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TO HIS PEOPLE.
mobga.y fikks the hearts of
ALABAMA DEMOCRATS.
HIS COUNSEL IS FOR HARMONY.
Repeal the Tax on State Hauks and Send Men
to Congress who Will Stand b T the
Chicogo Platform and the People.
Opelika, Ala., April 20.—(Special.)—The
democracy o£ Alabama greeted its truest
apostle today.
When Senator John T. Morgan stood be
fore the great audience which had passed
into the opera house this morning, he
found himself face to face with as enthu- i
elastic an assembly as ever listened to the i
words of man. It was plain to be seen i
that the people and their apostle had met; ■
that the ring of the office holder did not *
lend its metallic tone to the chorus, but
that the music of applause came from the
throats of the honest yeomanry who be
lieve in the sancity of promises and the
performance of pledges.
A Titl k with the Senator.
When I boarded the Atlanta and West
Point train this morning, I found that I had
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SENATOR JOHN T. MORGAN.
for a traveling; companion the dis*iuguished
senator from Alabama. He was on his way ;
to fill an appointment in Opelika in which j
he would address himself to the political •
issues of the day.
“I had no idea of engaging in the active
campaign,” he said, "loi 1 hud lull confi
dence in the democracy of Alabama, i was
under appointment, how. -"er, to ■;< ■ n -
the Nicaragua canal question in Birming
ham next Wei k, so 1 < o ;u not re-i.-a uie
pressure to deliver several poiitl al ad- ;
dresses while 1 am in the mite. Tomorrow '
night I shall speak in .Montgomery; alter- ;
wards in Birmingham, Mariseile and Hunts- j
ville.’’ ■
When tl-.e attitude of The Montgomery |
Advertiser was called to his attention in j
printing a slanderous statement alleged to ,
have been issued by certain western demo- !
crats, charging him with infidelity io the I
tariff bill, tue seiia-tor enuleu and i.ilii:
“It is as much as The Advertiser people
can do to retain hold of their own stock,
much less trying to own the demovrucy of .
Alabama. A a to the address iis.-lt, 1 am
Butisfied that it was hatched >.;> in Wash
ington for especial use a th- Alabama
campaign. It has no name ugm-d to it,
ana was clearly intended to Hurt my stand
ing in Alabama.
“By the way,” said he, "it is amusing to
■witeliss the proceedings of tin: - ■.. u W.. 0
claim to be the selected e'i ■ : ■ .m- .4 the
administration. They remind me oi fiies ,
on a wagon whee>. As tor tit-.- p; st, t
he is not responsible lor l».■•m. Just • ■ rc .
1 left Washington I had a pie; . mt ii.t • - I
view ot three hours with A r ' 1 ’.-d. n '
which he gave every evidence that he Td
not entertain univ.ud i-.-n.. ■ ■ 11 ■ I
as some of the claquers would make it ap- j
pear.” , „ . ,
"Then you do not regard Governor Jones s ;
statement that you wilt :><i • ■ i> •• 1 m !
party service in order to rehabilitate your- ;
B “I will not need any certificates to estab- ,
llsh my respectab . : . 1 . <
Morgan, smiling. The people ol Alabama
are a generous people, impulsive, soon j
forgetting an injury and k lojorgive. ,
Such people are soot -tiiia -
posed upon, hut when they an. arousal
they will swing back into the (.’Hv.c, •< I
democracy came to me from btiuvr priii-.-i ?
p!u. Mv family was anion tm* pb»i • i
Gito Alabama, pushing far within the Indian |
limits. Ail my relation;,, n > a-H as mo. < !
my wife, were whigs, which v. > u.• c- ,
al that time claiming trie !■ «-’ • j
ILg the better elements of the • 1 ; v \-‘ ’ l
I cannftt decide upon poiit.ca* alb ' ui.ee *
naturally dropped into .lenioi '
and there I have remained witn ut mma
tion, ever since. In time an my I .-t a ~
came to my way of tin l vi a i m imv (
think, therefore, that my demcers- y .- .m ts ;
in need of tonic treatment, and am
tied that I stand in touch wit., the lioci y- i
loving people of Alabama.’ ,
“What do you think or the prospect m |
Alabama?" . , ..
“1 feel entirely hopefl.J. r< “ ■ •• i
senator. "We have a state of wonderful re
st urces. It 1 richer Um -. • d '■•• 1 11
mineral resources. Its s.-’rieultur-i. pc-. »->•-
Itles are matters of marvel. ~ .’A*
lion people on tn - Atbiutic const I- *
on a territory smaller than that ot
gla and Alabama, find sustenunc'- an ;'■■■
not as good as that IMwe.-r. At.anta aul
Montgomery. So you see th:-. v.e liave i.i.
foundation for wonderful d. vei< :-tti-wit. i.-e
en in connection with the th- p. ople ate
conservative, and d -mu.-r ' i- - 1 y IT nr -
and possessing all the qualiti “■ oi .■ ■>• n- ss,
such a people would ». t allow <i : : ler to ;
remain upon them even ! f it .- nm. The ;
people are d- mocrali< nt Ik-.h-' ■.
bitions of politicians . . nnot ultiviat . had
them astray. When they ar.- cad.-.i up on
the line of principle it .vill ■■ !• I t.i.A
unity exists, and that Al • :i.possess
all the higher qualiti-s v. Id ii ei;ab-le peo
ple to take care >f 11 -msr I v.-s.”
By this time the voice of ;:.n enthusiastic
elector was heard, shouting,
"Hurrah for Morgan! I am for hirn for
es jt l was at West Point and the incomer was
an ardent Morgan supporter, who trav
eled to the state li’-i'- in order that lie
might cheer his favorite as he entered the
Bl "l tl was In the war. and Morgan did his
duty there. I went I hrnugh y- T T rs.s i. n
..ai , >»•"••! n never f :*.!>' ’<l. rin'i 1 v .»' < J I.■ k
platform in 1592, which Morgan has nobly
a number of prominent gen
tlemen mot the senator and escorted h ; m
to the Cooper hotvl. Among t.i-m w. re
Mr Renfroe. Mr. I’arlt-r Hnd.uan. Mi.
Augustus Barnes, Captain i miLp.-. Gth . U
Harrison. Mr. Sandford, and many otb.eia.
