The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-30
MR.. HIscocK'S SPEECH.
An Effective Reply to MANY Long
Wlnded Democratic Speeches.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-The Senate today
resumed consideration of the tariff bill and
Mr.. Jones Of Arkansas, spoke in opposition
to it, He asked why not protect the wheat
grower by bounty as well as the sugar
grower. The Declaration Of Independence
contained the assertion that all men were
created equal. Was the declaration a lie?
II not, what right had the American laborer
who produced sugar to be permitted to tax
his brother laborer who produced wheat?
The proposition to take the duty off raw
sugar and pay bounty on American grown
sugar simply meant sugar free for the refn-
cries. sugar free for the sugar trust; sugar
taxed for all who consume 1t for food"
Mr.. German asserted that the bill had
never been considered in any deliberatiye
body and never had consideration in the f.
nance committee in the sense of allowing
the minority members to contest and discuss
its items.
Mr.; Aldrich replied that the paragraph in
question fixing the duty on chronic acid
was fully discussed in the Senate two years
ago when reasons we're given why the adya-
loren duty should be changed to an euuiya-
lent specific duty. He intimated the pro-
posed duty was Tor the benefit Of Balti-
chromate OF potash on which duty of three
cents pound was then proposed.
MIR. Gorman's comment was that it was
the evident intention Of Mr.. Aldrich to di-
vert attention from the real question. No
personal illusions no local interests would
enable him to escape from the necessity
of giving the Senate the reasons for the pro-
posed increase Of duty. Mr. German said
the Democratic Senators wanted free dis
cussion Of the bill and nothing more. The
Republican Senators wanted to rush it
through the Senate at railroad speed. He
warned the Senator from Rhode Island, who
taunted Democratic Senators with ignor-
ance OF the subject, that he would expedite
the passage of the bill by frank and honest
statement of what was contained in it.
Mr.. Aldrich disclaimed the idea of taunt-
ing Democratic Senators. The Senator from
Maryland, he said, have taken rather an nm
fortunate test for his political sermon.
That Senator had, in 1888, made remarks on
a proposition to reduce the duty on bi-chro-
mate of potash from four to three cents a
pound. Mr.. Aldrich proceeded to read what
Mr.. German said on that occasion in opposi-
tion to the reduction and went on to say that
in 1888 the tariff was discussed in every field
and workshop and on every hustings. There
was no occasion for any man to plead igno-
rance OF what the question meant or of the
provisions of the bill which had been be-
fore the Senate ami country three years.
Mr.. German found fault with Mr.. Aldrich
for not having told the whole truth in regard
to his Mr.. Germans position in 1888 in ref
erence to the duty on bi-chromate of potash.
The proposition then was to reduce the
duty from four cents to three cents
while the duty on all New England pro-
ducts was being increased. He Mr.. Cor
mani simply proposed the reduction of BIZ
chvomate Of potash be fixed at three and
one-half cents pound. The Senators on
the Republican side agreed that that was the
fair thing He reminded the Republican
side Of the chamber Of Mr.. Plumb's state
ment that the party was in danger, and Of
his warning that it would have to increase
taxation within is months lie referred to
Mr., Blaine as the one man who, In 20 years
had been able to bring the Republican party
into lire, and as the only man who had the
courage and ability to write an answer to
President Cleveland's tariff message, that
gave to the Republican party hope and faith
of final victory. He said that Mr.. Blaine
had, through the Senators from Maine, told
the Republican Senators that If they passed |
the bill as reported they would destroy the
possibility of increasing trade with coun- |
tries south of the United States and bank |
rupt the treasury iu Is months. tor that was
Senator from Rhode Island wanted to dodge |
the question and bring in personalities.
Mr. HiscOck remarked that so much had |
been said in reference to the influences |
which produced the pending bill 1t seemed |
proper to him that something should be said |
In reply to these charges. The Senator from
MARYLAND said the Republican National Con
yention had pledged itself to protection. IL
had. He had also said that no Senator had
the courage to bring in the sort of bill which
he Mr.. German approved. He TMr. His
cockl trusted no Republican Senator wonId
be pertidious enough to violate the pledges
made in the platform of the last Republican
National Convention. The pending hill vas
an Illustration OF that platform. ne repeiled
the charges that the Republican success AT
the last election was secured through manu-
iacturers or monopolsts. He asserted that
N tne state OIL New York, wherever Demo
tLatlc ma1orltleS were rolled up the steps of
tuS Wnlskey interests could be marked, The |
saloon and tlppling shop had been the re-
crultlng stations of the Democratic party 1t |
was not In the great manufacturing centres |
OF New York state that the largest Republi- |
can malorlties were rolled up, but in the agri-
cultural portions of the state, while the Grim
mai population were the natural allies and
constituents OF the Democratic party.
Mr. Hiscock said the finance committee
had refused to give hearings to representa-
tives of the manufacturers of Germany.
France, England and Belgium. The place
for them to be heard was where the Demo-
cratic members OF that COMMITTEES were in
conference He did not know how much
money was contributed to the Democratic
election fund by those interests but he knew
that every day that the tariff bill was de-
layed was largely to the profit of foreign |
Mr.. Hiscock warned the Democratic SEN |
ators not to indulge in idle prophesies about |