The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-13
CONGRESSIONAL WORK
In the House of Represent
atives Yesterday.
DISCUSSION ON THE TARIFF,
In Which Hangen, TOwushend, Kelly.
Cannon. Millikin, Ksan, Allen
and Others Take Part.
HOUSE.

M IdSO Ndll1OoO SOhPoNy HOoSA
Indian Territory, went into committee
of the whole on the tariff bill.
Hanien, OF Wisconsin, concluded his
speech in opposition to the bill. He
addressed himself especially 70 the
labor question, as it was affected by the
tariff.
Townshend, OF Illinois, spoke in sup
port of the bill. The issue, he said,
was not between protection and free
trade. The only issue raised by the
bill was whether Congress would re-
duce the high tariff created during the
war, which was wholly unnecessary
now and produced distress among the
masses of people. The bill did not go
lar enough. 1t aid not go so far as the
President had intended it should go,
nor SO far as Senator Sherman had de
clsred it might safely go. Yet it gave
relief TO the overtaxed people
and would have his cordial sup
port, 1t was conservative
and ludicious modification Of the tariff
on q fair business basis. He denied
that the bill was q sectional one. Sev-
Sral gentlemen had been wild with fear
that coal aud iron ore were put upon
the free list by the bill. He denied that
the bill did this, but even il it did, it
was strange that Democrats should be
arrsigned IN bloody shirt speeches as
disloyal when they simply stepped in
the footprints or leading Republicans
In the Senate.
Kelly said the bill did, in a round
about, but effectust way. put coal and
iron on the free list.
ToWnslsnd replied that he had been
Informed that If the Dill as eQuivocaI
on that point it would be amended, but,
even if the bill did put coal on the tres
list, WAS that a crime, when gentlemen
VINO were among the most potent
of the Republican leaders, demand
coal shou go on the free list at time
when the rae Of taxation was less than
1t was to-dayP In 1871, General Gar.
field had voted to put coal and salt on
the free list, as had Frye, Hale and
Dawes.
Kelly then explained Garfield's con.
version TO profession doctrines.
Towns heud-What was your reason
for disooeying the action of the Ropuh-
Nean caucus the year after Garfield s
conversion?
Kelly-Hhat right have you to inter
rogate as TO my personal relations and
pers ,naI reasons2 There are other
questions tnan tariff in the world.
Townshend disclaimed any intention
Of desiring TO pry into KeilY's personal
affairs. Passing TO q consideration oil
the bill. Townshend declared that no
representative from the west could
vote for it without bctraylng
his constituents. He did not
charge improper motives; gentlemen
might be deluded, but if they were
sincere in the advocacy OF protection,
they were deluded to such an extent
as TO obstruct what was the best inter
was at hand. The Democratic party
must redeem the pledges it had given to
the people. The line of demarcstion
between The two great national parties
was clearly defined in the bill.
Cannon, of Illinois. said it always oc
surred to him that when his colleague
(ToWnshendD spoke that his colleagues
highest am olt;on was not to discuss q
question on the broad ground OF prin-
ciple, but to delve back into the past
and.try to establish his case by showing
that somebody who disagreed with him,
agreed with him some time ago. His
colleague had said he (Caunon) misap-
prehe aded his constituents. Illinois, to-
day, had more wealth than Massachu-
sets, and had as many manufacturers as
Massachusetts. and some of these
days the Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, which
ovsrspread the district bis colleague
represented, would be broken and the
sound of the hammer and the hum of
she spindle would be heard there. Then
his colleague wouid be converted.
Millikin. of Maine. alludiRg to re-
mark OF ToWnshend as to Blaine being
repudiated by the people, thought it
very wonderful that the gentleman, in
aforeign land, pursuing his own bust
ness, in his own Way. troubling nobody,
taking no part ia American politics,
except to be interested as every patri-
otto American must be, should be such
source of anXlet" as he was. The
gentleman had said that Blaine had
been repudisted by the people. but that
was not true. He had been repudiat ed
by certain Democratic methods, which,
In certain sections of the country.
prevented people from speaking
their voice. He (Milliken) would say to
the gentleman, that neither he nor his
party dared to accept the honest verdict
of the people.
Kean, of New York, spoke against
the bill. He characterized it as asacri-
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the interest of President Cleveland.
Alec. of Mississippi, referring to some
remarks made by F0ran, of Ohio, con-
corning the south. said he wondered
where the gentleman learned all he
knew about the south. II the gentle
man knew no more about the doctrines
of protection and free trade than he
knew about the south. be never ought
to speak about the tariff.
Foran suggested that he learned
something about the south in 1864.
Allen, referring to remark made by
Morrow, of California, that the recent
failure of William T. Coleman & Co.
was attributed to the fact that the Mills
biz mt horax on the fres list. said the
fra was Coz bination TO raise the
price of boIax from 6 to ~ cents per
pound.