Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-18
The Tariff Debate.
MR.. KELLEY's REPLY TO ME- MILLS.

House yesterday Ar- Kelley delivered the opening
speech for the opposition. The speech was written
and Mr.. Kelley kept close to his manuscript there
fore IL was not particularly a reply to Mr. Mills
but general attack upon the Mills bill He said
that this Dill would instantly paralyze the enter
prise and energy OF the people. nder the baleful
influence OF such law the report Of the census OF
1850 would announce the overthrow OF our manu.
featuring supremacy and the reduction OF our
commanding commercial position to that OF colon
Iai dependence IL was StudiOusly designed TO
produce these dire results, and nicely adapted for
It's purpose. twas confessedly a partisan meas
Ure. and was framed In the interest OF party
whose leaders appeared 10 Dc Obvious 10 the over
whelmin2 social and economic changes wrought
by the abolition Of slavery. The gentlemen who
cation nor discussion OF Its provisions by their
sociates IN the committee TO which the prepara-
JfOn Of revenue bills was confined by law, were
Win but two exceptions representatives OF what
was slave territory. The bill was an anachron-
Ism; IL mad no relations 10 this area 1t belonged 10
the saddest epoch In our national history, the
period between 1874 and 1861. During that period
slavery dominated our national councils and
guided the administration OF our national affairs
IN hostility 70 national interests and In the inter-
est Of free trade twice threatened the war II was
IN the interest OF free trade that war threat
and II was In the interest Of free trade that the
country was involved for more than four years In a
gigantic than ever characterized civil war.
BY putting wool on the free list, he said II would
abolish sheep husbandry. destroy the immense
capital embarked therein and tmpOverfSh the
more than q million men who own hooks or are
employed In their care, and by working this ruin
IL would diminish the supply OF cheap and health
ful animal food now furnished by WOOL growers 10
the mining and manufacturing IabOrers OF the
country IL would also render the production OF
American tin plates and cotton ties impossible by
placing those articles on the free list with wool
BY the transfer 81 these and other products OF
coal and iron ore 10 the free list and by reducing
the duties on steel rails, structural iron and NAM
other forms Of iron and steel suficientIy 10 wtIn
draw protection from them ana permit foreign pro-
ducerS 70 Hood our markets, II would, though IL
maintained existing duties on coal and iron ore
close majority Of the bituminous coal fields ana
ore banks which are low giving profita bic employ
ment 20 hundreds OF thousands OF laDorers not
only In Northern states, but in Maryland Virginia.
West virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennes-
See. and Alabama, and turn them adrift without
prospect Of other employment elsewhere than In
cotton ana corn neids He referred TO the whisky
trust 1OsteTe1 b. acknowledgements tax and de-
eiared for the abolition OF all internal taxation
base Hall.
THz SENATORS WIN INTERESTING CANE WITH
THE COLONEL CUBAN GIAsTs-OrHER CANES.
The enthusiasm at Capitol Park yesterday after
noon WAS all for the visitors, and the exhibition
which they gave was excellent Those who went
20 see the senator's walk away with the aCuban
Giants" felt very uncertain up 70 the be-
ginning OF the eight inning for the game was as
closely contested and as hard fought as a majority
or the League games are apt 10 be. The dusky
tOssers handled the sphere with perfect familiar
ny, some OF them making especially fine plays G.
Williams, the second baseman, Is q marvel Tor ali.
rOun1 playing and agility. For time the Sena-
tors were utterly unable TO steal second, so true
Old the catcher throw 10 that base and 50 well
did the eolored man back him up. Even Hoy fen
= victim 10 this combination The feature OF the
game WAS the unique manner OF coaching on the
part OF the visitors with a man at rrst and third
there was a constant stream OF raillery and
outlaws from both sides, but Long Jim was
not worried a bit BOyce Caught him
and there was an evident let up In the b. wfderin5
drives and shoots In order that the new man could
hold them The visitors scored twice IN the sixth
after II looked as though the game was going no
De smut out. by means Of couple OF passed balls
aud Wild throw BY BOyce. The eighth brouVhI
great LUCK for Washington eleven men cominS 10
The bat Daily and Irwin each made a home nm
ano hoy came In Tor single and a double Seven
runs were netted The senators hit sJoyey twelve
times while the Visitors got half as many scat
tered Mts The same clubs play to-day and To-
JnOrrOw. N ~"
Games elsewhere: AT Baltimore-Battnore IA.
Princeton 4. AT Philadel phia-PhiladrInhta =.
Athletic, l. At New York-New York "a. New
arS, L AT Standardization u: Elmlra In
Location Of the Lafayette Ssatue.
To the Editor Of The EVENING STAR:
While the question which Is now being a0itataa
what shall we do with Jaekson,s statues,. m ,hs