New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-16
MR.. CIRLISLE EXPOSED.
COLONEL BRECKINRIDGE TO TIE RESCU
PLACING MIR. BLAINE IN \ FALSE LIGHT
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GARFIELD'S SPEECH CITED BY THE DEFENCE
PLACING MIR. BLAINE IN \ FALSE LIGHT
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Washington July 15.-1hc speech of Mr.. La
Toilette, of Wisconsin, yesterday, in which he
thoroughly exposed the misstatcmcnts of Mr.
Carlisle and exposed the inconsistencies of his
arguments, produced something akin to a panic
among the Speakers friends, to whom the blow
was as unexpected it was sudden. They felt
that something must bc done, and that i'm
mcdialcly in order to break the force OF the at
tack, if possible, to create diversion in Car
isles favor. Colonel Breckinridgc, of Kentucky,
whose ideas of intellectual and political integrity
seemed especially to fit him for the task, assumed
it, He is the same man who quoted from one
of Mr. Blaine's speeches opposing an internal tax
on lumber in order to impress upon the House
the belief that the Maine statesman was opposed
to customs duty on foreign lumber imported
into the United States. In the course of the
debate more than one Democrat has sought to
bolster his argument by. giving garbled extracts
from the speeches of Garfield and Blaine, ard
Speaker Carlisle went so far rs TO wrench pas
sage out of its proper relation IN Mr. Bialnc's
twenty lcals OF Congress- and to use 1t as a
prop to his Shaky frce-tradc argument.
In yesterdays prcdicamcnt, therefore, IL was
natural for Colonel BrccKlnrldgc TO turn TO ten
yCarold speech of Garfield on the currency qucS-
ton and cite compilation OF facts and statistics
which seemed to hlm to agree with a part OF Gar
lis!c's speech But what General Garfield said
does not in the most remote degree break the l0rcc
Of LIZ Fo.cjtrs charge that the Kentucky states
man deliberately garbed the 1acts OF history IN
relation to the proceedings IN Congress which led
TO the tariff enactment in 1891 Colonel Breckn-
ridge introduced the extract from General Gar
fields speech in order 10 convince the House that
Mr. Carlisle told the truth in part OF his recent
speech, long extract from which Colonel bfccK
inrdgc caused to be rcpublished in The Record
Singu.arly enough, this extract cnds WIN lhc para
graph in which ir. Carlisle states that every NcW-
England Representative present, except Mr.. Cola
mcr, and including Justin ). Morrill,. voted iOr thc
tariff bill of 1891 as 1t " hrst passed thc iiouSc,
and that after the bill went to the Senate IT. was
amended by making Il very slight increase In the
reduction on certain articles ,.r .c-.. 1900,
The fact was that the bill " first passed
the House il provided for no reduction what-
ever on manufactured articles, but simply trans
fcrred to the free list many articles used IN
manufactures and which were not produced IN
the United States That was what Senator
Hunter and other free-tradc Senators complained
Of and the substitute passed by the Senate made
a uniform reduction of 20 per cent 80 much
for the very ght increase in the reduction on
certain articles" Mr. Morrill, voted against the
substitute and against the report of the Con-
ference Committee.
EXTRACTS WHICH CARLISLE DIDN'T QUOTE
Colonel breckenridge also rcprOduccS the extract
from Twenty Years Of Congress quoted by Mr..
Carlisle in his speech to show that the frce-tradc
tariff of 1916 was a blessing to the country. He
is apparently familiar with Mr.. Blane's great
historical work. but it did not suit his purpose
to quote this passage:
The friends OF home industry have always referred
with satisfaction the eject OF the tariff Of lsf2 as an
explicit and undeniabc proof Of the value OF protecon
1t raised the country from slough Of despond to nap
pncss chcerfulness confidence 1t impaired to all sec
ticns OF prosperity which they had not known
since the repeal OF the tariff OF 1928 The most suc-
gestvc proof strength and popularity was found
in the contest 1874 between Polk and Clay when the
Democrats in the critical Northern States assumed the
advocacy Of the tarn Of 1912 as loudly the supporters
Of Mr.. Gay.
Or this in relation to the tariff OF SAG:
The act had 10 small influence in the overthrow OF
the Polk Administration AT the election Tor inc heNc
ensuing Congress- and in the defeat OF General Oass io
tho Presidency 1S49. AZ Senator from Mlchl9ai
General had voted for the bill, Influenced thcrcto
by his Southern associates, for whom he always dh so
much and from whom he always received 80 lltue iohh
sylvania was at that time really Democratic state out
she nunishcA General for his freeradc course by
givrc her electoral vote Taylor II she had given 1t
to Cass he would have been chosen President
Or this. respecting the tariff bill of 1857:
In the House the New England Representatives gem
orally voted for the bill, but MT. Morfli' oi NcI"""
opposed it.
In 1867 the country :" was confronted by a
condition" which exists at the present time Mr..
Blaine writes
The one excuse given for urging the passage Of the
act Of 1sj7 hat under the tariff Of 1876 the reNe-
nucs had become excessive and the income OF the toy
ernrcnt mus, be reduced But II soon found I, be
A most expensive mode Of reaching the end The FIRST
and most important result flowing from the new act was
a large Increase .mporatons ana very heavy drain
in con5,ocnce upon reserved specie of the country
TO pay the balance which the reduced shipments Of as-
ricuitural products failed to meet.
In the autumn 1857 half year after the passage OF
the tariff act disastrous financial panic swept over the
countrv. prostlang for the time all departments of
business in about the same degree. The agricultural.
commercial and manufacturing interests were alike ana
equally involved distress for time was severe and
iaosnrcad Tho staqnatlon which cnsuod was discour-
aging and long continued making the years from 1897 to
1860 extremely dull and disprtng in business circles
throughout the Union The country was not exhausted
and depleted as after the panic Of 1877, but the
business community had courage energy was palayZed
and new enterprises at a standstil.
Mr.. Carlisle could not have read the chapter
on The Tariff Question In Twenty Years OF
Congress without being struck by these and
M her like statements of fact with which 1T fairly
hristlcs from beginning to end and which con
clnsivelv refute his own arguments, and yet his
elastic ideas as to what constitutes fairness OF
statement and honesty in argument permitted
him TO sever a single paragraph from It's natural
and logical relations and use it to throw dust In
thc eyes of the country and TO attempt 10 place
Mr. Elaine in a false light. 1t ~ consollng 10
or later and that they usually react on thelr
authors.
MIR. RANDALL MISREPRESENTED
No rP1-rU IN THE FREE TRADERS ASSERTION