Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-13

clothing, sheitcr, UT any oeno.
item of living, while IL operated
as measure OF repression upon the ex-
cessiye and injurious use OF the articles.
Consumers did not complain OF that tax,
and Il was not strange that t. President
sbould recommend its retention undi-
minished. and that the necessary reduc-
ton of the revenue be made by cutting
down tariff taxes. II the reduction
should be made in this way s. OF the
tribute paid by the people to the manu-
facturers would he cut off for every dol
lar cut off from the revenue.
As 10 the Presidents recommendation
that wool be placed on the free list, Mr..
Coke stated that wool ought TO so on the
free list just as all other basis OF manuiac-
ture and az all machinery used in manu-
featuring should. But when wool was
placed on the free list it ought to be
done in the interest of the consumer,
not OF the manufacturer. Adutyo 81 per
cent. would pay back to the manufactu.
rer the difference between English and
American wages in woollen manufac-
lures. A duty of 20 per cent. wonld be
highly protective of the manufacturer
who used untaxed wool. But to al
low the manufacturer Of free untaxed
wool 30 or 40 or 30 per cent. protection
for the manufactured article would be an
outrage. As he did not expect the
passage Of a bill that would meet his
views, and so meant to accept what he
could get in the way OF tariff reduction,
however far it might fall short OF what he
desired, he might be compelled to vote
for a bill containing such an injustice
but if so, it would be against his most
earnest protest and after his best efforts
TO reform it had failed. And so with
reference to sugar. He regarded
sugar as the best revenue-paying
item on the tariff list, and as
one carrying along with it lees OF incl
dental burden than any other, and
thought 1t would therefore be wise TO
leave the duty on sugar as it was. But
he would accept and support any reduc-
ton of duty that might be found neces-
sary to the success OF bill to reduce
the tariff. He proposed in his action to
subordinate everything to the one para
mount and controlling purpose OF
striking down lat least as far as
it could be done) the monstrous
Injustice Of the existing tariff The issue
between the Republican and Democratic
parties made before the country by the
Presidents message was: Should the
system of taxation he that which took
from the people only enough of their
earnings to support the Government
economically administered, or should 1t
continue to be a system that wrung from
the people one thousand milliOnsannually
more than went into the national Urea
surv? That was the issue. and no amount
of Misrepresentation could conceal 1t,
nor could the attention of the people be
diverted from it by the sectional
bloodv-shirt" canvass already com
menced by the Republican party and to
be vigorously prosecuted for the express
purpose Of binding the people with
passion so that they might not see how
and by whom they were being plum
dered His faith in the intelligence OF
the people and in their attachment to an
honest constitutional government ba-
nished from his mind all fear OF the
result of the impending contest.
At the close of MIR. COkes speech the
Senate resumed the consideration OF the
bill to provide for the admission OF the
State of South Dakota and for the organ
ization Of the Territory of North Da-
kota, and was addressed by Mr.. Turpie
in opposition to the bill of the majority
Of the committee and IN support OF that
of the minority. OF the case he said 1t
was one where the people OF a portion OF
a Territory had petiuoned Congress for
the admission of that portion, and so lar
as historical precedent and example
were concerned II Was one utterly with
ont right or authority. This was the
first instance in the history Of the coun-
try in which such action had occurred
or in which such a claim had been pre-
sented or considered. South Dakota
was not a Territory. II was not d.
vision of the Union at all. 1t was mere
" a geographical expression. He de-
MED the right of the people of Terri
tory to establish OF it State, and said
that the people of the whole Union had
q right to be heard as 10 the policy and
proprietv of such a division.
Mr.. CullOm spoke in favor OF the ma
ioritv bill. There must be, he thought,
some explanation for the Democratic OPP
position 10 this bill, and he vas inclined
to believe thata paragraph from the Wash
ing Post, a Democratic organ, furnished
an indication of it. That paper, in
an editorial article some time since,
stated that for two or three years past
the Republicans had been insisting on
the admission of Dakota as State, and
that the Democrats had not agreed to 1t
for various reasons, one of which was
that they had not thought it advisable to
complicate the political situation until
after the presidential election of this
wear. He was strongly of the opinion
That if the Senator from South Carolina
(Mr. Butler), who was now smiling 80 be-
nicpantlv, was TO stand up and tell the
honest truth he would admit that the
whole opposition to the admission OF
Dakota was based on the fact that the
Democrats did not want any further po-
litical complications thrust upon the
country until after the next presidential
election.
MIR. Butler said that he had voted
steadily to admit the whole of Dakota as
a State and would do s. now.
The Senator is always willing, said Mr..
Cullom, to do something that nobody
else is for. l read from this same arti-
Gle: "No new State will be admitted
during the first session of the present
Congress, no matter what may be its
political status. The figures of the
electoral college will not be changed be-
tore 1892" You do not propose, he
continued, to change the figures. You
may prevent us changing the figures
through the admission OF South Dakota
and giving US thereby a few additional
electoral votes, but we intend to change
the figures by an honest vote OF the
States already in when the election
comes in November next.
Mr.. Butler (smihng serenely): All
right.
Mr.. Cullom: l am strengthened in