Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-19

lucky, who followed Mir. Mckinley. then pro posed to give an equal amount of time from his hour, and Mir. Randall resumed his speech.
 He analysed the metal schedule of the Mills bill, and declared 1t would bring about incal- :ulable injury to the industries of America. He could find nothing in the bill which gave ] return for free wool. He found many in- squalitles in it, and discovered few features intended to relieve the poor or the laboring man. He referred to the declarations of his colleague (dr. Scott, who sat near,) as super cilious, and said he would consign them to the obscurity tf ey should be cast into. He pleaded with his DeNsocratic friends to not undo the good which has been done to the manufacturing industries by the protective tariff, and read from Jefferson, Monroe and other Democratic forefathers to prove that protection was a fundamental Democratic principle.
 Mr. Mckinley began his speech by saying that he did not object to the reductions pro posed by the Mills bill, but to the manner of making them. The Republicans had for years been ready to reduce the revenues, but they insisted that the internal taxes should be reduced first Had this been done two years ago, when the Republicans wanted it done, SASAS now. He welcomed the issue raised by the president It gave the people an opportunity to assert their opinion. He held that low duties increased the revenues, because it eff fected increased importations. A genuine revenue imposed no duty on the consumer; it came from the foreign producer, whose prof it's it decreased.
 Wool, he said, which is produced in suffi- cient quantities at home, is made free by the Mills bill, while sugar, certain quantity of which must be brought from abroad, is taxed. A tax on wool would protect the American, while tax on sugar was tax on the Amer ican. A tariff for protection is a tariff which supplies revenue sufficient to defray govern mental expenses, and is tax on foreign pro ducts, so levied as to give protection to the chosen industries of the home people.
 Free trade between the states of this Union was required by harmony of laws and inter ests. Free trade with foreign nations antag- onized the fundamental principles of the re- public. The reduction of revenue from the extended free list proposed by the bill would be more than offset by the increased importa- tion of articles under the dutiable provisions Few men on the Democratic side could thoroughly understand the bill; could know that, according to their own theories, it added to the cost of raw materials, or they would not support it. It did all this and more This was the bill upon which the president stood, and which he was trying to force through the house by patronage and coercion There was a threat and intimidation over every Democratic member who did not sup port this bill.
 Every benefit given to the farmer by pro lection was swept away, yet everything he must buy was left subject to duty. Wool was no vat fhn c1,o ov,I %1oe holl must pay duty of 45 per cent.
 Turning to the internal revenue provisions of the bill, MT. Mckinley said that the to- bacco provisions were generally accepted, but the provisions relating to illicit distilling re- moved all the safeguards of the law. Its substitution of ad valorem for specific duties was alone sufficient to warrant the reflection of the bill. Every European nation had re- jected it, and the customs officials of this country were unanimous in their condemna- tion of the ad valorem system. A compre- hensive review of the history of the country shows that while protection had always brought prosperity its overthrow had brought ruin. He cited instances showing that American wages were often three times as high as the wages rnid i. Dng1isn Inanu- factories of a similar nature
 MT. Leopold Morse interrupted with some questions about woolen clothing Mr. Mo Kinley turned the laugh upon him by pro- ducinga suit of all wool clothing purchased from Morse's store in Boston at a price which answered the query, and which Mr. McKin- ley said disposed of MT. Mills fearful tale of the workingman toiling for $2O suit
 He concluded with the statement that the verdict of the people had never been given for such a bill as this, and that if the Demo cratic party would adopt it as their platform kl. x,o&1 1~o< &l.. and overwhelming defeat.
 Mir. Mckinley concluded amid burst ot applause and cries of ''Votel" "Vote!" from the Republican side, and Mir: Breckinridge of Kentucky, took the floor. He said:
 "We do not pretend that this bill is 6 scientific measure. Ut is bill framed to meet the present condition, not to fit any particu lar theory. The changes proposed by thi. bill are designed to give to the farmer, by whom all provisions are raised, a market fol his breadstuffs, and for raw materials, whict is only profitable when he has a prosperou manufacturer for a purchaser; to the laborer the hope of a constant employment; and tt the manufacturer, freedom from unnecessary burdens We have, therefore, put upon tn, free list, as far as we felt it was just tn, materials necessary for the manufacturer We have reduced the rates, wherever we hay, lOuCu0u UAolA, oO pOAAo Uuf1U gives CO Uu home consumer the hope of fair competition whenever demand may be made by an in ternal trust to advance the prices beyond fair consideration for the article to be sold and yet we have left the rates SO that tn protection afforded is greater than an, necessity, and makes all competition o foreign manufacturers upon terms of grea
 advantage to the American manufacturer. "It was determined, in response to wha seemed to be the sentiment of large part o
 the country, to propose the repeal of taxes ol | manufactured tobacco. The committee ha
 thought it wise to repeal so much of the in | ternal revenue statutes as were not necessar
 to the proper administration of the system
 and the collection of the revenue under ii
 Our belief was that to exempt fruit brandie
 and alcohol used in the arts was indirectl
 and hypocritically, but effectually, to destro
 the internal revenue system; and if this is t
 be done, we preferred to do it or have it don
 openly, and thus fix the responsibility for i | upon those who accomplished it.
 "The venerable gentleman from Pennsy
 vania Cdr. Kelley) may be assured that n