The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-04-11
MR.. BROWER ANSWERED.
A FULL STATEMENT OF THE
TOBACCO TAX QUESTION.
Senator Vance's Speech Heard with
Pleasure--The Senate Forgot its Dig.
nifty and Laughed AT His Jokes.
Personals, &c.

Personals. &c.
Especial Cor. Of STATE CHRONICLE
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 81 com
mend Mr Brower's party fealty in try
ing to cover up the Inconsistencies of |
Speaker Reed. and if the ten command |
ments could be complete without the |
*, it would be orthodox to endorse the |
Republican Speaker for saying that he |
had ''never declined to recognize a |
member from North Carolina or Vir- !
glnia'' in an effort to repeal or amelio-
rate the internal revenue system. AS
regards the Speakers more recent action
in this matter, will quote the Washing
ton correspondent of the Springfield Re-
publican, one of the ablest papers in
the country:
''Speaker Reed has not yet replied to
the courteous request of the Democratic
members from the tobacco growing
States, that one of their number be
recognized Monday to move the repeal
OF the tobacco tax. 1t is not expected
that he will recognize mem Der for such
a purpose, but one of the Democratic
members will put him to the test on
Monday by trying to secure recognition.
Congressman Brewer, the North Caro-
lima Republican who voted for the Mills
bill because Of its tobacco tax repeal
features, was laboring with the Speaker
to-day, but did not make much of an
impression. Mr.. Reed seems to have
changed his views on the subject since
the last Congress as completely as he has
on the question of quorum.
This shows why Mr.. Brewer is so un-
easy about the item published about a
month Or six Weeks ago. The basis of
that item was this On the very day
that Speaker Beed sprung his new con-
structlon Of quorum on the House,
Col. ". Il H. Cowles wa over on the
republican side of the House pleading so
earnestly with Mckinley about this re-
peal measure, that he uncoasciously
gave the vote whicn he Immediately re-
called, and which caused such stir at
the time. Col. CoWles told Mai Nc
kinley that with his assistance as Chair
men Of the Ways and Means Committee,
bill repeating the tax could be pushed
Though the House at once Mckinley.
speaker Reeds chosen chairman and ac-
know edged authority On the floor of the
House III all matters pertaining to meas
uses referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means, did not respond to Col.
/ Co"les' urgent request. He craw- fshed
out OF the position on this subject which
he had professed to hold during the en-
tie existence Of the Fiftieth Congress.
He resorted to every phase OF
fiuesse and diplomacy to evade
tie issue our Congressman were
trying to force on him. Colonel Cowles
told him he had list of names in his
pocket of Congressman who would vote
for the measure if Mckinley would bring
il up. AS chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee Mckinley could have
brought it up then and there. Instead
# this be declined to do 80, in around
about way-I admit-but the result was
the same. The Speaker that day caused
3 diversion and it was very effective
one by counting quorum-when, from
q parliamentary standpoint there wa
none.
Mr.. Brewer may assert there was
quorum as Reed did just a.
Reed asserts, at Blowers suggestion
that my statement in the STAT
CHRONICLE which l repeat at lengtl
in the above, is not true. Th
, facts, however, remain the same and ar
susceptible of the most absolute proof
,, DO not believe Maj. Mckinley woul'
deny the statement made above, and i
| is hereby repeated on the authority O
Col. w. H. II. CoWles. Moreover tn
very words used in the STATE CHRONl
Gle were copied verbatim from sourc
whose reliability has not been questione
on this point. The very words have bee
printed in metropolitan journals an
! their authenticity has not been ques
toned by Speaker Reed because, pei
haps, THE PUBLICATION WAS NOT SUI
r POSED TO AFFECT VOTE IN Mr. BROW
ER's DISTRICT. T,e statement in tn
O STATE CHRONICLE, however, mad d di
ferent bearing and Mr.. Brewer pai
that paper a compliment when be PEI
I suaded the Speaker to reply to it ovt
e his signature. Since Mr.. Reed counte
d that quorum, however, and declare
!. there was one, when a previous declars
J. ton of his in the Congressional Recor
, affirms that it was not a quorum,
+ think am wasting your space in dive
q ling longer on this subject Thel
). was one point | omitted to make hov
q ever, out of an instructive courtesy,
y the republican members Of our deleg
"a ton. 1t was this, Col. Cowles did n
~ ask them to sign the memorial to NJ
7 Reed, and it is possible that Mr.. Brow
was not informed of either moveme
% to repeal the tax which was made
# THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE NOR7
is CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ELEGATION
y The signers of the second request We
l. handed me by Col. Cowles. a few da
7 ago Col Cowles told me he had list
It the members who would vote to repe
"a the tax when be first begged McKinl
n, to bring the bill up:
- Col. and Mrs. Cowles have the syl
pathy OF host OF friends IN their gre
bereavement. Col C0wles was col
:, pletely overcome by the news
= [ heard Senator Eance's speech on
;. Montana election case, which has be
- teleg aphed you in brief. noticed tt
- he was listened to with profound atte
zion. Senators Evarts and Spoor
came over to the Democratic side a
followed him attentively. Senator +
munds paid close sttention, and Inga
loft his choir a. uras;din1 offinar n