The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-13
TARIFF DEBATE.



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WAsHrssros. May I2--After pass
ing the senate higl granting right Of
way 70 the Fort Smith aai e Paso
railroad through Indian Territory. the
hsase vent into q committee Of the
xhose on the tariff hdli-
THE OF pKxArK ExTkSoED-
The Democratic members Of the
house committee On Ways and means
has decided 10 consent 10 ar extern
sion Of the general debate on the tariff
tan. which vas TO have been closed on
Wednesday after the following Satur-
dsv. The decision was arrived 1t this
morning after . conference with the
leading Republican members. and as
srrance was said 20 have bcen given
that the extension would not result in
any posfponement Of final action on
the tall
Mr.. Haughen. 81 Wisconsin, con-
cludei his speech In opposition 20 the
bill. He addressed himself especially
70 the labor question as how il was al
fecsed by the tariff
Mr.. Townshend. Of Illinois, spoke in
support Of the bill. The issue, he
said. was not between protection and
/ free trade. The Only issue raised by
/ the bill was whether congress would
reduce the high tariff created during
| the war. which was wholly unneces-
sarv nov and produced distress among
the masses Of the people. The bill did
not 60 far enough. II had not gone as
1 far as the president intended IL should
90. or so tar rs Senator Sherman de
ciared il might safely 20, yet 1t gave
relief 10 the over taxed people and
would have his cordial support II
/ WIS a conservative and judiciou-
Modification of the tariff on q fair
business basis. He denied that the
bill wss a sectional one. Several
gentlemen had been wild with fear
that coal and iron ore had been put
upon the free lit by the bill. He de
MED that the bill did this. But even
IL IL did. II was strange that Democrat.
should be chagrined by the bloody
shirt speeches when they simply step
ped in the footprints Of the leading
Republicans in the senate.
Mr.. Kelly said that the bill did, in
! in a roundabout but Intellectual way
put coal and iron on the free list
Mr.. Townshend replied that he had
been informed that if the bill wa.
equivocal on that point, il would h
amended, but even il the bill did pas'
coal on the free list, was that n crisne
when the gentlemen who were anonl
the Republican leaders demanded thai
coal should go on the free list? WheI
the rate OF taxation was less than i
was today, in 1871, General Garfield
had voted 10 put coal and salt on tn,
free list, rs had Messrs. Frye, Hall
and Dawes.
aARFIELD's CONVERSION.
Mr.. Kelly then explained Garfield
conversion 10 the protection doc
trine
Mr.. Townshend-What was you
reason for disobeying the action OF thu
Republican caucus q year after Gar
fields conversion?
Mr.. KeIly-What right have you t.
interrogate as to my personal rcia
tons and personal reasons? Their
are other questions than the tariff il
the world.
Mr.. Townshend disclaimed any1in
tention of desiring TO pry into Mr.
Kelly's personal affairs. Passing (,
the consideration of the bill Mr.
Townshend declared that the repre-
sentative from the West could no
. vote for it without betray
, ing his constituents. He did no
; charge improper motives. The gen
tleman might he deluded, bu
ii they were sincere in their adyocac
of the petition they were deluded I
: such an extent as to obstruet wha
. was the best interests of the people
The time Of action was ut hand. Tn
Democratic party must redeem tn
pledges given to the people. The lin
, Of demarkation between the two grea
PARTIES was clearly defined in the bill
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois. said that
: always occurred to him that when hi
colleague (Townsendl spoke that hi
: colleagues highest ambition was nc
to discuss the question on the broa
> ground of principle, but TO go bac
into the past and try TO estal
y lish his case by showing tbs
somebody who disagreed with Hill
now now agreed with him some tim
: ago. His colleague had said he tCai
! nor) Inexperienced his constituent
I interests. Illinois today had mol
0 wealth than Massachusetts, an
e had as many manufactures as Mass
chussetts, and some of the:
!. days the Rip Van Wrinkle sleep whic
had oyerspread the district. his CO
league represented would be broke
by the sound of the hammer and II
e spinner would be heard there. The
+ his colleague would be converted.
Mr.. Milliken, OF Maine. abiding
!, the remark of Mr.. Townshend a.
4 Blaine having been repudiated by Il
people, thought that il was very VOL
:. derful that gentleman in
foreign land, pursuing his ow
business in his own way, troul
: ling nobody. taking no part
|. American politics except to be int
o ested as every patriotic America
!, must be, should be the source of :
. much anxiety as he was. The geEsl
!. man had said that Mr. Blaine Ia
? been repudiated by the people, b.
the statement was not true. He hi
been repudiated by certain Democrat
methods, which in certain sections
e the country prevented the people fro
e speaking their voice. He (Millikei
J: would say to the gentleman tn
neither he nor his party dared to a
cept the honest verdict of the peopl
INDUSTRY SACRIFICED.
!, Mr.. Keane. Of New York, spoil
= against the bill. He characterized
= as a sacrifice of the industries of Il
country TO the interest Of Presidel
Cleveland
Mr.. Allen. Of Mississippi, refe
!. ring 10 some remarks made
a Mr.. Foran. OF Ohio, concer
q ing the south said he wonder,
d where the gentleman learned all
n knew about the south. Ii the GENT
- man knew no more about the doctrin
y of protection and free trade than
e did about the south he never ought
n speak sbou, the tariff.
Mr.. foran suggested that he learn,
something about the south in 1854.
= Mr.. Allen. replying to the remai
10 made by Morrow, of Californi
n that the recent failure Of William
"a Coleman s Company was atttibut
= bic TO the fact that Mills bill set h
!. rax o.. the free list, said that the tsr
4 was combination to raise the price
a horax from six 10 seven and h.