Wichita eagle., 1888-05-09

made in the presence of anybody interested
on the other side. He submitted that that
was an explanation, if not an apology. 1t
was enough to convince the committee
that it ought to accommodate Mr.. Hewitt
bv going no further into the matter.
The subject was then dropped and the
house went into committee of the whole
on the tariff bill.
Mr. Stockdale, of Mississippi, took the
floor in continuation of his speech Ill favor
of the bill. He said that the cotton
planter had received little consideration
in the legislation of the past. The cotton
industry was the favorite of the colored
man. In the name of justice and humanity
he appealed for relief for the
colored people They should no longer be
held in seryitude to gigantic protected in
dustries, from which they received no ben
eft and to which they were under no OBJ
legation.
Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, opposed the
bill. He said the fact could not be kept
from the people in the coming campaign
that the Democratic party stood committed
uneuuiyocally and irrevocably to the doc
trine of free trade That party had come
into power by practicing system of false
pretenses upon the American people I'M
paralleled in the history of political par
ties, Did the party send Mr Carlisle 70
New York before the last election TO ex-
plain the tariff plank of the Chicago plat
form? Did it send Mr.. HemphIll to talk
to the laborerS as we had talked during
the debate on the floor? No, the managers
of the Democratic party knew that New
York could never be carried IN that way
When the columns were shaken and defeat
seemed inevitable they turned TO the
brainiest and ablest man in the party.
They called for Samuel j. Randall
and he went to New York TO explain to
the voters there that the manufacturing
interests of the country would not be dis
turbed in the event of the success OF the
Democratic party, and that the tariff plank
in the Chicago platform meant only
wise and iudicious Encouragement OF the
inequalities which all parties held to exist
in the tariff to a greater or less extent, and
to REQUIRE treatment. Ii had been Mr..
Randall's boast that his efforts had made
it possible for Mr.. Cleveland to occupy the
presidential chair How had the Demo
cratic party repaid his efforts and how had
his pledges been redeemed by tn at party
If rumor was correct Mr.. Randall was no
longer a visitor at the White House; his
counsel was no longer sought or needed By
his party: his influence had been curtailed
by raising up a rival whose control of fed
eral patronage had been used to humiiiate
and disgrace the once honored leader of the
Democratic party. In conclusion he
entered his solemn protest
against this attempt to overthrow the
great business industries OF America.
Mr. Mansur, of Missouri, delivered an
exhaustive speech in support CT the bill
and he insisted that the internal revenue
system should be maintained for the pay
ment Of pensions and the remainder OF the
war debt He quoted statistics in support
OF his assertion that the people were more
prosperous under low, than high tariff.
Mr.. o. Taylor, of Ohio. denounced free
trade as a fragment of the rebellioE, and
as being as dangerous to the country IN
1855 as secession had been in 1851 Free
trade had no more right 10 suPpiant pro
lection than the Confederate constitution
had to sIlpplant the constitution Of the
United States The Democratic party was
engaged in the effort to unfurl the British
flag and open the market to the British
Mr.. Richardson, Of Tennessee, supported
the bill and declared that the law pre-
scented was a wise and conservative meas
ure which, while it would not break down
the protective system, would grant some
measure OF relief 20 the overbuTdensd
people.
Mr.. McAdoo. Of New jersey. said he !
spoke as a Democrat. He commended that |
the best way IN which the surplus could /
be reduced was by the abolition Of the in
ternai revenue system. The revenue ought |
to be limited n the amount needed by TIE I
government. Economically a9I4l'lleteTS0- i
Tariff ought 70 be adjusted on foreign 1
articles 50 a. to give benefits TO American 4
laborers He Was willing 20 make al! 4
concessions, but he was bound 4
TO say that he would scorn 10 sacrifice the i
labor industries Of the repubLc 20 noarish 1
defamation
Mr. Morrow. of California, argued that /
10 better course could be peEsned with i
reference 10 the surplus than 20 opply x 70
the purchase Of United States bonds He
WAS in favor OF an economical ADM EistEs-
.3on Of the affairs Of the govern
nent. No extravaganza expendlfEreS
should D. INDUCED in. but congress should
,ompiy with the provision nf tEe consSEia~
'lou granting X the power 10 provide fcE
he common defense and the general wei
are IL shorId provide for tire proper de-
srlse Of the cities on the srsb,oard. and 4
Ibonld provide suitable accommodation
or the transaction Ct the pnhllc business
= the cities Of the co4ntTy. The bsi, hs
aid. instead 81 building Up the country
would re.ayyi It's growth and tie exclusion
Il ths Chinese from fhEs ecssEssy souid DC