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print them for the perusal II 40
admlring constituency. When
The Tariff debate was resumed this
week, after IN interval of five thys
the Texan orator, Mr.. WclIhnrn,
made the eighth speech ~ the
series. aud preached d the gospel Of
free trade with an elo1uenco that
was applauded aud warmly con.
graduated al the close. He said
II would be difficult 10 find IN the
whole range u the English Ian
fnage more hypocriticnl words
than "incidental protection" lie
protested against this fraud in the
use of language, and said il protec.
tion was good and right, let it
stand on its own merits, and not
lean ON something so respectable
az revenue. lie held that incident
al protection, as 4 designator q
the present Tariff, was lrnctical
illustration Of satan masqierading
in the habiliments Of the Court Of
Heaven. The Democratic party
was putting its columns In motion
aud the result of the contest could
not be doubtful on such an issue.
Another notable speech was made
by Representative Eldredge, Of
Michigan, in which he said the
protective system was only kept
in existence by lobbying. extrava-
gance,and official corruption, which
II tends to produce and extend,
and that unless the system Of pro.
lection was doomed, the people
wcrc. doomed 10 slavery. Let the
issue bc squarely made, he said,
protective Tariff on the one side
and n Tariff for revenue only on
the other and then, with all The
money that the lnonopolists will
pay into the election fund, and the
Legion Of Federal ollice-holdcrs on
the one side, and the tax ridden
people on the other, we will see
whether money and patronage can
induce the people to continue a
party in power whose central idea
= in direct opposition to their best
interests. The House passed the
bill creating a bureau of labor sta
tistics, concerning which n number
Of mcmbers had something to say,
the substance of which was that
they were In hearty sympathy
with all measures looking 20 the
relief OF the laboring classes. Rep.
rcscntatiye Hopkins, Of Pcpn., said
a great deal Of attention in and ont
Of Congress has been given to the
American hog and steer, and lie
thought II high time to give some
attention to the American man.
The House also passed a comprc-
hensive Pension bill which pro
vides for the several classes Of
disabled veterans enumerated in
the Pension laws Of the United
States. II next refused to rea ppcal
the act limiting the tenure OF GER
tain Offices to four years, and du.
ring TIM brief period Of discussion
on this subject, the chamber was
the scene Of almost bcdlamatic
confusion. Mr.. Springer shouted
from the platform Of the Clerk
desk, that, in view Of the probable
ehan9 in the executive officers oI
the Government at tho coming
election, he hoped the Democratic
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