Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
GREAT TARIFF TALK IN THE HOUSE
YESTERDAY.
Speeches by hessrG Randall. Mckinley, and
BsFkinridss OF Rsntucky-Ths
Latter Has an Ovation.
tBy telegraph 70 the DlspAtch.l
WASHINGTON, May ls, 1898.
senate
House OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Nilin. % Tennessee. As the Speaker pro
fam. and the Chaplain we're absent, and the
reading 81 the Journal dispened with, the
House Immediately went into Committee Of
tho Whole Mr.. Springer. Of Illinois, ia the
chair on the tariff bill. 4
Nj. Anderson, OF Iowa, denounced the
protective system and its horrible progeny,
thc iunumeFabie modern monsters known as
"trusts," sired by greed and damned by
couiiiyance, which eliminated from the
American commerce the vital principle Of
competition. lApplause.l
MI Chead'e, OF Indiana. confined himself
to the discussion OF the question whether
protection protected, and maintained the az
irmaiiye OF the proposition. The floor was
thcn accorded 81 Mr.. Randall, OF Pennsylya-
MA. lie opened his speech by referring 20
ilc Presidents message, IN which The EX-
c.uiiVc advised CONGRESS that the surplus 10
the Treasury Oy thr 3Oth % June, at the end Of
t.c current fiscal year, would be expected 10
reach the sum Of SliO00O,000, including
pUor accumuloiions or more closely stated,
tnc sum 81 Sil3,000,000, apart from prior &C.
cumus,ionS over and above all the au-
taDuled expenditures, including the sinking
found Tor the current year. lie then quoted
from tbc Pr,Ndcut', message defining his
position Oh fhc tariff aud iniernll.reveuue
questions. ard spid that, from the utterauce
O.; tbc Precedent, he understood the EXecu-
tive 90 Doe adverse 10 any reduction 81 tie
Internal taxes as that mode ~ taxation A.
f.r1cd, in The opinion % the President, " no
iu.l complaint. and that nothing Is so well
abe ~ bear the burden without q hardship
o. any portion Of the people, TIE Presi-
cent further sand that the tariff law was q
vicious aud illogical source Of ihcquitable
tiE, and ought 10 Doc revised and modified;
and the President had urged upon Congress
1000 immediate expression Of tins matter
A., ihc exclusion ~ sli others. The Presi.
dent had asserted in substance that reduce
Hou necessary should be madc'by additions
"A. the free lists and by the lowering Of the
rl'f, - du'y. In the presence Of such
language. cm4naiing from the Executive an.
tls.l,d bv fhc direction Of the Constitution
fl communicate and from time 10 time give
fl tougICs, Information on the state 81 the
Iniou and recommend such measure, as he
should judge necessary, u was imprI1tiYcly
required OF the representatives. az the people
tn give 2 fair. intelligent, aud prompt atten-
.nu f0 thc suggestion made. lie had done
... llc had introduced and bad referred 10
f., Committee on Ways and Means bHl 10
IDiurc and cqualize duties on imports and
fr reduce the in,crual-rcycnue taxes, and
some ~ the provisions Of that bin showed
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through thc repeal Of the intyrnal-reyenue
taxes 8s we'll a, by a fun revision ~ The tariff
.- promised o. thr people by the Democratic
Convention ~ 1854. The reduction provided
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sufficient sum WITS realized from CUSTOM
house taxes to meet the expenses OF Gov
trumeut economically administered. Tue
country w3, practically In such condition
roH. and the true response 10 these declars-
uuus warranted the repeal % tine internal
revenue take, % the extent proposed by his
nHI. he favored nov. as he had always
done. a t9td repeal OF The iuteTualreycnue
taN,-. TNupleuse1 In the bin which he IN
fr.lu-e0 Uepropo~cd to sweep an thesetaxos
fr,rn fine statute-boOke eVcrpt the tax OF ff.
o.. CAN'T. ON wbt.kev. and hc would transfer
f.. collection Of that tax 10 the customs Off.
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lf ,,t.rnolr.,euiie system va. aLoI-
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t.ifiop of public glilrs would be reudsr,d
ri,f,raod better. HIS hili propo,cd arcyi.ion
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D .rr,.ng win tLe authorized declaration, 81
-le Democratic marty lu their last convcn-
t.r It,.e declarations clearly recognized
Die. f,.ffI.i fla. diG. renee existed I'm the cost
"a ,.. rr,Iucrnn ~ romruodiftc, iu mi.
and .tt'r .,u,,t,,s ana arc,lut of tbe HIGHER
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.f..,t for q, duty annie to cover that dlD,..