Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-21
MR.. SPEAKER.
The Tarirto be the Prominent Feature
In the Fight.
Cox aud Carlisle Hedging Randall
Stands Squarciy on the Ohio
Platform.
Cincinnati EnouIrer sreclal.l

Cincinnati Enquirer specially
Washington. ID. c., November To-
No matter how the speakership con-
test may end, II Is going to leave In its |
wake some very bad blood. Its con-
duct thus far has been ill-tempered |
aud peevish. The friends of the can
didates are clawing one an-
other with abuse, and n
tyro will stand in awe and |
wonder that prominent Democrats
could be So wicked rs they are said to
be 10y their own party followers. RAN
dali is not yet on the ground, but is eN-
pected not later tliau Monday.
Cox has been all of to-day confined TO
his new house, helping his wife To
hang curtains and pictures. The
bounding Springeri Is 10 arrive tonight.
Carlisle has established, IN addition TO
the Riggs house, n supplementary
headquarters at the Metropolitan hO-
tel, where the Southern members do
cougregate.
Whenever there is political con-
test IN this city there is irresistibly
drawn 10 ita fresh invoice of "Maiahsn
and "Jedges." The city keep on
stock a permanent supply, but this Is
always augmented by fresh
recruits. Tonight at Wizards,
two of this small army
got intoa melee, and blood was drawn.
y An inoflensive "maiahn was discuss
ing the affairs of state, and announced
himself for Carlisle. He venturcu
that the speakership contest would
end in solid North being arrayed
against solid South. A "ledge' dis
puted this, when fight ensued, in
which an eye was damaged on one
side and nose on the other.
There are, all told, now In the city
about thirty cmembers who
, will have votes for II speaker in the
+ Democratic caucus. These make n
good deal of noise, and want tn
have the slate arranged IN advance OF
1860 or more who are yet to come. The
majority are from the South, and are
for Carlisle. Ii is this fact which,
gives To the Carlisle canvass roseate
! hue. The forces OF Cox and Randall
Z. have not yet appeared on the scene.
All of the candidates now appreciate
: that the tariff Is the prominent fen
. ture in the fight. Carlisle Is in
t clined TO hedge, and declares he
+, is not free-trader in the ordinary
sense of the term. Cox declares he il
: not, but some OF his old speeches are
being trotted out against him To- show
otherwise. Randall Is content to take
the Ohio platform. He endorses fully
: "A letter writer In lSli by President
n Polk to Elisha Kane. This was In
l., words to wit:
: 81 am in favor Of tariff for revenue
i such one as will yield . sufficient
c amount to the treasury 10 deiray the
; expenses of the government, honestly
1 administered. In adjusting the
+ details of revenue tariff ! have
: heretofore sanctioned such moderate
discriminating duties rs would pro-
duce the amount needed, and ut the
same time afford reasonable incidental
protection to our home industry. am
}. opposed To tariff for protection mere
!, ~, aud not for revenue. In my ludg'
q ment II Is the duty of the government
Il To extend, as far as II may be practica.
:. BILE to do so, by its revenue laws and
u ali other means within its power iaiI
G and lust protection TO all the great in
I terests of the whole union. embracing
e agriculture, manufactures, the me
Z. chanic arts, commerce and navigation
Those are my views In brief.p
Interviewed in Philadelphia yester
q day. Mr.. Randall was asked this ques'
Il ton: "You believe In immediate re-
Il duction oftaXatiou?o
II ~ do; and ] favor, therefore, az
n speedy as possible II total abolition o
r our interstate revenue system, and
q am ready to join hands with any ant
e all in favor OF an equalization of on
N duties on imports. No one wholunder
stands the existing tariff laws viii deny
the Justice and necessity Of revision
The present duties were. for the most
. part, levied during the war, and fol
7 The purpose of raisinga large war rev
= enue. IL will suffice in thii
u connection To quote the In
y dustrial league as uuanswcrablc IL
q this regard. os IL Is an admls
u sion on the part of those who favor III,
y highest protective duties: They con
i slider such revision desirable for th'
interests both of the industries affected
md those of consumers, partly on nc
count Of some original lmperiection'
q IN the present tariff aud partly on nc
Z. count OF the modification which have
r occurred in the conditions OF produc
Ii lion and commerce.
d "rhere should be, however, no viva
}: cious assault OH these laws. Change
should have firm foundation IL
reason, and especially SHOULD NE ay0it
mere experimental aud purely specnla
tive efforts on this vital subject
!, our excess OF revenue approaches
= in amount the annual receipts from
. internal or excise taxes II proper
!. economy be exercised In expenditure
y they can be made 10 be within the linn
It's Of our ordinary resources of tax
alton, enabling us, without jar or fric
lion, to repeal Internal tax isws, vghicl
are inquisitorial and offensive IN Tia,
< highest degree. These taxes reacl
. ID al ltt