The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Prom our regular. correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 2l, 1855.

On Saturday Speaker Carlisle
closed the general debate on the
Mills tariff bill with a ringing
speech for revenue reform. Re
ferring to the opposition Of some
of the New England members to
the measure he said: Gentlemen
from New England predicted in
1s49 that the duties fixed by the
law Of that date would ruin their
textile industries. In 1857 all of
the New England members voted
for a still further reduction of 20
per cent from what they called the
ruinously low tariff of 1916. In
the free trade period, as the repub-
licans called the decade from 1850
TO 1860, the wool manufactured
product increased 46 per cent and
wages 81 per cent. The increased
product in New England was 50
per cent. In hosiery the product
increased 42l per cent. In cotton
the product in New England in
creased II per cent. In boots and
shoes, upon which the duty had
been reduced l6 per cent, the in
crease in New England was SO per
cent; the product in 1860, in New
England was more than the entire
product of the Union in 1850.
This is what the republicans from
New England saw under a low
tariff. Within eleven years after
the passage of this bill the mem
hers from New England will vote
for a still further reduction, or, if
they did not, the people would
send somebody here who would"
And now that the general de-
bate on the tariff bill is over, few
people are under the necessity of
asking which party has the best of
the contest thus far. The demo-
Gratis have won an intellectual and
political battle, and the republi-
cans know it. They hesitate to
accept a challenge toa direct vote
on the Mills bill without amend
ment, and they have taken Mr..
Randall's bill as an expression of
republican opinion, only because
they are utterly unable to formu-
late a bill of their own upon which
TO place their faith in the coming
campaign before the plain people
Of the country.
The Mills bill may not pass, al
though the outlook is very iavora-
Bile for it just now. But the dem
Gratis who favor that measure have
the satisfaction of knowing that
they have furnished the issue upon
which the Presidential election
will be contested. Mr.. Mills is
very confident that his bill will
pass the House, so confident that
he proposed to the republican
leaders of the House that they
should introduce the substitute
which they propose offering fol-
the bill and take a vote on it, and
Immediately thereafter on his bill
shutting off all amendments as
we'll as the debate by sections.
For the past four days the repub
licans of the House have been eau
cusing and comforting, but up to
this writing they have agreed tC
nothing except to oppose the Mills
bill. The measure will now be
laid aside for ten days, a truce O
that length having been agreed
upon by the leaders of both sides
and in the mean time the House
will proceed with other business
At the end of that time it is proba
bic that the consideration or tn,
bill by sections will begin.
Senator VOORHEES, was given (
public reception last THURSDAY
night by the Indiana democrati,
association Of this city. The Vir
GINA, Pennsylvania and Maryland
associations and the District o
Columbia democratic club ATTENDED