in
common with all other states of the
Union, has suffered from the general
depression prevailing in values, not
only in the business channels of this
country, but those of the civilized
world; further, that on the whole the
season has not been so faithful as
others that have preceded it, and yet,
as compared with the season and its
results agriculturally in some others
to the east of us, regarded as infalli
ble in the matter of regular and large
crop production, Kansans have occas
ion to regard themselves and their
state as among the favored of all the
earth.
“The statistics indicate that in spite
of adverse crop conditions and prices
so widely prevalent, Kansas, in the
year 1893, raised field crops worth
nearly 810,000,000, and marketed live
stock, agricultural and horticultural
products worth 853,000,000 more, or
together amounting to $122,565,798.98,
besides undoubtedly having as much
live stock yet on hand as in March,
when the count was made by town
ship assessors, the valuation of which
is upward of 898,000,000.”
The yield of. winter and spring
wheat was 24,827,523 bushels, value,
810,954,110; corn, 118,624,639 bushels,
value, 832,621,762; oats, 28,194,717
bushels, value, 86,488,342; animals
slaughtered or sold for slanghter,
value, 842,774,761. The number of live
stock are: Horses, 860.186 value, $44,
729,072; mules, 88,585, value, $5,492,270;
milch cows, 567,353, value, $11,347,060;
other cattle, 1,505,273, value, $25,589,
641; sheep, 224,952, value, $562,380;
swine, 1,406,086. value, $10,545,645.
In addition to the foregoing the re
port contains much other important
and interesting matter, including the
address of Professor Milton Whitney,
delivered at the recent annual meet
ing of the board, on “The Circulation
of Water in Soils,” the annual report of
the state sugar inspector and “The
Cornstalk Disease,” by Professor N.
S. Mayo, veterinary surgeon of the
state agricultural college.
BOND BIDS OVER THE LIMIT.
At Least Fifty-Nine Millions Could Very
Easily Be Disposed of.
Washington, Feb. 2.—The subscrip
tions to the new five per cent loan
offers received amount to 954,508,100,
at prices ranging from 3117.233
to $120,819. There was also an
offer of 3200 for one bond of 350.
There are known to be on the way ad
ditional subscriptions amounting to
more than 85,000,000 which owing to
delay in the arrival of the mails will
be entitled to consideration when re
ceived. _
Fort Scott Sugar Voiki to Stop.
Fort Scorr, Kan., Feb. 2.—The
stockholders of the Parkinson sugar
works of this city, the largest sorghum
sugar factory in the country, have de
cided to take no action toward pre
paring for next season’s work until it
was settled whether or not congress
would remove the bounty and tariff
on sugar, as has been proposed. They
say they will not operate the works if
such legislation is enacted. The other
sorghum sugar factories of Kansas
will be just as unprofitable in such
case.
THE INCOME TAX TOO.
PASSAGE OP THE TARIFF BILL
IN THE HOUSE.
Th* Mraanr* Ooei Thrntk With 44 Xt‘
Jorltjr—The Victory for tho Bill M
Overwhelming Surprise—Only Boron*
toon Democrat, stick Ont to tho End
Against It—A Great Outburst of En*
thnslnsm Manifested on Pnssnso of the
Bill—Tbs Vote In Detail.
The Tariff Bill Passed.
Washington, Feb. 3.—At 0 o'clcok
last night, at tho conclusion of one of
the grandest, most imposing and most
impressive scenes ever witnessed in
the American capitol, the Wilson tariff
bill passed the house of representa
tives by a vote of 204 to 140.
When it came to voting, the victory
of the measure was overwhelming.
The vote upon the income tax propo
sition (taken in*connection with the
internal revenue amendment) stood
183 to 50. Only twelve Republicans
voted upon this proposition,seven for,
five against. The Democratic oppo
sition amounted to forty-five. The
last effort was made by those Demo
crats, who are opposed to tlife measure
in whole or part, led by Mr. Covert of
New York, to recommit the bill, but
the Republicans refused to join in this
attempt to scotch the measure, and it
ended in a dismal failure. But thirty
six Democrats voted for it, not enough
to secure the yeas and nays, a re
cord-making vote.