In the Opera House.
Tn the meantime the people were 1!o ic
ing Into the opera house. . -i<
not with the silence t -Mt | ‘?.i •i. ..... • . w
late Oates meeting, but w.r.i the ji . ,lat.o .
which showed that their hear.s w.ie bla
red and their f-elings v.ero arouse-..
Hon. Augustus Barnes congratulate the
assembled vol. rs that Gee co. 'i. ' w
commanding such attention m ...i..,
chnr*-<i aivl state. In intro<ih< i Al l
baina’s senior and beloved sciwkt, he
asked no pardon for alluding to h.s . .ner,
“Transplanted in young lite to ■■■<• bins o
north Alabama, there he view up am
learned the principles of demm-racy. V hen
the war came h*' answered th“ call ol nir
country, and carved out a care, r wnieh
entitl- I him to be regarded as the peer o<
of Stonewall Jackson, ano o- y.* t: t<-
lant Stewart. He drew is brig.’t '"ad" :
ever flashed in the sunlight of liberty, inen
he was true to Alabama and Al ns.
"When the reconstruction era j
upon the state, It was In I\t- bl"s: M ,
God and the year of redemption—that th.>
beacon fires of democracy were lit r>y t ie i
hand of John T. Morgan. He was a ''"-j
naan in these days—the leader who dis- |
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1894.
solved the ‘long parliament’ of oppres- \ i
sion.
“Then he went to the United States sen
ate. There he has be :n true to Alabama. |
"Speaking in his presence today," said
Mr. Barnes, catching inspiration from the
sympathy of his audience, "I want to say
that there is not a single spot in his record i
that I would change—"
The uproarious applause which made tho ■
speaker hesitate at this point showed how ;
thoroughly Alabamians endorsed the sen- i
atorial career thus hinted at. The cheering ;
was louf enough almost to reach the ears l
of those In Montgomery whose democracy
is only displayed by their denunciations
of the people’s leader.
"Then the Chicago convention
made a platform and on it
went to battle and won, awl on it should
have fought it out. But division came. It
found Morgan standing true to every plank
of the platform, with the bold defiance:
“ ‘This is my construction of the plank.’ ”
Senator Morgan Speaks.
"The warmth of your reception in my
heart,’’ said Senator Morgan, as soon as he
could be heard through the cheering, "al
most destroys the coolness of my judgment.
You have long ago won my gratitude.
"The audience before me is composed •
largely ot agriculturists—the plow has been I
stopped in the furrow to hear one who has i
been commissioned to represent you. It j
may not do much good, except to spur j
people up to think of the past and arouse
them to look to their duty to the present
and future in favor of the betterment ot
their condition.
“We are not,” exclaimed the senator,
“getting from the government what we
deserve. We have not been self-assertive
enough, nor have we brought the state to
the frout.
“We have not felt that it was a sovereign
realm, with power which should be made (
effei tlv® in ths councils of the nation.
"We attribute too much Importance to
congress—
• mid to the executl* c.
"When a man d'.’iibts himself in regard to
his rights and hesitates, he is not apt to do
much. Selfreliance is the quality in man
i-.'d state which secures respect. The pec
pie ut Alaba... i are quiet, law-abiding and
God-fear lug. Since my first residence here
1 eve learned t.' know these people well.
Provid. nee l.iu> led me through many lands
and gniorqr ill classes of people, but no >
class of people are truer to themselves or (
to God than these common hill people ol i
A: ibuma. 1 anchor upon v.ns staleinents
tod.tv tli'iv tii‘* people ut Aisibiiniti wi/1 tri*
uirmh over every obstacle. .
“A hat we b .v-» to do is to organize good
government in spite ol whatever else may
happen. Bet the people of other states have
th.-ir divisions, but let us be united as one
man f.-r the glory of Alabama. That is the
nus ion ip ni which I am here to preach
In its consideration I will not descend to the
contests for o.li :e. which we ■ houid pass
us an ephemeral breath.
"Twenty years witnesse;’. the restoration
of state government to the people of Ala
bama. There was to be no more carpet
bag rule; no mure negro control. When I
say the people of Alabama, I mean the
people who own the state, who have fram
ed iis constitutions and who have sw.pt
everything out ol the way and united to
e: rblish good stale government.
"Tl at grand man, George S. Houston, has
gone to his reward. I was one of those who
co-operated with him. I say I was only
one. for at that time ev.-ry young man was
at w-..rk. There was no question of the
pi. t with them, whether in the war or
f r I • iiglas er Brei“kenridge we al)
felt that we were Alabamians and with
that b,' !y v..,rd upon our tongues the people
listened, and we won such a victory as
h i not 1 en known in the history of the
w arid. Th ■ histor? of Alabnma sino that
time tells of the building up of
schools, of colli ges. the building of rail
w..- s the opemr.-: of mines and th" estab
lishment of factories. These achievements
of the pe-.pie of Alabama have surpassed
anything in the previous history of the
world.
I'uture Illvislo.-is b'oreseen.
"I am,” said the senator, with solemnity,
"against a relapse, in order to gratify the
ar. bition of nu n to get office. I do not
v. i.-di a return to the -le. ade which ended
in ISIh. 1 then believ.-d that a period would
ti'ise v.iicn w" should realiz., the condtion
ol' today. I looked forward to the time
when we would have a friendly government
iu Washington. I foresaw a time to come
Hite this, when enterp'isiug men would mils
t. r around the; iselves little factions and
divide the phalanx wliich won the victory
of When Mahone cam- forward in
Virginia as a democrat and failed to secure
the governorship, he concluded that he
would organize a Mahone parry, get into
the senate as a demo, rat and then go over
to the enemy with Riddleiie. ger. In this
there is a warning before the people of
Alabama of men who intend to transfer
the vet" of this state to the republican par
tv. If Is a Mali :ie movement in di-ignise.
Th purr ' entl - hand •■ - r the
democratic paiiy to republicanism.
"Bet no man fall out l» i"se he is
m-i.d .it Tom Jones, Grover Cleveland or
J -!:n T. Morgan.
"Bury t: cm el! if you wish, but do not
sacrifice your principles.
Our l'e«serat ft elu ttoes .
“The relations of the state to the re
public are .mportant, but not so much so
a ; the afuirs of our own stat'.-.”
