National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-27

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yet II any man to-day were TO propose to impose
tax on pig iron he would BIZ hOotod Uut Of the
house, as he ought to be. The production Of HlCO-
hol was either lawful business or II was not. IL
not II ought 10 DO stopped, but If II Ougbt TO be
stopped on moral grounds, IL did not bulung 10 the
general government To stop IL. IL became mat.
Ter of police regulation which the states should
settle. The tax ON alcohol should be abolished
altogether. The first step was the passage Of this
bill, and he would vote Tor 1t because he thought
IL would bring about an abolition Of the tax al
together.
were extended, would ever be paid. lie did not
want them to be paid. lie stood on the broad
position that this would be the first honest step
toward the doctrine OF free raw MATERIAL which, i'll
his judgment, was the vital question of the aye
and generation. He was uStOnished himself 10
find on investigation that one. half OF the entire
alcohol product OF this country was used in the
arts. He would vote for every bill which APP
preached TO free alcohol, and he would not Ceuse
secured.
He might be asked whether II was possible so
10 frame tariff with the whisky tax abolished as
to give the country adequate revenue to pay the
expenses OF the government. lie answered yes.
IL was easier 10 Increase revenue than to reduce
II. What he feared in regard to the Morrison bill
was that II might turn out to be measure for the
increase Of revenue instead Of for its diminution.
lie did not say II would be so; he hoped that 1t
would not. II the free list was maintained, cor
tainly some portion Of tho revenue would cease to
go into tho public treasury. He would put on the
Tree list lead, iron, aud copper ores, and all raw
materials which entered into cordage, AS to WOOL
he had no doubt that the removal OF the duty on
all kinds and grades of wool would be the wlsest
measure when could be adopted. But there were
gentlemen on his own side and on the other who
did not agree with him, and all measures brought
into the house must be SO brought in as to get a
majority Of votes. Laughter ON the republican
| side.l
lie could not expect to have gentlemen follow
MN but he might get euough to go with him TO
produce practical results. 1t was for this reason
the democrats were divided. Tue republicans
voted every time with their party; the democrats
did not. Laughter ON republican siGc.l lie said
/ n In nj hnNa M hat
order to secure measure of revenue reform that
| began right, that took tho smallest step toward
able medicine mSua and T unes tho d SoS or pa
was prepared 10 vote together as party 1t had
better disband.
"Thls Is not caucus" suggested Mr.. Reed.
| Mr.. Hewitt mot noticing the iutersupti)u) con-
tinued: 1t was the duty OF the democratic party to
get together OH common ground, and that com mon
Of free raw material. lie said that he did not be-
leye that horizontal cut was the best method OF
arriving at that end. But he would rather do that
and vote for this bill than not give proof to the
| people of the country that the democratic party
| was IN dead earnest when IL said that II would
reduce taxes Applause on the democratic side. j
Mr.. Reed suggested that dead earnest was d
good expression TO apply to the democratic party.
1T may be dead" retorted Mr. Hewitt; at has
been dead good many times. but 1t is one of the
liveest corpses the world ever saw, and 1t Will
remain alive at the republican funeral My
friend may be In the hearse, and, If so, will 80
| along WITH the more pleasure"
Mr.. Reed You never will be able to catch up
with the procession any more than you have been
able up TO to day
Mr.. Hewitt don't believe we will be able to
keep up with the procession. 1t will go on 2.lO
rate to the tomb, and no democrat can follow 1t.
Mr.. Reed. Wo are going to manufacture re-
publican victory out of your speech
You always did manufacture your victories"
interrupted Mr.: Talbot, amid laughter and APP
plAuse on the democratic side.
Mr.. Reed expressed his satisfaction at being re-
| lieved from the necessity of answering Mr.. Hew-
tits speech because some paris of the speech an
gWprpI HI Unntinmnn
be in a great state of MUD on the subject of raw
material. Nothing would satisfy hin but free
material, and no price was too hign to pny for it.
| He had announced that for the sake oil free mate
rial he would vote to take all the tax of wool.
and for the sake of raw material he would vote to
put all the tax on wool he could get there. He
| had been conspicuous in dcclaiming against
the INEQUALITIES Of the tariff and YET
Which FSPSisd t to vote for @
| IL was 20 per cent lower. He had announced his
disbelief the bill for which he proposed to vote.
cratic policy than such declaration from one Of
the foremost business men still left in the ranks
Of that party2 What stronger commentary than
that man declared himself ready to vote III three
different ways, in each one of which he disbe-
| lieved, and on each declaration received the APP
rlause Of the democratic side. He Mr.: Reed
his associates with him IN one bad proposition,
one-third in another, one-third in another, and
wboS on sns ne
the gentleman was. juggling with words.
| When what tho gentleman said was figured
| down, 1t would be found that raw material was
that out of which bar iron and nothing else could
| be made. Laughter and applause on the repub-
| lican side.1 the gentleman had proclaimed in O
letter, which he wrote to the people In his haste
to get ahead of tho procession. that he was in foyoI
| of repeating all taxes on raw material and OIL
| material on which no labor had been expended
| Where was there such raw material II was
| the round earth without so much rs hole in the
| ground. There was no such thing ms value with
out human labor. One purpose of gentleman s
speech was to show that he could accommodate
himself to all factions of the democratic party.
Need he say more? Was not this addition to
what the gentleman himself had said sufficient to
cover all the ground? The gentleman had said
that the democratic party was to DO at the repub-
liCan funeral. II would never he ut any such
until 1t got to believe in something 10 stand
by something. to have united policy capable of
producing something that did not disturb the
business Interests. But as long as II went hap
hazard trying to destroy business, IL would never
attend any republican funeral but would be at its
own every time.
Mr.. Belford made one of his characteristic
speeches, supporting the bill on the ground that
IL would keep out OF the TREASURY $4,000 900, and
he appealed to men from the south to stand up
like heroes and combine with the men of the west
to take this government and run it, In reference
to Mr.. Hewitts speech he said that 1t was becom.
ing that. after the democratic caucus Tuesday
night, Il democratic statesman should pronounce
a eulogy on cocktails
After further debate the committee rose aud the
house lat 5.l5) adjourned.
NOMIN ATIONS.