The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-05-23
WARRINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, May 26th, 1884.
On Tuesday when the eloquent
Ohio Member, Hon. Frank Hurd, was
making his tariff speech, that has
been called tho event Of the session,
the advocates OF protection felt that
their cause was receiving telling
blows, while the friends Of the Nor
rlson bill thought their hour Of VIC
tory had dawned. The echoes Of this
speech will DO heard all through the
pending campaign and II will take q
permanent place In tariff literature.
In the Language OF an enthusiastic
free trader, passages from II will bs
doclaimed by the school boys OF gen
eratlons that will enjoy the blessings
of FREQ trade. The orator was precsd-
ed by Representative Hlscock, wht
made long protection speech, deal
Ing mainly with statistics, and exclt-
log but little Interest. Mr.. Hurd had
not spoken two minutes before he had
the undivided attention OF every per
son on the floor, aud in the galleries,
which no held until the close. His
auditors yielded TO the influence Of g
powerbased chiefly on the orators sin
cere belief in the Righteousness OF the
doctrines that he preached. In his
own language he speke In the inter
est Of the toiling poor, pleading the
cause Of wage-workers OF the United
States. He held that the Tariff Is ul-
timately paid by tho consumer and
that the Government allows lndivid-
uals to exercise the taxing power. II
man could make better contract
with Frenchman, Mexican, u Can
adian, or an Englishman than with
an American he had right TO ho Il
When q man earned In one day a dol
lar, 1t expressed all that day 10 him.
II represented MS hopes, his fears, ais
toll and his anxletles. With that
delIar he went to purchase what he
wanted from q Frenchman, but the
Government stepped In and said"You
must buy from an American He
went 10 the American who said, "I
charge you two dollars for that arti-
cle" So tho man must 20 back to his
toll and another day must 20 out Of
his life TO get that additional dollar.
BY the power OF law, said Mr.. Hurd,
the man is compelled 10 work one day
against his will for the American
manufacturers.
Monday OF this week was day set
apart for Congress to consider de-
mands In behalf o: the Nations ward
the District Of Columbia. A free
bridge was asked for across tho Pc
tomac and a half million dollars 10
perfect the sewerage system OF Wash
ington was also requested. After pro-
tracted filibustering opposition by sew
eral Members, the sewerage bill was
on the point OF passage, when the ac-
tion was defeated by the object ion
that no quorum was present In re-
lation 10 this bill, Representative
Bland said, when q liberal appropri-
alton was wanted, Members were In
tho habit Of referring TO the idle sur
plus revenue in the Treasury, and In
sisting that IL ought to DO let out fol
the use OF the people. This he pro-
nounced dishonest and debauchInH
sentiment. No Government had q
surplus revenue that had over one
and half billion dollars OF indebted
ness to meet more than Its revenue
When the two hundred millions due
today on the public debt was paid
there would be no surplus left for
anybody. There Is no prospect oi
money being lavished upon the Cap
ital city by the present Congress.
The long delayed bribery case oi
ex-senator Kellogg which was begun
this week collapsed to-day unexpec-
tedly. The Star Route contractor
Price,swore that he paid the ex-Sen-
ator $40, 200, for a valuable service.
The judge excluded the testimony of
Price under the statute OF limitations,
the dates not being In the indictments
and under the instructions of the
court the Jury brought In verdict Of
fnot guilty" When this announce
ment was made the defendant left
the court room with his council and
friends. The result Of the trial was
the principle theme at the Conrt
House to-day and Mr.. Ker, Of the
Government council, expressed con-
siderable disgust, saying Kellogg was
nedged about by all manner Of infu-
snces to save him from the penitentE-
ary. He thought the sooner the adu
ninistration Of justice In the District
was re-organized the better.
On the dizzy height Of the Wash