Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24
PARTY POLITICS.
Senator Frye Attacks the
Presidents Message.
ITS MEANING TO ENGLAND.
Position of the Democratic Lead
ers Regarding the Pro-
posed Reform.

WASHINGTON, January Zo,-ln tnt
Senate, Frye called up the motion tt
refer to the Committee on Finance
the Presidents annual message, an(
proceeded to discuss the message, il
which he said the President hat
clearly thrown down the gauntlet o
free trade.
There was an attempt, he admitted
at disguise, but SO feeble that it ought
not to deceive any one. The message
had been received with unbonndeG
Joy in Great Britain. The British
press had at once proceeded to self.
congratulations and to strip off the
Presidents disguise. These congratu.
lations, he said, would have continued
if
A VOICE OF WARNING
Had not been heard. The warning
was, that such English expressions
had better be curbed or the full Eng.
lish hopes never would be enjoyed
He quoted from the Pail Mall Gazette
to that effect, and said that immedi.
ately there had been transformation
The free-trade papers of Great Britain
had dropped at once their self-con-
graduation and proceeded to congrat-
ulate the United States and prophecy
unbounded prosperity for this country.
Great Britain seemed suddenly to rec
ognize the fact that this country was
her daughter, and evince to her friend.
ship and affection. He declared en-
phatically that England never in one
single instance evinced any sympathy
for This country, and she never per-
mitted an opportunity
TO NJURE THIS COUNTRY
to pass unimproved. He declared
that the counsel, friendship and ad.
vice of Great Britain to any nation in
commercial matters had invariably
resulted in injury to the nation
which accepted it.
Ireland was an instance of that,
and yet Great BritAin hoped and the
Democratic party expected to get the
Irish vote for Cleveland next Fall, as
the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. One OF the leading free
trade speakers in England declar ed
years ago that the greatest tsiumph
of Great Britain would be the subju-
cation of the market of the United
States. In the promise of
the Presidents message they could
see the subiugation nigh at hand
But the attitude of the Democratic
party was more important practically
than the attitude of Great Britain
Should the party endorse their new
chief, he thought it would be believed
that the Democratic party OF the
country really thought the tariff
vicious illogical and inequitable.
THE CONTROLLING ELEMENT
of the Democratic party has always
been in the South and the southern
wing controlled it as powerfully and
completely as before the rebellion
and there was not the slightest doubt
as to the attitude of the South on this
question. The speaker then said that
the Democratic party illustrated its
piOuObiou W pohC1 Wy OCludlulHss
the tariff to be revised and the whole
business OF the country disturbed.
The Democratic Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means
since their acquisition to power had
always been a free-trader. The distin
guished Speaker of the House in his
devotion to the principles of free-trade
had dared in the last Congress to ar
rogate to himself almost despotc pow
ers and to declare from his high place
that he would recognize the right ol
no member of the House to make any
motion to
CUT DOWN THE SURPLUS
Unless il was first submitted to .
Democratic caucus. The Democrat,
Secretary of the Treasury also ioinec
in the choral song of Free-Trader
apparently with all his heart, in fac
he was satisfied that all the Democratic
leaders agreed with the President ex
cept that they had not the President
boldness and honesty.
Frye supported his argument il
favor of protection with mum
erous illustrations, many o
them drawn from his own observa.
tions in Europe. AS to the surplus
it was Democratic incapacity which
caused it, and now the country had te
look out to see that the same Demo
cratic incapacity, in administering the
medicine, did not give poison and xii
the patient. He was as much agains
the surplus as the President was, but
was not frightened at it. He woulC
rather have surplus than a deficit
REMEDIES FOR RELIEF.
If there were any honest purpose il
getting rid of the surplus the Senator
from Georgia (Brown) had proposed
a way which would do it beyond al
manner of question. That was th'
repeal of all Internal Revenue laws
but his Democratic friends and thei
allies the distillers, brewers and sa
loon men had recently developed
wonderful regard for temperanc
champions, protesting against whisk
being made cheaper but he told then
that the temperance sentiment of th
country was rapidly crystallizing int
an opinion that the sooner the tax o
whisky was repealed the better an
quicker the principles of temperanc
could be served. He could see, how
ever
ONE OR TWO OBJECTIONS
To its repeal, and one Of them wa
that so much revenue could not b
spared. As to the duty on sugar, h
declared himself in favor of taking
off. but he would not kill the sugs
industry of this country, feeble as
was. He would give bounty equivs
lent to the present duty on sugar, bl
If the purpose OF the Democrat
party was to destroy the tariff an
cripple many and absolutely destrc
some Of the Industries of the countr,
the Presidents method could,
course, do that. Workingmen woul
be reduced TO the condition almo
of the workingmen and women
Europe.
Blair spoke for an hour on the Ed
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