The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-01

that every claim not presented within |
five years should only commence to |
draw pensions from the date of apDllca-
tion? Who did thatp Will you answer |
me? Oh, oh, IL was the Republican |
party, OBJ, oh. Who was 1t that repealed |
the arrears limitation and paid the sold
iers whose clsims we're pending from |
the date of disability? 1t was the Dem.
Ocratic party. Oh, OBJ" Continuing he |
maintained that there was nothing in |
the perdiDg proposition looking TO
refusal of pensions TO soldiers. 1t
did not refuse to grant pensions, out
provided for their payment. When
gentlemen sprang into the fight and
cried cut that IL was an attack upon the
soldier they were attempting W der the
guis9 of friendship for the soldier ele-
ment to protect the bOndhOlder, to pro-
tect those men who, during the war, fat
tened on the blood OF men in the field,
and as contractors filled their purses.
Laughter aud applause on the Demo
cratic side
MIR. Randall did not intend to in
dulge in any further discussion Of this
subject, and would not except for the
language used by the gentleman from
Wisconsin. stand here, his peer In
every respect, with convictions as pure
as he can possibly have, applause on
Republican side, participated in by the
Democrats who followed Mr.. Randslls
lead on Thursday last, and have cOur
age to maintain them. How, Is the
| question? Some years ago we had the
same controversy, ard cast my vote
then as cast it on Thursday-frOm con-
Viction. l resisted anythiOg that tend
ed to free trade in the United States and
the lowering Of wages to American lab
Orers. [Applause on the Republican
side was condemned in some quar-
ters for that vote. went with the rest
of you (addressing the Democratic side)
| to National Convention, where ! was
told | would have no Republicans to
help me. What was the result of that
cOnvention2 Does any man here at
tempt to say that the measure reported
10 this House by the Committee on Ways
and Means Is In harmony with the
spirit of that convention, or the enun-
Citations Of those who took the stump on
its behalfP No, am just to day where
| | stood then. | am in favor of a TeVis-
ion of the tariff and the lowering of
rates of duty and repeal in part of in
ternal taxes, upon which the Ways and
Means Committee of this House has de-
MED any one the privilege of vote.
| [Applauee have only to say to the
gentleman from Wisconsin that he has
from me as much contempt as | can we'll
send to him, laughter and applause, ]
and am ready to discuss with him the
DrOpriety of my course
MIR, Hewitt declared that the measure
reported by the Ways and Means Com
mittee was in accordance with the Chi
cagO platform.
Mr.. MOIrisOn-The gentleman from
Penns sylvanis claims that no bill is fair
and In the spirit of the Chicago platform
that does not present him an oppOrtun-
ity of voting on internal revenue taxes,
and again and again he makes his prom
ise as to what he would do; and here we
nre repr0ached by the other side because
at Chicago we pledged ourselves against
the repeal Of Internal taxes and In favor
of 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 Com
' WCIO uOV WAbuiu bpllAV VI Vic
Chicago platform. He wished to call
attention to the fact that In nearly
every paragraph Of that platfor the
Democracy had pledged itself as party
to the reduction Of tariff taxes, and had
especially declared In favor Of the con-
tinuance OF the internal revenue taxes
The war taxes remain substantially at
, they did at the close Of the war, and thC
party promised reduction. Yet th(
gentleman from Pennsylvania, notWith
standing the promise Of reduction ant
his desire to keep faith with the plat
form, would not vote to consider the
bill unless 1t gave him an opportunity
to do that which he had pledged himself
not to do. The gentleman knew thai
the Chicago platform required additions
to the free list.
Mr.. Randall asked II the gentleman
! believed that President Cleveland cOulC
have been elected II the convention haC
declared for free raw materials.
Mr.. Morrison replied that Mr.. Cleve
} land wonld have gotten more votes thar
he did. He had not carried Ohio, any
how, and had not carried Pennsylvania
/ by eighty thousand votes, and would no
have carried them II the tariff OH WOO
, had been piled q mile high.
After further debate Mr.. Morrison
{ moved the previous question on tn
4 adoption Of the resolution.
J Mr.. Reed moved, as substitute, to la.
the resolution on the table.
/ The yeas and nays were ordered, ant
4 resulted in the defeat of Mr.. Reeds sub
. stitUte-yess 1875, nays 139.
/ Before a vote could be taken on tn
0 original motion MI Reed moved an ad
) jOurnment, and the Republicans, b
g diIiatory tactics, managed to cOnsum
1 the time up to 5 o'clock, when, unde
a the standing order, the House adjourne