The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-25

Mr.. Dingley replied that he favored the
pollcy Inaugurated by Washington of con-
timing American registries to vessels built
IN this country. Applause on the Repubi-
can side.
Mr.. McMillin suggested that the gentle
man declared, by statute, to allow a citizen
10 buy ship abroad, or by other statutes,
known as the high tariff laws, to allow him
to build them at home.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL IN DERIsIoN
In the further course of his speech Mr.
McMlllin referred to James Russell Lowell
as distinguished member of the Republi-
can party, a reference which was received
with derlsive laughter from the Republican
side. MIR. McMillin remarked that Mr.
Lowell had been the representative of the
last administration to the Court of st,
James
Benedict Arnold was a major general in
the continental army, was Mr.. Kelley's
comment.
Mr.. McMillin then concluded his speech
amid loud applause from his party col
leagues.
INTERNAL REVENUE NEEDED.
The internal revenue, said Mr.. McMillin,
yields, in round numbers, S120, ,000, 900 of
revenue to the government The annual
surplus is only about $50, 100000, so that if
all the internal revenue laws were
repealed, it would leave a deficiency
IN our taxes of 500 100000 year
What is this deficiency to be raised from?
Shall we reimpose tax on tea and coffeea
NO. There is not man here who would
retax coffee to untax whisky. Shall we
increase theduties on wooden goods, rice or
sugars No, for the people would not and
should not tolerate any such legislation.
Then, sir, we have to select subjects from
which we will remove taxes; and in view of
the fact that we cannot repeal the internal
revenue system, we have to determine
whether we will reduce the tax on whisky
or the tax on clothing; the tax on whisky
or the tax on sugar In other words, reduce
the tax on that without which men can live
and prosper, or upon that which is essential
to their very comfort and existence, and it
narrows itself down to contest between
the drunkard's belly and the poor mans
back. In that fight do not hesitate to say
that | espouse the cause of the back, and
defy the world, the flesh and the devil.
WHAT THE BILL DOES.
Passing to consideration of the bill, he
said: 1t is bill which proposes to take
S87S,0 off chemicals; 81, ,756, 900 off earthen
and glassware; 81, ,480, 900 off sugar; $l1 900
off tobacco; 1881, 900 off provisions; 1927, 900
off cotton goods; 50, AZ, 600 off hemp, jute
and flax goods; s12, $4,000 off woolens
$1,000 off books and papers, and $l,079, 900
off sundries. 1t is also proposed to add to
your free list, fax, hemp, jute,, chemicals,
salt, tinplate, wool, and other things
amounting G to $22, ,1S9, 900, making in all a
reduction of $53, 720,O 900. 1t proposes
to make reductions in the in
ternal revenue of S24, ,455,OOO or
a grand total of tax reduction of $7S, 176-
600, more than 81 25 to every individual, or
Sc for every family in the United States
The plain, simple question presented here
to-day is, will we take this burden off or
will we leave it ons Will we free com
merce by leaving it unshackled or will we
keep it hampered? Will we continue to
hoard up a corrupting surplus or will we
leave the money in the pockets of
the people, where it justly belongs? We
recommend to you very material changes
in the laws governing the collection of the
internal revenue. Heretofore, by the stat
utes of the United States internal revenue
officers have been authorized, upon the seiz-
ure of property which they suppose to be
used in illicit distilling, to destroy it in adj
vance of presentment or indictment of the
owner or trial, and hence to destroy it with
out due process of law upon mere suspicion
We recommend that you change this, be-
lieving that the government should not set
the example of the destruction Of the prop
erty Of citizen until after he has had
chance for hearing before some tribunal
of his country.
RANDALL'S ATTITUDE.
At time, he continued, when there was
not one tithe the necessity or demand for
tariff reduction that there is to-day, gem
tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr RandalD
had made a speech in Congress favoring the
appointment of tariff commission, in
which he made use of strong arguments in
favor of reduction in taxation; this, too,
when we bad outstanding, subject to the
call of the government, over $400 000, 900
bonds and when the surplus was less than
now. The committee had done the very
things that it was stated then were neces-
sary. They had prepared bill for the re-
duction of internal revenue and tariff taxes
Vast accumulations had been piled up in
the treasury until its vaults were fairly
bursting with money which ought to be in
the channels of trade, till there was $l40,-
600, 900 where there had been only a small
surplus This House stood ready to make
good the words which he used on that occa-
sion. 1t was ready to give the relief which
he said the people were entitled to receive.
1t was ready and willing to remove the
temptation to corrupt the government,
which, he said, was always found in a
plethoric treasury.
A FALLACY.
1t was insisted by some prOtect1OnlStS
that the foreign manufacturer pays the
taxes collected from imports. A greater
faliacy was never attempted to be palmed
off on people, IL was estimated that for
every dollar that is paid into the
Treasury on imported goods there
was paid to the manufacturers of this
country IS, so that tariff taxation
costs not only what is paid into the custom
house, but the incidental increase Of ex-
pense upon all. There was another thing TO
which he wished to call attention TO show
the calamitous results which had fol-
lowed their so-called American
policy. Under the rule of this government
before we attempted to exclude everything
from our markets. we had commerce carried
on in American ships with all the natives Of
the earth. We had absolutely driven
our carrying trade from our
own people. Pretending TO protect
we had done nothing but destroy.
Pretending to assist, we had only crushed
our own seafaring industry. Pretending to
be the friend of the American merchant
marine, we had been Its worst and deadliest
enemy, and to-day we carried but 13 per
cent. of our foreign commerce. and pay
millions 70 other governments TO do our
work for us; and yet gentlemen came here
and proposed to undo this work by subsidies
out of the peoples Treasury.
RoBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL.
They propose to counteract the vicious
and constructing policy which has been fol-
lowed for so many years and levy taxes
upon those who live inland to make the
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