The vote upon the final passage of
the bill was a surprise. Amid the
most intense enthusiasm, Democrat
after Democrat, who had been counted
upon to vote against the measure, like
Biauchard, Beltzhoover, Boatner,
Cockran, Coombs, Dunn, English, Ueis
senhainer, McAleer, Rayn and others,
recorded their votes in the affirmative.
Only seventeen Democrats of all the
boasted opposition to the measure
stood out to the end and voted against
As each one cast his vote it was
greeted by applause and cheers from
the Republican side. Those who
voted against it were: Bartlett,Camp
bell, Covert, Cummings, Haines, Hen
drix, Scliermerhorn and Sickles of
New York; Cadmus of New Jersey,
Sperry and Page of Connecticut,Geary
of California, Sibley of Pennsylvania
and^ Meyer, Price and Robertson of
Louisiana. The majority for the bill
•—64—exceeded the most sanguine ex
pectations of the Democratic members
of the ways and means committee.
When the speaker announced the
vote, cheer followed cheer upon the
Democratic side. Papers, hats, con
gressional records and, in fact, any
thing which Democrats could lay their
hands upon were flung high in tne air,
and amid a perfect pandemonium the
house adjourned.
The following is a detailed vote on
the final passage of the bill. Speaker
Crisp’s vote made the yeas 204; the
nays were lfO.
Yeas.
Abbott, Aldcrson, Alexander, Allen. Arnold,
Bailey, Baker of Kansas. Baldwin, Bankhead,
Barnes. Barwig. Bell of Colorado, Bell of
Texas, Beltzhoover, Berry. Black of Georgia,
Black of Illinois. Blanchard Bland, Boatner,
Boen, Bower of North Carolina, Branch,
Brawley, Brecklnrld re of Arkansas. Breckin
rld.*l of Kentucky, Bretz, Brlckner, Brook
shire. Brown, Bryan, Bunn, Burnos, Bynum,
Cabannls, Camlnetti, Cannon of California,
Capeheart, Caruth. Catching*, Cau3ey, Ctark
of Missouri, Clarke of Alabama, Cobb of
Alabama, Cobb of Missouri, Cockran. Cock
rell, Coffeen, Compton of Connecticut, Coombs,
Cooper of Florida, Cooper of Indi
ana, Cooper of Texas. Cornish. Cox,
Crain, Crawford, Culberson, Davis, De
Armond, De Forest, Denson, Dinmore,
Dockerv, Donovan, Dunn, Dunphy, Durborow.
Edmunds, Ellis of Kentucky, English. Enloe,
Epes, Erdman, Everett, Fielder, Fithian,
Forman, Fyan, Geissenhainor, Goldizer,
Goodnight. Gorman Grady. Gresham, Griffin,
Hall of Minnesota, Hall of Missouri, Ham
mond, Hare. Harris. Harter, Hatch, Hayes,
Heard, Henderson of North Carolina, Hines,
Holman, Hooker of Mississippi, Houk of Ohio,
Hudson, Hunter, Hutcheson, Ikirt. Johnson
of Ohio. Jones. Kern, Kil.ore, Kribbs, Kyle,
Labe. Lay ham. Litimer, Lawson, Layton,
Lester, Lisle. Livin ston, Lockwood. Lynch,
Maddox, Manner, Maguire. Mallory; Marshall,
Martin of Indiana, McAleer, McCreary of
Kentucky, McCulloch, McDonald. Me Dear
mon, McEterrich. McGann, McGalg, Mo
Kelghan. McLaurln, McMillin, McNa.ny, Me
Kae. Meredith, Money. Montgomery,
Morgan, Moses, Muichler. Neill, Oats,
O’Neill, Outhwaito. Patterson, Paynter, Pear
son, Pence, Pendleton of Texas, Pendleton of
West Virginia, Pi.ott, Raynor. Reilly, Rich
ards of Ohio. Richardson of Michigan, Rich
ardson of Tennessee, Ritchie, Robbing, Rusk,
Russell of Georgia, - Ryan, Sayers, Shell,
Simpson, Snodgrass, Somers, Springer. Stall
ings, Stockdale, Stone of Kentucky, Strait,
Swanson. Talbot of South Carolina, Talbot of
Maryland. Tarsney, Tate, Taylor of Indiana,
Terry, Tracey, Turner, Turpin. Tyler, War
ner of Washington, Weadock, Wells, Wheeler
of Alabama, Whiting, Williams of Illinois,
Williams of Mississippi, Wilson of West Vir
ginia, Wise, Wolverton, Woodward, Speaker
Crisp. Total yeas, 204.
