Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-12
TARIFF.
Telling Blows in the Cause of
Tax Reform.
WILLIAM |. SCOTT'S GREAT SPEECH.
The Mills Bill Framed in the Peoples
Interest.
HIGH PROTECTION PRETENSES.
Vo.,eys Of Hot Shot Grape and Canister
Fired a, Monopoly and
It's Servants.
HIGH PROTECTION PRETENSES.
DEMOCRATIC PROMISE NLDES GOOD.
The War Tariff Revised II a Spirit Of
Fairness to all IntereS.ai-H0w the
Farmer, the Merchant the
Mechanic. and the Lq0Orer
VII. be Benefited.

lIous went into Commit OF the Whole
on the r1ri0 bill and Mr.. Scott tcok the
door. Mr.. SOFT began his 81 sch with a
defense OF the scieuce OF political economy
and the corrCctne Of IT, conclusions. lie
asked whether this great country, sixty
million strong, with inventive genius
k,suer With labor more skillci than any
other p ople on the globe, should decline
- c2mT''' for supremacy IN the merits OF
mauktud, and continue forever to trade
among ourselves under the in-1ue delusiOu
that a., ,,,-,. a., .oyyinp rfch by the or, .--l.
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""' '''eu' = '"' e"e'''s' S''''' - 'e' ~
build "a Chm se wall 2'ound thS young
and vigorous people, whcse ,ager enter
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nature, ara I" we '''uo- i-.'"' u """'''
imperyioUs let Us make 1t 2S uelr'y 50 "a
we rlu."
They were L,urhous. hourl1us all, aud
of the deps.st kind Their faces were
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.oDN'Hg through Tue "''iu"' SUI i'' VI 'N'
derj pg,t, not through the glowing day OF
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'ue interest VI '"e ,P''
/ people. lt was ln' ndti IN the MIST p"
sf,rrs f1 -tlv the mouatiug SUI plu7 Il .
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now wildly Imp'nc'H' aud, no. ~
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g,4 st-rrs,-,.rv ooDr, ave tIrs's. II the
Am ala nor me,s1rrlbIy accomplish the
,--r-sss II W. bsr-u,s the mafO.,ty OF
-, w. and NIearg Committee waF in.
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.L,t d. qo-Dtrv vyouId be the Judge.
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But / wish here, Nr. ChalTLhau' -
in the most DECISIVE 'tnSuaSe Gu
maud, that evely a.ieIAl'on OF "UIS enc.
a by this bill he's oesh ul"'uI'U " .'''
majority OF the comh'Jtge ,.5 W''u .sSs u. ,.,'
equal CONSCIENTIOUS ue ,''',1 - :.
taking re- No.,,.uE ~, ~, I., - s,,g,t.,,,
h. Ner uoln'nE "l'"ou' .-iS..'ff-. .uo -
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% .e" yNg'o,.u -. -, not minnie tt,r
..... u. nav, 80 ~ abIs 20 hss,ow The same
uon was "',e W 60" II men,
7 an sure, '''' "g .,,'t ~ ,,,,,,itt. Tn
per o' Tue ~ ',, ~ Tho r-orI
OH Is ''"'',s" 'u '"e
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we ih'eu"s,' III ,'I, - 49,, t-a,,,,r,
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r Impending "'U ,slouu, ~ -. ~, .ir,o n
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oveTOurueneu 'u""S,.',' "a. ~ -. - ,
irota excessive '>.,,,' tt,e Ism, In
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o -' directly - Tue supp - ,bs r,r,t mar
u -'l2l',s :, 0tte,Ig in5efen-ibIe and atr
3. ..,,.r',, ,,,,,regsiya frusfs We sit here nj
5sr a written constitution, exercising onI
,5rse mowers which are expressly graut"'
,,5 0nVybrre in the instrument do we uu
.bs Do,ss, e, tax io- any hut public pm
.g ,o,a and even tas for a yurlic purpo
20 s.r., R,. rriform in oreration. hold.
DE- Frrst-That we have no power to ley
tax which. hy excluding the article tINeD
5afeafs the subject OF taxation, name
-.-sr.,,s r,r tba eronomical support OF 20
.h .r,.,rsnt
i. s...,r5 That we have II. power TO le,
e t,r which carries nothing to treasury h
~, Ir,vs money from one mans pocket
'' ort II i'm Inc pnrkets of another A e
with This avowed object 70 az manifest
rrrnn.fitutioal "a would be a law taEll
ls the life of one man because his eNisten
g. yvss inconvpnient TO another mau.
TbIri-That we have no power ont
u moneys actually collected and in tre1su
..e Tn Grant llrgezs or 10 make gifts II q
cIgssof men, and still less can we by I
use ct the taxing power constitutional
u" transfer the earn,uGa OF the money I"
an few. These are cardinal principles OF |
IA Democratic party.
Mr.. FNNpALI'S BILL.
an -. I-.,, 5,trr1uP- n ny n mpmF
A.. ,'''' ~ I'1 ',t,, r,,l,,I birI. srd
" OF t4's llousc ,,,,,,5,,ss ,,,'J which provided
u7 ,'.'',' ~ f Internal t,y-s and de,
- dol with cust1us duti
A. the time of its introduction, the }
IN nnb,ic,g 9re-s though opposed to t2l
s,,,rr, w4s loud in praise OF it, % a bill
,.bjrb o1I couId uni.n. not only the gent
.rs r,sn on the other side Of the House, h
IL siJs also. who were supposed II dit
,,;,,, .G,5 ,ba ms.ority. 1t Is fair TO pre7ul
,bst ,, tboss VINO haG iuc)nsjst 2ntly approx
This remarkable bill d,d not under5'H