, 1888-05-24
The Tariff Debate Brings Out
the Lenders.
Reed and Carlisle Represented
the Parties Yesterday.
Bitter Controversy Between
Baker and Breckenridge.
CONORE SSIONAL.
House,.

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his family was occupied. After the read
ing of the journal. Baker, OF Illinois, was
recognized. He said that yesterday, at a
moment when he was out of the hall words
lucky (Breckenrdge) rejecting on his
honor and rejecting upon the honor OF
Fhis constituents. He then had read the re-
pmarks of Breckenridge rejecting upon the
manner in which the defeat of w. II. Nor
rison in the 18th Illinois district had been
accomplished.
I'm MY OWN NAME,"s
continued Baker, land in the name of the
entire eighteenth congressional district of
Illinois, which he has dared to deiame, i
hurl the words back to the gentleman from
Kentucky, and denounce their imputation
AS grossly untrue. hurl the words back
into the face and teeth OF the gentleman
from Kentucky with absolute and unmiti-
gated defiance. [Applause and laughterl
No gentleman from Kentucky shall swing
his blacksnake whip over my shoulders
and over the shoulders of my constituents
with impunity. He would at least incur
the risk of having it wrenched from his
hand at feeling the hot end of IL. mayhap.
II there be any distinction in the adjective,
Kentuckian, then | am kentuckian. |
first saw the light of day hard by the
shades OF Ashland, the home of that inn
mortal
HENRY CLAY,
unswerving as adamant in his great
hearted patriotism, and whose old time
seat of peerless honor and glory in this hall
is now, alas worse than empty. (Applause
and laughter). That seat is filled by a gen
tleman whose speeches are garlands OF
flowers without leaves or fruit, totally un-
suited to public affairs and we'll adapted to
q ladys boudoir Qaughter). but for their
habitual touches of something approaching
domineering arrogance. That old-time
seat, say, Is worse than empty, occupied
aa 10 hy a lap n IN ~ In
his teeth, with uulniormed reason, the
grand idea of the grand old statesman
whom he succeeded. The colossal shade of
THAT GREAT MAN
hoyers over the republic. 1t walks the
north land and the south land and will be
q living inspiration in this mighty contest,
this Impending groundswell which will lift
President Cleveland from the white house
ana very probably lift the gentleman from
the seat ol Henry Clay. Applause. The
gentleman from Kentucky is as unfortu-
nate in historical relation to his own great
father as in the seat he occupies. Robert
j. Breckenridge IL name that belongs to
the whole republic. He was &, eat as u
thinker, as IA scholar, as a writer, an
orator, and trans ;endenty great AS pa
triot patriot whose intellect whose
heart, whose soul embraced the entire
country instead of "A fragment OF 1T. 1t Is
narrated OF him that meeting young man
about to join the confederate army in the
war of secession, he remarked to him 81
understand you are going into the rebel
army, Your father brought you to me in
his arms. a struggling infant, and asked
that might baptise you and dedicate you
to the service OF Almighty God, but had |
known at that time that you would have
ever betrayed your country and entered
the ranks of those seeking to destroy it, /
would haye found it in my heart to have
strangled you at the baptismal fount.'
There was g Kentuckian that was "a Ken.
tuckian.
BRECKENRIDGE REPLIES.
At the conclusion OF his remarks, Mr..
Baker was greeted with loud applause.
Breckenridge arose to reply, and said he
had made no charge against the venerable
gentleman from Illinois. He was simply
the usufruct OF what other did. He got the
benefit OF what other parties did and |
have nc doubt from what have heard OF
him that he was in the mani, ignorant OF
was done, that in the innocence OF simple
modesty, he thought it was his intellect
and great popularity shat accounted for
the defeat OF Morrison at the polls. / am
sorry If the facts should dispel that pleas
ing view of the venerable gentleman from
Illinois. [Applause OH democratic side.l
Mr.. Breckenridge then had read some
"JOhn jarrett" and THE American tin
plate association" and other documents, the
nature of which was made public soon after
the defeat OF Mr.. Morrison two years ago.
After referring at some length to this
Breckenridge said. in regard to Bakers re-
marks about his (Breckenridge's) father
whom Baker did not know, that Baker did
not know any one into whose family
the plowshare OF that terrific war
had not run. He was in the awful
dilemma OF u son with dictates OF conscience
on one side, and an inconceivable venera.
tion for his father on the other His father
was a Kentuckian who never gave utter.
ance to the miserable deceit that the gentle
man had put into his mouth. He would
say to the venerable gentleman that lac
forgave him for hiding behind the grave oi
dead father, to wound the living son.
lGreat applause on the democratic sidel
Baker said that the Kentucky mountain
had labored very hard and brought forth q
mouse. While the gentleman was looking
after the purity ofthe ballot he 81 ould bs
more exercised about that considerable
region OF country where IL was generally
. understood that immense masses of the
American people were suppressed. IRE
publican applause.
WASHINGTON, May 10, The tariff de-
bate bate WA was ,;! opened by Reed, of Maine,
teition. Reed began with a general dis.
Cussion of the principles of free trade and
protection, and said, referring to the presi.
dents tariff sessage, that incidental pro
lection was nonse se, that tariff for reve.
nue. only went down before the same arpu.
merits which were used against protection
incidental protection was of the two the
most inexcusable. 1t was an accident
which ought to be avoided like railway &C.
cidents. The president, he said. was the
leader of the democracy. He was also a
dispenser OF patronage, ana as he was ran.
idly shaking the dust of
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
off his feet, he was assuming control over
his party. There was but one free trade
party and the president was its prophet.
Who ever fell In battle in the service OF this
new Allah and its prophet, for him shall
foreign missions and federal offices.
Reed said he did not propose to defend