The senator illustrated the situation by
the state of Mew loii;—whose power is
enormous in the house—not so enortnus in
the senate. (Laughter.) Since th war end
ed ti- ■ s uth tin-' always voted lor a New
Yorker for president.
“If, in t .- lasi election, we had gone to
Illinois, wher- Adi i Stevenson would have i
been fauml—(applause)- we wiuld have cs- |
ci'p.-d the spa.-tn of New York polities, j
Nearly e\. ry time that N. w York has a
spasm, Alabama goes into fits. I here recur
to my statement about the self-assertion
which evry Alabamian should have exer
cised. When Alabama discovers that the
field is wide from which to select candi
dates, then Alabama stock will rise. The
impression tie vails that we must get all
our candidate, from New York. There is
but one strong public mtn leu there. He
opposes the tax upon incomes. He has got
e.mtrol of the sentiment of the republican
press, and the questi".n is will he win
within the next sixty days? I am for the
if the democratic party
in Alabama. How many demo
crats here oppose the tax on incomes?
Y<-t there is the New York senator, who
two years ago was a candidate for the
democratic nomination to the presidency,
now ready to strike down the tariff bill.
The wealthy, since the surrender have
been the pets of the country. Now that
it;.- demo." its are in power these New
York demo, r.-ito- end.-ing-r the fate of the
tariff ITiIl. We <-ht ulu stand firmly and tru
l?' to our pi it :i.l"s, I call upon you to
forget the bi.-k- -ings of candidates in order
that you may be united in principles. No
man should desert now and bre.'ik front.
“They say That the income tax is section
al. that it strikes ov<r the heads of these
.de. 1 am glad that some guns are so
t:..ineil ns not to strike the breasts of these
men. They tax'd your cotton and piled up
the amount in the treasury, and when
some lawyer brought up its constitutional
ity in the supreme court t>i; t body divid. <1
li.ilf and half. What wits the cotton tax
but a lew on incomes—one that -struck
right at the root. |
The State Banks.
"There is anotb.er question about which i
we can be unit'd—the repeal of the tax
on state banks. There was a clause in the
t'iii -ago platform for the ‘unconditional’
r, p.-al of tlio stat" hank tax. If you can
send < i"ht or ten men to congress to enact
financial leg!: I.ition, ire they all the men
that are capable of such service? Have
vou not those at home enual-
iy qualified for the work? There
were banks in the colonies, there were banka
in the states. With them we went on
growing in prosperity. One of the chief in
strumentalities was the fact that the banks
of each state gave access to money. Then
the money stayed at home and did its work,
but not so now, when all the money is
congested in New York. Now when a l>isi
ness man wants money he must
go to New York. If he goes in the
bad .character of a robber of the people
Instead of as a producer lie may. get it.
How has New York became the center of
the banks? Through the New York banks.
They depreciate your property, 'they avail
themselves of the laws and the wishes ot
foreign powers. Suppose that the state tax
was repealed, and Alabama had banks tor
the accommodation of her superfluous
money, and issued two for one on an equal
deposit of gold and silver. Honesty is the
bond of faith. Strike that out, and the
people would be robbers. We should value
land, instead of forcing the owner to go
to a Scotch company. The state bank would
be the rival of the national bank. VV Ith
honest men to control it, with a gaping P en "
itentiary to receive lawbreakers, enough
good banks would spring up to consume
all the gold and sliver mined. You would
find that all the repressive measures against
silver, enacted by the republicans, would
be nullified. Then men would not go to
New York, but to one of these banks.
"When greenbacks and treasury n °t® s
were issued they were at a discount, to
raise their value the state banks were
taxed out of existence. To strike out sil
ver throws the power to control the desti
nies of the country into the hands ot tne
wealthy. State banks were taxed in order
to shut them out, and the same motive
leads to the demonetization of silver, fbe,
purpose is to compel all to go to New York
to get credit. The right of the state to
protect her own financial interests is be
yond question. The democrats under .lack
son fought the constitutionality of national
banks, but no one attacked that of state
banks.
The Right to Coin.
Senator Morgan then took up the rights
which the constitution confers in the matter
of banking—one to the person, the other to
the state. Taking gold as the example, a
citizen has the right to dig a note and nnd
It, then to take It to the mint and have it
coined free. Suppose he should be met at
the mint with a charge or a limitation, he
would be deprived of one of liis undoubted
rights. Silver, under the constitution,
stands equal with gold, and legislation that
interposes against its coinage is just as
oppressive, and just as much a depriva
tion of personal rights, as if it were the
gold that was under prohibition. 'I lie con
stitution contemplates the increase of the
volume of true money from the coinage ot
both gold and silver, and the laws follow
ing have contemplated tha t w hosoevei
shall dig gold or silver, and bring it to the
mint shall have it coined without charge.
“The right to coin is inherent in the con
stitution," said the speaker, "and they
may call me what they please, but 1 will
die in my tracks before 1 will give up a
single right."
Uproarious applause greeted this asser-
The Origfin of Banks.
Tn discussing the origin of batiks, Senator
Morgan continued:
“There were banks in the days of the
colonies. The first, 1 believe, was started
in Venice. They wore regarded as con
venient Instruments f commerce, and
useful in matters of church as well as ot
state. Thev were good institutions, ou
were a little bit on the order of whisky.
They had to be cramped to keep from get
ting the best of you. (Laughter.)
"In the early days of the government
these banks were controlled by local au
thority. Whenever opposition was made,
democracy triumphed until after the war,
when federal legislation secured the upper
hived. Tim national bank, although declar
ed by the highest tribunal ot the nation
to be constitutional, is not, 1 insist as
an humble citizen, in accordance with the
constitution or with sound democracy. It
Is one of the devils which Im have to
tight. (Applause.) What we ought to do
Is to repeal the tax on state banks. The
state ol A-iba’.na. can take a.- good care
of a state bank as she can of a state asy
lum for the insane, or the state peniten
tiary. In none of these matters does she
need the assistance of the federal govern
ment.
M;ih:imn Sboiiii! Altieri Her Bights.
