, 1888-05-17

toms and Internal revenue. He attacked
the features Of the Mills bill as being sec.
tional and unfair, and he adv ocated the
presen tation Of fair and honest measure
by the republican representatives.
Weaver, OF Iowa, said the Mills bill was
that the republican party was In aight and
busy burning bridges and Telling trees
along the road over which the democratic
party
MUST ADVANCE
for the relief OF the people. He inveighed
against trusts and combinations which had
grown up under the protective tariff
Ryan, OF Kansas, said Cleveland's tariff
message was his platform for the coming
campaign. He had struck at Randall,
Mcadoo, Foran and all their Jolly fellow.
ship. Were the powers of administration
ever before prostituted to such base pur-
posesH England, Wall street bondbold-
can labor wanted the bill. but
laborers, manufacturers and farmers did
not want 1t.
Fitch of New York made long speech
In favor of tariff revision. He was disap
pointed that rs yet no republican bill to
reform that tariff had been presented.
Allen, of Michigan, referring to the
presidents message said that this was not
the first time that Cleveland conjnred up
lion to frighten the people. He had
met the first lion in the woods Of central
New York, when he wrote his letter of ac-
ceptance in which he epOinted out the danger
to republican institutions from the pres-
dent attempting to secure the second
term by undertaking to use his office to re-
elect himself. Now, not q state convention
was held in the United States to send dele
gates to st. Louis that flee holders of the
United States appointed by President
Cleveland did not come up and devour the
convention like the lice of Egypt and to.
day in every state the office holders were
deciding who should be delegates regardless
of the wishes of democratic masses. Reler.
ring to the surplus solution and Beck's
amendment thereto, he declared that il was
smothered In committees because II the
president signed 1t the goldbugs would be
on his track and IL he vetoed it, the great
people of the west would defeat him at the
polls.
Rynum. OF Indiana, said that when the
gentleman made the assertion that the
amendment was smothered, he did not
state facts.
Allen ventured to predict that the bill
would never be brought toa vote. The bill
was smothered and being smothered.
Whether they would ever let in q little air
upon II he did not know, but to-day II was
In the process of dissolation.
Bynum-That statement is not true.
Allen took no notice Of the remark and
concluded his speech without further inter-
ruption.
Dalzell of Pennsylvan rose to correct,
as he said, some gross misstatements that
bad been made in his district. He then
proceeded to criticise and review Scott's
business life, and alter reading the d fer ent
mining, manufacturing and railroad enter
prises In which Scott had been engaged,
sarcastitally congratulated the laboring
people of the country Of securing cham
pon so free from the taint of monopoly,
and so forth. This brought about a run
ming debate between Scott and Dali
zell OF very warm nature,
during which the former assailed
the latter. He cared no more for his at.
tacks than for the barking of dog in the
street. He denied vehemently ever having
been an oppressor of labor, and never hired
detectives to protect his property against
men who were working for him, or had
worked for him.
Brumm, Of Pennsylvania, also took q
hand In the matter, and claimed he could
prove that Scott contributed toward pay
ing coal and iron police in the coal regions.
This charge Scott denied emphatically,
challenging Brumm to prove it. The lat
ter promised he would. The committee
then rose and took recess until o'clock.
when Mes1rs. Wicham, of Ohio, Montgom.
cry, of Kentucky, and Shively, or Indiana,
spoke on the tariff question. Adjourned.