The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-12


Senate chamber presented this morning,
after the reading o. the journal a dcprcss.
ingly deserted aspect, thcrc being but Eve
senators present OF the Democratic side,
and but iiitcen on tha Republican side.
subsequently,, however halt dozen more
Democrats put in GA appearance.
The House bill grruprating $4,000
for the enforcement oi ,ho Chinese eNclu.
sion act, was reported by SIR Allison and
passed.
Mr.. Mitchell then proceeded 10 address
the Senate in advocacy o. thc bin hereto.
fore introduced hy him t., rcluco letter
postage 10 one cent In the event oi the
proposed reduction being carried ont, ne
thought there was uo good reason WHY
the unit Of weight should not Ice fixed ut
two ounces instead 81 one anl why fourth
class matter OF merchandise should not hn
put on an equality vi'l lhirl class matter
With ihcse changes gll i've present
absurd distinction between lir,l and thirl
and fourth class matter would be wiped
out An Uniform D.y ul ! cent for every
| two ounces OF WEIGHT would exist on gll
matter except nrvtTprr anil periodicals
sent to subscriber THE Hvupunccs That
20 often now result nom th' detention OF
matter Tor insufficient postage c.uld be
made 10 disappear. The temptation lppgtiy
| fraud hy the COM ,W,n,ul written mat.
fer la matter OF a lower go io would van.
1 i,h AMI absolute privacy could h' given 90
/ every parcel Of mI.tHr mailed, Tor there
would no longer Pc any reason why II
should not MI 10 s'lIrl. The hin was re-
| irrrcd 10 the possible committee.
The senate then, 90 1850 o'clock, resumed
/ The consideration ul The arill bill and WIS
/ addressed hy Mr.. tuIloW. h'puc iiln bee
/ fore the Senate and h'iorc the country, hc
| said was whether ihD american system Of
protection 10 AmHI y injuries aud To
American labor should DO maintained. or
whether the poliry vt free trade or (which
was lhr sumo inc!rrll "tariii Tor UNu.
nue. only" shoull Doc adopted. Ills re-
marks would Le c inUi 90 the Il rrnsiOH
/ OF ,hr items cI'hef 20 lbp ilou.c bill ur IN
| the senate b.ll. hsclusr hc bad hut little
| time 90 cons rr these bils and iur
| the further rCasm that Ia his Judgment u
| was utterly inipac,iCablo 10 have those
| bills consilcicd n m by item ai tie pres.
cnt session oi Con css Therefore his re-
| marks would ~ ucwhat general. lh"
p,apla would decade the question nj the
! polls In Npypmb.r, whether the Senate
! lid ~ or moi. nui hc believed that tie
! decision would be- in favor oi The Rrpub'i-
| can party Hui its policy. The RopublCnn
uariy hnd u'vays believed IN the doctrine
1 OF protection. Tie Democratic party did
moi believe In q protective iuuN, although
/ since the issue hud been made De- lead
! cs. Mills, Carlisle and oihrs, talked
about the amount ul protection which
| their hnutling, tho Mills bill, gave 10 the
various industries a Tho country. Tho
| adoption OF the Cleveland Nillsircr trade
policy would no, ior % time lin his opinionl
| reduce the revenue, but would put mofc
money into thu treasury nom import
! duties: but IL would finally reduce the
revenues by bankrupl.pg the people, so
| that they could no, buy either imported ~
/ domestic goods. The surplus would Then
| Disappear. aud the nation would commence
| asyslDm oi borrowing money ihc business
| In which the last j. mUcwlic administration
was engaged before tire late war, when II
sold lis bonds at slight drcuunt IN order
10 pny the current expenses ol TIE gov
urnmcnt. Ailcra cOnpafifon OF the plat
| forms oi the two parties In 1881 aud 1856,
| lln NNfIaIlNN NllNA NINN NNANANHhiNtAN IfNAN va"
a free trade party u Il WAS anything, aud
had been ior tiliy YEAR. lie criticised tho
spescbcs Of MIR. Carlisle and Mr.. Thur.
man, complaining tlat taxes wcn1 too high,
and ho asked Whose fault that was, why
bnd not reduction been NADER The
Democratic parry had had control Of the
House for sixteen ycar, most oi tho time
under Mr. Cahidr's spcakJnhip. Tho
fIIH InT IIHfn
taxes and not th0 Republican plriy The
Republican party, however, would rcyisc
the tarin, would reduce the surplus and
would, ut the same time, protect the labor
and Industries Of the country. lie re-
iuucd 10 the House ol Representa-.
tiycs ns having southern man Tor
speaker and southern mnn for
chairman Of most Of the Important
committees, and said be- did not believe in
Texas Antcsmanship lie believed that u
the policy expressed IN tie Mills bill and
expressed by Icxlh senators wore 20 pre-
vail, Ii would result IN ruin 10 the business
0f thc country. Tho proposed tariii legs
lslion. Of which q gentleman from Texas
was the rupuiCd author, would be- lii en-
acted worse than the Texas fever among
cattle. II would b. Texas ioycr among
the business interests ~ the country, par
alyzing them, nnl would be- followed by
poverty and distress
Mr. Cullom wont on 30 Illustrate tho effect
Of protective tariff ia stimulating com
petition and cheapuning products, and in.
stanccd, among other caca, that o.
watches. II wiz not many years, lao said,
since the manufacture u watches was com
mcnocd in the United States There hnd
been small duty levied on imported
watches. and then the efforts made c
manufacture them la this country iailcdi
but when tho duty was increased tht
. manufacture Of watches was established
and now there were fifty or sixty ostab
iishmcnts In The United States engaged
in that business giving employment 4
, many thousands u skilled wofkmcn, nnd
10 many women, rirls and boys ut gooC
wagos, and American watches las good ~
: watches made anywhcrc) were 10 chcaI
that everybody bad one now, whereas
} thirty years ago II was a rare article IN
, country community. In tho course Of hii
4 remarks lac mndc reference 10 Mr. Ncsti
( letter heretofore frequently referred to-
, as the struggle being light 10 tn
: death"
Mr.. Vest said that he wanted 10 maxi
| . .t.t,,n.os n. A., that hitter IL Wag