“Turning our backs upon the past, have
we not. in the future, much to invite our
thoughtful attention, and much that urges
upon us the neeu of harmor.y. At tins
very hour you are suffering in your homes,
and you are not the instruments which
have brought lids suffering upon your sec
tion. It is purely the result of federal leg
islation. Wnen I traveled over the state
twenty years ago with Mr. Houston, and
foreshadowed the present state of affairs,
I never tiiourrht we would be so greatly dis
turbed. I behove in our embarrassment
that you will s'and by me, r ,l <n return;-
me to the senate, for my ambition, at this
crisis, is not selfish or personal, 'out in my
effort to restore good faith and to insist
upon the rights of Alabama under the
constitution. (Loud cheering, and cries ot
"yes, we will”) When Alabama with
draws her confidence from me I snail Know
that I am in the wrong, though honestly
mistaken, and 1 S'hali bow in an humble
though sorrow-stricken manner to her sov
ereignty. My highest ambition in public
life : . to evince my gratitude and love ior
the state of Alaitama. Pecuniarily, 1 could
<’o much better at le-me than at Washing
ton, where mv yearly’ expenses average a
tin usand dollars more than my salary,
and I have a wife as ec< nomi :al as < ver sat
on a loom bench, (Laughter.) I have no
opponent to my knowledge, except Air.
Kolb, and I understand that nothing m the
way of a ca.ndi l:.ey has ever been refused
b\ him. (Great laughter and cries ot
‘Good. ')
The I’oitoilire In the Rear.
"My situation, however, is peculiar. On
my left is the populist wirg, on my right is
Mr. Kolb, and in my rear is the postottice.
So I have to stand straight, and that is the
way 1 intend to stand. (Laughter.) 1 will
ask you, my fellow citizens, to excuse a
lit of personal history . I have almost as
high an opinion of my record in the senate
as mv good friend who introduced me. 1
am aw.ire of no blot upon it, except one,
which I am sure you will not condemn. A
m-v;r<> bv the no of Taylor, reared on
\\ asinng I - u oily strongly recommended.
Mr. ('levoland, after reviewing his claim,
decided to give him the appointment to
Bolivia. I was not in favor of sending a
negro to a white foreign court, nor siia.ll
I < ver be in my present state of mind. The
pet pie of Bolivia were deeply concerned
over tho matter, for they hav • n.> patience
with a negro and refuse to let him come
into 'heir midst. They treat him like th"
Itussiar-.s do the Jeus, by keeping him on
the outskirts of the city. I happened at
; ; i tim< to be th< chairman of the cmnmlt
t<-• on foreign relations. I withheld my
approval, and the appointment went down
v.mh tin close of the session. Now, since
th:it time I have been taunted with incon
sistency.
That Fred IlOTtgln’is Ynrii .
“ft was said that I had voted for Fred
Douglass as marshal of the city of Wash-
I - I did ’ for Fred D<>uglass. I--
fore I left Washington I asked for the
siirnaturo which was binding upon my ac
tion at that time to bo removed, hi order
that 1 might explain it to my constituency.
George ! ’.. Spencer, if you will recollect,
was my first colleague in the United States
tan.ti I never regarded him, however,
in tl it light. Those v ere times ot great
excitement In this country. Mr. Hayes was
in mie doubt as t.> the legality of his
election, tn whieji doubt he was strongly
uobeld by a great majority of the American
people. Jit decided, atter go-
ing into office, in view of this uncertainty,
to rr-mov-' the troops from the statehouse
at. New Orleans and also from South Caro
lii-.a. Tills was resisted by the carpet-bag
gers, who claimed that as soon as the
tro ps were rem ved the negro voters would
be surely persecut I throughout tlie south;
so in order to :e.«t th- mutter Mr. Hayes
r minated Fred Doturliss as marshal at
Washington. Mr. ticmkling, General Lo
gan and several other senators, arose in
tin.il ;- -.,ts and d. iivered glowing eulogies
upon Mr. Douglass. Just before the vote
v.-.is taken, eight or nine carpet-baggers,
George H. Spen r timong the number, quit
the somite chamber. I noticed tlie with
drawal. and mentioned it to Senator Gar
land. We both deoi led that the purpose ot
the carpet-bag’gers was to defeat th- ap
j dntment of Douglass and for that reason,
with a number of other democrats, we vot
ed for him. T then sacrific,?.! my personal
jt.- ling in deferences t > what x considered
s sense of duty. I wanted the carpet-bag
ger to go and to go speedily. Tie went,
thank Co-1, and forever. (Applause.) 1 hop"
th!-' will bo satisi’eeto'ry Io my friends in
Alabama, who must understand that J do
not propose to vote for every negro who
i- thrust upon me. <L ■ lighter.) f should
have no scruples in sending a negro to Li
beria, to Hayti, but I shall not send him
with my endorsement tn any white coun
try. If there is any treason in this. I tai!
to perceive it. Tt is only a small negro tit
a. big woodpile, and the woodpile is not my
own.” (La lighter.)
In (’elation io Mr. Cleveland.
In regard to his attitude with reference
to Mr. Cleveland, Senator Mnrsan stated
that he entertained for the president a very
high personal respect, although he differed
with him in' his views as to policy. He
had taken it upon himself to vindicate the
j ction of .Mr. Blount, whom he regarded as
an able man, and whoso con
duct of affairs in Hawaii, sur-
rounded by his adverse circumstances, was
pa.riotic and well a -vised. For this, how
ever. and other points of difference, the
president entertained towards him no
malice. Before leaving Washington he
had spent three hours in conversation with
Mr. Cleveland and their exchange of views
had been friendly and cordial.
The Silver Fight.
1 Returning to the silver question, after
this personal digression, the speaker re
sumed:
“I took strong ground on ithc silver ques
tion immediately after I entered the sen
ate. My first speech brought out the
warmest applause of such men as Allen G.
Thurman and Thomas F. Bayard. I never
■ suspected that I was out of democratic line
for supporting silver.”
At this point Senator Morgan began to
: dive into his satchel and to pull out a
number of papers. Having found the ob
' ject of his search, he began to read from
the democratic platforms adopted before
1 the war.
“In 1836,” said he, “when Mr. Van Buren
1 was nominated, the platform declared hos
' tility to bank notes and advocated gold
and silver as the only constitutional cur
rency. In IMO, when Mr. Van Buren was
renominated, the platform declared that
gold and silver should not be separated and
that the government had no right to char
ter a United States bank. When Franklin
Pierce was nominated this doctrine was
reaffirmed. Franklin Pierce was the first
man I ever voted for. I stood on the
democratic platform at that time, and I
have never since deserted it. When Mr.
