The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-18
HOUSE.

Henderson, of Iowa, presented con-
ferencs report on the Cincinnati expo
sition bill and it was agreed to.
The House went into committee of
the whole on The tariff bill.
Peters, OF Kansas, argued that if it
was true, as asserted by the gentleman
ON the other side, that the protective
tariff was robDsry, then the Mills bill
only sec:ionalizsd that robbery.
Anderson, of Illinois. an tagonized
the protective system for having en-
riched d chosen few and for having ac-
cumulated in the Treasury dangerous
surplus; and the controVerted position
that a return to the revenue basis
would result in reduction Of the rates
of wages to the laborer.
Breckenridge, of Arkansas opened
his speech with references to
and in eulogy of the Presidents an
nual message, and declared that 1t had
met with great popular favor, that the
political adversaries of the Democratic
party had sought some point of attack
along the Democratic line, and that
chief OF opposing forces who had
rushed vaiiaptly into the fight, and
sent letter, which was practically u
letter of resignation, Withdrawing
entirely from the contest. After brief
reference to the proceedings of the
ways and means committee, in which
he denied that the majority ever re-
fused the right of petition, and criti-
cized the minority for having made
extravagdnt statements in regard
thereto, he passed to an exhaustive
ANALYSIS of the provisions of the bill.
of 'GpnEa pUainct
the bill.
Cox, of New York, said that he would
be willing to reduce taxation In almost
any way. He would do almost any
thing to get rid of the surplus which
menaced and paralyzed the industries
of this country. The gentIem an On the
other side said that Mills bill was a
radical measure. He did not see that
a reduction of per CenC. was much of
a free trade reduction. Cox referred to
Burrows speech, and especially to
thai gent.eman's peroratiOn where,
like Silas Wegg, he dropped into
poetry" The gentleman after an
eloquent language picturing of the
advancement and progress OF the
new south, quoted Hail its coming,
tongue and PEN quoting Charles NJ &C
kay's corn law rhyme for the incoming
Cox said that the country had grown
from sea to sea.8nd from the gulf to the
lake, expan ding its progress.
Mason. of Illinois, then made
lengthy speech against the bill.
Mason's speech abounded in humor
throughout. In closing, ne said that of
the majority of the committee on ways
and means. six out of eight, come from
the States lately in the rebellion, and
when he went through his district and
saw the PHOSPHORUS manufacturing and
business men there, and realized that
the gentlemen on the committee had
no sympathy and no interest
in them, it ground him to
think that the affairs of his district
should be in the hands of such men. A
few years ago, when brigadieTs got back
into Congress. the pr0digal son act
fit their case" Said he, you are back
in your fathers house because he
caught you by the nape of the neck and
the seat of your pants and brought you
back. You did not say, father, have
sinned against thee. l am not worthy to
be one o. your family, make me q
hostler, ," that IS the kind of Drodigals
YOU are. You come in at the front
door, wipe your feet on the carpet, and
try to drink out of the fire extinguisher:
You don want for the fatted
calf, YOU put your feet on the table and
say, "What 1 want is veal" Naugh-
ter.) Mr.. Mason closed by saying that
the sleeping giant, the Republican party
would awake and, standing IN every
harbor and port of entry, would say to
the importers of goods produced by
cheap and pauper labor: Thus far
and no farther" and under the intu-
ence of the Republican administration,
the country would have new life and
new hopes and would make greater
strides in the march of civilization than
heretofore have been accomplished in
the history of the world.
Herman, of Oregon, spoke in opposi-
ton to the bill, dwelling upon the
necessity of coast defenses on the
Pacific, and pointing out that much
of the surplus might proitably
be used for that purpose. San Fran
cisco could be pillaged and its great
wealth dissipated as well as that of