Nays.
Adams of Kentucky. Adams of Pennsylva
nia, Aitkin. Aldrich, Apsley, Avery. Babcock.
Baker of New Hampshire. Barthoidt, Bartlott
(Democrat), Belden. Bingham, Blair, Bou
telle, Bowers of California. Broderick, Bro
sius. Bundv, Burrows. Cadmus (Democrat),
Caldwell. Campbell (Demo.’rat), Cannon of
Illinois, Chickering, Childs, Cogswell, Cooper
of Wisconsin, Cousins. Covert (Democrat),
Cummings (Democrat). Curtis of Kansas, Cur
tis of New Yorlc.Dalzell, Dauiels, Davcy < bem
ccrat) Dingley. Dolliver, Doolittle, Draper, El
lis of Oregon, Fletcher. Funk, Funston,
Gardner. Gear, Geary (Democrat). Gillet of
Nevada, Giilett of Massachusetts. Grosvenor,
Grout. Hager, Hainer. Haines < Democrat),
Harmer. Hartman, Hau en, Heiner Hender
son of Illinois. Henderson of Iowa. Hendrix
(Democrat), Hepburn. Hermann. Hicks, Hil
born. Hitt. Hooker of New York, Hopkins of
Illinois Hulick, Hull, Johnson of Indiana,
Johnson of North Dtokota. Joy. Kelfer. Lacey,
LcFever. Linton. Loud, Loudenstager, Lucas,
Mahon, Marsh. Marvin ol New York. McCall,
McCleary of Minnesota. McDowell. Meikle
john, Mercer, Mayer (Democrat) Moen.
Morse, Murray, Newlands (Populist),
North way, Page (Democrat), Payne,
Perkins, Phillips, Pickier, Post,
Powers, Price, (Democrat), Randall, Ray.
Reed. Reyburn, Robertson of Iowa (Demo
crat). Robertson of Pennsylvania, Russell of
Connecticut. Schermerhorn (Democrat),
Scranton, Settle, Shaw, Sherman, Sioley
(Democrat),Sickles (Democrat). Smith. Sperry
(Democrat). Stephenson, Charles W Stone,
Stone of West Virginia, Storer, Strong,
Tawney, Taylor of Tennessee. Thomas, Upde
graff, Van Voorhees of Ohio. Van Voorhees of
New York, Wadsworth. Walker. Wa ner,
Waugh, Weever, Wheeler of Illinois. White,
Wilson of Ohio, Wils n of Washington.
Woomer. Wright of Massachusetts and
Wright of Pennsylvania Total nays, 140.
Dynamited a Reservoir.
Sprinqfiei.d, Mo., Feb. 3.—An at
tempt was made here yesterday to
blow up the reservoir of the Spring
field Supply company, on the Sac river.
Dynamite was the explosive used and
the perpetrators of the dastardly deed
succeeded in loosening a large lot of
earth, but no damage was done to the
masonry.
» A Reward Offered. ’’V
Pittsburg, Feb. -3.—Mayor Holmes
has offered a reward of $500 for the
arrest and conviction of the murder
ers of William Chapman.
REPUBLICAN MaTTEKS.
JERRY SIMPSON'S COAT.
OmmaT flroavenor Tail* Why American
Farm*™ Don't Wear Thai Kind.
Mr. Simpson is a queer man—oh,
■o queer! But then ho lias queer
people to deal with. The Demo
cratic party is in a bad way at pres
ent and is sorely In need ot encour
agement, and yet more in need of
something to cause it to smllo. The
queer Mr. Simpson <may we drop
into famtllarlty and speak of him as
Jerry, after the manner of his con
stituents P) undertook tho task of
consoling and cheering the moribund
Democrats In congress. Jerry ob
tained a ragged coat, most likely
from a colored huckster of chickens,
aud with proper comic action pro
duced it in the dazzling halls of con
gress as tho kind of garment worn by
the average American farmer.
I^j Jorry was—well,ho was talking as
lie used to talk when ho told.his
friends In Kansas that ho was too
poor to buy socks, though he had
money to spend for traveling and for
faring sumptuously at first-class ho
tels. But the Democrats in congress
affected to believe Jerry’s clownlBh
assertions, and cheered in sympathy
with "the poor, ragged farmer" of
Jerry’s imagination.
if we mistake not tho American
farmer will resent Jerry’s insult.
