National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-06
ELOQUENT UTTERANcES.
Judge Kelley on the Tariff BiII-Faci.
Figures. and Wit.


During the speech Of the Hon. William d.
Kelley, of Pennsylvania, ON the tariff commission
bill yesterday, in the House, he quoted from
Baron Lieblg' Characterization OF England as u
vampire and said: "Tho vampire has exhausted
Ireland, reducing her eight millions Of people to
five millions, Turkey is the sick man of Europe,
and instead of furnishing the world with Damas.
Gus blades, she cannot buy plow or hoe of iron.
Egg pit is scarcely better of than She Yes, the
vampire has absorbed the life of these and other
nations and now 1t dies of hamilton. II is feed
ing on its accumulated capital, and not on its cur
rent earnings, and she is begging, begging, ap.
pealing for sympathy TO be admitted far enough
In this country to get her fangs upon our indus.
tries, which heaven fOrfend. [Applause
Mr.. Kelley then proceeded TO comment upon MI.
Dunnell's speech, declaring that his statistics
showed that arithmetic was not one of his strong
points. That gentleman had said that Bessemer
steel companies making profits of Go or 70 Der
cent a year, and had commended that IL would be
a crime not to reduce tho duty OH steel rails.
Mr.. Dunnell-The statement which made with
regard 10 the profits Of the Bessemer Steel Works
In 1850 was taken from the reI ort of Mr.. schwank,
u special agent of the Census Bureau. The report
is there to be found, and think that the gentle
man will admit that that report states that the
profits of the Investments for that year were as
have stated.
profits as that will buy him few shares Of stock
in tho company and give 1t to him.
Mr.. Hewlt-You couldn't do it. They are too
Mr. Kelley maintained that there was nothing in
| the report that justified guch a statement. The
| mistake was in assuming that the capital of the
| Bessemer Steel Companies embraced the capital
employed in the cohtributory enterprises, such as
the purchase aud working of coal mines aud iron.
speech, declaring that III there had been imported
the number OF tons OF sIee ni!s which the gentle
man had serted, he duty would have amounted
Mr.. Dunnell-The sentence which the gentle
man has read is in every resi- Get correct except
for the typographical error (Which the ordinary
mind would discover at oncei in tie word tons =
| taking the place of pounds" and If the gentle
man Is driven to the strait Of building arguments
on typographical error, he has very sandy foun.
dnlion on which 10 stand. Laughter and APP
plau. on the Democratic sidcf
Mr. Kelley1l am building up an argument to
| show the unltness Of this House TO frame tariff
aud am building 1t up by asking the committee
TO consider the fats which, on the honor of these
which will probably be corrected now. laugh.
Mr.. Dunnoll-I am led to admit that II the chair.
the intel igence Of the committee in the interpre-
taion OF sentence, then We ought TO have tariff
commission. llaughe rl
Mr.. Dunnell-Ihc figures are each one of them
correct as to quantity and the amount 4 gave, as
the revenue received = correct to mill and the
sentence. There is no difficulty with tie ordinary
mind 20 see the typographical error ~,
| tloman revised his speech, put II In pamphlet
form, and sent 1t to his constituents, reiteralng
| the story of the tons.
| Mr.. Kelley then proceeded to crlticiso the at
| tempts of Democratic Congresses TO frame tariff
bills, causing good deal OF merriment by his ex
position Of tie ntsurdities as he rsserled of The
| Morrison tariff bin. He spoke for two hours and
quarter, and then stopped not, Ms he said, from
nny lack Of matter to discuss, but by reason Of ia.
| tpue.