The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-03-08
TACKLED THE TARIFF.
opening Gun of the Impending
Big Battle.
The Administration Assailed for RECON-
mending Revenue--It is De-
Tended By Friends-Pledges
of United Party,

gun in the greaC IdIlh o"''iO
Wednesday. I'D. nc +be
following report of the deoaIe; of the 1he
house today went into commlItee VI 'ne
whole (Mr. Burrows, OF Mlchlgai' ~ ~
the chair for the consideration % tho tio
hill authorizing the secretary vi tho tho
Treasury to purchase bonds "lVn 'ne
surplus revenue. .,uo4o, - ,uos
a doubtful question whether tae C,n,- oeClo-
tary could use the large sum Oh money
i'm the treasury in the purchase VI re 10
demption of bonds, that olIlcet plSlel-
red TO remit the question 10 lne ld"
making power. If congress lhIehaeu IS u
that he should use the surplus IN the
nurcbase or redemption, II should IN
vest him with undoubted authority 10
do so. o,. oia tbot ~ b
exact purpose of the bill was not altO-
Cether manifest upon its face: IT pro
5osed to give the secretary OF the treas
nrV 1she authority to use the surplus
money in the treasury for the purchase
and redemption of government oonuS;
although that authority already exists,
fuII and ample. and had existed since
March 3 1851. The speaker continued
at great length, alleging that the fall'
ure to purchase bonds under tIe au-
thOrity of existing statutes was intend
ed solely TO pile up the surplus IN or
der to scare the country and break
down the protective tariff. lie was fOl-
lowed by Mr.. Weaver, OF Iowa. VINO
charged that the treasury department
favored certain National banks, whlct
he named. Mr.. Reed, ,'Of Maine, critl
cised the Presidents message and the
failure of the majority in the house to
act upon its recommendations as yet
JOHN sHERMAN's COSTLY POLICY,
Mr., breckenridge, of Kentucky, said
the gentlemen from Maine and ONO,
who had spoken this morning IN cell
snre of the administration, had been
responsible to the extent not only OF
their own votes, but of the command
inc influence which their large expert,
ence had given them FOR prOuuClnE Vne
necessity they had to meet III Octo3er' ,,
Applause on the Democrat sluek Inc
difference between the 2l9 or 3 per cent.
at which the government couid borrow
its money, and the AZ or per cent. IL
was paying Ol lAiOo0 NOH'o' ""o ~
precise sum that the American people
were annually paying for the glorious
privilege of having had MI Johh Sher'
man as secretary OF the treasury
Applause on the Democratic sldeE
The President had delivered message
which had, by its very unlqueneSs, oeen
taken out of the mere dull sequence OF
official documents and caused dlscuS-
sion from one end of America 10 the
other. which neither the wit OF the gen
tleman from Ohio, would cause 10
cease until this protective lnlQulty mad
been reformed. Applause on the Dem
ocratic side.
The gentleman from Maine spoke o;
it's being long way from Texas ana
Arkar sas to a knowledge OF manufac-
lures. What did that mean? IL meant
that the taxpayers of the country mad
no business to reform the tax gathering
laws of the country; that the people
who lived on the farms i'll Arkansas
and Texas were not to be regarded IN
the consideration of the laws under
which their earnings were TO De taken
for somebody else's benefit. Applause
on the Democratic slde.l
A UNION OF Lesson AND LABoRS.
Now. the lesson of the President and
the labOrs of the Democratic members
of the ways and means committee were
united for the purpose of giving manu-
facturers their fair protection, but do
ing it with just and equal law to the
taxpayers who were to use the manu-
factured article. While the majority
of the committee might not be very
wise, while gentlemen might laugh
at them for not taking their Republl-
can colleagues into consideration
which had been given by them las the
gentleman said) in secret places to their
work, he assured the gentleman, with
out protesting 10 reveal any knowledge
or to be prophet that If he would Just
wait he would have as much of tar.
iff bill as he was able to consider, and
far more than he would be able to de
feat, Gapplause on the Democratic del
a tariff bill that would gather to its
support every Democrat on the floor OF
this House, Trenewed applausel; a tar
itf bill that would gather to its support
every representative who was not given
over to strong delusion; a tariff bill
would gather to its support all fair
minded manufacturers who only want
ed what was just; a bill which would
be the product of great labor and of
a very strong desire TO do what was
fair, and which, when it came into the
House modified, it might be by the
wise suggestions of the Republican
members of the committee, modified by
the wise suggestions of Democrats
who did not agree with all of its pro
visions-framed, not by dickers and
barter, but with strong desire to make
the public good the first object of its
legislation, when that bill came into
the House it would be passed, and it
would relieve the President whether he
was Mr.. Cleveland or some one else, of
the necessity of finding disposition
for the surplus by leaving the surplus
in the pockets of the man who made
the money. Applause on the Demo
cratic side.
Mr.. Randall said he did not wish to
traverse the remark of his friend from
Kentucky (Mr breckenridge when he
spoke of the past, except to say that he
had no regrets. He was the more rec
unciled in the connection when he
heard from the gentleman from Ken
tucky. prompted by a more liberal
spirit than had ever before existed,
that there was hope land he dec ared
that there would be fruition to that
hope, if Justice was had) of united
party on the Democratic side. Loud
and long applause by the Democrats
General debate on the measure hay
ing closed, Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky,
offered the following amendment,
which was accepted by Mr.. Mills:
"Provided that the bonds so purchas-
ed or redeemed shall constitute no part
of the sinking fund, but shall be can
celed by the secretary of the treasury"
The committee then rose and the bin
was passed.