Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
BEYOND the passing OF seventeen
bills. the House did nothing but talk

BEYOND the passing OF seventeen pen
bills, the House did nothing but talk on
tasitf, ut its session on April 27. Mr.. Brswe
Michigan opened the debate. He adycc
tho protective system us one which tenle
insrease the wages OF lMnor, and in suppot
his proposition he cited various statistics |
pared by Commissioner Wright to show
tho rates of wage A III this country largely T.
ceeaed those OF tho workikemen OF EnglI
He. was especially eornest i'll his oppositoaI
the freewooi clause which I've said would !
III industry which was national i'll its imp
anoe. It was true that there was danger
large surplus, but not 80 great q danger as !
President seemed tG.9uppose. The Republ(
panty mad disposed. OF its surplus by par
OFT Government bonds, while the Denioc!
party boarded its surplus III tho treasury
Ford, OF Michigan, said that the question
sented now WAS one, of tariff reduction
abolition. He ridiculsdi the position taken +
the protectionists that IL high tariff iucrel
the wages of American. wcrkHen. No ni .
tries, he said, showed more poverty more
titution. and more strikes aEaong their No
tnsnnsn than those so-cal Ed protected ~
referring to the claim that tho home nv
was she best market, Ma. Ford said the rs +
OF this home-market swlndle is that the fan
is most beautifully deluded. The hieL.tll
pnrtFSets his vote. the high trusts and mon
lists get his money. and the farmer gets the !
end OF the poker. Mr.. 6otf. of Weat Virginia,
that he did not believe. i'll free xaw mate
TherHwas no such tninG, as raw material III !
sensee;n which it was used i'll this dscasa
Coal unmined was. raw material,
wher, it was mined it, vas SIZE miners
isheCl product, and entitled US protection F.
vas Els much entitled tc, protection as thsI
fields, of tho South. Wool clipped from
sheep was not raw material twas theisJ
ers finished labor. In CONCLUSION he said
tectioE had made the flag OF tie countr!T,
ify ait that was great in hunnn action, all
was grand in human Thought and Goa
knees what it world do for orr land
Deinneratic party would let it alone
Lan6ss, of Illinois. submitted 40 arglnleal
supnart Of this bill. While heartily adyoes
the nal. be re ,rctted chat it touched the WI !
and tobacco taxes. which, instead OF Dehs
ducSl, should be increased. He hoped
the bill would pass. and tint every hle.a /
who voted against it for the purpose oil ccua
ufscturers would nlest with political DEAN
would be buried under tho bm2ot in No'el i
NEXT below tho resurrection line.
MD. HALE's resolution Calling on the 20 i
tnEy OF the Interior for information as
pointments in his department. below tue
Service grade since March, 1895, was adop' |
tho Senate on the 3Oth ult. Mr.. stewar1,a
duceu u Till to require the, purchase aluN
age OF not less, than ~, uOO,UU0 worth Oh ~
bullion nlonan. Mr.. Bsck made ",
against the International copyright Dill ,;,i
we're passed providing tor pubic DaI-
at Youngstown, Ohio, ut cost OF slO9,@ wv
" Akron, GAio. ut Il cost OF SOW
The House, MIR. Burrows, OF Michigan y
duced a bill authorizing the Secretary "
interior to place on the pension rolls, u as,
discharged soldiers and sailors who sci I,.
ieast ninety days in tho late war, Iuo .h n
pension to DO cent peg month for easa
actual service. Mr.. Cirosvenor address, ssSs;J
House IN opposition to the Mills tar!n III n'r n;
ae quoted statistics in behalf OF ~ ,s,y
WAS prosperous. AID he argued =. 1u, nj;
amount OF mortgage upon tue Loan lean.
the Western States, which had pe ',,,
surdly exaggerated by the se ;hat
from Missouri lBianol, indicated, NOV . .u
farmes had grown poorer, but that lp,i
proving the property they alrexuy T"i
else to buy out their neighbors who naa
GUIDED to go still farther west. 1he m md
OF tina country had met with no chec ci, 10 d
1 Ho:r:lon bill menaced tho. inau !!s Wss
United States. The disaster which !, sn nass
threatened would be quadrupied n.y. t1 Ml l
OF the Mills bill. Mr.. RayEOr. OF . m"I;
spoke next. Referring to monopolless D tssE
ne said that unlesa heroic aaeps W elr vi
impede their Advance private enter ~ tbsr
cipal commodities OF the country %ostI Vi
bitrarily fixed. The Standard on trT nsmoen
OF fraud and oppression. II the "a red
party strrnk down monopolies it w ,aa 4 10
under the leadership of him who leu lion 8,
and who was as dnuntless q chanI'sss
"a corruption ever encountered-itAisy Lsi ~
fealty Of the people. But If it lo s,ss d,
with monopoly the handwriting VIZ uipe
wall. for treachery could never Hesi
and lie could never live. Mi presi
son, of Iowa, said The s,.t oips
had thrown tho gauntlet ct the feet .s NJ Iv
ton and stood boldly up as the ,'nrius
free trade. He warned the laoJ "a mi
against any party, President OF ~ Eusl
whose acta would quicken tho traae s, " "
while In compal alive degree y tnsir
country 80.