Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
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plusA1 Fash the light back upSn TIE
pas, and you viii fiud TIA. thu cause
which led up to this 6 eat her.tige OF
American liberty was q contest against
excess We taxation, and despite all efforts
to cry it down, ard despite all efforts 70
give il another turn, the greh question
pog IL low to geIlid Of unnecs say tax
alton, whiehsiJ unjust tlxat;on. lap
p!auss.
ALL OPEN AND ABovEBoARD.
am here to speak of The policy Of the
DSm cratic party, Ther, is 20 c>nceai-
ment about that ptlcy. 1t has been
known to the p eop!e of this country since
tie 22d 6ay of last July. That policy has
been embodied in bill passed by the
popular body of Congress, and Dsno-
cratic President stands ready to approx
il. TIE Democratic Congres, has acted,
81 far s it eau act, AMI now the Demo-
cratic parry, which for one hun ired Yeas
has b:en fighting the battles OF the psopl',
com,s before you again Oh the Old ground
of Just government and loE taxes. lap
p.auze.1 csn only say of Gtneral Gotf,
with regard to the Mills bill, that ne IL
like Jcsa B.llings in enc respect: hs
does not want to know to many things,
bat wants to know gcoi deal about some
things.
Il is true that was selected By the
Democratic party Of the Nation and State
to ass;s. in framing bill to relieve the
people. o: the $3.50, 00o, eco raised by the
goyerrm mt last year Sill, 0JO, 600 was not
neeie / for the expenses Of the government.
General Golf wants to know who came to
Warrington and asked for tie passage OF
the Mills bill. When l see the govern
mens collecting one dollar of unnecessary
tax dent need any one to tell me to cut
1t of. [Chesrs Wtas am l sent to
Warrington fol? [App!ause.] Is it not
to lcok after tbs best interests OF the
petpl? And when the government col,
lects too much money am going to resist
the exsctioa. Applau.e. Is it necessary
that should say here, for the one hun
dredth time, that the charge that the Mills
b II was formulated in secret, with no OPP
p,rtunity afforded any one interestei to
q opear before the committee, is untrue?
Tue paople who we're interested came be-
fore ths committSe by scores ard h5r-
dreds.
Tie bill was rerf c:ed, and was then
given rubl ely to tie Comm it go on Ways
aad Mans. If Gec. Gotf was going to
pytp.re bill to be introduced m Con-
Gr.ss, wculd he give notice OF the fact IN
the news,apers and invite all the world to
come to his room. and advss WITH him?
| L.uSh:er.) That bill was p:eplIed, fell
low c't'zars, was presented to the full
committee, and was ssnt out to all the
word through the medium of the tele.
grs pA on Ma ch 1. 1t was revi3Sd ii Com
miitee Great Interruptions by Repuoil-
CHS and mrci confusion, mia9lsd with
chstr, AID largi'e:) 1t was revised in
: Committee, scm1 rey,sious were msd
. renewed )pfl.ioo), and WIS dsbste1 u :
ii! late in July. The.e never was bal
more f.esly dis used or exa mined. Nsvsr
among any pocp!e, FOR in any nation, wsS
there so ab1rdns opportunity TO discus
aad exam ne 3 p2n6i 6 measure as there
W. durirg IN ; deSa.e oa the Mills hill.
General Goff fa3 said the Committee
li.tensd to thasugar trust, and took oil a por-
ti)a OF the reduction, aad reportet the bill
with les reduction than would have b. Gu
| incoIplrS I'd had the trust not besn re-
! csiyei. That statement was tentatively
made in TIE Hlase OF Representatives by
Mt nIcComas, OF Maryland, and wss at
ice denied, as / deny il to-day Wi h all
he force l can command. Applause
Let me tell you about that sugar trus'.
1t is trus that at first the committee was
induced to make q reduction on some
grades, but after further examination 1t
was fcurd that it woul not be just to the
interests of Louisiana (Repub icau laughter
and jeer J, and so the committee made a
horizontal cut CT one-6fth, taking off
$t2, O10, 900, or 8 reduction of ore
fourth the entire sum the NIL IS bill con-
templattd, from sugar. Lit me tell You
srme h 'ng General Golf had not heard Of
When we reached that horizontal cut in
committee some Republican member
frgos his name laughter moved 10 re-
store the cat. 1 don't remember who 1t
wal renewed laughter and every RsDub-
lie N member of the committee-Kelley
Mckinley, Reid, snd the Iet-voted to
restcrs the rates to what they are to-day.
But, of course, the Republican party had
h 4srd slmething which scared them be-
wv e1 that day and tie framing of tho
Senate bill. They heard q great grum-
O-llS LOu III p'Opkc lSA % ASuu-eiOa va euS
tax burden, they lookel around AID said:
Here's ths coio;sd brother down in
Louisiana. Well throw him over board"
and theg forthwith cat down sugar fifty per
cent. Applause. Why, if theIe is any
thing in protection to labor, why is not
the coloIed brother entitled to his share
of il?
ANOTHER EDITOR.
Mr.. Gift talks about Democratic editor
There cams to Washington Republican
editor f;on Wheeling, who spent days and
dsys in tie committee room. He was
listened to fully aad freely. It is true
that We bad no public hearings, such as
were had in the last two sessions Of Con. |
grtsa There was no use for it. We had !
all the reports of the great Republican
tariff commission, all the elaborate census
reports, all the statistics Of the various
bureaus, and all the yar:e1 resources of
the government to give rs the iuforma-
tiCn necessary But in addition to his