The state chronicle., 1888-10-19
VANCE'S SPEECH.
WHO HEARD THE
ARGUMENT PRAISES IT.
The President Still VetOing Pension
JObs..SenatOr RansOm's Hands Full
..PersOnal Mention, &c.

| WASHINGTON, ID. e., Oct. 15, 1888.
| Senator Nance's great speech on the
tariff continues highly praised by every
body.
Judge Rogers, of Arkansas, says that 1t
was not only an exceedingly fine argument,
| but the very best one yet made for circu-
| latlOn. Justice Lamar heard the speech
! with very close attention. He thinks that
| Senator Vance is-well, as the remark was
| private, made to a friend of the North
| Carolina Senator's, and might make some
other Democratic tariff students in the
Senate jealous, it should not be quoted
1t was one of the most powerful and in
terestlng speeches made on the subject.
That 1t was we'll written and we'll deliv-
cred | need not take the trouble to aver
he spoke from three to half-past four
O'Clock, and had the close attention of the
Democratic side and of certain Republican
Senators. Around him We're Justice
Lamar, of the Supreme Court, Senators
Aldrich, Butler, Brown, Berry, Chase,
| Cockrell, Daniel, Coke, George, Gray,
Eusls, Harris, Hampton, Pugh, Payne,
Reagan, Salisbury, Walthall and others :;
Representatives Johnston and Rowland, of
North Carolina; Clements and Turner, of
Georgia; Rogers, of Arkansas; and Sow
| den, OF Pennsylvania. Everybody who
heard the argument praised it for its in
clslveneSS and raclneSs of treatment. The
| thorough preparation of the Senator. ex-
| tending back many years, was noticeable
Not only did he defend the cardinal prin-
| ciple of the true tariff reform bill, the
| Mills bill being named explicitly as meet
ing the definition that to reduce the tariff
| equitably you must make the reduction
equally on the protective articles and those
| purely of revenue: but he proceeded to
| demonstrate the intense selfishness of the
| Republican bill, framed in the sole interest
| of the manufacturer, and which he de-
nominated "the tariff steal" With great
clearness and ability Senator Vance dis
| cussed the provisions of the Senate bill,
the question of wages, and the further
| question of the home market. He showed
! plainly that the remedial features of the
Mills bill respecting the internal tax sys-
tenn were rejected because between the
| lines they were not seen to inure to the
| benefit of the protected manufacturers.
Since he had been in the Senate no Repub-
lican Of either House had even proposed to
reduce the tariff. Their policy, he con-
tended, was to force the farmer to reverse
| the true economic rule and sell in the
| lowest market while buying in the highest
| His figures showed how the manufacture
ing States Of New England had apparently
| prospered at The expense of population,
and especially of the country districts
were full, and evidently disgruntled Mr..
Hoar, who stumbled into the debate awk-
wardly and retired soon as he could.
| The little bout between Senators Vance
| and Aldrich, which begun at the close of
the formers sneech, was resumed next
| day at the opening OF the session 1t was
| brought about by the credence which Sen
| atOr Vance put in the declaration of the
ajority of the Finance Committee in
their own report that opium was on the
free list of their bill. 1t seems that it was
actually placed on the list of additional
articles The North Carolina Senator re-
marked with twinkle that it taught the
lesson that nothing in the bill was to be
| believed. The faces of Messrs. Aldrich
and Allison were lugubrious as the Demo
Gratis smiled.
President Cleveland excites the admira-
| ton of thoughtful men of all parties by
his courageous course in vetoing all the
private jobs that Congress passes and sends
| to him. During the past week he has
turned down two such things - the Wilbur
and Maddox claims. His veto of the Mad
dox bill is said to have been taken very
hard by Senator German, who was much
interested in it 1t was an improper
scheme to get several hundred thousand
dollars out of the Treasury, but this fact
would not have prevented some men who
have occupied the White House during the
past twenty years from signing it if their
reelection could have been advanced
thereby.
An associate justice of the Supreme
Court tells me that the new Chief Justice
has made very excellent start in the con
| sultatiOn rOom and is evidently destined
to be hard and rapid worker. He has
created a very pleasant impression upon
his associates, upon his associates, who
find him to be thoroughly imbued with the
spirit of the law, and ready to declare his
ideas freely, while not disposed to indulge
in any pride of opinion. All the business
of the week was disposed of at Saturdays
consultation, and it looked as if cases are
to be more expeditiously passed upon here
after than heretofore.
Mrs. Cleveland has returned to the
White House after pleasant visit to the
Adirondacks.
Senators Vance and Ransom have re
turned after "a brief visit to North Caro-
lima. Senator Ransom has his hands full
of work and "ill not be able to get al
, hours rest until after the election. H,
looks remarkably we'll under the strain
In fact, it seems to agree with him.
The conference report on the two Nortl
Carolina light house bills, Gull Shoal an(
, Pamlico Point, has been agreed to.
leaves the House bills on the subject in
tact, the Senate receding from its amend
; mentS
Representative Henderson went hom,
Thursday.
, Leave of absence has also been granted
, to Maj. McClammy.
Marshal V. " Richardson, who ha
been here, told your correspondent tha
he thought North Carolina was Demo
cratic by a fine majority. Everything
was working well in his neighborhood
f Columbus county.
Mr.. H. G. Williams has gone home Of
, vacation, to be absent perhaps severa
weeks.
Mr. W. r. Williams, of Wilson, ha
been appointed to a twelve hundred dol
lar clerkship in the Inter State Commerc
Commission and has resigned his place i
: the Patent Office.
: News from Brower's district receive
!, here continue to be very favorable for h
0 defeat.
: Messrs. Ruffin, Battle, Graham and Al
/ torney General Davidson are here to rel
e resent the State in the f2S, coo, 900 lawsu
n brought by Morton, Bliss & Co. Judg
s Bond is here watching the case with il
}. terest. Hon. S. F. Phillips is one of tt
G lawyers employed by Morton, Bliss 4 G.