The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-05-10
THE TARIFF BILL.
MORRISON'S FORCES ROUTED-THE
ENACTING CLAUSE STRUCK OUT.
Mr.. Randali's Great speech Asnints Ere,
Trade-Mr. Findlay Wins Deserved
App auSe-Mr. Morrison Pleads
His Own Cause.

Mr.. Morrison tarin reduction bill was
killed in the House OF Representatives ON
Tuesday, and its author, Il victim OF
| over-coElidenre, nov is expanding his
surplus talent in matchmaking the
men who made HIM believe that they
wonfd vote his way, uut who went
straiH ht"ay and sustained the opposition.
| He was ST. enthusiastic a To- Le lieve that
the motion would be defeated tS even 20
majority as he counted firmly upon the
California dele CATION. as we'll as scatter
ing recruits from number of the pro-
lection States. Now he muurns over the
realization that the politicians promise
is like the veritable pie crust.
The scene in the House on Tuesday
was one of the most exciting which has
occurred during the present session.
The debate was absorbing from first to
last, anC, for one day at least close atten.
ton was paid to everything that was
said. Mr.. Fndlay, of Maryland, deliv-
cred one of the finest speeches Of the SEES
sion against the Morrison bill lie spoke
i'll Morrison time, but that did not in.
terfere with his delivering a scatling de
nunciation of the proposed measure. Mr..
Randalfs speech was the evert of the
day, and not a word was missed by either
side of the House. lie was frequently
interrupted by applause from the Repub-
Leans and the protection Democrats.
Blackburn speech was pronounced 20
be one oI the best ever delivered in Con-
gres> III behalf Of tariff reform.
Speakei. Carlisle is among the taliif
retormers who did not share the cnthu-
siasm of Morrison. He sand 10 Il per
sonal friend that morning that he had
carefully estimated the strength on both
sides, and that lie Was convinced the bill
was on the eve of receiving its death
blow
When Mr. Randall rose to speak the
members fairly rushed from all parts OF
the hail and surrounded his desk. lie
opened with quotation from Lord Chat
ham that capital was timid. and that any
legislation to destroy confidence was not
only blunder but crime. Great Brit.
ain, he said, had, during our late war.
sought every means to cripple this colln
try, and, having failed in that, now
sought to coax us into free trade In
her avarice she held in her iron grip Gil
braltar ami commanded the SueZ cal al,
while she compelled millions of Chinese
to swallow her opium. He denounced
constant tinkelipg with the tariff, and
leaving apprchensions that no tariff
could last longer than from one Congress
tC another. Such course he declared
murder Gus and suicidal. The protective
system had been the policy of the nation
from its foundation, and had made us a
prosperous and happy county. indepen-
dent OF the whole world. II the settled
policy of the government WAS abandoned
and our ports opened to the products of
i'll paid labor of other countries, panic,
disaster and ruin would follow Would
1t not be wiser to postpone this mat er
until the sober second though OF the
people after the Presidential election?
Gentlemen had said that they could carry
every southern State. Where would
they find Il Northern State Would de-
privation of labor be likely to lead the
laborer, while Republican organs, with
too plausible tale, reminded him that the
Democrats had thrown him ont of work.
to vote the Democratic ticket He pre-.
ferred something that had been long
tried and found safe and practical to this
bill. which was impossible, impractcable
and came to us from those who seek our
ruin, that by it they may build up their
own trade, commerce and manufactures
At $40 o'clock Mr.. Morrison took the
floor for the closing speech. He said
should the motion soon to be made pre-
vail, it would cat off all possibility to
amend the tariff laws and would be
declaration on the part of the House that
the tariff taxation was not too high. He
attributed the prosperity of the country
to the abundant crops and introduction
of machinery in every branch OF industry
in spite of protection. Referring to Mr.
kelley's stories of suffering in England,
he said if the gentleman had studied the
history of England, he could have found
other causes for the distress, which he
so wildly pictured. than free-trade. If
he had gone to find anything but distress
he would have found tie children better
fed. less pauperiSm and less crime. lie
said statistics showed more poverty in
Pennsylvania than in Ireland: more
crime, more pauperism, more fools in
Pennsylvania. than in Ireland. Loud
laughter. And more idiots and more
insane persons with fewer children in the
schools. He defended the horizontal re-
duction. and said that the real question
was, is the tariff too high or too low
The first clause of the bill was read,
when Mr.. Converse (Ohio.) moved to
strike out the enacting clause. A vote
by tellPrs was demanded and ordered
The affirmative vote on striking out the
enacting clause reached 80 on the first
count, the negative then scored l5l.
One more was added to the affirmative
vcte and the result was announced 156
yeas to l5l nays. There was wild OK
cltement on the Republican side and
loud cheers and clapping o! hands.
An analysis of the roll call shows that
only three experimentation, Strait
and Wakefield. all of Mnnesota-voted
against striking out the enacting clause.
Forty one Democrats voted in the air-
native.