Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-18
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THE BATTLE OPENS

THE BATTLE OPENS.
Mills and Kelley Lead Of in the Debates
on the Tariff Bill.
Copyright 1888. by the California associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 17th.-The tariff de-
bate, which Will occupy the attention of
the House the greater part of the time DUR
ing the next two months, was begun to-day
The galleries were crowded with spectators
early in the day, and members on both
sides of the Chadtber paid unusual atten-
sion to the presentation of the question
| made by Mills and Kelley.
Mills is Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee and the author of the
pending bill. Kelley is the leading men,
ber OF the minority, and g protectionist
who imbibed his theories from Henry Clay.
and is answering in his hostility to any
thing that savors of free trade
Mills is a firm believer in abso-
lutte free trade, but as Chairman
of the committee intrusted with
the preparation Of bill that it is hoped.
will capture the votes of q majority of the
House, he has been forced into a semi-con-
servative position, under which he is eyi-
dently restive.
He made, in his opening to-day, perhaps
the best OF the many speeches he has here
tofore delivered on the subject of the tariff.
He spoke extemporaneously and with de-
liberation. Upon the desk at his side was
pile of books of reference, and near them
clerk who assisted the speaker in finding
his citations. The Texan is naturally hot
tempered and impatient of interruption,
but he kept himself well in hand to day.
and the Democrats loudly applauded his
telling points.
Judge Kelley read his speech, which
had hqpn rod with
1t was an elaborate presentation of the
principles Of protection, based upon the
results of the practical operation of the
system. 1t was a refutation, by facts and
figures, of the claims of the free trade
theorists.
Kelly is seventy four years of age. He
lacks the vim and snap in debate that he
possessed twenty years ago, but he is chock-
full OF facts and figures that he can apply
with facility whenever the tar iff is under
discussion. His speech was aggressive.
de did not surrender single point, nor ex-
press any desire for compromise. He made
an open fight against the Mills bill-pointed
out its weaknesses, and ridiculed what he
termed its inconsistencies.
ONE OF KELLEY's REJoINDEBs.
In reply to Mills statement that pro-
tective tariff maintained the trusts that are
putting up prices all over the country,
Kelley said, speaking of the sugar trust
CLAUS Spreckels knows what he is about.
He believes that the way to fight the trust
is to locate beet fields and sugar factories in
all parts of the country, and to defy the
conspirators against the public veal by the
| immensely of the product and the saving of
the cost of transportation by bringing the
| producer and consumer to each other
side. Spreckels insists upon it that in the
hands of properly-instructed farmers and
with competent machinery in the factories,
beets may be grown and manufactured as
| proftably in Ohio, Illinois and other cen.
tral States as in Germany or California"