National Republican., 1888-05-18
TIE lIOt'SE.


The House met yesterday morning at 10
O'Clock.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, presented the
conference report OF the Cincinnati cNposi-
tiOn bill, and it was agreed to.
On motion of Mir. Robertson, Of Louis
lana, Il bill was passed TO subdlvide the
eastern judicial district Of Louisiana -
The House then went into committee of
the whole (Nlr. Springer, of lllinois. in the
chair on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Peters, of Kansas, argTed that if it
was true, as, asserted by gentlemen on the
other side; that . PROTECTIVE tariff was rob
berry the Mills blh> only sectionaized that
robbery. Robbery was a pillaging, a taking
away by Violence and by wrong. If protec-
tion w9sTObbery 1t was pllaging the people
ana Niing property by violence and wrong.
II protection was robbery, and the Demo.
Cratic party was not IN favor Of free trade,
every Democrat who supported protection
was a robber, and If the Mills bill was not
free trade measure every Democratic mem
Der of the ways and means committee was Il
rObbcr. lie reviewed the speeches of the
members of what lie termed the robher
gang, captaimed by Mills, who had McMillin
for his lieutenant, and declared that the alb
surdity Of some Of the statements therein
contained was enough TO make a wooden
Indian standing in front of cigar store
smile out loud.
lie then proceeded TO argue that Il tariff
| was not tax unless the purchaser of an
article had 10 pay more for It on account of
! the duty imposed upon IL, and this he con
tended was not the fact.
Mr., Anderson, Of Illinois, mtagonized the
protective system for having accumulated a
dangerous surplus in the treasury.
Mr. Breckinridge, Of Arkansas, opened
with Il euloGy on President Cleveland,
changed into a political speech then RI,
turned to the tariff bill. and repeated some
of the arguments heretofore advanced in
! favor of the measure AMI its adoption.
Mr., Stewart, Of Vermont, followed. and
! expressed an unwillingnCss to commit n re
| vision of the tariff 10 gentlemen Qyowedly
| hostile To the system, lie feared the Greeks
| even when hearing gifts, and he could not
! believe IN the professions of friendship fui
| the protective system INDUCED in by gentle,
| men ON the other side The Mills bill, he
| said, was the -hibbolcth Of Democracy.
| Notice was posted on the doors of the white
/ house that no industrial Democrat need ap
/ ply, Laughter And this was modern
/ Democracy The fear of executive dsap
| pruynl confronted every representative who
felt constrained to follow the dictates Of hi,
| own conscience and the convictions Of the
constituents who elected him.
He argued against the free wool clause
! which, he said, was NOT asked or wanted bN
the wool grower the wool manufacturers Ol
workingman, The only persons who wanted
II were the representatives ON this fUor OF
| the traditions Of another are ana of the
British manufacturer
| Crowded galleries and an unusually FIJI
| House greeted Sunset CON when he arOst
to speak, lie said that he would do al
most anything TO yet rid Of the surplu
| which menaccd aud paralyzcd the industre,
! Of the country. II was rs well to try 10 ruI
Il powder mill in hell ~ an honest govern
ment with u pchonc treasury, Hid
wages and the tariil, Mr.. Cos
said, had no relation TO cuCl
| other lie COmbattcd the charges that IN,
ideas of revenue reformcrs We're of for
eign birth, As to the talk about the CobdeI
| Club, he had no doubt hut that many other
| like himself had been elected without re
qucsting it and without incuning any obi
atioms. thereby
Mr.. Cox, in conclusion, saia " WHY
should we not expand our liberty also? w
had liberty to sleep, and teach, and worship
according to the dictates of our conscience
We had soul liberty, why not commercial
liberty 0lsoy Why not give men the righ
10 tile earnings Of their own labor
| why take from one class tJ
give 10 mothcrY Why make slav,
Of labor Why put the shackles on any
man Why not stand for freedom every
where" Let us, he said, be true to tht
! principles Of our constitution, true to ON
| Freedom, for "what ayais the plow or sol
or land or life if freedom fall,N Applause.
Mr., Cox was followed by Mr.. Mason, O
Illinois, His speech is printed elsewhere,
Mr. Herman, Of Oregon, spoke IN Opposi
ton 10 the bill, dwelling upon the necessity
Tor coast dcfenscs ON the Pacific aud point
! ING Out that much u the eurplus might