Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-11

10. Far from Il. But he asked Congress
va ,he Goyerrmept in Gods name 10
,ana their hands or her and let her ambition
soar. s..,.a that the
..-so ,e,tures Of the Mills bill would reduce
.sn revenues one cent. History showed that
"a The duties were lowered the revenues were
Increased. The bill had been constructor
with the principle in view OF letting INTO .ne
country, duty free, such articles as werepro'
duced In tins country. and taxing sucn ~
could not be produced here. He never coulu
be- accused OF aspiring 10 be a leader Du I
he was willing 10 hang Oh tne m.n'
banner bearing the inscription VI "ehty-
four millions of internal revenue; Seven
teen millions of tobacco, and seven millions
OF special licenses y; and under tnst wrte
"Free sugar and bounty OF two cents Per
pound." That was all that was needeo 70
reduce the revenues eighty-six millions nc
called for volunteers from the Demoerauc
side. but there was no response.
Mr. Wilkinson, Of Louisiana, said ne cVu,u
not agree With the speakers who nau nelu
that au industry which required protectlon
TO bring II into existence was not worthy vi
cultivation. While the bill bad not oeen
framed 10 suit his views or those OF bis con.
honest reduction in taxation that his people
would not shrink from bearing their share
in the reduction OF taxes now imposed on
the people.
Mr.. Brumm. OF Pennsylvania, said tnat
Grover Cleveland, acting President OF the
United States, had sOlemDly proclaimed
doctrine which was the spawn Oh the c0ttoh
combine OF Wall.street sharks and OF tue
Kentucky whiskey ring. By protection Only
could fair, remuneratye wages be PAID LOT
labor. lie was therefore for protection ana
against class legislation In the interest OF
cotton. whiskey, and Great Britain.
Mr. Brumm denounced the "gall OF
southern Democrats. who set up great re-
gard for labor. That same element nad re-
duced its laborers 10 more AFFECT slavery
than they ever were before the war, when
they named them slaves; to-day they a1ded
Insult to injury by calling them freemen ana
disgraclng them by placing them side Oy
side with conyicts, and shooting them Ike
dogs II they dared to protest.
Mr.. Clements, OF Georgia, deprecated tue
unbusness.like treatment which the PROPOSE
ton to revise the tard-a business matter -
had received from the Republican side OF the
House. The present condition would leau
TO certain financial panic and disaster
Should the House go on and grumole over
who was 10 do the work Of tariff revision
the Democratic or Republican House-lu
the face Of the great peril? Would it not be
well TO do this thing at once and together
a. Americausy lie asked what protection
was doing for labor. The American IRON.
master got his labor as cheaply as he could
even II he had to go TO other countries Tor
it; even II he had to employ PiUkerton de-
tectiYes to keep the laboringmen OF Ame-
rica from revolving against him. That was
practical Illustration OF the great
sympathy felt for labor. the talk
about organized labor being peculiar
TO the North and not to the South
was meaningless. There bad risen up in the
South to-day great organizations or Fedora
tions OF farmers; there were abOr-uniOns OF
one kind or another. too all OF them were
the outgr0wth Of the condition in which the
American people were placed to-day under
the system OF taxation. They were not pc
culiar TO one section or another; they
we're peculiar 10 the distressing con-
ditions which surrounded the la5Oring-
men OF this entire country, and were only
an indication that they were seeking IN this
way aud IN that and In every way 10 better
their condition. lie adiured the gentlemen
on the other side TO abandon their discus
sion Of the Confederate Constitution ana OF
slavery, and to deal with this vital question,
which concerned the people OF the whole
country.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Clements speech
the committee rose and the House, at 800,
took a recess till o'clock, the evening ses-
sion to be for debate on the tarid bill.