The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-01

amateur statesman, the President OF the
United States, in defense OF the internal
revenue system, that suddenly the
Democratic party had become the cham
pion OF that system.
For twenty years the gentlemen rep
resenting tie Southern States had not
only denounced the general system Of
internal revenue but had opposed all
the efforts OF the Government to enforce
the law, and had so thoroughly educated
the people OF the South into the belief
that the system was tyrannous, that
they had builded up great sentiment
in the South that to defeat and violate
and destroy that system by fraud and
violence, and blood and murder, was
but the assertion Of the God-given right
OF rebellion against the tyrannous en-
actment OF tyrannous Government,
Now the Democratic party, directed by
the message OF the President, ordained
that the most sacred monument OF taxa
ton in this country was now, and must
be in the future, the internal revenue,
Discussing briefly the speech OF the
gentleman from Minnesota (Nclson), he
quoted that portion OF the speech in
which the gentleman put free wool and
free lumber against free whisky and free
tobacco.
Wien the gentleman undertook to
put the Republicans, who favored the
repeal of the internal revenue law, into
the catagory OF being in favor OF free
whisky and free tobacco, he made
great mistake. The proposition to re-
peal the tax on whisky was to remit the
power OF taxation to- the States and to
permit the States to take the place ofthe
general government.
The mission OF the statesman was to
see TO it that the laboring men OF the
country should have n great deal higher
wages than the labOring men OF other
countries.
He looked to the restoration Of the Re-
publican party to power-the party
which had laid deep and strong the
foundation upon which the great tariff
structure had been added n party grown
wiser by the assaults made upon the
system by its enemies-and 1t would
then be able to reburnish and rebeautity
the magnificent structure which was to-
day the pride and glory OF the American
citizen. [Applause.
Mr.. RaynOr, OF Maryland, did not
think that the duty on glass should be
reduced to the extent proposed in the
bill, but there would be plenty Of duty
left to make up for all differences in the
rate of wages here and abroad, and il
any glass manufacturer put down wages
he would be using the bill as pretense
for depressing his employees. But no
matter how the bill came from the DEM
ocratic party he would vote for it. Zap
plause.
Mr.. Nutting regretted to hear the gen.
tleman say so; that although there
was wrong in the bill, which would
put thousands of laboring men at a dis
advantage, he would vote for it.
Mr.. Raynor replied that he would fol-
low the great party on this great issue.
He had no right to look to any industry
in his district, when the question before
the country was whether systematic
plan OF robbery and plunder should be
continued.
Passing to the consideration Of the
question OF trusts, he said that unless
heroic steps were taken to impede their
advance, private enterprise would be
seriously affected and the prices OF the
principal commodities OF the country
would be arbitrarily fixed. The Stand
ard Oil Trust was one OF fraud, corruption
and oppression.
Mr.. Cannon, OF Illinois, inquired
whether the gentleman did not know
that the present Administration had ap-
pointed one OF the principal representa-
tive OF the Standard Oil Company tat
least bv relation, il not Otherwise) Sec
retary OF the Navy, and that another
representative was the Senator OF his
party from Ohio.
Mr.. Raynor replied that the fact that
man was son-in-aw OF somebody con-
nected with the trust did not mix him
I'M with the fraud. He believed he
could vouch for Secretary Whitney that
he had not the slightest connection with
the Standard Oil Trust, but it did not
make any difference TO him who was
connected with il. He did not care
whether Republicans or Democrats,
silyer men or greenbackers, ii was the
greatest fraud upon the people that had
ever been perpetrated.
II the Democratic party struck down
monopolies, it would receive, under the
leadership Of him who led it now (and
who was as dauntless a champion as
patriotism ever possessed, and as fear.
less a foe as corruption ever encounteredl
the renewed iealty OF the people. Zap
plause.1 But il Il locked hands with
monopoly, the hand writing was on
the wall, for treachery could never tri'
umph, and a lie could never live. Tap
Mr.. Henderson, OF Iowa, said that the
President had thrown the gauntlet at the
feet OF protection and stood boldly up as
the champion OF free trade. He criti-
cised the bill as crippling where il
should support, and tearing down where
Il should build up. He warned the la'
boring man against any party, President
or law maker, whose acts would quicken
the trade Of England, while in a com
paratiye degree II would check the man
uiacturing industries OF their own coun'
try. Applause.l
Mr.. Gailinger, of New Hampshire
opposed the bill, and at the conclusion
oi his address the committee rose anG
the House adjourned.
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Il Washington Notes.