The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-12

all mankind IN THIS favored land !;
organized labor. so blindly battled
with by the leaders of the old South
on this floor, will yet prevail, as in
this modern world the strength of
numbers ever ultimately prevails. If
these free trade leaders are Statesman.
they should beware lest the black Ia.
Dor of the South, robbed of two GEN.
turtles of education, self-help, stand
ing with eyes blinded, may not take
hold of the middle pillars Of our
house while our Philistines are max.
ing merry with our Southern people.
and pull down our house upon US to
ayenge its two eyes.
1.-THE clamor of the Southern peo.
pie. the stern protest from the mines
and the towns, disconnected the plan
10 put coal and iron ore on the free
list, but these free traders were moi
to be foiled. Anthracite coal is on
the free list and bitumous coal is not
mentioned. They have put on The
free list all mineral substa ICES in :
crude state and metals unwroaghI
not specially enumerated or prev 81
for They do not specifically emp
merate bituminous coal, WHICH lsa
mineral substance in GuF state,
nor iron which is metal nnJrought'
and the last section of the Ills Dill
repeats all laws or parts { laws IN
conflict herewith. The imple de-
vice of emitting to specV bltumln'
Gus coal repeating the ls1 when ala
specify it and putting ion the Tree
list as mineral substare in cruoe
state.' will not long b hidden from
the new South concerted for its coal
I and iron.
81 now charge tht since this bill
was introduced her our free trade
treasury chiefs hav by mere rul"
ing repealed thetariff law which
protected coal. Dr hundred. years
since George Warrington signed the
first tariff act, luminous and semi
bituminous coal of commerce have
been protected All the semi-bitum-
inous coal of The Atlantic slope. the
coal of MaryEnd, Virginia, West
Virginia, muci of the coal of Penn
sylvania, has oeen protected. Sud-
denly, in Mach, our Secretary de-
cIared that all coal with less than 20
per cent. of Volatile combustible mat
ter is anthracite, and therefore free
For the first time the Cumberland
coal of my own State and the Poca-
hontas coal of Virginia are declared
to be anthracite by the Treasury.
though still called semi-bituminous
by all mankind, The bituminous
coal of Swansea, Wales. and the BIZ
luminous coal of Canada is alreaoy
coming into our ports. and VIII ny
be shipped unless this House shall
declare that free trade Secretary
cannot legislate and thus enlarge the
free list at will, to give the railroads,
the gas and steamship monoDolies
free trade in coal before the Mills bill
has passed. And I would vote to
impeach the Secretary of the Treas.
uIy who has dared to usurp the func.
tions of Congress, who has boldly
put bituminous coal on the free lst
In defiance of the law.
81 have listened to the lamenta'
tions of the other side, who forgot
that for eleven years they have con-
trolled this House, and for three
years past ruled this country. If the
working people of my country car
be diverted by these auerulous com
plants from the greatness of thu
American protective system and thu
splendor of its development, as fash
Toned by the National Republican
party during the recent tWenty-fiy,
years, then, indeed, are our peopl
like the people, to borrow from al
old philosopher, who. when the,
went to Olympia, could only perceiy'
that they were scorched by the sun
and pressed by the crowd, and wet
ted by the rain. and that life full O
disagreeable and troublesome things
and so they almost forgot the grea
colossus of ivory and gold. Phidias
statue of Zeus, which they had com
to see, and which stood in all its Clio
ry and power before their perturbe
and foolish vision
81 believe rather that the vast ms
jority of our people will, with GU
formest statesmen, again declare 10
"that policy which inspires labo
with hope and crowns it with digni
ty; which gives safety to capital an
protects its increase ; which secure
political power to every citizen; cul
ture and comfort to every home."
"Gentlemen say this is not an issu
between free trade and protection.
take my watch in my hand, and will
give half minute to any member OF
the other side of the House who will