, 1888-05-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
House,.


WASHINGTON, May 12-The house, after
passing the senate bill granting the right OF
az way TO the Fort Smith & El Paso railroad
8,through Indian territory, went into com.
lttee Of the whole on the tariff bill.
1.-THE democratic members OF the house
committee on ways and means have de-
cided to consent to an extension of the gen.
eral debate on the tariff bill, which was to
have closed on Wednesday next, to the fol-.
lowing Saturday. This decision was ar
with leading republican members and as
surance Is said to have been given that the
extension would not result in any post
poned final action on the bill.
THE DEBATE.
Haighn concluded his speech in opposi.
tion to the bill. He addressed himself es.
pecially to the labor question, as it was af-
fected by the tariff
Townshend, of Illinois, spoke in support
OF the bill. The issue, he said was not be-
tween protection and free trade. The only
issue raised by the bill was whether con-
gress would reduce the high tariff, created
during the war, which was wholly unneces-
sary now, and produced distress among the
masses OF the people. The bill did not go
far enough. 1t did not go as far as the pres-
dent had intended 1t should go, nor so far
as Senator Sherman had declared 1t might
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taxed people, and would have his cordial
support. IL was a conservative and judicial
modification Of the bill on a fair, business
basis. He denied that the bill was sec.
'ftional one. Several good men had been
wild with the fear that coal and iron would
be put upon the free list by the bill. He
denied that the bill did this, but even II 1t
did II was strange that dem oCrats should be
charged In the bloody shirt speeches rs dis.
loyal, when they sympathized with the
leading republicans OF the senate.
Kelly said the bill did, in ound-about,
but etfectual way, put coal and iron on the
free list.
Townshend replied that he had been in.
formed that II the bill was equivocal on
that point 1t would be amended but even
ifths bill did put coal on the free list, was
that crime when gentlemen who were
among the
MOST POTENT or REPUBLICAN,
leaders, demand that coal should go on the
free list at q time when the rate of Ia alton
was less than " was to-day. In 1871 Gen
eral Garfield had voted to put coal ano salt
on the free list, as had Frye, Hale and
Dawes.
Kelley then explained Garfeld's conver-
sisn to the protection doctrines.
=. Townshend-What wss youtreason for
disobeying the action OF the republican
CAUCUS the ear after Gartield's conversion? ?
s,. Ar1lly-ludeed, what right have you to
eerrogate as TO my personal relations and
: personal reasons? There are other oues-
ti0ns that are involved.
Townshend disclaimed any intention of
desiring to pry into kelly's personal affairs.
Passing 10 the consideration of the bill
Townshend declared that every man from
the west could vote for it without betray-
ing his constituents. He did not charge
improper motives. Gentlemen
MIGHT BE DELUDED
hut If they were sincere in their advocacy
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AN extent as to obstruct what was to the
best interests of the people. The time for
action was at hand. The democratic parry
must redeem the pledges it had given to
the people. The line OF demarkation be-
tween the two great national parties was
clearly defined in the bill.
Cannon. OF Illinois, said it always oc-
CURED to him that when his colleague,
Towhshend, spoke that his colleagues high.
est am bition was not to discuss the question
on The broad ground of principle, but to
delve back on the past and try to establish
his case by showing that somebody who
disagreed with him now, agreed with him
some time ago. His colleague had said he
(Cannon) nlisapprehended his constituents
interests. Illinois o-day had more wealth
than Massachusetts and had as many man
ufacturies as Massachusetts, and some of
these days the
RIP VAN wINRLE SLEEP,
which had overspread the district his col
league represented, would be broken and
the sound of the hammer and the hum of
the spindle would be heard there. Then hi,
colleague would be heard there, Then his
colleague would be converted. Alludipg
to the remark of Townshende as to Blaine
having been repudiated by the people, he
thought 1t was very wonderful that gentle
man in foreign land, pursuing his own
business, in his own way, troubling nobody,
taking
NO PART IN AMERICAN POLITICs
except to be interested, as every patriotic
American must be, should be a source of
40 much anxiety as he was. The gentle.
man had said that Blaine had been repudi-
ated by the people, but the statement was
not true. He had been repudiated by cer-
tain democratic methods which, in certain
sections OF the country, prevented the peo-
pie from speaking their voice. He (Milli-
ken would say to the gentleman that
neither he nor his party dared to accept the
honest verdict of the people.
Kean, OF New York spoke against the
bill. He characterized 1t as a sacrefce of
the industries OF the country to the inter-
ests Of the president.
Allen. Of Mississippi referring to some
south, said he wondered where the eentle-
man learned all he knew about the south.
IL the gentleman knew no more about the
doctrines of protection aud free trade than
he did about the south he never ought to
SPEAK dOOuC tIIe FOTun suggested
that he learned something about the south
in 1864.
Allen, referring to the remark made by
Morrow. of California, that the recent fail
ure of Coleman IL Co, was attributed TO the
fact that the Mills bill put borax on the
free list, said the firm was in the combine
tion to raise the price of borax from to
"a cents per pound.
Morrow suggested that before the native
article OF borax was produced the price had
never been below 2S cents pound.
Allen hoped that the Mills bill would
treat every Ot her trust in the same way If