The American farmer is a self-re
specting person. He does not clothe
himself in rags, nor do his children
suffer for want of food or clothing.
The American farmer has wrongs
that he desires to have redressed,
but he is quite able to redress them
as other free and Independent men
redross them. Ho is not about to
appear as a ragged beggar before
congress.
iuo iuuowing aay in tne course oi
a brilliant speech In favor of protec
tion, General Grosvenor of Ohio, fur
nished an objoet lesson in reply to
Mi'. Simpson’s oration.
He called attention to a suit of
clothes which he woro which ho said
ho had purchased the previous after
noon for <10 SO. It was guaranteed,
ho said, to bo all wool. He exhibited
in contrast a suit he had purchased
in England for <10.50, which in ma
terial and workmanship was inferior
to the American suit. The exhibi
tion caused great amusement. Con
tinuing he said:
“In time of profound peaco the
Democratic party found itself unable
to carry on the government. It was
not possible, as appears from tho re
ports, to Improve the rivors and har
bors of the country; to build any ad
ditional ships; to promote or improve
tho postal service; to build any pub
lic buildings for the accommodation
of the people or the public at large
or to in any way support and main
tain tho dignity of the country. Pen
sions are to bj suspended and re
duced for lack of the financial ability
of the government. The expenses of
tho courts and jury were to bo cur
tailed and in every way tho United
States was to be disgraced, and de
graded in tho estimation of its own
people and the people of foreign
countries.
The secretary of the treasury ad
mitted that under existing laws
there is a treasury balance on the
wrong side of the ledger at least
<5,00b, 000 per month, and now tho
Democratic party brought in a reve
nue bill proposing to pile tho Ossa of
a reduction of revenues of <75,000,000
upon the Pelion of a treasury deficit
of <60,000,000 and ultimately to pile
Pelion and Ossa on the Olympus of
party fealty, but how to raise this
<135,000,000 no man intimates, no
two agree.
He could understand how a man
might be a free-trader, an absolute
free-trader, like the unique and ver
satile gentleman from Ohio, Mr.
Johnson, and how a man might be
strictly in favor of a tariff for reve
nue only, but how any sane man
could be in favor of a bill to decrease
the revenue <75,000,000 was beyond
his comprehension. Democrats de
fended the bill in two ways. First
they said it was voted for in 1892, for
getting that tho same people in 1893,
by an overwhelming majority, repu
diated tho whole argument and voted
by larger majorities upon the same
issues against the Democratic party.
He pointed cut that in the state of
Ohio the issue of tariff for revenue
on the one hand and the McKinley
bill on the other were tho sole issues
of importance in that great battle,
and the author of tho McKinley bill
was triumphantly elected governor
of Ohio over the author of the Demo
cratic platform at Chicago by a ma
jority of 81,000. The second defense
of the Democratic party was that
these hard times are not caused by
the threat of tho Democratic party.
In reply he gave a vivid descrip
tion of the distress of tho country,
claiming that never in all the history
of the country were there so many
failures as during the last year. If
these calamities were caused by Re
publican legislation, why did they
not happen before 1893? He closed
his speech by a strong eulogy of the
McKinley law. He declared that it
was the wisest law that the wit of
man had ever devised for tho collec
tion of revenue; that the namo and
fame of the author, and the great
party that enacted it into law, would
survive when tariff tinkering by per
sonal doctrinaires should cease to be
a profitable political employment.
The U< cllne of Hoke.
When Hoke Smith of Gawjah first
went to Washington he made him
self offensively conspicuous by
prancing around town on the out
side of a clumsy horse known as ’Pos
sumphat. Everybody asked who this
fat man on a fat steed was, and in
this way the vanity t>f the superfi
cial secretary was gratified. But a
shrinkage has occurred in fioke. He
now rides about in a little open ve
hlclo with yellow wheels, which ao*
cords with his pumpkin complexion,
and 'Possumphat Is forced to draw it.
In another year Mr. Smith will prob*
ably be found walking and riding la
street cars like other good citizen*
He is slowly collapsing.
