St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-23
RANDALL IN A RAGE.
BE seizes a Chance to Lug the Tariff
Question Into House Debate on
Pensions,
And, Amid Loud Republican Cheers, Ex-
presses His utmost Contempt
for Gen. Bragg.
The President Begins the Day by
Sending the House Nine
Vetoes,
And Ends 1T by Taking Dinner With
Postmaster General
Villas.
A Scene In the House.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-ln the house
Mr. Morris called up the proposed change
Of rule making it in order to amend gen.
sral pension bill by adding provision for
The imposition of a tax to meet the eXpen-
1itures required by the bill, and an inter-
eSting debate followed.
Mr. Morrison spoke in favor of the propo-
sition. Mr. Reed of Maine thought the rule
should not be confined to pensions alone. Mr..
HiScOck regarded the proposed rule as an at
tempt to make an 1nvidlouS distinction
against the pension bill. Mr. Randall de-
clared that Democrats as well as Repu blicanS
desired to do justice to the soldier, though
they might differ as to the method. Let the
house say that when it voted pensions it
would also vote taxation to meet them. Mr..
Mckinley asked why an endeavor was being
made to reduce the revenues, if even now
there was not enough money to pay soldiers
claims. Mr.. Hewitt of New York said that
the Republican party had pledged the reve-
nue. of the government to the bondholders
and the Democratic party proposed TO pledge
q portion of the revenue TO pensions.
Mr. Bragg maintained that there was nothing
in the pending proposition looking to a re-
fuSal of pensions to soldiers. 1t did not re-
fuse to grant pensions, but it provided for
their payment. When gentlemen sprang into
the fight and cried out that it was an attack
upon the soldiers they were attempting I'M
der the guise of friendship for the soldier
element, to
PROTECT THE BONDHOLDER,
to protect those men who, during the war,
fattened on the blood of men in the field and
as contractors filed their purses. Laughter
and applause on the Democratic side.1 The
general tenor of Mr.. Braggs remarks were
such as to call Mr.. Randall again to his feet.
He said: Il did not intend to indulge in any
further discussion of this subject. and I
would not except for the language used by
the gentleman from Wisconsin. I stand here
his peer in every respect, with connection as
pure as he can possibly have. Applause
on the Republican side participated in by the
Democrats who followed Mr.. Randall's lead
on Thursday last. and have the courage to
maintain them. How is this question? Some
years ago we had the same controversy and I
cast my vote then as l cast it on Thursday,
from conviction. [ resisted anything that
tended to free trade in the United States and
the lowering of wages to American laborers.
Applause on the Republican side. I was
condemned in some quarters for that vote ]
went with the rest of you addressing the
Democratic side to a national convention,
where I was told that would have no Repub-
licans to help me. What was the result of
that convention? Does any man here attempt
to say that the measure reported to this house
by the committee of ways and means is in
harmony with the spirit Of that convention
or the enunciations of those who took the
stump in its behalf? No, am just to-day
where [ stood then. ] am in favor of re-
vision of the tariff and the lowering of the
rates of duty and repeal in part of internal
taxes, upon which the ways and means COM
mittee Of this house has denied anyone the
privilege of vote. Applause. I have only
to say to the gentleman from Wisconsin that
he has from me
AS MUCH CONTEMPT
as I can well send him, laughter and ap-
plausel and / am ready to discuss with him
the propriety of my course.
Mr. MOrriSOn-'Tho gentleman from Penn
sylvania claims that no bill is fair and in the
spirit of the Chicago platform that does not
present him an opportunity of voting on in
ternal revenue taxes, and again and again he
makes his promise as to what he would do
and here we are reproached by the other side
because at Chicago we pledged ourselves
against the repeal of internal taxes and in
favor of a revision of the tariff The gentle
man from Pennsylvania had gone out of his
way to say that the propositions presented
by the ways and means committee was not
within the spirit of the Chicago platform.
EII2 wished TO call attention to the fact that IN
nearly every paragraph of that platform the
Democracy had pledged itself as a party to
the reduction of tariff taxes, and had espec-
tally declared in favor Of the continuance of
internal revenue taxes.
The war taxes remain substantially as they
did at the close of the war and the party
promised reduction. Yet the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, Notwithstanding the
faith with the platform, would not vote to
consider the bill unless it gave him an oppor-
tunity to do that which he had pledged him
self not to. do. The gentleman knew that
the Chicago platform required additions to
the free list. Mr.. Randall asked if the gen.
tleman believed that President Cleveland
could have been elected if the convention
had declared for free raw materials. Mr..
Morrison replied that Mr.. Cleveland would
have gotten more votes than he did. He mad
not carried Ohio anyhow, and had not carried
Pennsylvania by $4,000 votes and would not
have carried them il the tariff on wool had
been piled a mile high. After further debate
Mr.. Morrison moved the previous question
on the adoption of the resolution. Mr. Reed
moved as a substitute to lay the resolution on
the table. The yeas and nays were ordered,
and resulted in the defeat of Mr.. Reeds SUBJ
stitute. Yeas 126, nays 139. Before vote
could be taken on the original motion, Mr.
Reed moved an adjournment, and the Repub-
lcans, by dilatory tactics, managed to con-
sumo the time up to 5 o'clock, when under
the standing order the house adjourned amid
az outhurst of applause and derisive laughter
from the Republicans.