Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-10
HOUSE.

After the reading of the journal the House
went into committee of the whole tlir Gros-
venor of Ohio in the chair for the further con-
sideration of the tariff bill.
Mr.. Lanham CTex.), in a speech gener-
ally critical of the measure. urged
the Importance of reciprocity with Mexico.
With a proper policy Oh the part of the govern
ment the United States could defy the efforts
of Germany and England TO control Mexican
commerce. lie especially antag0nized the
feature of the bill which places "A duty on
silver and lead orc. declaring that
it would have the effect of Destroy
ing the smelling industry of Texas and
neighboring states. To place duty on Mexi-
can ore would be to invite retaliatory legisla-
tion on the part of Mexico and to close MeNi-
can markets against the products of this coun-
try.
MR.. M'ADOo FEARS EUROPEAN RETALIATION.
Mr. McAdoo (N.J.) declared that what the
majority contended for was not the American
protective system. We're Henry Clay lsome-
times alluded to the founder of the protec-
tive SYSTEM and SIlas Wright members of this
House they would be found in unqualified op-
position TO this bill.
IL the United States made the duties pro-
hibitory it must expect retaliation aCainst its
corn and wheat and beef on the part OF the
nations OF Europe. If re were the
most radical but far-seeing protection
lst he would vote against the measure.
because he believed that IN the end any such
abuse of the taxing power must lead 10 the
total destruction of what had been called the
American system. The pending bill Was a step
backward in civilization and an attempt TO OUT
wit the Laws of nature and to eyade the rules
of common honesty.
IN THE LAST CAMPAIGN
the republicans cried, ''eiect BENJAMIN Harri-
-
slipping the milk of our liberation and gene
rosity or become curiosity in the new
Geological Park MIR. Harrison was
elected and John Bull was rapidly
acquiring the title deeds to our properties.
Elect Benjamin Harrison the republicans
cried. ''and with a stroke of our pen. with the
noise of our protestatlons, We will change the
political maps of Europe and the Americas"
Mr.. Harrison was elected. but the war of the
ante-election jingo lion had become the soft
cooling of the mugwump dove. Applause and
laughter.
THE POLICY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
closed out competition and formed a trust to
regulate domestic consumption, and then the
republicans expressed surprise at the radical
demands coming from Organizations more or
less socialstic IN principle asking that the gov
ernment itself should enter into active compe-
tition with these FrankensteinS il had created
and which, under the present policy, had be-
come more powerful than their creator. lAp-
piauSe.
TIE MILLS BILL AND THE MKCSLEY BILL
CoNTEAsTED.
Mr.. Lafayette ofaNisconsin "a member of the
committee on ways and means) drew a COM
parison between the Mills bill and the pending
measure. The measures faced in opposite
directions. An ocean could roll between them
and if each bill were consigned TO the home of
the majority OF Its friends an ocean would
roll between them. Applause. The repub-
ncan Dn favored protection 10 Amer
lean agriculture. manufacturers and
labor; the democratic bill opposed that policy.
The republican bill proposed 20 save the horne
market for Americans: the democratic bill pro-
posed to Invite all other countries to take this
market from our people whenever il was in
their power so 10 do. The issue was made up.
ana he, as a republican. welcomed it. On these
lines the contest must be fought out TO the
end. The democrats were for repeal Of the
protective duty; the republicans were for Its
continuance.
The republican policy would strengthen the
alien labor law; the democratic party would
nuilify that law. because 1t was cheaper TO I'M
port the product of cheap labor than TO import
the cheap labor itself. After comparing the
condition OF the American laborer. much TO the
advantage of the former. he discussed the
democratic demand for free raw material and
warned manufacturers not to be deceived by
this demand. What was raw material IN one
section OF the country finished product
in another, and the American people would
never brook lop-sided policy which would
protect one section at the expense OF the other.
WHY THE REPUBLICANS APPLAUDED.
He then entered into a detailed explanation
and defense of the various schedules of the
bill. He cited as an illustration of the fallacy
of the democratic position that the daty must
be added to the cost of an article to the con-
sumer. the article of wire nails The democrats
had denounced the republican party when in
1888 it placed a duty Of cents pound on that
article. The duty had stimulated the pro-
duction Of wire nails and today they were
being sold at 2-l0 cents pound, or a little
more than one-half the amount of duty i'm
posed. [Applause on republican side.l
LIEUT.. Col RIcHARD H. JACKSON, fourth artil-
lery. has been detailed to attend the encamp-
ment of the New York National Guard near
Peekskill about july L