The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.


lerics were almost rs much crowded on
that day, as ON the day Chairman
Mills opened the contest.
Surprise has neen expressed that the
ladies, who frequent the galleries In
large numbers, should take SO much
interest In subject that naturally
must he dull to them, but they, like
everybody else seems 10 realize That
the work of the session has begun, and
that The ground work of the next
Presidential campaign Is being laid.
After much disagreement In regard
10 the length of time the tariff debate
shall be allowed to continue, the House /
Mays aud Means Committee agreed Ia I
limit the general discus sion TO twenty /
days, In all, exclusive of night sessions
of which there will be about three /
a week. -Four Of the twenty days have
alcady been consumed, leaving about
two weeks more tor tariff eloqnence /
This gives sufficient opportunity for
nhll and free discussion of the subject, |
and both parties are satisfied with the
time allotted. There Is 10 be an equal
democratic and republican speakers.
/ Among those who have made speech
es on the tariff bin this week, are Rep
resentatives McNTillen of Tennessee,
Burrows, Of Michigan, Bynum and
Browne Of Indiana, Himphill, Of South
/ Carolina, and Dockery, OF Missouri
Messrs. McMillon and Burrows spoke
for over two hours each, the former
presenting the democratic side of the
case, and the latter championing the
cause of protection.
The Tennessee Congressman's man
ner Of delivery is not the most pleas
ing, but he Is logical, and his manner
is forcible. He opened his speech with
the declaration that next In import
ance 10 the question of personal liberty
was the question of how aud how
much the people shall be taxed. As il
pertains to taxation it was no new
question, but was with US i'm the be-
ginning of our Government, and would
bc with Us 10 Its close. He who advo-
Gated the present tariff favored a tariff
not FOR revenue, not for protect On
merely, but tariff for surplus and a
t tariff for trusts.
Said he: "The internal revenue
Yields, In round numbers, one hum
. dred and twenty millions of revenue TO
the Government. The annual surplus
Is only about sixty millions; So that ii
all the internal revenue laws were re-
pealcd, it would leave a deficiency in
. our taxes of sixty millions n year.
What is this deficiency TO bc raist 4
: from? Shall we reimpose tax on "a
: and Coffee No. There is not man
here who would retaN ccfiee To untax
whisky. shall we increase the duties
on WOODEN goctls, rice or sugar? No.
for the people would net and should
not tolerate such legislation. Then we
have TO select the subjects from which
we viii remove taxes; and i'm view of
the fact that we cannot repeal the in
ternal revenue system. we have to de-
ternline whether we will reduc,, the tax
on whisky or the tax on clothing; the
tax on whisky or the tax ON sugar.
In other words reduce the tax on that
without which men can live and pres
per, or upon that which is essential to
, their very comfort and existence, and
it narrows itself down to contest be
tween the drukartl's belly and the
poor mans back
In that fight | do not hesitate to say
) that | Cspouse the cause of the
back, and defy the world the flesh,
and the devil"
After analyzing the bill Mr.. McMil-
lin stated that it would reduce the rev
enues more than 81 . TO every indi-
: vidual, or SO to every family in the
> United States, and he declared that
the plan, simple question presented to
the House was: "NVilI we continue to
hoard up a corrupting surplus or will
we leave it in the pockets of the people,
I where it justly belongs2''
: Protection was the keynote of Repre-
! sentative Burrows speech, which gave
great satisfaction 10 his republican
: friends. He said our tariff to-day is
= confessedly protective in that it is levi
G ed, not for revenue only, but to cncour
i age American industry, and 10 protect
4NAA4SAANttlA Alt N1ftcNA WIFI III
appeal to the new South, born of tn,
: throes Of war, but now full of courag,
l. and hope, her loins girt for a new race
$ her heavens aglow with the break of
o new day, warning her that the Milli
II tariff bill BODIED only disaster to her.
Il Patents grantee. to citizens of tn,
i Pacific states during the past week
and reported expressly for this pape
by G. y. Snow & Co, patent lawyers
e Opp. L. :. patent office, Washington
S DC:
, G. w. Arper, Oakland, Cal, Sipbon
Is G.. Brown, San Francisco, Cal, pre-
h tectiag piles. J. b. Butcnschon, Port
l. land. Or, counter scale. J. Hether
+ ington, Hayward, Cal, trousers o
: overalls. L. Hickman, Red Bluff
s Cal, running gear. +. Hitler, Sal
% Francisco, Cal, heater for muffs. II
N Palmer, San Francisco, Cal, bottl
q washing machine. ]. G. Reynolds
D. Stockton, Cal, header and threshel
Il II. c. Stickney, Portland, Or, Truss
Of G. NJ. Stroup, Philomath, Or, Stun