The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-10-11
THURMAN ON THE SENATE BILL.
The Old Roman Says tits NOtas Good
as the Mills Bill.

as the Mills Bill.
PITTsBURo, October c. The Dis
patch publishes the following interview
with Judge Thurman
The Dispatch representative board
ed Judge Thurman's Car at Washing
ton, Pa, and during the journey to
Rittsburg had pleasant chat with the
Old Roman.
Just as he left Washington Judge
Thurmun said.
~ am sorry could not see this town
by daylight. In my earlier days OF,
ten passed through Washington on
stage coaches. 1t was pretty town
then, and suppose it has improved
very much in the lapse OF years"
what do you think of the Senate
tariff bill~f
at is badly planned measure and
only a1gravates the evil. notice
they copy after the Mills bill very
largely. haven't read it in its en-.
tirety, but l know enough about it to
say that it is not nearly as good a
measure as the Mills BILL II is moth
ing more than bid for votes. They
keep up the tariff on manufactured ar
ticles to capture the vote Of the manu-
facturer, and likewise the duty is pre-
served on raw materials to please the
farmers. 1t is badly mixed affair.
saw somewhere that General Harri.
son said, either in his message or in
one Of his speeches, / am not sure
which, that there was no necessity TO
bother about the surplus; but l see
the Republican Senators differ with
him. They claim that their bill will
reduce the surplus about $75,0O0OO0.
You see they are not consistent. Why
should the poor man pay heavy tax
on his clothing, his blankets and what
he eats? There is no sense in 80 much
taxation. The principle is wrong,
and then to decide the people they
state that the duty is levied at so much
per square yard ad valorem. How
many people are there who under
stand that2''
What do YOU think OF Mr.. Blaine's
statement, made at Detroit, about
President Clevelands use OF the veto
power?" E,EE
swell, don't think anything about
it. I have heard what Mr.. Blaine as
serted, of course, but what does he
mean? Mr.. Cleveland has. signed
more pension bills than any other
President ever in Office, and what il
he has vetoed 200 or 800, or whatever
Mr. Blaine saidY Granted that, he
las signed more in proportion than
all the other Presidents together. l
haven't counted up the number vetoed
or signed, and ! don't care q straw
about it but why didn't the Senate
pass those bills over his veto il they
wanted them to pass2 They had the
power to do it, and yet they did moth
ing at all. The law requires that The
Senate shall consider all such bills
and il they don't do il who is To
blameH'
Speaking 0f trusts Mr.. Thurman
said:
"Mr Blaine says that trusts are pri
vate affairs and neither the President
nor the people have anything to dc
with them, but John Sherman doesn't
think so. He introduced bill in the
Senate to have them suppressed. In
England the common law would wipe
them out Here they have grown uE
through the avariciousness OF man
and the protection policy does much
to foster them. do not say they are
the direct outgrowth Of the system 0
protection, put the plan OF levying ex
.cessive duties has helped them
Trusts are made for the purpose o
putting up the prices. They have be
come grinding monopolies and th'
law Of the land should be enforcet
against them"
Judge Thurman to-day sent an ans
'wer to the Wheeling delegation tha
waiting on him last night and invite,
him to visit Wheeling and make
speech there. He accepted the inv
tstion and named Tuesday, 0ctobe
80, as the day. The meeting at whic
he will speak will be held in one of tn
Wheeling Opera House.
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