Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-19

can only say to him, if he acts with good
 purpose, that it will prove fruitless under
 taking, or if with ill motive then I assign
 him to all the natural contempt which such
 self-constituted superciIiousness deserves. Before Mir. Randall completed his speech
 his hour expired and 0 request was made
 l that he be permitted to continue, but MT.
 Mills of Texas objected and his objection
 was met with storm of jeers and hisses
 from the Republican side. Mir. Cox, of New
 Mills to withdraw his objection, but this do, stating that the extension of time would have the effect of requiring MT. Breckenridge of Kentucky to speak too
 late in the afternoon, The House was in an | Mckinley, who gracefully yielded fifteen min ! utes of his time to MT. Randall and was earn estIy applauded for his courtesy.
 MT. Randall in his turn yielded 8 minute | to MT. Breckenridge of Kentucky, who made 1 the proposition that MT. Randall yield back the time to Mr. Mckinley and that MT. Ran dall be permitted to proceed without hmita- tion of time, the time consumed to come equally out of Mir. McKinley's time and his own. This proposition was agreed to with round of applause from both sides of the House and Mir Randall concluded his speech.
 MT. Mckinley said both parties agreed that we were collecting more money than was required for current necessities, and that the
 excess, whatever it might be, should be left
 with the people. The contention, then, was not on reduction, but on the manner of re- duction. All parties agreed that the taxon
 tobacco should be abolished and that the $50,
 900, ,000 now collected from that source from
 the manufacturers of tobacco should be here
 after left with the people. No hindrance or
 obstruction would have been offered on the side to the abolition of the tax on
 &nh Nar,h1 o&1a ,Sd do1 had
 united with them to secure recognition for
 the purpose of offering bill to abolish that
 tax. But that recognition had been refused
 by the presiding officer. Refused, too, when
 every intelligent representative knew if an
 opportunity had been given to vote upon
 merely a majority. but a full two-thirds
 vote. If that bill had been passed no immod-
 crate surplus would now be in the treasury
 to disturb the country. But if this taxation
 was repealed now there would be left, &C.,
 cording to the report of the Secretary of the excess of the public necessities. How should this sum be remitted to the people with the least disturbance of the great interests of the country? That was the practical question before the House. MT. Mckinley insist- ed that instead of reducing the duties all along the line the bill increased them. The duty on steel billets, for instance, was raised from 45 per cent to 63.33 advalorem, an advance of 45 per cent. This would increase the price of every pound of wire fencing from A to E a cent a pound. The duty on cut nails, which every body used, was reduced 25 per cent. and the raw material was increased 45 per cent When one went up the other went down and that he trusted would be the fate of this bill ] MT. Mckinley also said the bill was unfair to sections and raised the question of sec- tionalism, which he greatly regretted. The of the ad valorem system of as- sessment for the specific system ought to de- feat the bill. There was not a single nation except England that imposed ad valorem rates on imported articles and England had 1 abandoned that system except upon one arti- cle for the reason that there can be no hon. est administration of the laws as long as the | value of the imported articles was to be as- by experts thousands of miles away from the point of production. In discussing the general effect of prl duction the speaker ! said New England prosperity was due to the ! protective tariff. And her prosperity has baen positive benefit to every one of the l sixty million people of the United States. l He cited statistics to show the large amount l of the farm productions of the North and | West which were consumed in New England and asked if New England WAS not better market than old England for the people of l the United States. Was not Boston better l than London, New York than | ! cinnad than Lincolnshire? The cotton pro- duction alone that went into New England in I 1886 was twenty per cent. greater than | all our domestic exports to the United King dom. The chairman of the ways and means | committee had said let New England go | and let us ge to old England for market. ] That was about as practical as the Demo- | cratic party ordinarily got to be. After | discussing the difference between wages paid | 10 workmen in this country and those of the ! old world, MT. Mckinley said the country was Il ready for free trade the moment European | producers would bring their labor to our | standard. Whenever competing countries | would recognize the manhood and dignity l Df labor and pay equal compensation to that | paid here the United States was ready for free | rade the world over. When Mr. Mckinley | he was greeted with round after i 'ound of applause, and was immediately sur ounded by his party colleagues, who were 1rofuse in their congratulations.
 Mir. Breckenridge was received with great applause, some of the Republicans joining he Democrats in cheering him. He said 1 hat the committee on ways and means had to frame bill which would reduce ' he revenues by safe amount and would re- ieve as far as moderate bill could the evils ! if the present unequal system, reform the in- qualities of the present tariff and promote | American industry by giving to American abor the hope of a permanent, stable and 'rouCaDle market lie made strong plea ! or the passage of the bill as the best available measure for the needed tariff reform. The applause which had been literally inter- persed throughout MT. Breckenridge's speech rev into a storm when that gentleman con- luded and took his seat. Cheer followed heer, the ladies in the galleries waving their andkerchiefs and Mir. Breckenfdge's col eagues rushed forward enthusiastically to I rasp his hand.
 The committee then rose and the House at 40 o'clock took a recess until evening. The , Touse in evening session passed thirty-fve rivate pension bills and at 10:30 adjourned. l