, 1888-04-26

into power, with all It's unhallowed mem.
ories, and its pedacious instincts and hab.
its, As well might . frontier settlement
be expected to welcome with Joy . second
In vasion OF tomahawks and scalping
xs1Ss, snyss. He concluded BY sayinE That the
Der would be that there had been an
HONEST, CAPABLE GOVERNMENT,
and that It should be continued.
Al the conclusion Of Voorhees, speech,
which was delivered with great power and
effect, and was listened to with inter est and
attention or both sides of the chamber. he
was congratulated upon it by many Of his
dem iocratic associates.
The motion of Fry that the conference
report on the joint resolution for confer.
ence OF American nations was non-concur-
red in and new conference was ordered
uIS Lhs .sIds sna and INDUSTRY ,Ss bill I'll o,;., WAS
but went over without action and the sen.
ate adjourned.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the tarig bill. Bynuni. of Indi-
ana, said that the bin presented did not
meet with his unqualified approval. He be
lieved duties on imports should be levied
rent ordiaary expenses OF the government,
and any extraordinary expenses should be
met by a resort To internal taxes. Believ-
ing this to be correct, he would maintain
the present internal revenue system OF tax
alton until the last obligations of the war
are discharged. He advocated a reduction
OF duties ON materials upon which the la
borers Of the country worked, and such re.
duction rs would give
LARGgR MARKETS
In which manufacturers could sell their
product
He admitted that wages were increased
under protective tariff but denied that this
was on account OF the tariff because the
same inci ease had taken place in Crest
Britain under free trade. 1t WAS said tha'
AnieriCan farmers must be protected in the
production of wool. Under high protec.
ton on wool, the price had steadily fallen.
He did not assert that the tariff was the sole
cause Of the decline in price, but he con-
tended that IL was an important factor.
Wool could not be prod dced in the United
States for less than fortv cents per pound.
The people ofthis country CONSUMED 500
0O0, 600 pounds last year, which cost them
$2t0, 900, 900, of this 600 600, coo pounds,
moro than one half had been
PUEcHAsED ABROAD,
because the high tariff had broken down
all our woolen industries.
Brown. OF Indiana, expressed himself as
not in the least bit frightened at the pieth-
egoric condition of the national treasury.
This was not the first time there had been
u surplus, but neither Johnston, Grant nor
Arthur had made the condition OF the treas.
ury u preiense Tor disturbing the industrial
policy of the government, and the country
continued to enjoy
UNPARALLELED PROSPERITY,
The accommodating revenue might be made
the occasion for doing much for the peo-
ple's benefit. That surplus was an evidence
Of national prusperity; that IL bad been
uat h raA n In h. tra mi nj
sion or complaint was evidence that the
protective system 10 Il Just one.
IL the surplus were under the con-
troll OF wise statesmanship 1t would be q
NATIeNAhBLkssINo,
but. as II Is, twas safer to reduce It than to
run the hazard Of ill-advised ex xpenditures.
He was anxious to have = revision Of the
method OF taxation so as to reduce the rev.
enues TO the lowest limit of our national
wants, but he argued that the plan of re-
duction sketched by the president in his
M essage would result In disaster to Ameri-
can industries. The democrat 10 party in
the house had not gone the whole length
OF the presidents suggestions, because 1t
feared the party more than financial disas-
ter. Turning to the wool provisions
of the bill, he quoted figures to show that
the domestic product had increased enor-
niously under twenty Yeas OF protection.
IL has grown from
WEAkNESS ANTO SIRkNGTh
while by the reduction Of duty by the ses-
we'll nigh ruined. IT was little singular
that while wool was put upon the free list,
sugar was to be protected by an annual tax
of $45 O00, 900. He congratulated the Pres
ident upon having compelled his party to
take issue on the tariff question. The mas
querade was over The question of the
day was whether the revenue system
should be Tree trade or projections; for tins
bill was the vanguard OF q free trade policy.
Representative Dockery, of Missouri,
said the surplus was REQUIRED in the chan
nels of business. trade and commerce. in
order that capital might employ labor, and
the question presented was how that sur
plus was to be disposed of. He had statis-
tics to show the Immense bonus which the
protective tariff put into the pockets OF the
manufacturers. but which did not go into
the pockets of workinkmen. In conclusion
he said Let us unhand and unshackle
the genius and enterprise OF our people,
and permit them to cross the seas and re-
possess themselves of the commercial ad-
vantages they enjoyed when the dag was a
familiar sight In all quarters of the globe,
and in ell harbors OF the world" ZAP
plause) The ommittee then rose. The
house then took recess till O'Clock. the
evening session to be for debate only on the
tariff bill.
EVENING SESSION.
. AT the evening session the tariff debate
was opened by Shaw, of Maryland, who ad-
vocated that clause of the bill which places
tin plate on the free list.
Glass, of Tennessee, spoke at length In
support of the bill and the house ad-
journed.
Union Pacific Election.
BosroN, April 25.-The annual meeting
of the Union Pscic railroad company was
held this morning. The annual report a.
already published was submitted. The &C.
tion Of the directors In leasing the Oregon