Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-09-21

and taking it for the three years since
the passage of this bill, the saving 20
the American people has been over S4,-
500. 600.
ask the honorable Chairman of the
Committee Ola Ways and Means if in tho
literature Of petitions that hsSe crowded
bis committee-roOm- audience chsm-
Der Of protection-a single, solitary con-
sumner of qufnlne, white or blaok, malo
or female, including Indians not taxed'l
body to restore l cent of duty on that
drugP l guarantee that there Is not
one, and / defy the gentleman rom
Pennsylvania to exhibit a single instance
where any cry has ever come up for the
relmpoSition of the tax upon Qu1ntne.,
unless it come from the jobber. manu-
facturer, or dealer In some form, who In
interested In keeping this tax upon tho
people.
In all this bad bin Of i40 pags wh;cN
Is cumulative in its wickeduess and pro-
gressive in its devilment, the PROPOSE ion
TO restore the duty on qutnine 10 tho
climacteric and ultima Thule of its means
anated from the COMMITTEES on Ways
and Means, committee whose name
should be changed by resolution Of this
House to that of the friends Of the
poor" Qaughter)-no proposition has ever
emanated from that committee which
puFeS WIFI ILLS cltDcE aus USBEcA
gated OF segregated iniQuity. uaughteH
and applauSe.)
In all its dreary pages this 1l0-page
bill is unredeemed by q single feature
which looks to the benefit of either tbs
Government Of the United States or tho
people themselves, except such as tbs
manufacturers jobbers, or monopolists~
sylvania Mr.. Kelley, to show such q
feature il it exist.
The ague-strleken people of the couns
try will call this Congress accused IL
the tax on this drug is restored They
pronounced your party unworthy Of COM
reform in our tariff system, and 1t comes
with i'll grace from you after having
been repudiated at the polls to reinstatT
tax for which noe one single solitary
voter in America has petitioned except
those who have direct pecuniary inter-
est in its imposition
You had as well attempt to lay Q tax
Oh air and Gods sunlight, which honestly
believe you would do If single citizen OF
hrm In the city OF Philadelphia were on
gagged In the manufacture of either Laugh
TERI desire TO ask this honorable Conn
mittee on Ways and Means If they are will.
ing to go on record as championing a bill
which looks to the relief from taxation Of
an proprietary medicines PR parations
That have caused more WY faces and mora
? 'ined visceIa than all other preparatlops
known to human ingenuity In the matter Of
R IbS a; torture; and as still insisting upon
which = brings healing on It's Wings q
every bed OF sickness In the landf
by the way, l got circular letter this
morning from Rosengarten d Sons, telling
me OF the outrageous injustice being done to
me indGstry they are following. They
threatened us in 1879, when the bill was
stoppage of their factory. But thew Ara
running sun. and two additional factories
nave been started since the removal of the
duty; Now. Mr.. Chairman. the cass befors
the House stands thus. Powers q weirbt'
states Rosensarten q Sons against tina
snd M eospi'ss The majority Of the Ways
hh, and desire. Mr.. Chairman, to have nv
name entered IS attorney for the defense.
realizs that numbers and ability ~. 49,
rayeG against me. but, poor advocate as Il
am, feeF that my cause IS SO inst Ilr,n
Plead II successfully before that great inv
Srousb he% IN you ver last sppealed and who
applause.l anu
You may defeat this amendment: von
tbsS , Iaii 70 strike these two lines out OF
.nis INFAMOUS Dill; but we Will appeal 1t
~ the American people, and have no
sort OF doubt as to the result IL Won
re-enact this tax you lend yourselves to tho
np,nsa OF maiarial fever: and I want every
VINO desires to promote the establishment a
pesthouses and fever hospitals. who wants
~ aod rack and pain TO beds of sickness.
VINO wants to appear as the confederafe a
death and the friend of the devil to record
himself In favor OF the restoration of duty
ON quinine. daughter and applause.l
4. want TO eau the attention Of tho HOUSE
70 the fact that last year. as members will
possibly recoilect objected to the Delegation
OF the powers of the Committee on Wavs
ana means to that association Of middle.
a,gea ana highly unpre1udiccd specialists
known as the Tariff Commission Uaughter.l
l dld not believe then that the Tariff Com,
mission mad any MORO ability to revise oI,r
system OF revenue than had tho Copamilteo
bill reported by that committee. And com.
Pafing It with the report of the Tariff Com.
mission and Its recommendations. I desir0
Puonely 10 retract every utterancs made
on that occasion. Laughter.)
Now, look at the free list Of this Inn.
II is fun of goodness and wisdom and h.
nevoience I see here, and thank God fop
~, tnas inc committee on Ways and Means
mas put blood" on the free list. LsuRhtcr.l
Dir. II you were to levy tax of only ] cont
gallon on all the blood which you have
extracted, through the means Of your infa.
could pay the national debt in twelve MONTH"; ~
ana nave q large surplus IN tho Federal
Treasury. Considering the enormous amount
that you have heretofore extracted, you need
not levy any prohibitory duties on it nor
need you permit It to como I'm freo It =
already drug In the market
- Then 1 find that the committee has puN
!, oone-dust' on the free list Ny God, een-
uemen, You are manufacturing bcn0 dust in
pauper graveyards whenever you peopooo
to tax quini3e, and you are making Is varY
fast Iaughter.b
Yon have put musk snd eiver On the
nee list Now, when como to eontsu4-
plate this bill. looking 1t 1t In its altitude
and Its pulctritude, in its concav1ty md ~
eonvezity, in its obliquIty and its iniQuity,
when contemplating the ingratitude Of his
daughters, Give mo an ounce Of oivot
good spottecary. to sweeten my imagine
You have exemp ted ipeo.c. nom autv,
An, gentlemen, you need mot put thaS
the s,emachs Of the American people q
And you have put sieechese On no frea
list LIZ That l suppose; z iot he pu1pose
thu Con: mittes ON Ways and Means. Langhs
Then ycu have put upon s3AAys nss N
God Almighty and few pf 6ted individ.
uals only know. 1 presume u % meant to
protect these sbarons" and to suggest thas
the Committee on Ways and Means wanta
You have put diamonds ON tho Aroe list.
Now, gentlemen, # there Is anything on the
pie of this land into the dirt e II the tax ON
diamonds. (Langhter.)
:. You have put "1oss sticks on tho free.
list. sim ministering to the spiritual wants
of the Chinese. (Laughterl. You are VIII
ling that the heather within our borders
may burn incense to the unknown god FREQ
from taxation while the humble American
worshiper Is taxed IS per cent. upon the
Bible which points IFS way to heaven
(Applausel. saw lot Of you, at tho
Chinese minister's the other night: and
while you may despise his civilization you
manifested a very high appreciation. Of his
punch. uanghter9. Aslatic civilization
when II comes to the matter of "cheap
labor does not suit the average Rom !,
lican; but the terrapir ard champs ut
frappe Of the heather Chfnee.s I am fploei
to conclude, met with the unqualified ap-
probation Of gentlemen on the other slde