Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-09
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the matter to the calm sense OF thu
House without regard to craftsmanship
anil the sober judgment OF the Ameri
,, IN people, which is always right"
Woodburn, of Nevada, said he hat
! never in his life knowingly made {
charge he could not substantiate. Ht
did rot regard the denial Of the. Brit
ism Minister as a denial OF thu
charges. In fact it was an admission
II was no better authority than the
gentleman's (Bryce's) statement that
he was relative by marriage To
Hewitt. When he (Woodburn)
made this charge, he was informed by
q reputable gentleman in Washington
who was on the floor at the time, that
| he was one of committee of
three representative Irishmen dele
gated by an Irish organization Of
Americans to investigate the truth of
the charge made against Hewitt.
That gentlemen stated to him and
said he could prove il; that the result
OF that investigation was that Hewitt
WAS guilty of tho charge. One Of the
committee was d correspondent oil the
New York Irish World, and another
O'Mesghre Gordon, and upon their
statements in addition to the current
literature of the day he made the
charge and did not take it back. He
needed better authority than that
letter over the signature of A, S.
Hewitt, the interested party, the de-
fendant in the case.
Drumm, of Pennsylvania, said
| Bryce would bear him out in the
statement that after the controversy a
few days ago, they had looked over
the record together and that he
(Brumm) had then and there agreed
that the gentleman might either not
publish anything in the record with
reference to it or he might strike out
the word apologize" and insert the
word explanation, or that he might
fix it up any way to suit himself, con-
sistent with the truth. The gentleman
had fixed up the record. The record
was not as it should be, but he had no
objection to the manner in which the
gentlemen had seen fit to fix it up.
but when the charge was. made that
no explanation was made by Hewitt,
he still maintained that the charge
was false. or at least Lot correct. His
recollection was that Hewitt had
made an explanation on the floor, but
whether it was made on the floor or
not, the explanation (the mildest
term that he could use) was made by
Hewitt before the Committee on For
eign Affairs. Hewitt appeared before
the committee and made statement,
but it was lot made in the presence
OF anybody interested on the other
side. He submitted that it was an ex-
PLANTATION, not an apology. 1t was
enough TO convince the committee
that it ought to accommodate Mr..
Hewitt by going no farther into the
matter.
The subject was then dropped and
the House went into Committee of the
Whole on the Tariff bill.
Stockdale OF Mississippi took the
floor in continuation OF his speech in
favor of the bill. He said the cotton
planters had received little considera-
tion in the legislation Of the past.
The cotton industry was the fayorite
of the colered man. In the name of
justice and humanity he appealed for
relief for the colored people. These
people were no longer held in servi-
tude to the gigantic protected in
dustries from which they derived no
benefit, and to which they were
under no obligations.
Hopkins of lllinoisopposed the bill.
He said the fact could not be kept from
| the people in the coming campaign
that the Democratic party stood COM
mitted unequivocally and irrevocally
to the doctrine Of free trade. The
party had come into power by practic-
ing a system of false pretenses upon
the American people, unparalleled in
the history of political parties. Be-
fore the. last election they had sent
the brainiest and ablest man in the
party, Samuel j. Randall, to New
York to explain to the voters there
that the manufacturing interests of
the country would not be disturbed
in the event OF the success O; the
Democratic party and that the tariff
plank in the Chicago platform meant
only wise and judicious rearrange
ment Of the inequalities which all
parties held to exist in the
tariff, to greater or less extent,
and to require treatment. 1t
had been Randall's boast that
his effort had made it possible
for Cleveland to occupy the Presiden-
tial chair. How had the Democratic
party repaid his efforts, and how had
his pledges been redeemed by the
party? If the rumor was correct,
Randall was no longer visitor at the
White House; his counsel was no
longer sought by his party. In con-
clusion, he entered his protest against
this attempt to overthrow the great
business industries of America.
Mansur, of Missouri, delivered an
exhaustive speech in favor OF the bill,
and contended that the internal rev.
enue system should be maintained
for the payment OF pensions and the
remainder of the war debt.
]. u. Taylor, of Ohio, denounced
free trade as fragment of the rebel
lion and as being as dangerous to the
country in 1883 as secession had been
in 1861.
Richardson, OF Tennessee, support
ed the bill, and referred to the an.
tagonism OF the Republicans to every
effort which the Democratic party
made to fulfill its pledges for tariff
reduction.
McAdoo, Of New Jersey, said he
spoke as Democrat. He contended
the best way in which the surplus
could be reduced was by the abolition
of the internal revenue system. S
Morrow of California argued that
no better course could be pursued
with reference to the surplus than to
apply it to the purchase of United
States bonds. He was in favor of an
economical administration of the
affairs of the Government. No ex-
travagant expenditures should be in
dulged in, but Congress should COM
ply with the provisions the Con-
stitution granted it to provide for the
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