New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
Talking ABoUTTHE TARIFF.
EXPLAINING THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY
WHAT MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THE NE" ADMIN
IsTRATION.

xu.r MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THE NE" ADMIN
IsTRATION.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuNE.l
r,vcrox Ian. 17.-In the House to-
there was lively partisan debate, in the course "
"'y ,ns trae,raae Democrats became extremely rest
, as they found that they getting the worst Vi M
AR Townshend of Illinois, spoke In i"'o
his proposition looking to the formauo" %
commercial union between the Chi'ou -,
ond the countries OF Central and south - Co.,
little attention was paid to his remarKs' n"' ,oooor
obtained the floor, and. by the courtesy u l nara
no,a n while he had read by the clerk hew'i"p1
-, a., ,rh,ch ware act forth the frce-traue 'ic"eo'
1Iora,,o sevmour and his propositions 10 renicus .u0
genera, depression of business, which, aceoiuns Tn
Coy and Mr. Seymour, is due to the pro'co.Ne -, oa
o,lv Mr. Thomas, of illinois, causeu W ' - -
,he editorial In TIE TRIBUNE OF to-day OH
lection in Germany" 1t was not rehshed py '. .ne
ncmocrats. and Mr. Burns and others tried ou'
failed to choke off Mr.. Thomas. 49,
,ter the reading was finished I" the bosom friend Oh
Mr. Cleveland obtained the floor He too' as wen "'
s g Cox was indebted to Mr. IIscock Tor hve minu'o'
NJ the fifteen that occupied and he, as aiu MI wy
,aied TO reciprocate the courtesy. Mr Dorsheihci
nooch was received with the attention due 10 the Ut
4erances of man who is supposed to ENJOY con"o''
o,ations with the Presidentelect lie came OUT so"s
IN favor of free trade and the Monroe doclrhe'
bis hearty and unqualified approval OF lhe "eA''il
freat
support the Spanish treaty He declared however "
,be limited States should get possession OF the chte
Vast India and South American trade IL Woulu
be OF comparatively little advantage tno
restrictions of protective tariff are to con
tinue to discourage our trade Win i-nNit"O ,
and other European countries MI Dorsneliner "i'o
spoke about contingency that might comPci '"0 'H
States 70 take possession OF the Panama Canal
Mr. Hscock replied to Messrs. Seymour COX anu
p,rsheimer in capital speech. which provoked many
cries of dissent from the Democratic side lie su th'
they had again enunciated the old Democratic doctrine
that this is to he nation of farmers and he understood
that that doctrine is to control the policy OF te mco
ing Administration The responses have come TO IL al
ready from Pittsburg from Newlork, and before 'hs
Congress shall adjourn they will be received from olher
manufacturing and commercial centres. The develop
ment of the agricultural of india and Australia
he said s not due to the American tariff policy IN any
event. the United States would have to compete with
these countries aud market for her agrcult-
ura products necessary to the commercial ana INDUS
trial salvation of the United States, Mr. iscock plainly
indicated his opposition to the pending commercial treat
les and briefly gave his reasons therefor.
SIS Cox responded by declaring that Mr.. Hiscock
fayors Chinese wall around the United States that
the depression of business is due TO the Republican
party that the Ir oliver who had the most to do
with cooking up the tariff was among the first to
succumb and that in its last platform the Democratic
party promised nothing as to the tarin."
In vigorous five minutes speech Mr.. Reed carried
the war Africa far at least Mr.. Clcvelands
bosom friend is concerned He wondered If Mr.. Dors
hemer does know that the sole why American
manufacturers cannot compete with British manufacur-
ers is the former pay thirty to sixty per
higher wages than the latter. Remove this difference
and American goods and wares can be sold in compct
ton with those of Great Britain.
Mr. Dorshener again took the floor lie wanted to
know whether the business failures of 1883 caused
by fears OF Democratic whether any eats,
wears or less than he did before Cleveland was
elected The present depression, he declared is due
Republican legislation which has piled up an immense
surplus in the Treasury. " We not to be
frightened by any Of this talk about
labor 1t is not for the true interest
of the laboring classes to be employed in unremuner-
tive occupations They should seek work in those
pations which the natural and aptitudes Of
this country Offer 1t is time TO talx about high
or low wages when thousands upon thousands OF
man are idle and tramps swarm in the country byways
as well as in the cities"
Mr. Hscock responded He pointed out that the fail
1888 directly traceable the election of
Democratic House and the elevation of FTecTrader
the speakershp The agitation Of the tariff question had
unsettled business and the election of a Democratic
lined to-day, had aggravated the distress.
Mr. Hoar said that he felt confused. because only
Where is the other branchi" be inquired What has
become OF its distinguished leader whose recent tour
through the South was understood to have re-
snlted in numerous conversions OF Free Traders
Where the converts and why they silent this
occasion ~ He declared that the business trou les are
mainly due TO the disTust Of the Democratic party,
(which of late years has seemed have no
policy except TO find some man who
by industry is making money. and then
devise plan to get it away from bin or prevent
him from making any more" The debate of to- day lie
said would only strengthen the general conviction that
majority Of the Democratic party is composed of Free
Traders.
Mr. Bount, of Georgia, wanted it understood that the
Democratic speeches made to-day 4" do not bind every
on this side OF the House"
Mr Reed concluded the debate on the Republican side
by stating two propositions: FIRST that under
the protective policy established and maintained
by the Republican party the foreign trade
of the United States has more than
doubled and second that II overprOduatiOn exists il is
not due TO the protective system because England is su
fcIng quite much as the United States. What the
country needs stability in legislation and the letting
alone of the tariff"
Mr. Converse OF Ohio, declared that the Democratic
party of to-day is the the Democratic party OF
Jefferson Madison and Jackson that is 1t favors re-
ductiOn OF taxation and administrative reform that
there be no tariff legislation in the next four wears
because the Senate is Republican. and therefore that
the business Interests OF the not be
alarmed He denied that the Democratic patformaces
both ways, and declared that the Democratic party ia
unit " In favor of reform and proposes TO have an
honest Government and honest elections the North as
well as III the South"