The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-18

WOulu TeSult III u IcuuCtloh Va enS .HSN'
OF wages to labor. He denied that tht
manufactures Of Illinois had beer
built up by protection and asserted thai
they had become prosperous in spite oI
the tariff.
Mr.. Breckenridge, Of Arkansas, opened
his speech with reference to, and an
eulogy OF the Presidents annual mes
sage, and declared that 1t had net with
great popular favor.
Mr.. Cox, OF New York, said he would
be willing to reduce taxation in almost
any way. Hewould do alLlost anything
to get rid Of the surplus which menaced
and paralyzed the industries OF the
country. In 1861 he had gone to the
custom houses in Boston and New York
and found there the cost OF come articles
imported there. After making cOmpu-
tations and allowing for the premium on
gold he had found that in order TO get
$50, 900, 900 into the treasury the country
had to pay the sum Of $1,000, 900 that
never saw the treasury. Deducting the
sixty per cent for deprecated paper
money it would be found that in order
TO get S5O,OOO,OO0 into the treasury, the
country now paid at least SSOO,OOO,OOO.
He would not call the protection sys-
TEN robbery or burglars he would use
some euphomistic word like the gentle
gentleman from Ohio (Butterworth),
who said that customs duties were not q
tax but trade regulation. Laughter.
He remembered reading about n Catholic
priest who met with brigand who had
not a knife or pistol in his hand, but
who said to the priest: Venerable elder
brother, it is cold in the mountains, lend
me your coat. Venerable elder brother,
l am tired OF walking, lend me your
horse" That was trade regulation.
Laughter
A BRoADsIDE OF POETRY.
Mr.. Cox referred to Mr.. Burrows
speech, and especially to that gentle
mans peroration, where, like Silas Wegg,
he dropped into poetry" The gentle
man after, in eloquent language, pictur-
ing the advancement and progress OF the
New South had quoted "hail its coming
tongue and pen"-quoting Charles
Mackey's corn law rhyme for the incom-
ing of absolute free trade. loud laugh
ter and applause,l
He quoted the verse at the Democratic
caucus held at the time ofthe deadlock,
and he did not know how the gentleman
had got hold OF it, unless it was that MIR.
Perkins, OF Kansas (who had inadyer-
tently wandered into the caucus) had
heard him quoting it and given it to the
gentleman. He would like to have n
tuning fork here SO that all might sing.
"IIall It's coming, tongue and pen
Aid II hopes OF honest men;
Aid II, paper, aid II type;
Aid II for the hour Is ripe.
And our earnest should not slacken Into play
Men OF thought aud men OF action, lead the
way"
But he could not get a tuning fork be-
cause the tariff was too high. Laughter ]
In conclusion, Mr.. Cox said that the
country had grown from sea to sea and
from gull to lake, expanding itsprOgress.
Mr.. Mason, OF Illinois, said that he
looked with suspicion upon all efforts
of the free trade party toreform the tariff.
The Northern Democrats asserted that
they were not in favor OF free trade,
but "the tail goes with the hide. He
cited the dead lock OF a few weeks ago
upon the direct tax bill, stating that
Northern Democrats said they would
rot in their seats before they would be
bossed by the Southern Democracy, but
when King Caucus tapped the bell, the
Democrats all sang.
The I,rIgadIcrs ring the caucus bell;
The doughiace cries for shame,
But hegcts there Just the same.
uo,aLtori
lh"ush'ei'!
MR.. NAsoNs slDE-SPLlTTEH'
Mr.. Mason then attacked the state,
mCnt by MIR. NILS that tlle people ought
IN have the right to buy where they
could huv the cheapest. and gave de-
SO.1'. IVY ~ ,,,siI,;,,5, nIoosos coll;n,,
scrlption OF the worklng classes CtliIHS
on Mr.. Mills to ask him why he wished
to buy the product OF labor IN England
where he could Duy !. 80 sn uCIi ~ tnTar,, aanins
l nave never pegi ;..t;,, IA Nv, e. y, ooai,;nS
man 70 tHe PehaeenIfy a 9oi to' - PTeh bMy thS
product OF labor in other countries, and
announces MS the reason that it Is to
help the laboring men of this country,
| / think he ought to be sent down for
six months twice a year for fifty years
for hypocrisy"
He attacked the Mills bill, saying that
II was in the interest OF trusts and syn
dicates, and cited the sugar trust, which
he said was one OF the largest, il not the
largest trust in the world, that affected
the price of any of the necessities OF life.
He suggested to the gentleman from
Mississippi (Mr. Allen that the comic
opera he quoted from was not suited to
his style Of voice and form, and sug.
gested that instead thereof he should
Sing:
"RocEGby sugar trust, you're on the tree top,
While We are in powCr, your cradle VIII rock;
bnt 5HS t M Sos So5e 'S srr SuS ss T Mis- bill and
anu all" ali" "''
Or n he insisted on rising to that
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