Buchanan was nominated before the war
the same principles were declared.”
Coming down to 1880, Senator Morgan
proceeded:
“As to the platform on which General
Hancock went before the people, it de
clared for home rule, honest money and for
the equal maintenance of gold and sliver.
“Now it is gold, and not silver.
"In 1884, when Mr. Cleveland was nomi
nated for the first time, the same plank
was embodied in tlie platform. It declared
for honest money and for the gold and sti
ver of the constitution. In 1888 there was
no specific declaration, but in general terms
the preceding platform of the democratic
party was reaffirmed. In this election the
party was defeated, and the reason is
found in the provision of the republican
platform which declared for gold and sil
ver, and condemned the efforts of the dem
ocratic party to demonetize silver. Suppose
1 endorse the administration of Mr. Cleve
land with reference to certain official acts,
and refuse to endorse It as to other meas
ures? Am I any less a democrat and am I
lacking in fealty to the democratic pat ty?
"We should not endorse an administra
tion, my fellow citizens, simply to make
fair weather for a postoffice! (Applause.)
“There are higher considerations which
appeal to statesmanship and love of party
than mere personal gain. In regard to the
local situation in Alabama, there is no oc
casion for abuse or condemnation as far us
the federal administration is concerned.
We should not become disaffected and quit
the party because somebody in control may
differ with us, and by his personal views
complicate the situation.”
At this point it was evident that General
Morgan was very much exhausted al
though his audience was still fresh and In
tently listening.
“But I must stop here,” apologized the
senator, “for I am weary. 1 have had a
long trip out from Washington, and besides
1 face the duty of making several other
speeches before my return. It does my
heart good to face the people of the noble
old state of Alabama, and to feed the in
fluence of their loyal sympathy. I have
not interfered with any one’s ambition in
the race for governor, and I have no doubt
that in the hands of either candidate the
honor ot the state will be preserved. Who
ever shall be the nominee of the convention
I shall regard as the standard bearer of
my party and lie shall have my warm sup
port. if, however. In tlie worthy multituue
of Alabamians, a modest gentleman, who
lias made no claim as yet to the position,
be selected he shall have my ardent cham
pionship. Since I was iast in Opeilka, two
j ears ago, my life has been crowded with
the duties of my high position. I have
been jeered at by democrats because 1 ac
cepted, at the hands of a republican, a
place in the late iributial of arbitration to
adjust the differences between this country
and England. In that, however, I lay it as
a tribute to my conscience that I acted from
a sense ot duty. I took Into my counsel
Mr. Walthall, of Mississippi, a man of
noble character, and my warm personal
friend. We decided that, for many reasons,
it was my duty to accejit. The result of
that arbitration, in which my voice was
lifted, is that peace now prevails where
war might otherwise have been precipi
tated. It was through no cowardice or
foolish apprehension that matters were
peaceably adjusted. The olive branch was
offered to us, and in the spirit of brother
hood and amity the tender was accepted.
■ ' r months were oceupie'l in this i-.ip.jr
| it hearing. Our energy was Sorely taxed
but our patriotism was refreshed, and we
had the satisfaction of knowing that Ameri
can honor was fully vindicated. I thank
yon, my countrymen, fjr your patient hear
ing, and my prayer Is that our love for
Alabama shall never fail.” (Great cheering.)
Before tlie senator could resume his seat
a dozen men leaped upon the platform and
were at his side. These were followed by a
perfect avalanche, and the general was
soon literally besieged.
"God bliss you, g' m ral!” shouted an old
farmer who had left his plow standing in
the field. "I’m with you agin the world.”
Thus surrounded by his loyal constituents
who had flocked from every part of the
country to shower upon him tlie proof of
their allegiance, tt was evident, that Gen
era! Morgan, at least in Opelika, was still
the master of the soil.
A Bilious Journalist .
To ell who have studied tlie situation in
Alabama during the past few days the at
titude of The Montgomery Advertiser is
deemed inexplicable. The paper appears
this morning without an editorial welcome
to Senator Morgan, who returns crowned
with Hie laurels of faithful service for Ala
bama. This oversight is so notable as to
excite comment. Why an honored senator,
one whose name Is a. household word
throughout the union, should bo thus ig
nored by the morning paper at tlie capital
cannot be explained except on tfie ground
of chronic biliousness. It is heiil that the
severe duties of rite postoffice should not
prevent Mr. Screws from treating with
proper courtesy distinguished democrats,
ev-n liiough they have the manhood to have
opinions of their own.
Said one gentleman today:
“If Senator Morgan had been a man of
small mold he could have defeated the con
firmation of Mr. Screws to tiie postofliee,
and the hint dropped by the senator in his
speech today that the po. ; toffice was in his
rear was not without its significance.”
i HE HOT ROAST
M liich Senator Morgan Administered to the
Montgomery Morning Cuckoo.
Montgomery, Ala., April 21.—(Special.)—
The superserviceable organ of tlie postof
fiee was badly used up by Senator .Morgan
in ills speech here tonight.
Such a merited flaying was never before
perhaps administered to a moribund corpor
ation. That it was timely was shown by
the applause with which it was greeted.
Ihe usually brown complexion of Frank
■Gli-.sk assumed a light green tinge, while
the boys walked around The Adv. rtis;-c of
fice on tip-toe, so that tlie boss might not
be tempted to turn on them.
A I’alroniziysjg- Editorial.
The leading article on the editorial page
of the morning cuckoo was a patronizing
bit of advice to Senator Morgan. It illus
trated anew the fact that e\-.-u a lice dog
may bay at the moon. It amuses the dog, is
entertaining to tlie people who look on, and
by no means disturbs the serenity of the
orb which is thus barked at.
The editorial says that “as a matter of
course, the purpose of his (Senator Mor
gan’s) speech is to render an account of his
steyvardship for tfie last six year a and to
demonstrate to his hearers his worthiness
of return to the august body of which he is
a member.”
anen coineg the crushing blow which the
postniirwier held in reserve when he says:
“No one lias been more conspicuous in all
this disastrous division of the party (this
time he drops tne capital p) than Senator
Morgan.” In view of this wonderful ar
raignment the organ hopes that Senator
Morgan "will be able to justify himself be
fore his constituents.”
