Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-02
The Houae.

ne HOUSE WenU lnGO committee OF the
whole on the tariff bill Grosvenor, of
Ohio, took the floor. 1t was strange he
said, that the Democratic party arrayed
itself. led by amateur statesmen and the
President of the United States, in defense
of the internal revenue system; that sud
denly the Democratic party had become
the champion OF that system. For twenty
yeaEss Gentlemen representing southern
system of insss--sy denounced the general
posed all efforts of the uuyer1frnG1rU % er-
force the law and had so thoroughly edu-
Gated the people of the South into the be-
lief that the system was tyranous, that
they had builded up a great sentiment in
the South, and expect that to defeat and
violate and destroy that system by fraud
and violence and bloodshed and murder.
was but an assertion of the God-given right
of the rebellion against the tyrnanous
enactment OF a tyrannous government.
Now the Democratic party, directed by the
message OF the President, had ordained
that the most
SACRED MONUMENT OF TAXATION
in the country was now, and must in f1-
ture, be tht internal revenue system. Dis
cussing briefly the speech OF the gentleman
from Minnesota (Nelson) he quoted por-
ton of the speech in which the gentleman
put free wool and free lumber against free
whisky and tobacco. When the gentlemen
undertook to put the Republicans who
favored the repeal OF the internal law in
the category OF being in favor of free
whisky and free tobacco he made a great
mistake. The proposition TO repeal the
tax on whisky was to remit the power OF
taxation to the States and to permit the
States to take the eplace OF the general gov
ernment. The mission of the statesman
was to see to it that the laboring men of
the country should have higher wages than
the laboring men OF any other countries.
He quoted statistics in behalf of the asso-
ciation that the
CONDITION OF FARMERS
was prosperous and he argued that the
number of mortgages upon the farms OF
the Western States (Which had been alb
surdly exaggerated by the gentleman from
Missouri, Mr.. Bland) indicated not that
the farmers had grown poorer but that
they had borrowed money either for the
purpose of improving their property
already owned, or else to buy out their
neighbors who had concluded to 60 still
further west. The prosperity Of the coun.
try had met with no check until the Nor
rison bill menaced the Industries of the
United States. The dis ster which was
| threatened by the Morrison bill would be
quadrupled by the passage OF the Mills bill.
He looked for the restoration of the Re.
publican party to the power party which
laid the deep and strong foundation upon
! which the great tariff structure had been
builded. The party has grown wiser by the
| assaults made upon it ly it's enemies and
| it would then be able to reburnish and re-
beautiiy the magnificent structure which
was to-day the pride and glory OF the
| American citizen (applsuse.)
RAYNoR OF MARYLAND
did not think 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 if any glass
| manufacturer put down the wages he would
| be using the bill as pretext for opposing
his employees, but no matter how the bill
came from the Democratic party, he would
vote for it. (Applause) Nutting regretted
to hear the gentleman say that, although
| there was a wrong in the bill which would
put thousands of laborers at dis
advantage he should vote for it. Raynor
replied that he would follow his grand
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had no right tolook to any industry in his
district when the question before the coun-
try was whether systematic plan OF rob-
berry and plunder should be continued.
Passing to consideration of the question oi
trusts. he said that unless heroic measures
were taken to impede their advance, private
enterprises would be seriously affected and
the prices OF the principal commodities oi
the country would be arbitrarily fixed.
The Standard Oil trust was one OF fraud
corruption and oppression.
coNNoR OF ILLINOIS
inquired whether the gentleman did not
know that the present administration had
lappointed one OF the principal represents
tives of the Standard Oil Company. rela
ton of the Secretary OF the Navy, and an.
other representative was member OF bis
party from Ohio. Raynor replied that the
fact that the man was a son-in-law o.
somebody connected with the trust did moi
mix him up with the fraud. He believed
he could vouch for Secretary Whitney thai
he had not the slightest connection with
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY,
but it did not make any difference to hin
who was connected with it. He did mo-
care whether they were Republicans o.
Democrats. silver men or Greenbackers, j
J was the greatest fraud upon the peopl
J that had ever been perpetrated. II tn
democratic party struck down monopofe