The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-05

one mana verv considerable one, 1t Is true
| Laughter, but still only one man. Inc
Democratic party of the United States has
pronounced Itself again and again IN IaVor
of a system of taxation of foreign imports
which will weld sufficient revenues to the
government, and it has never advocated
| any other system. That is the system
which prefer to the English, or any other
system. But l prefer the English system,
out and out, to the system wnlch
will be established should God Almighty,
for awhile, affiict the American people with
this bill. l prefer anything else to that. l
| might charge that the republican senators
are in favor Of the Chinese system, and
have quite as much authority to make that
averment as they have for saying tnat the
| Democratic party is in favor OF free trade.
In the further course of the debate. Mr..
| Dawes of Massachusetts, speaking or sd
Yalorem rates, said that they were mere
premiums on fraud"
'"Then.n said Mr.. Morgan, "there are 250
such premiums on fraud in the senate sub
stitute"
II have no doubt of it," said Mr.. Dawes,
''but it is against the advice of every ex-
perienced end intelligent collector OF Gus
toms.
The debate was continued at great
length and was participated In by Messrs.
McPhersou, Dawes, Coke and Morgan.
The latter commented upon the ee list
contained in the Senate substitute, and
argued that the republican Senators who
reported and sustained it were pro. to free
traders, and were not justified in applying
that term to the democrats.
Mr.. Hoar asked Mr.. Morgan whether he
admitted the correctness of the definition
of free trader given by Prof. Sumner, of
Yale college, the "High priest of free
trade"-that free trader was person
who did not mean to have duties so ar
ranged as u attract capital into any busl-
ness where il would not otherwise go, or to
keep capital III any business where it would
not otherwise stay.
WHEN MR.. MORGAN WILL REPLY
Mr.. Morgansrephed tnat when the Presi-
dent-elect would put that in letter, or
when the republican convention would put
it in the platform. he would be prepared 10
announce bis position, and so would the
democratic party.
Mr.. Hoar-It is a simple question. Is not
the senator prepared to answer it now9
Mr. Morgan-I have other things to at
tend to now. Do you adopt Mr. Summers
definition!
Mr.. Hoar-I do. 1 think it is a good
definition.
Mr.. Vest read an extract from Mr. Gar
fields speech in the House of Representa-
tives to the effect that it was protection
which LED to ultimate free trade, and said
that the republican party had, in 1880,
elected that gentleman to the presidency Of
the United st tes.
Mr. Hoar-That does not help us in the
least as an answer to my question whether
the senator from Alabama considers him
self and his associates free traders in the
sense of Professor Summers definition.
HOW HE VOTES.
Mr. Morgan-In voting for tax bill, |
vote entirely with reference to the proper
and appropriate necessities of the govern
ment Of the United States-pure, good gov
ernment I do not vote for levying any
taxes with a view to advance any mans
private interest, whether that man be a
capitalist or laborer. If, in the casting of
my vote, the choice is presented between
encouragement of an American industry
and encouragement of a foreign industry, |
shall always give preference to the Ameri-
can industry.
If find tax law so framed as to induce
American capital to diversity itself, shall
certainly make use of that power for that
purpose but / am not in favor of taxing
the American people for the purpose of IN
ducing British, French, German, or other
foreign capitalists, to come here to engage
in any manufacturing industry.
Mr.. Hoar-Although we get back, in
prosperity, more than we payl
Mr. Morgan-That is an impossibility.