National Republican., 1888-06-03

August. As lie wanted TO mako a protec-
tion speech he would 20 over to the other
side. Republican cries, "Oh, no; H. is
needed over thero."l
Mr., Cox, however, took position beside
Mr.. O'Neall, Of Pennsylvania, and declared
that he was In favor Of the doctrine Of pro.
lection, but not us praeticed here. lie
wanted to protect our forests against
tariff which offered premium to selfish
people to cut them down, leaving scacs and
waste places and breeding places for ma
laiia.
The committee rose to limit debate to ten
minutes, but the Republicans refused to
vote, leaving the House without n quorum.
Mr.. Mills reminded the House that It had
spent the day in the consideration of para
graph that represented values IN the bill to
the amount Of SO. Yesterdays debate in
volvcd Sl9s. He had seen IN a newspaper
the problem stated, "lf II takes one day not
TO pass two lines, how long will II take to
Iass the bll2n
A voice on the Republican side; "a long
as II took to pass the direct tax billn
Finally compromise was reached On
forty minutes debate, and the House again
went into committee OF the whole.
Mr. Dockery, of Missouri declared that
the explanation of the failure of lumber.
mems wages to increase lay In the fact that
80 / er cent of the workmen were Canadians.
Mr.. Fuller. Of Iowa, secured n round oi
applause from the Democratic side by de.
claring that, as he did not believe that the
true doctrine of protection was involved In
this question, he shouldvote for free lumber.
Mr. Taulbee, Of Kentucky, met the same
treatment at the hands of the Republicans
when he said that Mr.. Fullcr's remarks gave
an insight to the real cause. lie (Alr. ful
ler) ne eded cheap lumber because Iowa did
not produce 1t. lie (Mr. Taulbec) wanted
protective duty because his district pro-
duced lumber, and he was unwilling to be
controlled by any sentiment other than that
of honest judgment.
Mr.. Gutnther, of Wisconsin, predicted
that the Democratic party, If II passed this
bill, would go to that place paved with good
intentions, where every limb and knot OF
timber would be used not to raise the rev.
enue, but to raise the temperature to at least
600 degree above zero. Laughter. The
Mills bill carried an average duty of 32 pc,
cent. and the lumber tariff averaged only II
per cent, and he appealed to the House moi
| to single out and destroy this poorly pro
| tected industry.
Mr.. Wilson, of Minnesota, asserted thai
| his question asked yesterday, "Why should
| poverty contribute TO wealthy had not beer
| answered by any Republican speaker.
Mr. Reed, of Maine, replied that the gen
| tleman persisted In asking Il question based
on false assumption of facts He (Mr. Reed
| asseverated that the statement that poverty
| contributed to wealth was not true. He be
| lieved it to be a lie and did not ask any rea
son for IT..
Debate on the pending paragraph eXpir
| ing, the amendment to strike 1t out was re
| iected by vote (Messrs. Mills and Taul
| bee being the tellers) of yeas 81, nays 10l.
The third paragraph in the bill, "woot
unmanufactured, not especially enumerated
| or provided for" was then read and taken
up for consideration.
Mr.. Bayne, Of Pennsylvania, moved tC
| strike II out After some debate the com
mittee rose, leaving Mr.. Bayne's amend
ment pending, and the House, at o'clock
nd