Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-24

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The long debate on the tariff closed
on the 18th. Among the closing
speeches was that of Mr.. Mason, OF
Illinois. We quote the following ex-
tract from his speech:
''He attacked the Mills bill, saying
it was in the interest of trusts and
syndi:ates and cited the sugar trust,
which he said was one of the largest,
if not the largest, trust in the world
that affected the price of any of the
necessities of life. Mr.. Mason coz
tinuing, said that of the majority of the
committee on ways and means, six
out of eight came from states lately
ia rebellion, and when we went through
the district and saw the prosperous
manufacturing and business men
there, and realized that the gentlemen
on the committee had 40 sympathy
and no interest in them, it ground
him to think that the affairs of his
district should be in the hands of
such men. A few years ago, when
the brigadiers got back into Congress,
the prodigal son act worked we'll, but
it did not fit their case. Said he:
You are back in your fathers house
because he caught you by the nape of
the neck and seat of your pants and
brought you back. You did not say.
Father have sinned against thee, l
am not worthy to be one of the fam
lily, make me hostler." That is not
the kind of prodigals you are You
come at the front door, wipe your
feet on the carpet, and try to drink
out of the fire extinguisher You do
not wait for the fatted calf. You put
Your feet on the table and say: what
/ want is veal. Laughter When the
Republicans talked about protecting
any of the enterprises in the manu-
featuring states the Democrats insist
ed on Incorporating into the laws Of
the United States plank that was in
the constitution of the southern con-
federacy. The people were getting
very weary of it and next fall they
would take the prodigal son and
gently send him back to the husks of
defeated Democracy, while your
leader, his one termedness, will be
promoted 10 the highest position in
the world that of an American citi-
zen in private life. He also declared
himself against the proposition of
free whisky, saying that whisky was
not only Il pauper breeder, but mnl-
tiplier of Democrats, and that he was
in favor OF taking off the tax on nj.
cohol used in the manufactures and
the arts. He then attacked the com
mittee on WAYS and means. charging
that he had been informed, and he
ieved, and they had not denied that
an agent of the English manufacture,
had been in consultation with tho
committee and had been influential
in fixing some parts Of the Mills bill
He said: If it is true that any repre-
sentative of the English manufacture:
has secured the adoption by the com
mittee of one item Of this hill then the
man who consented ON that bill is a
mlk:h OF \ traitor to the industries Of
his country as his ancestors wer,
twenty-five years ago who tried to de
stroy the union, and without the ne
deeming feature of bravery. Misses
from the Democratic side.l You
charge me now with drawing sectional
lines. deny it l am simply calling
attention to the sectional lines which
you have drawn. You have drawn
this bill, in every particular attempt
ing to benefit the people of the south
wholly regardless Of the interests of
the north, east and vest. Mr.. Mason
closed by saying that the sleeping
giant, the Republican party, would
awake, and. standing in every harbor
and port Of entry, would say to the
importers Of goods produced by cheap
and pauper labor: THUS far and NO
farther" and under the influence of
Republican administration the coun-
try would have new life and new hopes
and make greater strides in the march
Of civilization than had heretofore
been accomplished in the history Of
the world