The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-01
HOT WORDS IN THE HOUSE.
Morrison, Randall, and Bragg Indulge
In o Lively Tilt on the Tariff
Question.
The Illinois Free Trader Calls the Penn
sylvania Protectionist a Traitor
The Latter Retorts in Kind

In the National House of Representatives, on
Tuesday, June %, Mr.. Morrison called up the
proposed change Of rule providing that every
general pension bill may be amended by the
addition OF provision for the imposition #
tax to meet the expenditure requt.ed by the
bill.
In advocating the proposition, Mr.. Morrison
argued that it's adoption was absolutely neces-
sary unless Congress was prepared to grant pen
sions aud leave the Government without the
means 10 pay them. He referred to the immense
sums paid out for pensions since the war and
the large amounts necessary for present and
future requirements, and said that the gentle
man from New York CAir. Hiscock) and other
gentlemen on both sides Of the House had pre-
dicted that for the next fiscal year there would
be n deficit of sl4,00O0)o.
Mr.. Reed (AIe.) expressed surprise that this
rule was proposed TO be confined to pensions
alone There was not practical man in the
House who did not know that the proposed rule
would be to fasten upon every pension bill some
method OF taxation which would prove obnox-
ious to men who might want 70 vote for the
measure. He for one was not willing to enter
on such an invidous course.
Mr.. Hiscock said that the Democratic party
had not redeemed single pledge il had made,
but had stood covering before the country adj
uniting that it was powerless to Int any burden
from the people; that 1t had spent all the
money, and that empty vaults We're the fruit
of Democratic victory. Applause on the Re-
publican side He wished 10 emphasize that
a Democratic Congress had been in session for
six months that it had accomplished nothing
and that in these last DAYS Of the session it
stood confessing that it had known nothing
about the receipts Of the Government. and was
incompetent TO carry out any Of its promises
and pledges. Applause on Republican SIDE
Messrs. Laird (Neb.), Cutcheon, and Burrows
(Mich.), and Henderson Qowal, opposed the
change.
Mr. Bragg Wis., expressed delight at refer
ence made by Mr.. Reed to the failure OF the
House TO consent to consider revenue bills, say
ingi
am delighted because il shows what sort OF
contempt the Republicans of this House feel for
those who have been recreant TO their faith and
their pledges. While they received with
open arms and appreciation for the act they have
done they are thoroughly despised for their
political detection. Loud applause the
Democratic side.l
Continuing, he said that he had seen the gen.
tleman from Iowa Mr.. Henderson, take out the
old hobby horse to be ridden around again and
danced about for the benefit OF claim agents
newspapers to be circulated among that class Of
men whose vote the Republicans thought could
be bought by pretense that the Republicans
were the soldiers friends. Applause ON the
Democratic side and sneering cries OF "Oh OIL"
from the Republicans.
Mr.. Bragg (imitating the Republicans)-Yes,
"Ohi OIL" Why it that when You bad q
wo-thirds majority in this House, when the war
was fresh, when men were suffering from
wounds everywhere, that you placed limita-
ton on pensions and provided that every claim
commence to draw pension from the date % 40
plication? Who did that? Will you answer
me? oh! ohl' it was the Republican party.
"Ohl oh I" Who was il that repealed the arrears
limitation and paid the soldiers whose claims
were pending from the date Of disability? It
was the Democratic party? "ohl OH"
Continuing, he maintained that there was
nothing in the pending proposition looking to a
refusal OF pensions TO soldiers IL did not ro-
fuse to grant pensions, but it provided for their
payment When gentlemen sprang into the
field and cried out that il was an attack upon
the soldier. they were attempting, under the
guise Of friendship for the soldier element to
protect the bondholder-to protect those men
who, during the war, fattened the blood of
men in the field, ana as contractors filled their
purses. Laughter and applause on Democratic
side.
Mr.. Randall did not intend TO indulge in any
further discussion OF this subject, and / would
not except for the language usedsby the gentle
man from Wisconsin. L stand here his peer in
every respect, with connection as pure as he
possibly have Applause on Republican side,
participated in by the Democrats who followed
Mr.. Randalls lead previously, and L have
courage to maintain them. How Is this ques-
ton? Some years ago we had the same con-
troversy. and / cast my vote then as cast il on
Thursday-from conviction. resisted anything
that tended to free trade in the United States
and the lowering OF wages TO American labor
ers Applause on the Republican side was
condemned in some quarters for that vote.
went with the rest of you addressing the DEM
ocratic side to a national convention, where
was told that would have no Republicans to
help me. What was the result Of that con-
vention? Does any man here attempt to
say say. that t rs. Tess9Ts rePSgts1 to tsss
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 I stood then. am in
favor OF a revision of the tariff and the lowering
of rates Of duty, and repeal in part of Internal
taxes, upon which the Ways and Mems Com
mittee Of this House has denied any one the
privilege of vote Applause I have only to
say to the gentlemen from Wisconsin that he
has from me as much contempt as can well
send to him laughter and applausel, and am
course.
Mr. Hewitt declared that the measure report
cd by tho Ways and Means Committee was in
accordance with the Chicago platform.
Mr.. Morrison-The gentleman from Pennsyl-
vania claims that no bill is fair and in the spirit
OF the Chicago platform that does not present
him an opportunity of voting on internal reve-
nue. taxes, and again and again he makes his
promise as to what he would do; and we are re-
preached by the other side because at Chicago
we pledged ourselves against the repeal of in
ternal taxes and in favor OF revision or the
tariff. The gentleman from Pennsylvania had
gone out Of his way to say that the proposition
presented by the Ways and Means Committee
was not within the spirit OF the Chicago
platform. He wished to call attention to
the fact that in nearly every paragraph
of that platform the Democracy had pledged
itself as party TO the reduction OF
tariff taxes. and had especially. declared
in favor of the continuance OF internal
revenue taxes. The war taxes remain substan-
italy as they did at the close Of the war, and the
party promised reduction Yet the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, notwithstanding the prom
Use of reduction and his desire TO keep faith with
the platform, would not vote to consider the bill
unless il. gave him opportunity TO do that
which he had pledged himself not to do. The
gentleman knew that the Chicago platform
quired additions to the free list.
Mr. Randall asked IL Mr.. Morrison believed
that President Cleveland could have been elect
ed IL the convention had declared for free raw
materials.
Mr. Morrison replied that Mr.. Cleveland would
have gotten more votes than he did He had not
carried Ohio, 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 q substitute TO lay the
resolution on the table. The yeas and NAYS
were ordered and resulted in the defeat of Mr.
Reeds substtute-yeas 1875, nays 139 Before
vote could be taken on the original motion.
Mr.. Reed moved an adjournment and the Re-
publicans, by dilatory tactics, managed to con-
sumo the time up TO o'clock. when, under the
standing order, the House adjourned amid an
outburst Of applause and dersive laughter from
the Republicans.
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