Morjtun ISefore the People.
That justification came tonight, and it
was a terror tor tiie fluttering cuckoo.
For some days there lias been a quiet
rumor in circulation here that an effort
was being made to keep Senator Morgan
from having a crowd at the theater, but
long before 8 o’clock the house 'began filling,
and when the bell struck 8. fully one thou
sand people were in the theater, eager to
hear Senator Morgan. -When be walked on
tiie stage, at 8:10. there was a. perfect out
burst of applause, which was the truest in
dication that the distinguished gentleman
had friends in tlie house, whose cheers an
swered promptly to tne mention of his
name. General Joint W. A. Sanford intro
duced Senator Morgan to the audience as
a‘man known to all for his work in the
1 ranks of the party in the dark days of re
construction. When Senator Morgan rose
there was a round of applause which last
-1 ed for some moments.
He said that lies had been hatched in
Washington and telegraphed to Minnesota,
whence they were again sent out, which
[Continued on Third Column Eighth I’age.]
IN REED’S STYLE.
AT LAST A DEMOCRATIC BOUSE
COUNTS A QUORUM.
NO OTHER WAY TO DO BUSINESS.
The Republican Filibusterers Cannot Now
Absolutely Slop AH Business—Absen
tees Must Now Fay the Penalty.
Washington, April 17. —(Special.)—By a
vote of 213 to 47 the house today adopted
the rule reported by the committee on
rules providing that members present and
declining to vote shall be counted to make
a quorum.
The rule provides that the count shall be
made by tellers, who shall stand at the
clerk’s desk and note those members pres
ent who do not vote.
The affirmative vote stood 128 democrats
and 85 republicans.
The fortv-seven negative votes were all
democrats —democrats who bolted the party
caucus that declared for the rule. W hen
tlie rule was first reported to tlie house
this morning the republicans opposed it, but
when they foui.d it impossible to either de
feat it or amend it, as Torn Reed had it in
his code of rules, they voted for it.
How tlie r lain whh Conti noted.
Immediately after the chaplain hud con
cluded the Lord’s prayer, Mr. Catchings
got the floor and stated that by direction
of the committee on rules lie would with
draw tiie report of tlie committee made
last week, proposing to fine members for
uuexcused absence and failure to vote.
That having been done, he offered the reso
lution agreed upon by the committee as a
substitute lor tne fie Armona resolution,
referred to tlie committee by democratic
caucus iast E'rjday. Following is the reso
luLion: , ,
“Amend rule 15 by inserting between
clauses 1 and 2 tiie following as clause 2
uuu cnuiiguig me number ui clause 2 io 3-
• Upon every roll cull and before the be
ginning, me speaker shall name members
from ea.cn sale ol Hie pending question, if
practicable, who shall lake tneir places at
tlie cu rk'i desk to tell the names ot at
least enough mt int ers who are in tiie hall
ot the iiuuse uu? ;ng tiie roil cail wno uo
not respond, v non added to those respond
ing, to make a qitiurii. If a quorum does
not respond on tlie roil call, then tiie names
of those so noted or present shall be re
porie'i ct» the speaker who shall cause tiie
list to be caileu from tiie clerk's uesk and
recorded in Hie journal and in determining
the presence of a quorum to do easiness
those who voted, those wno answered pres
ent and those so rep-ule- present, snail be
considered. Members noted may, when
tneir names are called, record their votes,
xi-jlvvitiivtaiidiiig tiie provisions of clause 1
0/ “Amcii'd C clause 1 of rule 8 by adding the
following words: ‘And on a call should ne
not vote, he shall answer "present, so as
to ‘ ilvery iiiee.iL*.*.' siidii be picseul
within the hail of the house during its sit
tings, unless excused or necessarily pre
vented, and shall vote on each question
put, unless lie lias direct personal or pecu
niary interest in tiie event of such question
and on a roll call, should he not vote, lie
snail answer "present.’ ’ ’ .
Mr. Burrows, republican, of Michigan,
asked if Hie previous question were tiien
ordered would it not cut off amendment or
substitute. ,
Mr. Catchings responded that it would,
and that was his purpose in moving it.
Mr. Burrows then asked to be allowed
to offer as a substitute for the rule re
ported the rule in force in the fifty-first
congress, as presenting the views of the
minority.
Tom Reed’s Rule.
This was agreed to and the rule was read,
as follows:
“On tiie demand of any member, or at the
suggestion of the speaker, the names of
members sufficient to make a quorum in
tiie ball of the house, who do not Vote, shall
be counted liy tne clerk and recorded in the
journal, and reported to the speaker with
'the names of members voting, and be
counted and announced in determining the
presence of a quorum to do business."
(Clause 3, rule 15. fifty-first congress.)
Mr. Catchings’s request for unanimous
consent was tiien submitted and Mr. Wells
obiected.
Mr. Catchings tiien moved that the pre
vio s question be ordered on the passage
of the resolution.
On a division the vote was nays, 128;
yeas, 98. The republicans generally voted
against ordering the previous question. The
yeas and nays were demanded and order
ed, resulting in veas, 110; nays, 120, so
the previous question was ordered.
Mr Burrows stated that the rule reported
bv the committee and the substitute offer
ed by him both contained the principle of
counting a quorum, differing only as to the
detail. Not desiring to embarrass or delay
the adoption of the principles by the house,
but desiring rather that tne democratic
majority should have an unobstructed op
portunity to endorse the fifty-first congress,
lie would withdraw the substitute.
The debate was opened by Mr. Catch
ings in a brief explanation of the rule, say
ing it was the result of the action of the
i caucus of last Friday.
| Mr. Springer said the proposed rule con
j templated no change of the constitution; it
' was onlv a proposition whereby the house
could do tiie business for which the mem
i hers hud been sent here. (Republican ap
i plause.) The house had sat here for a
i month past and done scarcely two days
work. He was tired of it, he said, and
I hoped the house was. He should hail the
adoption of the rule as the dawn of a
better era in American legislation.
Tlie delivery of Mr. Springer's remarks
was accompanied by almost continuous ap
plause from the republican Denches.
