The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-19

Tor revenne" policy Of the Democrats
and the tari9 for pfueection- policy
Of the Republicans. He rnAinssinea
that one meant free admission 70
this country al fcseixn goods which
could be produced here whenever the
hae II excessive revenue was rescies.
and. consequently, the destruction of
American industry The other meant
pruesrtion ss xtG a. revenue. II
meant . stimulation to cur industries
and yrutection 10 our iafur in the
fruits o{ It's work There we're many
illustrations Of the Democratic doe
trine in the blil- Wool vas one Of
them Cotton baxxine vas another.
The bikl meant thai Calcutta and Dun
dee should supply Us with cotton hsg-
ging and the countries Of the east with
wool The Democrats since D~cesn-
Der have heen ietting ear peoyle take
care of themselves, and trying 10 leg
islafe for other and foreign people.
In the course Of his speech Mr.. Ne
kinley entered into . vigorous criti-
cisn 1T the bill and created much
amusement and applause by his
analysis ef the ineongruities Of the
measures. while he Ssid that owing 10
a lack OF time he coald not poinf out
all the ridiculous features. he picked
out . few samples by which, be said.
the bill could be Judged. He showed
that the duty on steel billets had been
increased from fQFty-five to sixty-three
per cent I'd v1IsseSm. thereAv causing
an increase Of from one-qaarfer 10
one-haf cent on every pound of wire
fencing that enclosed the farms Of the
west. The duty on cut nails msde from
steel billets was reduced twenty-five
per cent. while the duty on raw ma
terial was increased fcrty-five per cent.
He criticized the bin which the press-
dent had said must be passed whether
or no, and he was dispensing Official
favors to have that bill passed. He
declared that the bin was sectional.
The cotton planter could get hoop
iron for cotton ties free of duty, while
the farmer OF the west must paw for
the same iron one-haf cent per round
if he wished to bind his thateh or his
pail.
The supporters viii hold themselves
up as champions OF the farmer. while
they take from him the protective du- /
ties on his wool. hemp, fax, meat. etc.
Where does he get his compensa-
tion = He sharply criticised lists OF
so-caIied ''necessaries. which have /
been made free and went on TO show
that most Of them are Of benefit only
To the millionaires and monopolies.
for himself he said his con-
victions on the tariff were founded ON
a comprehension OF the subject and /
that he cant he coerced into any par-
ticular action Of an economical upstart 1
by direction Of a party caucus.
MI. Mckinney completed at 40
what was eonsideIed BY many as the
best Protectionist speech of the debate
and he was enthusiastically applauted
and congratulated by his party col
leagues. He was followed by Mr..
Breckenridge, who was warmly re-
reived.
Mr.. Breckenridge speech grew in
10 q storm, when that gentleman took
his seat. Cheer followed cheer. The
ladies' in the galleries waved their
handkerchiefs, and Mr.. Brecken-
ridges colleagues rushed forward en-
to grasp his hand. The
then rose and the house
took recess until evening.
At the evening session thirty-five
bills were passed and the house ad-