Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-05-12

AetV HceseFess
WASHINGTON, April S0.-The house
went into committee of the whole on the
tariff bill and was addressed by Grosve-
nor, of Ohio.
1t was strange, Grosyenor said, that
the democratic party, led by that anna
teur statesman, the president of the
United States, so suddenly had become
the champion of the internal revenue
system. For twenty years the gentle
men representing the southern states
had not only denounced the general sys-
tenn OF internal revenue, but had OPP
posed all efforts of the government TO
enforce the law, and had SO thorough
" educated the people of the south
into q belief that the system was
'tyrannous that they had builded
up great sentiment in the south
that to defeat and violate and destroy
that system by fraud and violence and
bloodshed and murder, was but the as
sertion of a God-given right of rebel
hon against tyrunnous government.
Now the democratic party, directed by
the message of the president, ordained
tllttl lilG iilNlat NuCkGh VI tuAh-
ton in this country was now, and must
be in the future, the internal revenue
system, Discussing briefly the speech
of the gentleman from Minnesota Mel
son he said when the gentleman under
took to put the republicans who favored
the repeal of the internal revenue law,
into the category of being in favor of
free whisky and free tobacco he made q
great mistake. The proposition to re-
peal the tax ON whisky was to remit the
power of taxation to the states and to
permit the state to take the place of the
general government.
Regarding the tariff, he said, the mis-
sion of the statesmen was to see that
the laboring men of the country should
have great deal higher wages than the
laborinS men of other'countries. The
| prosperity of kIe country met with no
check until Morrison menaced the in
dustries of the United States. The dis
aster which was threatened by the Nor
risou bill would be quadrupled by the
passage of the Mills bill. He looked for
the restoration of the republican party
to power, the party which had laid the
| deep and strong foundation upon which
the great tariff structure had been built.
| The party had grown wiser by the as
| saults made upon the system by its enc
| mics: and it would then be able to re-
| buruish ana rebeautify the magnificent
structure which was to-day the pride
and glory of the American citizen.
MIR Rayner, Of Maryland, did not
| think the duty ON glass should be re-
I duced to the extent proposed in the bill,
| hut no matter how the bill came from
the democratic party, he would vote for
it. He would follow his great party ON
| this crest issue. He had no right TO
| look to the industry in his district when
the question before the country was
/ whether a systematic plan of robbery
and plumber should be continued.
| Passing to the subject OF trusts, he said
that unless heroic steps were taken to
| repel their advance, private enterprises
would be seriously affected, and the
/ prices of the principal commodities ar
| bitrarily fixed. The Standard oil trust
was one of fraud, corruption and OPP
| preston.
Mr.. Cannon, OF Illinois, inquired
| whether the gentleman did not know
| the present administration had appoint
\ ed one of the principal representatives
of the Standard oil company at least by
relation, if not otherwise) secretary of
the navy, and that another representa-
! tive was senator from Ohio.
Mr.. Rayner believed he could vouch
| for Secretary Whitney; that he had not
the slightest connection with
/ the Standard Oil trust, but
4 it did not make any difference
1 who was connected with it, it was the
greatest fraud upon the people that had
ever been perpetrated. If the demo-
cratic party struck down the monop-
olies. it would receive, under the lead
ership of him who led it now, (and who
! was as fearless foe Of corruption as
was ever encountered) the renewed
fealty of the people.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, said the
/ president had thrown the gauntlet at the
feet Of protection, and stood boldly up
| as the champion of free trade He
criticised the bill rs Gripping where it
should support, and tearing down where
/ it should build up. He warned the
laboring man against any party presi-
dent or law maker whose acts would
| quicken the trade Of England, while in
( a comparative degree it would check the
manufacturing industries of their own
country. Adjourned.