The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-06-02
CLOSE OF THE DEBATE.
,,--exS4uan Reeds Telling Speech on
toHs the Tariff Question.

,rv seat i'm the galleries was occupied,
.LaG7Iv deserts in the oasis OF hutter-
~ fans and bright costumes being a few
sests in the diplomatic gallery and the
front row Of the executive gallery, re-
served for the President ana
bis family. At every door was
j Iarre knot Of spectators peerlng
oyrr shoulders and under arms 10
cIanrp at the floor upon which the
fabate on the tariff bill was to be
r,osed bv Mr. Reed tMe.) and Speaker
CarIisle. The buzz of expectancy and
the hum Of conversation we're stlIled for
A moment. while the chaplain oHered
pravpr, only TO break out atresh When
the clerk proceeded TO read the journal
When the reading of that dTeary 1ocu-
Faeat had been completed me House
went into committee Of the whole, Mr.
Springer (Ill.) in the chair, on tAe tariff
biii,
Ir. Reed said that he purposed to
discuss some Of the general principles
which pnderly the two modes Of ma
hanal action which were confessedly in
dispute in Congress and in the coun-
sev lie would treat the bill &c IN
tHeir hearts the leaders on the
other side treated II, as step
only in particular direction.
How importart The propositions at issue
we're the JF4teLze interest already ex-
cited hr the pending measures on two
u0HtIRr nts bore the strongest witness
thst could be borne by men. Those
Eeo, living on this side Of the ocean
grew articles which were necessary for
the comfort and happiness of the peo-
PIE Of the United Safes were on one
side OF the question. while the foreign
manufacturers, foreign political econ0-
mists and foreign statesmen were all on
the other
This, however, should not prejudice
fIe question. fit be true that by hav-
iu- their goOds manufactured abroad
the people of the United States as a
whole would become richer and more
prosperous, would have their houses
better furnished, their tables spread
ri & timer linen and covered With more
rsthtuI food, If their bodies would be
Dv vteCted bv warmer w0Olens from the
cold Of Maine and by Gncr cloth
Iug from the burning sun of
Texas; If they would on the
whole, and from generation to
generation enjoy more Of the comforts
aHd Injuries Of life and would them
selves he more Intelligent. more indie
-
Zens 0t republic already great and des-
tined to 5e mighty bevond all former
dreams of empire, then bv all means
sink national prejudice, burst the bar
rIers Of provincial uarroWness. and with
one accord adopt not merely the
present bill, but such legisla-
ton rs would treble the spin
d.es of Europe and destroy our own
such measures as would put out our
furnaces and illumjne those beyond the
sta. 1t OF every - in our pockets, one
alone was sufficient, if spent in England
ta -lTe Us all We had nOv and we were
sure OF stlI having IN our pockets the
same - which we now had, surely
fhe Prouiet0 was too easy for dispute
t9o slwpie for discussion. We had
only g pass a bill which gave free
course to what the free trade professors.
WITH Glib seculariZatIOn Of the DEITY
called the international law of the Al
mighty; and if the learned economists
ua the other side were true to their log
.1 and did not paIter with both their
language and convictions, they could
propose no other course.
NAPOLEON WAS right when be said that
Europe must be Cossack or Republican,
Lincoln was right when be said the
I alted states must he either free or
slave. The house divided against itself
lad % unite 9r fall. The revenue re-
form argument was either false pre-
tense Or covers the whole ground. Pro-
tegtou vas either in its essence a bene-
II or curse.
I0u cannot dilute curse and make
il blessing Ratsbane and water are
no more food than ratsbane pure. IN
rfHAuf4f yfrErR.f5rF, xtvag 81, u
for revenue only went down before the
same arguments which we're used
against protection. If protection be a
lax for manufacturers benefit then it
was the same tax if II be the result Of
even revenue tariff. Incidental pro-
teetion was Of all the most iuexcusable
was an accident which ought 20 De
avoided ike a railway disaster.
TIE PRESIDENT was the leader of the
Dsmocracy. he was also the dispenser
at patronage, and as he was rapidly
III Elug the dust OF civil service reform
oE aI> feet, he was assuming control
over hls party. There was but one free
trtte and the President was its prOphpf
Whoever fell in battle in the service of
ta- nea Allah and its prophet for Tim
snail oppn the shining gates OF the
heaven ot foreign missions and federal
offices
There are remarkable figures Ia BE
'lestsCt il from the Presidents p1p=saae .
tE're> which must light up the path
"eE ot the Democratic duty with the
electric uEht of conscience In 1887.
FFa nW0 ot wooden goods We're
imported paying $4,000 of
t5 les, ~ per cent on cost
aad taues This went to the govern
'Asat. Three hundred ard tifty-six
4Eltons Of domestic wooden manufac-
tares We're bought that same velr bv
me impoverished American pe1nIe.
adler the radiant light of the MESSAGE
q "ol.d ne seen that one hundred and
'"r55 ia" millions 0I that money went
'as9 the gaping pockets of manuiactur-
tF5 snd We're lost forever to the down
ire-.ten people.
We imported S3I, 100000 worth of
o@As we manufactured $4,000, 600,
y. " "lieA eib,5Uo,OU0 lined the purses of
.h plg8derers. The same story could
lott ot every protected industry, un-
". we total at more than $1,000, ,O0O. 900
,Ne people money rolls into the
N8tAets 90 these licensed robbers of the
=#E- iI thus message from Our ruler be
5ar every factory Is the abode of a
-#''eF baron. more tclI and sure than
s5t -8oonetdoRn q European hillside
e larrl- a g8valcade Of honest rner-
&al0 In every mine Iurked a more
t4fa. giant than ever before Smelled
ae blood 1f an Euglishman.
h-t what 40 The friends Of virtue pro-
s. e s,o Vith these wicked people
sweep 'hgm ont of existence with the
strong han3 ofJustice2 Did the GENTLE
'.aH ifem Texas intend to $50 these
,Is'.i res AMI taUgIe them in the folds
~. ar,at Did the gentleman from
= >aa>a> mean that from their dead
a'les taa handle OF his bowie knife
.-93.t pratrude They would have
aa.E tha delightful punishment
Y "e57- turned over to the melting
5eaee the soothing rhetoric of the
a.. .e.aaH from Kentucky Mr.. Breck-
s..E.iSa while he explained his theory
.a-r p.Huder of honest and decent
aerE with no restrictions save such
Gld ae satisfactory n those good
l.a'iuEerS who had been admitted
#ate interviews by the back stairs.
s..t castles Of the marauders were
.. .0 smoke apon the hilItous and tall
-a11~ were >til 10 break the skv