Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-20

generally understood that the ballot n
immense masses of American people was
suppressed. Republican applause.
The Tariff debate was opened by Reed
OF Maine, who was listened to with
close attention. Reed began with a
general discussion of the principles
of free trade and protection, and said.
referring to the Presidents tariff mes.
sage, that incidental protection was q
sham, and that tariff for revenue onlv
went down before the same arguments
which were used against protection. In
cldental protection was most inexcus-
able. 1t was an accident, which ought
to be avoided as railway accidents. The
President, he said, was the leader of
the Democracy. He was also the
dispenser of patronage, and as he
was rapidly shaking the dust OF
civil service reform off his feet he was
assuming control over his party. There
was but one free trade and the President
was its prophet. Whoever fell in battle
in the services of this Allah and the
prophet, for him shall open the spring
ing gates OF heaven, foreign missions
and federal offices.
Reed said he did not propose to de-
fend protection. Its vast growth within
the last quarter of a century defended it
better even than eloquent orations. II
was BON with the Republicans, it was
the faith and practice OF every civilized
nation under the sun, save one. The
Russian granary Of Europe had aban-
doned free trade, with the striking result
that whereas in 1876, before duties
were raised, she bought eight million
hundred weight of British metals and
paid therefor thirty million dollars; she
got The same quantity in 1884 and paid
only seventeen millions for it. Austria,
Germany. Italy, Mexico and the Do
minion of Canada, that child of Britain,
herself, had all join.d in the array Of
protection.
Continuing, Reed said: "But if the
revenue reform orator looks on this
monopoly as terrible, there is q
theme on which he can take up the
notes Of the dying swan. How we do
love to hear him on the impoverished
farmer! Then he is not sublime, but he
is pathetic; great. / heard him first,
ten years ago. To me, innocent and un-
travelled, it seemed as if the Western
farmer was the most woe-begone, down
trodden, luckless. unsuccessful, dis
pirited man on the face Of the earth. The
Eastern vampire had mortgaged his farm
and thrown his fence down and scattered
his substance to the winds. In the full
ness Of time | travelled West myself.
You may well imagine my astonishment,
who never saw ten acres together in
corn to behold fields OF that great
staple stretching far away to the
horizons edge; to see tracts of
land which seemed to have no boun-
daries but the visible sky; land so rich
that If we had one acre of it in Maine it
could be sold by the bushel, while on
every side were brick houses, and such
only as the village squire lived in in our
After some days of this be-
came sulky; / said: Gentlemen, of
course we have robbed you; your Con-
gressmen would not lie about trifes like
that; but what disgusts me is that we did
not do it more thoroughly"
In conclusion, Reed spoke elouuently
of the growth and prosperity of the
country under wise protective laws.
During the course of his speech he was
interrupted with laughter and
applause. When he resumed his seat
he was greeted with round after round of
applause and was.the recipient Of many
hearty congratulations from his party
colleagues who clustered around him and
warmly grasped his hand.
As Speaker Carlisle asked for recogni-
ton from the Chair, an enthusiastic
greeting was accorded him. Amid the
clapping of hands and cheers which
came from the floor and galleries, Mr..
Carlisle stood at the desk Of Mr.. Catch
ings, OF Mississippi, and quietly waited
ID, ot .ofi fi<,, ~,
some time, however, before Chairman
Springer could secure order, but when he
had finally succeeded in doing 80 Carlisle
to Reeds charge of insincerity. He said
that he might retort that if protection
was sound doctrine, it should be carried
to the logical conclusiop-totally prohib-
iting duties. In the Chinese Empire the
doctrine was carried out, and produced its
logical effect. With every resource of
National wealth and very industrious
people. the arts and manufactures we're
in their infancy. We wanted no Chi
nese laws. All taxation was an evil and
we should endeavour to make trade as
free as possible with the lowest tax that
would afford necessary revenue. Reed
had made no reference to the actual
situation which made it imperatively
necessary to reduce the revenue. The
first of this month there was $780,
600, 900 in the Treasury, more than was
required to meet all Government liabili-
ties. No monarchial government would
dare extort such sum in excess Of it's
needs. The effect of accumulation was
to encourage useless and extravagant ex-
penditure without constitutional war. .ant.
The people, almost to man, were de-
manding its return to them. We still
have u large public debt outstanding, but
it is not sound policy to continue to raise
the revenue to buy bonds at pre-
MUM.
In one month the Secretary had pur
chased 100000 bonds, for which he
paid 50 $4,000 above principal and ac-
crued interest. This unjust process
must go on indefinitely, unless Congress-
come to his relief and reduce taxation.
He claimed that every interest should
be considered in friendly spirit, but he
insisted that the interests Of the many
should not be subordinated to the inter-
ests Of the few. [Applause.l Taxation
should be distributed among the people
according to their ability to pay. Until
that was done we should always be en-
barrassed in the effort to increase or re-
duce taxes. Ii the present measure
should fail and disaster come upon our
industries by reason Of over taxation,
the present vicious system would be re-
sponsible for it.
Carlisle spoke OF the increase OF manu-
factures during the so-called free trade
period" between 1850 and 1850, and said
the people were in favor of legislation
that would oring it about. Again, he