New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-29
THE CAMPAIGN OPENS IN THE HOUSE
FALSE STATEMENTS BY THE premier"
THE ISSUE READILY MET BY JUDGE KELLEY AMI
Mr.. REED - LIVELY TALK ON TIE CHICAGO


THE ISSUE READILY MET BY JUDGE KELLEY AND
Mr. REED LIVELY TALK on THE CHICAGO
PLATFORM.
Washington, June 2s-The tariff debate In tho
House to-day bright and breezy, and though barely
two pages Of the bill acted on the time was well
employed To divert attention from the damaging
assaults of Mr.. Brewer, Of Michigan, T. Ii. b. brown
of Virginia. and Mr.. Farquhar, OF New-York, VINO,
speaking for the farmers Of their respective states,
denounced the policy of breaking down the American
market with Canadian raised farm products Premier
Mills raised the shout of free whskey,' and laoored
hard to put the Republicans on the defensive.
j. d. Taylor of Ohio said any man who codly and
with his Judgment well in hand asserted that the Re-
publican party was in favor of free whiskey was
capable OF development according to the DaTSinian
theory through countless cycles OF time, without
mounting intellectually to the dignity OF brevet ass
This sally received with overwhelming SHOUTS OF
laughter and applause
"Premler' Mills angrily inquired whether the gen.
tleman intended that remark to apply to him. Mr.
Taylor replied that no would repeat his remark, and
he did So simply substituting :" etc., etc., for tho
closing word
"Premiero Mills repeated his assertion of yester-
day. that the platform Of the Republican party favored
the repeal of internal revenue taxes-a statement
which was received with loud shouts of denial lilo
stated that the majority of the Republican party was
opposed to the extreme position taken az Chicago,
and after the Chicago Convention had been " lashcd
and scourged' into taking ground for free ~hiSAey,
the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Nr. Ketey who had
heretofore been IN the minority, FASTENED to consratu-
late the Convention upon having at last taken the
heroic stand which he himself occupied.
Judge Kelley responded that no man who had READ
or heard what he had said the subject OF internal
taxation since the close of the war; was Justified In
charging him with being In favor of free whskey lac
had never favored 1t. lie had demanded That thc
supervision of the National Government be removed
c,If ta hard n
South He had demanded that the Democrats carry
out their platform of 1854, which promised an abol-
ton Of the internal taxes
50" favor of free whiskey exclaimed Judge Kelley
e 1t a dire party necessity which made the chsr-
man of WAYS and Means make such a charge" Hc
asked the Democrats to-day TO keep faith with the
people of the South who had been deuded into their
support four years ago by their lying promises to re-
move the internal taxes. applause on Republican
sldc)
Mr.. Reed of Maine said surely the gentleman from
Texas Gir Mills did not expect to be believed when
he said tho Republican party was In favor OF iree
whskey because II that were true, and IL his party
had confidence In his statement, no one knew better
than the gentleman from Texas that there would not
be enough Democrats left in half the States OF tho
Union to mako up an electoral tcket loud laughter
and applause) The pentleman's statement was
worthy the dignity Of tho stump, but not OF the
position CT chairman of Ways and Means But 1t was
characteristic. If the Democratic party should begin
a political campaign without false statement, It's
own friends would not know H. (tenewcd laughter)
The Republican position simply this, that II after
having tried every other method of reducing taxes,
consistently vi the maintenance of the protective sys
tenn they had choose between internal taxes and pro-
tecton they would stand b. the system Of protection
Tor American industries. (ApplauseJ
Mr. Weaver (Dem) Of Iowa. was proceeding 10
rItIc,se the Internal Revenue plank OF the Chicago
platform, when Mr. Wise (Dem.), of Virginia. inter
rupted by shouting: I" / am Democrat and am
I'm favor OF repeating the tobacco tax" me KepuO-
licans warmly applauded this declaration -
Then consideration OF details of the bill was re-
sumed The paragraphs relating to the free admls-
sion OF books and pamphlets printed In other Ian
gIages than tho English passed. and these arti-
ces stricken from the free list Pulp 1or paper
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