Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-10

Tariff Discussion i'm the Heuse-Senator
Riddleberger's Open Session Idea Sat
Down Upon-Passage of the Cincinnati
Centennial Appropriation BiIi-Differ-
snces Settled Between the United States
and Tangier.
WAsHINGros, May l0.-The tariff bill
discussion occupied much of the time in
the House yesterday: Mr.. Morrow, of Cali
fornia, in opposing the bill said that the
placing of lumber on the free list would
ruin the lumber industry by bringing the
Pacific Coast lumber men in competition
with the Chinese labor of British Column
bia- He stated that the proposal to place
boraX on the free list had the effect of fore
ing the great firm of William T. Coleman
to suspend.
Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi followed in
support OF the bill. The Democratic party
he said, had never favored protection for
the sake of protection, and Mr.. Randall
stood committed as opposed to this doc
trine. Mr. Houk, of Tennessee, in oppos-
ing the bill entered protest from the peo-
pie he represented against the wreck of the
material prosperity which had now Just
begun to dawn upon the new south by the
enactment of the Presidents message into
law. Both parties united in keeping pau
per labor out of the country, but by this
bill the Democratic party proposed to house
pauper labor on foreign soil and allow it to
ship its fabrics free into the United States
Mr.. Wise of Virginia, supported the bill.
There were two methods of reducing taxa
tion, one by inducing tariff duties and the
other by the.abolition of the inte rnal reye-
nue. system. The Mills bill was compio-
mise between the two. He argued that the
high duties now imposed were not required
TO compensate for the difference in the cost
of production:of articles here and abroad
on account of the higher rate of wages in
the United States
bill, denounced the Democratic party as a
free trade party, but said there was scarcely
u Democrat in the House-an ayowed free
trader though he might be-who was not a
selfish protectionist. The gentleman from
Kentucky, he said. demanded that the
hemp and cement and whisky should be
protected. The gentlemen from Louisiana
were asking for free wool in Ohio, but for
protection on wool in Louisiana. The
gentleman from Mississippi wanted free
trade. but still demanded protection for
cotton and rice. They were not only free
traders but selfish protectionists The
Republican party was the party of proteo-
ton from principle. While it was for
monopolw, il was for that monopoly which
protected the labor and industry of the
American.
Mr.. Boutelle, of Maine, secured the floor
and quoted several authorities in support
of the declaration made by him on Satur-
day that Garfield had repudiated MEM
bership in the Golden Club. In reference
to the statement that Murat Halstead was
d member of the club, Mr.. Boutelle read
letter from that gentleman in which he
says: The story that / am a member of
the Golden Club is correct. One night
in London, with Cyrus Field, personal
friend of Golden, | boarded a small
steamboat at Westminster and was
carried TO Greenwich. There we had
white bait dinner, twelve courses of fish
drank in Maine. 1t was q lively dinner
There was distinguished man in the chair
and q toast master who whooped things up
and made them lively. | made a speech
about the white wings of commerce on the
ocean and the large rivers in America and
the distance Cincinnati was from salt water,
and the indifference of her people on
the tariff question, and the London
Times said the humorous party
FROM Ohio ought TO have told something
about the reciprocity treaty with Canada,
but did not seem TO know much about it;
and that wss true. 1t was for my services
in making this Greenwich speech that
was made an honorary member of the
Golden Club, and / have since received
marked copies OF the publications of that
energetic organization and many marked
copies and pamphlets-indeed loads of the
most serious and dull information ever
misapplied to human affairs. 1 would
rather, at any time, read the essays of my
old friend, }. s. Moore, the Psrsee Merchant,
who resides on the limited express between
Washington and New York. This litera-
ture shook my faith in the application of
free trade in our country. That is, of Sc
lecting our country to begin with. Then
the price of news print is less than one
half of what it was before the war, and /
told Frank Hurd and Henry Wstterson
about that and that was afraid protection
had caused more paper mills and paper ma
terials and had knocked down the price of
the one article of merchandise that
j did know something about and
when Hurd and Watterson couldn't |
explain it. Golden Club fashion, couldn't"
There was more of the same sort in Hal
stead's letter, which closed with this ohser- I
walton: ''If President Cleveland had been
o member of the Golden Club as long as | |
have he would have known better than to !
have written his message of December last" /
This closed the tariff debate for the day.
A message from the President, vetoing a I
Dlll luC CtCCtlOu Va o PuDllC
Allentown, Pa, was announced by the
Speaker, and the House, at 6 p. m, ad- 4
journed.
The features in the Senate yesterday
were the passage of the copyright bill and |
the passage of the railroad land grant for |
feiture bill with amendments. The latter
was had up later on q motion of Senator
Call to reconsider, with view to introduc- |
ing another amendment This motion is |
still pending.
Senator Sherman, from the foreign reia-
tons committee reported adversely the
ton of the fisheries treaty in open session;
also aversely the Hosr resolution for q re-
port of the debates on the fisheries treaty.
The resolutions were placed on the calen-
dar and Mr.. Sherman gave notice that they
would be taken up tomorrow. In reply
to question, Mr.. Sherman stated that it
would be for the Senate to determine
whether the resolution should be discussed /
in secret or open session.
Mr.. Morgan faid he would tomorrow Of
fer a resolution to the effect that the otficia!
should be sworn as executive Of
ficers of the Senate, to make a report of the
proceedings: such report to be printed and
flied in the Senate archives subject to the
Senale's order. Consideration of the rail
road land forfeiture bill was resumed. De-
bates ensued on the Hoar amendment with /
referdnce to the lands of the Portage Lake |
ship canal.
Mr.. Palmer severely antagonized it and |
read a number of documents showing, as
he claimed, that the present stockholders i
of the canal company were for the most |
part men who had got hold of the stock by !
very questionable method. Mr.. Call, in q
long speech, also argued against the amend
ment
Mr.. George said that he was disposed to
vote for the amendment, provided the