The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-23
DEMOCRATIC sHAMs.

BUFFALO, N. T., Oct Zz. - MT. bialne arrived
here from the West this evening in General
Alesr's private car, and was received at the
depot by the local committee on recep-
t'un, who accompanied him In carriages 10 the
Tiff House There was no public
demonstration. Later, Mr.. Blaine addressed an
audience in the Main-strest Rink. II was esti.
mated that 5000 persons we're within hearing
distance, aud several thousand additional with
In sight o. the speaker. He was accorded an
enthusia site welcome, the cheering continuing
for several minutes. and his remarks in criti-
cism of the Mills bill were interspsrsed by many
manifestations Of approval He spoke % fol-
lows:
lone OF the most frequently repeated argu-
ments of the Democrats IN favor OF what they
term tariff reform is the necessity for the ad-
mission Of all raw materials free OF duty. They
leave it to bs inferred that the Mills bill attsins
this end, and their failurs " explain oil OF the
provisions of that bill amounts to q suppression
of the truth. Let me ask some Democratic
speaker or some Democratic journal to tell the
public how far and for what reasons raw mate
rials admitted free by the Mills bill. and In
the meantime will contribute few facts to
the discussion If mistake not, the Mills bill
combines the most discrecitaoie features or
legislation ever attempted In q tariff measure
discrsditabls alike by acts OF commission and
BY acts Of omission.
''Let us take the raw materials in detail
Coal is a raw material of immeasurable value.
The original design was TO admit coal free OF
duty but the Democratic ways and means COM
mittee were plsinly told that If they took that
step they would endauRer the supremacy OF
their party 10 old Virginia, and West VIRGINIA,
and la Maryland, and therefore their project OF
making coal free was abandoned Iroo Is one OF
the raw materials about which We heard mitch
at the beginning of the recent session of Con-
grass. 1t Was proclaimed on all hands by Demo
Gratis that must be free, for iron-ore lay
at the basis Of all forms of iron and steel fabrics
and its price must be lowered But 1t was found
that MIR. Barnum, of Connecticut. chairman or
the Democratic national committee, was the
owner of one of the largest mines OF iron-ore In
the Lake Superior region. and that the
chairman of the executive committee, Mr..
Brce. with his political associates,
owned aud controlled road which received
large sums from the transportation OF this ore.
1t was further known that MIR. Smith Weed,
one of the most prominent Democrats, was
largely interested in iron-ore and in the man.
ufacture of iron. Upon the statement OF those
facts the Democratic waye and means commit
Lee at ouce abandoned the idea OF putting ore
on the free list; abandoned u, not because they
thought the step unjust but because thev found
1t would irjure the business interests OF prom
ineut Democrats
"Now, for another srticls-lms-which 10 one
OF the essentials in ali building operations. 1t
was upon the free lst in the first publication OF
the Mile bill The largest supply of fne lime
comes from the county of Knox, in the State of
Maine. Knox happens to be The only
county in the State that ordinarily gives
Democratic majority. The Demo
Gratis of Knox memorialized the ways
aud means committee, remonstrating against
their proposed actioo and giving the committee
majority in the last Democratic county in
Maine they should put lime on the free list
The old duty Was restored on lime, bat the
Democrats Of Knox were naturally SO justly en-
| ragged at the manner in which the ways and
means committee had ,rihed with so large and,
| to them, vital an interest that they turned
| around in the September election and Rassa
| eood-sized majority to the Republican ticket
| by way of rebuking attempt to reform the
| tariff on the line of partisan division. They
| will vote still more heavily against MIR. Cleye.
land in November.
"Wood pulp 10 treated as a raw material and
was put the free list in the Mills bill as orig
inally framed but 1t was soon discovered that
Mr.. Don III. Dickinson, Postmaster general, and
| Mr.. l. M. Weston, chairman of the
| Democratic Stats committee OF Mich
| ican, owned q valuable patent for an
| improvement of the manufacture Of wood pulp.
| and that the patent would be rendered worth
| less if wood pulp was put on the free lst. and
90 back went the former duty. The value OF
| Mr.. Dickinsons patent was preserved to him by
| his Democratic friends of the House OF Repre-
sentatives. Marx you, the duty was not re-
| stored because, in the belief OF the Democratic
| committee on ways and means, sound policy
| required 1t, but 1t was restored because they do
| not wish to do harm to leading Democrats who
were expected to deliver the electoral vote Of
! Michigan to President Cleveland.
| Here Is another case: Marble Of all kinds
| in block, rough or squared, was on the free list
| la the Mills bill as reported to the House. but
| was afterward. removed from it. probably be-
| cause it gave offense to some conspicuous men,
! bers of the 'urcorquerable Democracy of Yer
| mont. / do not actually know the real
| reason in this case, but doubtless MIR.
A1aW Sma m 0f thn m
cratic conscience in Vermont, can state It. But
it aided one more instance of proposed aboi-
| tion of duty on raw material being promptly re-
considered and the duty being restored by the
| ways and means committee.
"Glue vas treated as q raw material in the
first draft of the Mills bill, because 1t 10 prepared
az an essential for so many handicrafts. Glue.
therefore, was reported on the free list. but il
the West made pretty much all the glue for that
| section, and the Democratic heirs of the late
venerable Peter Cooper, of New York. made
nearly all the glue for ths rest of the country.
It was not Ia the hearts Of the Democratic ways
and meaos committee to strike down interest
that could Afford large Democratic con-
tributions in the West. and prominent
and Influential a Democratic interest in it's
manufacture as Mf. Edward Cooper, late Mayor
OF New York city. and consequently Glue went
of the free list and back to the old duty.
Another case in point, though not connected
with the free list presents the same extraordi-
Larry CoHtso Oh tne part VI tno ways anu means
committee.
Every one who has paid attention to tariff
discussion for the last fifteen years knows that
the ono subject which the free-traders un.
ceasingly harped was that of the monopoly of
wood screws held by some manufacturers Ia
Connections. They denounced it through all the
moods aud lenses of depuDciation. 1t was to be
expected, therefore. that the duty wood
screws would be seriously reduced. il, indeed.
the Democratic ways and means committee, in
their wrath. did not put tho article on the free
list Bat this interest was found to be so im-
portant in Connecticut, and Co be in such large
part in Democratic hands, that the
Democrats of the ways and means
! committee were advised that If they hoped 70
carry Connecticut for Mr.. Cleveland. wood
screws must be let talone. So this great. odious
monopoly as they mad for SO many years de-
scrioed and denounced it, was left undsfurbed
by the tariff reformers, and with all the naked
aud time. honored abuses under Republican rule
which they had imputed to it.
Another case comes very near to You 10
Buffalo. Ceusnt-Roman, Portland and al.
others-was nut on the free list in the origina
draft Of the Mile bin. Ii was taken off and re
stored to its old duty at the instance and by the
influence Of your fellow citizen, Daniel Lock
wood. United States district attorney. NJ
lockwood appeared as either o stockholder in
] cement company or attorney for stockholders,