Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-09-19
rusE TARIFF RsLE- PASSED.
six Hours of Debate and vote
Promptly Taken.


The tariff bill was taken up, on
Sept. 10th the question being on
its passage, and six hours being al
lowed to close the discussion, after
which the vote was to be taken.
Mr.. Hoar, referring to the recipro-
city proposition, said that he had
voted for it yesterday with some
hesitation and would not have done
so if he had thought that the scheme
contained in the amendment was all
that was likely to come out OF The
entering on that policy. There was
some great constitutional difficulties
in the way which had been ably
stated by Mr. Evarts. He thought
also that on the one side the recipro-
cal exchanges were incomplete and
that they contained on one or two
articles, especially tea and hides,
that had to be dealt with solely in
the view OF internal interests and
without relation to the effect on
other countries of their being taxed
or untaXed. He thought also that
in the forefront of any policy on
that question the United States
should determine to put an end, as
tar as legislation could do it. to the
practice of foreign nations imposing
export duties on products used here.
He would have such products coming
from such na.ions excluded Alto
gether from American ports if they
could be supplied from elsewhere.
He, however, regarded the amend
ment rather as declaration of pur-
pose than as definition of legisla-
tive policy /; and it was in that view
that he had given it his support.
Mr.. Hiscock commenced his
speech with n bitter arraignment. of
Democratic Senators who. he said.
had surpassed their predecessors
and themselves in charlatanism.
demagosism, Misrepresentation and
insincere professions of devotion to
the industrial interests of the coun-
try.
Every effort to provide free homes
and secure free speech for the labor
ing classes had been resisted by the
Democratic party up to 1851 by
every method which craftsmanship
could devise and rufianism execute
and the last great effort had culmin-
ated in civil war. And that party
had since then opposed all measures
that looked to the elevation and to
the assurance of equal rights Of the
laboring classes of the old slave
States.
Coming directly to the Tariff bill
Mr.. Hiscock asserted that it had
not been constructed with view to
iniure commerce, but rather to
create and foster commerce. Its
effects would be so beneficial that it
would remain long time undisturb-
ed ; and even the Democrats would
change front and proclaim their de-
votion to the principals of protee-
ton. He went on to compare the
administration of Mr.. Harrison with
that of MI. Cleveland, and said that
the benefits which had resulted from
u Republican administration of pub.
lic affairs was forcibly illustrated by
a comparison of the financial opera
tion Of the Treasury Department,
The largest increase in The internal
revenue in any one year during Mr.
Cleveland's administration had been
$6,56S,000; while, without any
change in the law the increase of
collections for the first full year OF
Harrison's administration had been
100000. The gain might fairly
he said, be credited to Republican
honesty and efficiency in that one
branch of the Treasury Department.
The average cost Of collections un-
der Cleveland had been 1856 per
cent; under Harrison only 30 per
cent. The surplus on the frst OF
March, 1889, had been $48.000,000.
There were then no United States
bonds that could be called for