Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-07-28
WASHINGTON.

Representative Mills was a proud
man Saturday as he stood up in the
House to make a short speech, just
before the final vote was taken on
his tariff bill. The galleries were
crowded as they had not been since
the day that he made the opening
speech in what is likely to go down
to posterity in the great tariff debate
of 1888. Mr.. Mills began by stating
the present surplus in the Treasury
to be $l29,0O0,O00, which represents
unnecessary taxation upon thepeople.
This enormous amount of money is
constantly lowering prices, and piling
an enormous load on labor, and in
creasing the benefits of the privileged
classes. How long will it be before
stagnation will occur, and bank
ruptcy and ruin flock together over
the land? The majority have
attempted to bring before the House
a bill to reduce this taxation and les
sen the flow of money into the
treasury. BY amendments made in
committee of the whole, the relative
rate of duty has been placed at 1920
on the hundred. This moderate
bill has been met by a storm of
denunciation, and characterized as q
free trade measure. Is 1920 on the
hundred, free trade? Mr.. Mills then
took up the bill in detail, and rapidly
passed through it, pointing out its
advantages as he went along, a vote
being taken on the final passage of
the bill showed 1862 yeas and 149
nays. When the result was an
nounced cheer after cheer burst
spontaneously from the Democratic
side of the House, while the air was
full of hats andred bandannas. Only
four democrats voted against the
bill-Messrs Sowden, Merriman,
Greenman, and Bliss. Two republic
cans voted for it. With this bill, the
democratic party appeal to the
country for another four years lease
of power, and the people will give it
to them.
Mrs. Cleveland celebrated her oath
birthday on Saturday, by attending
the Capitol tohear Mr.. Mills speech,
and to witness the final vote on the
tariff bill. In the evening there was
a quiet family dinner at Oak View.
She has received many letters and
kilograms of congratulation.
The Senate having agreed to drop
the Objectionable canal amendments
to the River and Harbor bill, the
House passed it, and it is now in
the hands of the President. T,
1t is now generally conceded that
it will be impossible for Congress to
adjourn before September.
Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller
that's the way to write it now. The
Republicans after all their trouble
could only get twenty votes against
Mr.. Fuller's confirmation, while
forty one voted in favor of it.
Senator Ransom, who is a member
ofthe democratic national committee
vehemently denies the rumor thai
Mr.. Brice, the chairman of the
executive committee, was Indignant
at interference from the White
House in the management of thu
campaign. why" said the Senator
"the President could not be induced
to interfere in a matter of this kind
1t is not his way. No sir. We dis
cussed the entire question 0
organization in all its details in on
own way, independent of any out
side pressure" Colonel Dick Bright
of Indiana, Sergeant at Arms of thu
National committee, likewise denie
the rumor. He says the Presiden
has been consulted, as is only RICH
and proper, but that all the Presiden
insisted on, was that the campaign
should be fought in bold, open, anC
courageous manner without any
attempts to evade any responsible
ties or make any apologies. TIL,
Republicans will soon find out tina
there is no trouble among the mem
bers of the National Committee.
The House Committee OF
Agriculture has decided to pOstpon,
until December, the consideration O
the various bills to regulate tn
manufacture of compounded lard.
The House committee to investi
gate contract and pauper immigra
ton, will go to New York this week
From there they will probably 90 t.
Boston, and late in the fall, the.
expect to 90 to San Francisco.