Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28

Mills was elected Chairman Of the Con
mittee on Ways and Meanr, Whsn the
sent Mr.. Randall to the rear, and whe
they offered you the Mills bill. This
their issue. My Democratic friends call !
"tariff REFORM" while I call IL n tart
far revenue" In so fsr as the industrie
of the country are concerned, it is as bat
as free trade. Now, my friends, the MILL
bill, which passed through the House o
REPRESENTATIVES, came from the Ways and
Means Committee, of which my distin'
gu:shed colleague is q memter. 1t was 9
MEASURE brought forth in secret. 1t Yves
f,rmulstsd behind cIo,sd doors. This great
industries of wheeling-the great
manufacturing interests Of my
county-the great labor orgsni-
z,tions of my country-were not heard in
that committee. When they raped on
the door of the Ways and Means Commit
tee to prs sent their iuterests-to protect
their fresdes-the Democratic party re-
fused to unlock the door, and my collesgue
wss there. [Applause. Are not the in
dus,ries of my country worthy OF consld-
Grafton by a committee OF the United
S.atss Congress? Is not the labor Of my
country w,rthy of oonsidsration by the
Ways and Means Committee OF the House
cf Representatives? Itseeus NOT.
WHAT MR.. aoFF HAS DONE.
During all the years I have been in Con-
press have been for the industry, for the
manufacturirg establishments, and tor the
labor of my country every time. lap
plause.1 l have voted there, during all
these years, for the United States of Amer
lea. Applause. I have veted for the
State OF West Virginia S65 days in the
year-and I have besn sorry that
there was not another day. tApplsuse. ]
am for my country all the
time. 6.lisvs the Congress ofthe United
States should lsgis late for the people OF the
United State, ana let the people OF the
Old World take care of themselves; and
t.ey have been doing it very well lately.
They have Representa-, ion on this side OF
the water now. Laughter. Thsy have
st,oog symps thy in the Executive office ut
Washington; they have friends in tie
House of RepIese natives at Washington.
Their interests will Re iken are OF by the
majority Of the Ways and Means Commit
tse, and thu Y are nt W looking anxiously 10
see the resul of this canvass. They are
anxious thst Grover c evelaud should be
reelected. Cheers for Cleveland. ] Now,
know the crowd have to talk to. Now
know where the sinners are. Now ]
know where the seat is from which the
mournsrs will come. Che rs and lsugh-
ter. 1 am glad to have my Demo-
cratic friends hire. | wait to talk
to them-I want to advise with
thsm-I want to tell them why they ought
t, vote for Bsnj ann Harrison. Cries of
"Tariff!" "Tarif"] Pm going to give
you tartf-plenty of it, "You bet'' and
Pm going to show you that because yu
want plenty of it you are going to make
Bepi amin Harrison our next President and
the man before you tbs next Governor OF
West Virginia. [Cheers Now, my
friends, sm protective tariff man. Ap-
plauss believe in a pio;ecnve tarlf.
l believe in it, because it has made this
country great and cur flag the grandest
flag which floats en- the face>sss.se globe
to day. IAprl.use. believe in high
protective tariff, and have ever voted In ia
vor of it. Iwould rot change that record
for all your votes. [Applause. l don't
want to be Governor bad enough to stulti-
fy myself, to scar my conscience, to de-
grade my manhood, by going back on that
record. [Applause.]
SAYS A TARIFF IS NOT ATAX.
Whist is tariff? a voice, "a tax.")
It is net tax and will prove. 1t is
duty laid by the government upon articles
in foreign country and
brought here for sale. What is protect
Isl tariff? 1t is one where the duty 80
laid is sufficiently high to protect our
manufacturing interests from the manu-.
fac'u-ing interest ard the labor of the old
world. Why shouldn't we do that? But
the NJ liz bill doa't do that. IL pats
great many things on the free list. What
is q tariff for revenue onlyp 1t is one where
tie du'y is 60 laid on imports that it will
bring revenue into the treasury only, and
utterly ignores ths manufacturing interests
and the interests of the laborer. 1t brings
reverus TO the government, but it also
brings sadness 10 the homes of the country
men. Hence it is that am in favor Of
.p.ote:.iys tariff. Why should the man
across the sea have favorable
legislation in the United States?
What interest has be in you?
Do s he help pay your taxes here in WHEEL
,ng? Does he help const uct bridges ard
70 i6s9 Slow me ore of his tax receipts.
Ycu labor at your several avscstions, and
fr,m your tarniogs certain proportion
goes into the County and State Treasury to
keep up the government. Does the man
over the sea help yoliu this? No. When
you are in trouble-when war coue' upon
you-d:es he come to your aid? No; he
marches against you. Why, thsp, should
he have your marks'? If thst man wants
to sell here he must pay tariff duty.
That is where we get him. That is where
Re pays his part Of the burden of our gov
ernmeut. The foreigner, bsfore coming
te'e to sell, muststop at the custom house
and pay bis licsnse. (Applsuse). My
ccllssgus tere says ths American con-
suner pays thai tax-thst it is added to
tie cost Of the article. How many of you
believe tba.? (Cries of ''No, no." and
"Yes, yes") "The tlriff ia tar, my DEM
ocratc brother says, because rhs amount
of the tar if duty is added to the cost Of
tie article. He says it mskes bis hat cost
mere; he says it makes his coat cost more;
it makes his blanket cost more-so ssys
my Democratic brother. Now, if this is
true, why did not the coat and the bat,
a. d the blanket cost mnre under tariff
for revenue only than they do now under
a protective tariff? [Arplause. You pad