Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-01-05
SHERNANAIDV VOORHEES,
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afternoon senator Sherman mads HI q
pected speech against tAs Rreuident's me-
sage. The galleries were well filled in antic
vas attracted by the Senator. Aftsr -
marking upon the pecaliarjty a The lat
mexAge 70 Congress, not referring 70 any
foreign relation, or TO anything in ouI
home government except taxation. Mr.
Sherman said he had called the attention O
the Senate on the 18th Of July, lsS6 to th&
precise difficulty and danger Of the situa
provide for the reduction Of taxes And th<
application of the surplus; and il il bad moi
been for the action of the PreddAnt and hi,
administration Including the DeMocratis
majority in the House VI Representatives
the taxes would then have been reduced
without endangering domestic industries
The President had. on what he Mr. Sher.
man, regarded as frivolous reason, refused
his signature t. the River and HArbor Bill,
ten millions for necessary public WorkA
aud, by his veto Of the Dependent Pension
Bill. he had withheld frum Union soldier,
appropriations made for their relief. II the
dangers from the surplus revenue were %
great and imminent rs the President aaid,
why had not the President convened Con-
gress during the last summer 10 deal with
What ne called the Preca1oa, condition Of
financial affairs" and the absolute peril ct
hand. He agreed that the revenue should
be r~duced-it would be . pleasing and
\ greatful task, and the moment that
the House OF Reprcsen ntatives would give
the Senate jurisdiction uf the subject mat
ter the Senate would be ready u shAre in
that duty rs it had done - many - six
times since the close Of the war He did
not attribute either 10 the President or the
Secretary III the Treasury an intent 70 pro-
duoe the dangers and difficulties BY which
the country Mas threatened; nor did b
call in question their integrity ue fidelity;
but when they tried 70 alarm the country
% - 20 induce Congress u break down
great industrial interests, he pointed them
10 the neglect Of q public duty entrusted
10 their discretion q tho fountain Of their
wues
The country had4vo distinct systems Of
taxation, one upon the American pruduc-
tions of spirits. tobacco and beer; and the
other upon imported goods, the products Of
foreign nations The first of these the
President had dismissed with . single sen
tenoe, saying that none Of those articles
were necessaries. that there seemed to BE-
no just complaint of such taxation by con-
sumers; the traditions aud policy Of the
American people were against internal
taxes. They were . Necessity during the
war; hut now. if continued. they should
he reduced, aud the tax on tobacco espec-
tally should he remitted- Though not Q
necessity like bread and meat, the use Of
tobacco Was 50 general that its tax was Q
burden 10 the farmer and TO the consumer
Proceeding 10 details, Mr.. Sherman said
tssat during the fiscal year ending June -,
.ss7. the total value Of foreign importations
was t6S3. on, ,0Ul-$ss.as3. .0O,0O Of that
amount being free Of duty: 80 that, as to
over one-third of all articles Of foreign pro-
duction consumed in this country, there
was absolute free trade. They were mainly
such articles as by reason Of climate, could
not be produced here. and did not come
into competition with domestic industry
With that kind Of free Trade be was In
hearty sympathy
Articles OF voluntary use, Of luxury. or
nament or appetits. not in common use
among the people, anfshich are purchased
almost exclusively by the wealthy. should
bear . higher rate Of taxation. the highest
rate coilectible without excluding them or
inducing smuggling
The removal Of half the tariff on sugars.
he said, would reduce the taxes and ths |
surplus 81 million doilarA
but it Was not of the duties on food thaS |
the President complained Is ..vicioua in. |
equitable. and IL sical source Of taxatio1." |
The great body of crude articles imported
which entered into the proceses of domes- |
dc industry, to the value Of sos 000, 900 |
were now free of duty. Every imported |
article Of that class was 20 unless il CON-
peted directly with the development Of |
American resources.
No reason could he given Why wool |
should be made free. and woolen eoods |
should he protected II there must b |
and II the labor Of the farmer In producing |
the wool was not protected against undue |
competition with Australia or Buenos |
Ayres, then that Of the cloth maker should |
not be protected AGAINST competition with |
the looms of Manchester or LyonA II |
there were low duties on iron ore, theee 1
would have TO be low duties on iron and |
steal in all its forms. The FARMER PCT.
formed as valuable labor - the artisan,
equal and just consideration, without fear /
oY favor.
The President assumed that the cost Of /
living especially of food and clothing) was
higher in the United States than in Eu-
rope. That was not true. Food Of every |
kind texcept sugar. was cheaper here than
in any market in Europe. He had thus
endesvored. he said, TO give respectful an
swer to the Presidents message. He Wls
willing tsccording to the Republican plat
form Of 1884 to correct the irregularities a
the tariff and 70 reduce the surplus-noe
BY the vicious and undiscriminatins pro-
Cess Of horizontal reduction. but BY such
methods as would relieve the tax payer
without injuring the labofer or the great
productive industries of the country.
In conclusion he said: What We want
now is the cultivation Of the sentiment Of
patriotism. an intense love of country, Q
feeling of natural pride. Every American.
whether native or nsturaliEed, ought to feel
that this is his country, to which he owes
allegiance, duty and pride"
Senator Sherman concluded his remarks
At 2 O'Clock and Senator VOORHEES, took the
aoor and began . speech upon ths same
subject.
Mr.. voorhees, denounced the statemens
of .Messrs. Sherman, Teller and other Re-
publicans in criticism of the Prssident's
message as insinoere and misleading and
asserted that by way of preparation for the
coming Presidential election, Republican 4
legislators and journals were endeavofinG
by gross misrepresentation TO put the Pre9-
dent and the Democratic party in an atti-
tude OF hostility 10 American msnufactur-
ing interests. Nothing could be more un-
Just or unfair.
Under the leadership of Grover Cleve-
land, the Democratic party demanded such
revision of the tariff, such reduction Of rev.
enue and surplus and such administration
Of the powers of government - was most
beneficial 10 all interests and most fully in
harmony with the general welfare. The
Presidents message would bear the light Of
discussion, analysis aud debate. The fruetD
of next November would blight Republi-
can misrepresentation and rebuke the Re-
publican Senators who characterized as Q
'humbug' the fearless, sound and states
manlike message of the President Mr..
VOORHEES, proceeded 10 defend in detail the
Presidents theories Of tariff revision.