Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-03
TARIFF FUN.
4 Good Defense of Free Trade I'm Qui-
nine.

Spe~ill Dispatch 10 the Register.
W,-uINGroN, February , - Wading
through the tariff schedules is exceedingly
Ja,l work and only the most imperative
sense Of duty serves to keep the members
in their places. Occasionally, however,
,bc tedium is relieved by a humorous
speech like that made by Sunset Cox, on
soap and castor oil, an abstract of which
., ,peared in yesterday REGISTER. But the
witty New Yorker was fully sbualled, ii
not exCelled, by Mr. Mckenzie, of Ken
:ucky, hitherto obscure member Of the
II use IN a speech
In Defense OF QuinIue.
Mr. Mckenzie said that the Committee
"a WAYS and Means appeared as counsel
,g- the plaintiff in the case OF the quInIne
HauU!actUrerS against the people, and he
t,-.-td his name TO be entered Is counsel
.-tIc defense. Applause on the Demo.
t-..g side lie was poor lawyer, but he
I...y}td that he could plead successfully
r'..gr the great jury which at the last cleo
's.@ had brought in a verdict of guilty
;-a.i>t tie Republican party, without any
r''ommendation of mercy. Laughter
l.try man who wanted 10 appear rs the
devil would vote 10 place duty on qui-
''ue. Laughter and applause on the
ipmoJraric side, He had vigorously Op-
I,sed the Tariff Commission bill, and had
characterized the Commissioner as middle
a-cd, hiGhly-preju udiced specialists, but
after reading this bill in comparison with
the hlil OF the Tariff Commission, he de-
s.Ted 20 retraCt all his utteranCes. Laugh.
ter The free list in this bill was full OF
wisdom and beneyolence. The committee,
t'ank God, had made blood free. Laugh
ter Ifa tax of one cent Mas levied on the
blood which had been extracted from the
people through this
Infamous Tariff system
there would be no need Of any other tax.
II had placed bone dust on the free list.
My God, gentlemen he exclaimed, you
are manufacturing bone dust in poor
Crsyeyards whenever you tax guinine.'
The committee had placed musk aad ciyet
IN the free list, and when he came to look
at this bill in its cOucavity and eonveXity,
in its obliQuity and iniquity, he felt like
eNClaiming with Lean Give me an ounce
Of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my
imagination Laughter 1t had eN-
tmpted iPeCaC. IL need not have done so
leCauSe il had itself created nausea enough
swong the people 20 Spsw the Republican
lsrtv out in l>Si. "Divi-diyi" was on the
..r list. He did not know what that was,
tGr lie presumed il was made 10 protect
The rummIttee on ways and means, which
waited a double quantity of il, whatever it
vas Diamonds also had been placed on
Tie Tree list. II there was anything on the
lace Of the earth that ground down the
IoOr 10 the dust, il was the tax on dia-
m0Ats. laughter
JOss-Sticks and Chinese Punch.
And the committee had placed joss
sucks on the free list. Still ministering TO
Te spiritual wants of the Chinese.
laughter He had seen lot Of men,
Is's al the Chinese Minister'S the other
L.SLi and while they might despise Chin
Te civilization they manifested a very
Iih appreciation Of Chinese punch.
,.suShter. Asiatic civilization, when 1t
,'.e TO matter Of cheap labor, did not
S'I 'be average Republican, but the Chin
G9uor met with not one protest from
""-uen on the other side OF the House.
.-.E4ler Leeches were on the free list
$3.50, exempted the pTOtectiOniStS and the
W!'iee On Ways and Means. Laugh
yunE, not otherwise enumerated
I'm N1 'he lice list This was done foe t
g,"on OF the Committee on Ways and
-, lis members were fast growing old
...,, G'd. Laughter They might stay
l.. ,lr '1~Atry. aud il they ever came
NY would have 10 come in under
1- q l1ak. li.aughIer.l