Racket in Hie (ialleries.
Mr. Kilgore was greeted with a round of
applause us he begun to speak, which
caused Speaker Crisp to warn tne galleries
tnut they were present owing to tne cour
tesy of the house and Hie rules required
them to refrain from any demonstration,
“in this case,” said Hie speaker, "Hie chair
noticed tnat the applause started in the
galleries.” . ,
,\lr. Kilgore said he rose chiefly to ex
press ins unalterable opposition to tiie
adoption of Hie rule, of winch tiie gentle
muu from Maine (Air. Reed) was the par
ent. The rule was unnecessary, in his
opinion. Rules were not adopted by par
liamentary bodies to expedite, licit to hin
der the transaction ot ousmess; to bridle
tiie majority and to compel it to take all
the responsibility of legislation.
Mr. Russell, of Georgia, lamented the
humiliating spectacle presented to tlie coun
try by the democratic majority ol tlie house
with 70 or 80 more votes than the r< puli
licans and 33 more than a majority, iiiiding
themselves unable to do business without
culling to their aid Hie exceptional and rev
olutionary methods of the ntty-lirst vpn
£lMh Recd said: “I do not desire to address
the house again upon tlie general subject.
This scene here today is a more effective
address Limn any 1 could make. Ihe house
is about to adopt tlie prim iple toi i, im a
we contended in the lifty-lirst congress, and
is about to adopt it imuer circimi: ■. ,a>.
! which show conclusively to Hie i nuiitiv
1 it.s value. No words that 1 can utter can
I add to the importance of tlie occasion. I
congratulate tiie fifty-third congress upon
! the wise decision that it is about to make.
i (Applause on the republican side.)
; Mr. Guthwaite spoke in favor of the pro
i posed new rule.
Mr. Cummings opposed it. ~ . v .
Tlie debate was closed by Mr. Catchings,
who pointed out tlie necessity Lor tlie adop
tion of the rule, and said Hie present con
ditions were widely different from those
which obtained in the lifty-lirst congress
and against which tlie democratic party
protested.
The Bale Adopted.
The vote on the passage of tlie resolu
tion was announced at 2 o’clock to have
been veas 212, nays 47.
So 'the resolution was agreed to. This
announcement was received with loud ap
plause on the republican side and many
members surrounded Mr. Reed and con
gratulated him upon the final triumph of
the principle for which he had so long con
tended. Several cx-niembers also proffered
i their congratulations. As he rose a few
i moments later to make his way to the rear
i lobby the galleries broke out anew in ap-
I plause. which was not rebuked. A basket
i of roses was placed on Mr. Reed’s desk, and
i again there was some applause.
The republicans all voted for the resolu-
I tion, and most of the democrats. The pop
! ulists took no part in the proceedings, none
of them being recorded. Tiie negative vote
' was by Messrs. Abbott, Barnes, Black of
i Georgia, Biand, Breckinridge of Kentucky,
I Bryan, Bypuni, Capehart, Causey, Cobl; of
Alabama, Conn, Cooper of Texas, Covert.
Cummings, Dunn, Durburrow, English of
New Jersey. Eppes Goldzicr. Grady, Hall of
Minnesota, Hines. Holman, Hunter, Kilgore,
Lane, Lanham. Russell of Georgia, Lester,
Mallory, Martin of Indiana, McAleer* Mc-
Kaig, McMillin, Reilly, Ryan. Stevens, Tal
bott of Maryland. Tracey. Turner of Geor
gia, Warner. Wells, Wheeler ot Alabama,
Whiting of Illinois, Williams of Mississippi,
and Wise—all democrats.
Approving: the Journal.
Speaker Crisp said that while be would
bow to the ruling, especially as it had bees
endorsed by a vote of the house, he ccula
see no good reason for it.
The daily journals of proceedings since
last Thursday were then approved pro
forma. The pending question being on the
motion of Mr. Springer to discharge the
order of arrest of absentees made ny the
house on March 26th, Mr. Reed offered as a,
matter of privilege, as affecting tlie inter
ests of the whole house, a resolution d“-
clarlng the order of arrest to have been in
violation of the constitution and rules of
the house and, therefore, void. The reason
why he offered the resolution wax, that he
did not desire the proceeding under consid
eration to be made a precedent. He did
not particularly care, he said, what com
mittee investigates the question, but he
wanted to have it investigated. The pas
sage of a continuing order like the one
passed, he said, he did not believe should
be approved, because it might become, un
der some circumstances, a menace and dan
ger to the members of the house.
After some debate, tne chair ruled that
the resolutions did not constitute such a
question of privilege as would operate t<i
oust the motion of Mr, Springer. Tno
matter, doubtless, should lie investigated,
for It was one of great importance; but
it could not supersede at this time the
motion of the gentleman from Illinois.
Trying the hic.vv Kitie.
i The vote was then taken under the new
rule of yeas and nays, Messrs. Dockery
and Cogswell being appointed tellers, and
they took their places at the clerk's desk.
Before the roil call was begun, an effort
was made to secure unanimous consent
with the yeas and nays, which tiad been
ordered some days ago, but Mr. Payne,
republican, of New York, arid Mr. Pickier,
republican, of South Dakota, objected, say
ing they wanted to see the* new rui«
operate.
i The most noticeable thing about tiie call
i was that, in order to let the tellers keep
tally, the roll call required, three-quarters
of an hour to comple-e. Tlie vote re
sulted: Yeas, 226; nays, 5. The previous
question was, therefore, ordered, and tha
motion was adopted by a viva voce vote.
Caucus Bolters.
General Catchings and Mr. Outhwaita
made strong speeches in favor of th#
adoption of the rule. Tom Reed closed
the brief debate by simply saying that ha
congratulated this congress upon the wise
decision it was about to make. After the
1 vote Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, who opposed
the rule, created much amusement bv con
gratulating Tom Reed. The democrats who
I voted agamst the rule in the face of tne
caucus acting in favor of it are being some
what severely censured by their c dieagues.
