Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Co-respoEdeat.I
 WAsrIrSGr.. N Muy G. ISS

From our regular Co-re-p -poEde-tl
 WAsHINGrUN, May G, ISSL
 In Congress every question has Vi ld- ed during the week to tho olly "ivi1g issue" Important bills, minor measures and special orders were succsssively voted aside when the appointed time Tor their consideration arrived. Tar.ff speeches. and more tariff speeches, on both sides Of tae Morrison biil claimed the right of way.
 Representative DOrshelmer. speaking in favor of tue pending bill, referred to the picture of poverty n merry, free trade England" which Congressman Kelly had drawn last week. He said sufficient misery could be seen in New York, largely due to the protective sys- tem, which the venerable member from Pennsylvania had done so much to build up. Let tie gentleman come with ne, contiGued tue orator, and l wlll show hIm the extremes of human misery. l will show hIm Fifth avenue filled with a ghtierIng stream of wealth aud youth and beauty, and then We will 20 little way and look at the dwellings, Ol the poor. He will find Wnols families crowded into a little room, without a window from which the tender sky uf the spring time can be seen. He Wal see strong and skIllful hards tbat can fad no work. He wIll see gaunt faces and wasted figures; men wIJh ut mauhou1; women without womanhOod; age with ut solacc aud infancy without hope. NueG hs has seen tlI- speCt4c.e, 1 vIli not charge It on tue tarItf aiO1r, n ? yet upon the drink that hs W uid make l:ct; i;s causes h. far deeper; but l Xlli tell him, d spite the twenty years of prOtec ton hs has so carefully given, SC mes like these are c mmOn m our land. Representative Bum next ttUk the Il or and aiN coated the irOieciIve system He charactc Tizel the "LoTlZOutal TeIuc tiOD b.ll' as a horizontal LumbnE, tue l Democratic party as a great bIg HO h. l ing amt flee trade bs murder most f.ul 1 NIT. Clay, of Kentucky. a gran isOn O 1 Hen y Clay, then lnd0rsed tLe tariff bill l as the bel inulng of the c. q Of mos | Iniqul Ous system uf tax XitIun. Mir. FIu- l nerty followed with ztr, ng speech in l favor Oi VrJtect OJ. | cirrring Co ibc | famous speech made during the Terk hy l Mir. Hurd m advuca y of uuqualIii. d l fs, trade. the lri-h -tat-Sm n -ali tua l while the gentleman from Ouil Was . ir.ns aud ir.iliani and the American | Ei M-hil Of tue '-Ires trade army, he | wt but a splendid cutha-las,.
 At the other eud Ul ile Capitol the l skipping bills are the subjrct oi .eh4 e | ost-i sib y, bat from tha iufc tl us | character oi the topic which sva, s tIt H Use of Rsfre- -utItiyes. whatever lue-tlon nap; ems Co be UeiD.e Ih- Senate D ,g, fha; body cOn,InueS-iO iutefspt r-,- .t wJih ,ur'fT talk. Senator N.s, for Iu- stance, explained tie de line m tle Am-ricau Merchant MaIn- to br a re- su 0f tfe protective tariff system.
 The mot com il feature Of the tarIil | icbate IS the eHCOlra- cmeur given ty Repu hllcan members Co D m1crdtic lolteis. Those Democrats who speak ou tte ReDdb.iceu sii of the quest op do
 Ot have attention from their poi ic brethren. For fear that uegiec might make their Democratic allies falter, the Republican managers arranged. at the beginning of tue tariff debate, tO have a title auditnce rally round each Demo '-aiic member who shOGli plead th- pro 'ective side of the question. Thcs- ?, lief squads are always at the post of iu-y. They surround every Dem crat who rises to speak against his party and ,iye him applause at tue proper places.