The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-02
CONGRESSIONAL.



alto on April as, and spoke at length In reply
TO the recent speech OF Mr.. Ingalls,. Mr. voor-
hees began By declaring that the Republican
party leaders, driven by madness 10 suicide
and har- arr were soins , Dot1oo ' ~ f.ass
cspt those paid by tobacco and Hlcohohc splr-
Its, and concluded by saying that the verdict
OF the American people in November would De
that there had been honest. capable govern
mont aud that IL must continue. The House
commttes limiting the general debate on the.
tariff bill to seventeen days. with two evening
sessions weekly, the time to be equally d.
then opened by Mr.. Bynum, OF Indiana, VINO
said he believed that customs duties should
peuses of the Government, and that any extra
ordinary expenses should DO met by a
resort to internal taxes. The great trouble
market Tear down the wall that had been
built around the coast, give American
labor chance to compete with foreign labor.
other protection. Mr.. Browne OF Indiana ex-
pressed himself as not in the least frightened
at the plothorc condition OF tho National
Treasury. The accumulating revenue might
be used for the peoples benefit. The national
debt might be gradually paid OIL. the inerchant
marine might be built up, harDor ana coast
defenses might be constructed, navy might
be provided and grateful people might ten
der TO the old soldiers who saved the country
a parting benediction. That surplus existed
was an evidence OF national prosperity that
/ it had been gathered into the treasury witnous
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the protective system was JUST one ME-
/ Dockery, Of Missouri. said he would waive bis
objections to the protective system II the te-
publicans could show that ID benefited the la
boring mon OF the country But they could moo
do so. On the contrary, many unprotectea IN
dustries paid their employees igner wages than
were paid to laborers in protected establish
ments He had statistics to show the immense
bonus which the protective tariff put into the
pockets OF the M manufacturers, but which did
not 90 into the pockets OF the workincmen. Inc
/ Senate passed tho House bill giving TO the city
IN.rlra m 10 IN
free bridges across tho Red River OF the North
The conference report on tho joint resolution Tor
a conference OF American nations was rejected
by the Senate and n new conference ordered.
WHEN the Senate resumed consideration OF
the railroad land forfeiture bill April &C. Mr..
Palmer took the floor and argued against all
the amendments as to the lands granted TO the
State OF Michigan for railroad purposes and by
the Governor of that state decided to the Lake
Superior ship Canal Company. He declared
that every process under the original grant had
been known TO the canal company as irreg-
ular and that the company only hoped that
time would cure its title and hat continuance
in possession would give TO it rights which it
could not claim under the law. Mr. Palmer
scored the Lake Superior Ship Canal Company,
and showed up the schemes 20 dispossess set
tiers OF their claims The Senate passed a bill
granting a right OF way 100 feet in width TO the
Kansas City and Pacific Railroad through the
Indian Territory the company to pay SIS
mile per annum for use Of the nation or tribe
OF Indians whose land is taken), and appro-
priating 500, 0c0 additional for the completion
OF public building 1T Wichita Has The tariff
debate was continued in the House, Mr.
buchanan Of Now Jersey. being the first
speaker. He opposed the bill as being n direct
blow at all the industries in his district and
predicted that 1t would increase the surplus by
stimulating importation Mr.. Hudd, OF Wis
consiu, said that the Democratic party had
placed its shoulders against the car of tariff
reform. and would propel 1t to the end of the
journey. He denied that the bloated system
OF protection had indeed protected American
I labor There had been strikes innumerable
resulting in the last two years in loss Of s2o,-
100000 Remarks in favor OF the bill were
made by Mr. He Inphill. OF South Carolina nnd
in opposition by Mr.. Osborne, OF Pennsyl-
yania.
BEYOND the passing OF seventeen pension
bills, the House did nothing but talk on the
tariff, at its session on April "a. Mr. Brewer OF
Michigan opened the debate. He advocated
the protective system as one which tended to
increase the wages of labor and IN support OF
his proposition ho cited various statistics pre-
pared by Commissioner Wright TO show that.
the rates OF wages in this country largely
ceeded those OF the workingmen Of England.
He WAS especially earnest in his opposition to
the iree-wool clause, which he said would ruin
an industry which was national in its import
ance. IL was true that there was danger in
large surplus, but not so great danger as the
/ President seemed to suppose. The Republican
party had disposed OF its surplus by paving
oil Government bonds, while the Democratic
party boarded its surplus in the treasury. Mr..
Ford, OF Michigan, said that the question pre-
scented now one OF tariff reduction not.
abolition. He ridiculed tho position taken by
n
the wages of American workmen. No indus
tries, he said, showed ~ ore poverty. more des-
titution and more strikes among their work.
ingmen than those social ell protected ones.
Referring TO the claim that the home 10 arket
was the best merket, Mr. Ford said the result
OF this home-market swindle is that the farmer
is most beautifully deluded The high-tarif
party gets his vote the high trusts and monopo-
lists get his money, and the farmer gets the not
end OF the poker Mr.. COT, of West Virginia, said
that he did not believe in free raw material
There was no such thing az raw material in the
sense in which IL was used in this discussion.
Coal unmined was materially but
when it was mined il the miners I'm
ished product, and entitled to protection. It
was as much entitled to protection tho rice
fields Of the South Wool clipped from the
sheep was not raw material IL was the farm
ers nnished labor. In concl usion he said pro-
lection had made "the flag Of the country typ
ify all that was great in human action, all hat
was grand in human thought, and God only
knew what il would do for land if the
. Democratic party would let it alone" Mr.
Landes, OF Illinois, submitted argument in
support OF the bill. While heartily advocating
the DiIl, be regretted that it touched the whisky
and tobacco taxes, which. instead Of being re-
/ duced should be increased. he hoped that
the bill would pass and that every member
who voted against il for the purpose OF continu-
ing the granting of enormous bountiss to man
ufacturers would meet with political death and
would be buried under the ballot in November
next below the resurrection line.
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