One-fourtb of the democrats present bolted
‘ the caucu? action. They claim (hat the
caucus was not considered binding. But
i what use is a caucus if democrats are
. Ing to bolt it? These very demociats who
bolted today are the men who so roundly
, abused the twenty-eight eastern democrats
i win- bolted the action of the caucus on the
■ seigniorage bill. They then deck'red that
the eastern democrats should be driven out
of the party for bolting the caucus. The
bolters hold (hat business could 1' trans-
i acted without such a rule, and still even
, on such an occasion as today, had the re
publicans not voted there would have been
no quorum, for there were not 179 demo-
■ crats present.
• Good democrats hold that it Is as bad to
i bolt a democratic as it is to bolt
the nominations of a democratic convention.
However, there ar < : who h >ld
different views. Still what the democratic
party needs in congress is representative#
that will caucus and stand bv the action
i of such caucus. Without united action a
: party cannot succeed.
Uiglit Southern Bolters.
■ The southern men, as a rule, stood by tlie
' action of the caucus. Besides the foul
bolters from Georg: i there were two from
Alabama, Cobb and Wheeler. Mallory, of
Florida, voted again it Ihe rule, and so did
Wil'ianis, of Mississippi. The Souih Ca.ro-
' llna, Virginia and Louisiana "■legation
voted solidly for the rule as ihe caucus ue
, dared. _ ,
WHERE REED GOT IT.
His Counting a Quorum i uie an Old Dem
crntic idea.
Washington, April 18.—(Special.)—During
the discussion over the consular and diplo
mats- Dili in tlie house today, Mr. Wise,
of Virginia, delivered a speech which made
Mr. Reed fairly wm -e.
Reed’s friends gave him an ovation in
one of the theaters last evening, and the
republican newspapers are claiming that
tlie adaption by the house yesterday of the
quorum counting rule was a victory for
I Reed. Mr. Wise took this up today. He
read from Tlie Record of the forty-sixth
congress, showing that John Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia, had introduced a rule
at. that time providing that the cierk of
tiie house should enter upon the journal
the names of all members present and not
voting, and that the same should be counted
to make a quorum. He further r< ad from
The Record showing that, at that time,
Reed had fought tlie rule, denouncing it as
unconstitutional. Garfield, who was a mem
ber of the house then, had done the same
thing. Mr. Wise then went on to show that
Reed tried [o claim the credit of being tlie
author of this rule. Instead of bu.ng its
author, it evolved from the brain of a
democrat, and Reed had actually opposed
it. Instead of being a republican measure,
said Mr. Wise, it was democratic, and he
was glad that it hfid been reinserted in the
rules ot tiie house. No republican made
reply to Mr. Wise.
Mr. Grosvenor, republican, of Ohio, vho
had several tunes attempted without suc
cess to interrupt Mr. Wise —May 1 ask tlie
gentleman a question?
Mr. Wise (emphatically and amid general
laughter)—! cannot refuse you the oppor
tunity to talk.
Mr. Grosvenor—Was that a democratic
congress?
Mr. Wise replied that it was; and added
that it was his purpose to strip Thomas
B. Recd of the false colors under which he
had sailed. He added that Mr. Springer,
. of Illinois, had voted and spoken for the
rule.
“That,” said Air. Reed, “accounts for Its
defeat.”
“Mr. Garfield,” continued Mr. Wise, “voted
against it and denounced it as uneonstitu
, tional; so that this pretense that the
country is indebted to tlie repuidi'. an party
for this rule is a base lie. On that occa
sion Mr. Reed d noun< d tl e proposed rule
. as a violation of tlie con;-::>:-ition and the
, republican leaders joined him in the de
nunciation.”
Mr. Wise stated that he refused to vote
yesterday for the rul
iio opportunity to <:xamin< it. and beeause
there was no chance to debate it. But he
believed that if the power r> sided in tlie
house to bring a man is- m I'alii -rnia to his
seat, tiie house had a right to count his
presence for Hie transactioa of fais::.' ss.
I igh 'i line Sometliing was ! one.
Washington. April 19.—(Special.)—The
■ house spent all today in discussing the con
sular and diplomatic bill.
i Now that the republicans can delay busi
ness in no other waj they at j devol
i energies tv talk. Their ; :.>,n is to discuss
all bills just as long as they are allowed to.
'i’ll-- discussion today was largely on tlie
Hawaiian muddle, and the republicans will
j keep up ail sorts of wrangling discussions
1 I just as long as permitted. However, the
I rules arc so arranged now ,‘hat whenever
' I the committee on rules brings in an order
! to close debate, if the majority of tiie house
i wants to, they cun i-x an hour lor debate
I op any subject. Unless the republicans
' agree to permit a vote tomorrow such a
rule may be brought in. Sfieaker Crisp and
tin- committee on rule:; . re d -Lermined that
no unnecessary time shall be wasted. They
think congress shouid adjourn in July, and
will endeavor to have all the business
pending in the house disposed of by that
time. If there is anj will be
caused by the senate. Could congress ad
journ early in July it is believed tiie dem
ocrats would surely carry the next house
by a safe majority.
In the senate the tariff debate is dragging
slowly on. Even tlie galleries are empty
these days.
ANXIOUS TOGKT AWAY.
Congressmen Want to fume Home to Repair
Fences.
Washington, April 21.—An early adjourn
ment of congress is regarded as a political
necessity by many members of the house,
and especially by those from tiie south wnt
voted for tin: r<pe:;l of tiie Sherman silver
purchase act. S -me of tlie gentlemen have
already been apprised ot tin fact that their
opponents .it li >m. are endeavoring tt> se
cure their defeat liecause of their position
on that measure. A’ lul. -rs who voted thus,
ami who represent outlying or what IB
known in the south as “piny woods dis
tricts,” are having tiie most trouble. They
compiain that the isolation of their con
stituents cuts them beyond the reach of the
great daily newspapers and other vehicles
of thought which have a tendency to edu
cate and liberalize tlie masses. Under such
circumstances, it is impossible, satisfacto
rily, to explain their position except by a
ca'r.Zul canvass ot th- district. At this
point, thev are confronted by a new' diffi
culty. It they leave Washington while con
gress Is In session they will be accused of
neglecting their public duties for personal
reasons; while on the other hand, if the
session be prolonged until August or {Sep
tember, the intervening time will be too
short to neutralize the opposition by a
series of personal explanations from tha
stump. As one of these gentlemen express
ttl"Wel are between the devil and the deep
■ca, and the only thing that will wive du»
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