Wichita eagle., 1888-05-01
now, and must be in the future. the inter-

nal revenue system.
Discussing briefly the speech of the gen
tleman from Minnesota (Nelson) he quoted
that portion of the speech in which the
gentleman put free wool and free lumber
against free whisky and free tobacco
When the gentleman undertook to put.the
Republicans who favored the repeal of the
internal revenue law into the category OF
being in favor of free whisky and free to-
bacco, he made great mistake. The
proposition to repeal the tax on whisky
was to remit the power of taxation to the
states to take the place Of the general GOV
| eminent
referring to remark in Mr.. Hemphill's
speech that the present tariff law was I'M
constitutional and robbery, he queried
how it could be any less robbery by a re-
| duction of rates? If robber took from
| him so (all he had it was robbery; if he
took $40 and left $40 it was still robbery
| The mission of the statesman was to see
! to it that the laboring men of the country
| should have great deal higher wages than
| the laboring men of other countries.
He quoted statistics in behalf of his as
sertion that the condition of the farmers
was prosperous and he argued that the
amount OF mortgages upon the farms of
the western states (which had been absurd
~ exaggerated by the gentleman from
Missouri. Mr.. Bland) indicated not that
farmers had grown poorer but that they
| hal borrowed money either for the purpose
of improving the property they already
who had concluded to go still further west.
The prosperity of the country had met
with no check until the Morrison bill
menaced the industries of the United
States. The disaster which was threatened
by the Morrison bill would be quadrupled
by the passage of the Mills bill. He looked
for the restoration of the Republican party
tn nv ,r ho LOT ho
and strong foundation upon which the
great tariff structure had been builded,
party grown wiser by the assaults made
upon the system by its enemies, and it
would then be able to reburnish and re-
beautifv the magnificent structure which
was today the pride and glory of the
American citizen. IApplausel.
Mr.. Raynor, ofsMaryland. did. not think
that the duty on glass should be reduced
TO the extent proposed in the bill. But
there would be plenty of duty left to mike
up for all differences in the rate of wages
here and abroad, and If any glass manufac
turer cut down wages he wonld be using
the bill as a pretence for depressing his
employees. But no matter how the bill
came from the Democrats party he would
vote for it. lApplausel.
Mr.. Nutting regretted to hear the gen.
tleman say that although there was a
wrong in the bill which put thousands of
laboring men at disadvantage he would
vote for it.
Mr.. Raynor replied that he would
great. great issue nns lie e"' had NO right ito to
look to any industry in his district when
the question before the country was
whether a systematic plan of robbery and
plumber should be continued
Passing to a consideration of the ques-
ton of trusts, he said that unless heroic
steps were taken to impede their advance,
private enterprises would be seriously af
fected and the prices of the principal COM
modities of the country would be arbitrari
ly fixed. The Standard Oil trust was one
of fraud, corruption and oppression.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, inquired whether |
the gentleman did not know that the pre-
sent administration had appointed one
of the principal representatives. of the |
Standard Oil company tat. east by relation, !
not otherwise secretary of the navy, and /
that another representative was senator |
OF his party from Ohio.
Mr.. Raynor replied that the fact that |
man was son-in-law Of somebody connect |
ed with the trust did not mix him up with |
the fraud. He believed he could vouch |
for Mr.. Whitney that he had not the |
slightest connection with the Standard |
Oil trust, but it did not make any differ |
ence to him who was connected with it. |
He did not care whether Republicans or |
Democrats, silvermen or greenbackers, it |
was the greatest fraud upon the people |
that had ever been perpetrated. If the |
Democratic party struck down monopolies |
it would receive under the lead |
ership Of him who lead it now land who |
was as dauntless a champion as patriotism i
ever possessed and as fearless foe as cor
ruption ever encountereCD the renewed |
fealty of the people lApplause But if it |
locked hands with monopoly the hand
writing was Oh the wall: for treachery |
could never triumph and lie could never
live. [ApplauseI
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, said that the
president had thrown the gauntlet at the
feet of protection and stood boldly up as
the champion of free trade. He criticized
the bill as crippling where it should sup
port and tearing down where it should |
build up. The farming industry had
greater interest in protection than any
other industry in the country. The appli
cation of free trade or of such reduction
of the tariff as would throw out of
the on-agriculturalist,
would be blow that the farm
er would feel deeply. He warned
the laboring man against any party, presi-
dent or law maker whose acts would
quicken the trade of England while in a
degree it would check the
industries of their own
Applause.
Mr.. Gallinger, of New Hampshire. op-
posed the bill. and at the conclusion of his
address the committee rose and the house
nd journed