PRAYBR AND SOUP*
That Muoli Um IlMn Lalt the Country' '■%
by Unmoornoy. <
Prayer and soup are a eurloua
combination. Hut they go together^
at present.
Congress Is crowded with petitions,'
wlillo the country is consoled, with’
soup. '
Pago after page of the Congressional
al Reoprd is occupied ifrlth petitions,,1
prayers and protests. -
Column after column of the dally i
papers in every industrial city is
Ullod with stories of soup. •
The right of petition Is freo. Any
bo.ly can pray to congress without
chargo.
Soup is also being made flee
throughout the country.
Free prayers, free soup and free
loaves are already with us, even
before we get free wool and Iron and
the other freo things vouchsafed to
us by Wilson's bill.
This always was a land of freedom,'
and just now it is lull of free things
that woro nevor so froe before.
Kspeclally soup!
This administration will be reJ
forred to in history as the Free
Prayer and Soup administration. I
Congress never had so many
prayers poured into its ears and onto
its tiles as at this presont season.
Free raw material and free soup
are probably predestined to go hand'
in bund under this administration—
at any rate until tho control of con-!
gross Is taken away from it.
There has been nothing, In fact,'
but soup on tho bill of fare since Mr.j
Cleveland bocamo the national ca-,
terer.
Soup In Hawaii—sablo soup. , /
Soup llnanelally — yollow (gold
standard) soup.
Soup in the silver states—mine!
closed. j
Soup in the treasury—Carlisle ory-, r*
ing for “relief.”
Soup In the railroad world—ladled
out by receivers.
Soup in tho bankruptcy courts—;
failures unprecedented.
Soup In the mills and factories—
less work, less wages, or none at all.
Soup funds in all the cities, and
sweet charity the only business in
the land (bar the sheriff’s) that is
not depressed.
The people will have to wait until
next November. If they vote then -
as they are praying now, Willie Wil
son’s tariff tureen will be removed
and the Democratic deluge of soup"
will be over. .*
Blount Wm Ultooked. f
When Blount arrived In Honolulu'
he found American Influence every*
where dominant. The American flag
was flying from the government
building; Americans were in control
of the provisional regime; Americans
were at the front in sustaining the
new order or things and glorying
over the downfall of the' queen.t
Thus runs Blount's story, told before
the senate committee. If he had
lookod further he would have found
that Americans wore managing the
commerce and industries and the
general business of Hawaii; that the 1
American school system was in
vogue; that Americans were in
charge of the churches and Sunday
schools; that tho language every
where heard was American; that
the manners everywhere seen,
were American; that, in short, the
new civilization in Hawaii was
American. Perhaps Blount did sea
all this. At any rate he was offend
ed to tho soul and proceeded to haul
dowu the flag and do his level bept
for the restoration of the pagan
throne. In Blount's opinion, as in
Cleveland’s, popular government,
under the direction of the intelligent
class, and American civilization were
a bad thing for Hawaii and must be
wiped out and Asiatic influences
again made supreme, under the rule
of a dissolute queen and a licentious
court. This is the kind of American
ism that pulsates in the veins of the
present administration—Cincinnati
Tiraes-Star.
On With the (iuud Work. ^
Professor Wilson’s tariff speech
seems to be regarded by the .Demo
cratic managers as a good campaign
document, and it is said that 1,000,
000 copies will bo circulated. The
Republicans have no objection; in
fact,if money wero not rather scarce
at headquarters, the Republican na
tional committee would be strongly^
tempted to contribute something
toward paying for the distribution
of this kind of literature. It will
help to pile up a Republican majority
of 1,000,000 or moro in the congres
sional elections next November.
Superfluous suicide.
Our esteemed Democratic contem-'
porary, the Chicago Herald, remarks
that “protection as established in
the Wilson bill is bad enough, but
the Wilson bill protection plus an in
come tax is intolerable. The Wilson
bill plus an income tax will be suicide
for the Democratic party." The
suicide will be complete without
using the income tax. The income
tax is superfluous even for the pur
pose of killing the Democracy. It is
not necessary for a suicide to take
poison after hanging himself.—X. I.
Sun [Dem.]
A Desperate Mtiwtluu.
The Memphis Commercial says
"the prospects now are that the pres
ent administration will end without
having redeemed a single promise
made by the Democratic party to the
people," and gloomily nominates
Adlai for next president. The situa
tion must be desperate.
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