The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-04-26
SENSE AND WIT.

gress convey to IL. brilliant pas
sages uf hard sense, interpnlated
b, sallies which excite the humor-
"ut EN- rtions of man. The other
day Mckinley was making a speech
in Congress in opposition to the
Morrison free trade bill. when he
was interrupted Ivy Morrison with
the query;
Would the bill recommend it.
self to you if the Morrill, clause
were stricken out +"
Il would not support this BILL"
replied Mckinley. If it were II
simple straight 90 per cent reduc-
,ion of the duties Of 1883, anA !
will tell why some of the articles
Of imported merchandise can better
stand Il reduction of 80 per cent.
than others. A reduction of 90
will destroy ONE of the great maD-
ufacturing industries Of the country.
Twenty inches off the leg Of the
gentleman from Illinois would
leave him a stump, but twenty in
ches off the leg of one Of the small
er members Of the House would
not leave them any stump at all" :"
(Laughter.)
That Ia a good stump speech, g."
suggested Tucker Of Va.
During the last Congress the
Republicans were criticised. be-
cause they ed tariff con mis-
sion to revise the tariff and it was
asserted that it was = confession of
incapacity on the part Of the Re
publicans in Congress, to make II
revision. What would be said of
this bill! THIS bill of two pages.
This horizontal cut. WY it bore
on its very face tho highest cvi-
dence Of incapacity. applause on
the Republican side.) Nobody
would ever suspect that this bill
reversed the s;rdtiny OF the com
mission OF experts. 1t was the in
vention OF Incidence, and not only
that, but it WAS the mechanism of
4 batch of ignorant workmcn. The
trouble with the Democratic party
WAS that it had determined on de-
iug something no mstter how mis-
chiey0us. which looked 10 the re-
duction of the duties on exports,
eycn when the doing of it was in
opposition to the universal scnti-
ment ct the country twas well
that the Senate Yesterday, passed
the bankruptcy bill. 1t was a fit
ting curOllory to the Morrison bill.
1t WAS an appropriate and ncces-
sary companion. The only per
sons win dean IN ie,l n rcluctlun of
the tariff were members OF the
Free Trade club of Brooklyn and
New FORK and they were like the
lilies Of the field. "they toll not
neither do they spin Their cap
ital was not invested IN the active
industries. They cut their cou
pons, and bought most of their
goods on the other side. Ii Com
Xress lnwurv, the duties they
would get their goods Il little
cheaper. lie declared the bill WIS
in the interest of England. lie
then dwclt upon hiS main objection
to the bill, that it would reduce
the price of labor, and in conclu-
sion appealed to the Democratic
party not o take leap in the
dark by the passage of this bill.
Later, when the foot and mouth
disease" was under discussion, SEN
ator Coke, of Texas, opposed Gov,
ernmental aid in wiping out the
disease, on Constitutional grounds,
when Senator Williams, of Ken
lucky, retorted by saying; 1T
WAS amazing to him how Senators
could fear the results of \ bill OF
this character. Should a State per-
nit itself to become a hot.bcd of
contagious cattle diseases without
other States being pr)tectedi He
wanted to know il Texan bulls be-