The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-10
MIR. DINGLEY's REMARKS.

The Veil Torn OF Democracy's FaIseh"ods
and Hypocritical Vote Catching Promises
Dir. Dingley of Name opened the cha te
on behalf OF the Repu Dlicsn side in opposi-
ton TO the Democratic tariff bills. If the
gentleman from Tennessee" said he, rep
resents In his sree~h and his recent North
American article the views and purposes
OF the Democratic party az to tariff lecIsla-
ton. and i have doubt lie does I'll en- the
three sporadic bills reported by the Demo-
cratic asorIiy of the ways and means
committee and now before the committee
as the tariff reform scheme of Democratic
House containing 40 Democratic majority
afford the most striking exhibition of let
ting Il dare not before presidential cleo
ton wait on L would after the cleo
tlon, that has ever been my fortune
to observe in the political history Of
this country. The gentleman from Ten
nessee condemns the Mckinley tarIn en-
acted by the Republican party and pre-
ssntIng a complete plan of protection, and
condemns all protective duties as class
legislation robbery, wall of fire to de-
6trOy foreign trade. and q measure which
Is sprInging ruin upon the country. And
he annOunces-just as he and his Demo-
cratic associates did before the election of
1880 at the time the new tariff law was
framed-that the mission of the Democratic
party Is 10 sweep every line and word of
the 'unholy tariff from the statute book
and substitute measure of tariff reform,
from which shall be eliminated all class
legislation all robbery all protection.
The voters who were deceived and per-
shaded to accept Democratic promises in
New England that the Democratic scheme
of tariff reform looked TO the relief of
manufacturers suffering for want of free
coal. irOn-ore and free pig-iron with sly
lntlmatlon that the manufactured articles
would be undisturbed are anxiously await
ing the redemption of these pledges by this
Democratic House. The voters in West
Virginia. Virginia and other coal and IRON
producing States, who were told that the
Democratic plan of tariff reform would
leave coal and irOn-Ore and pig-irOn undis-
turbed and would severely cut the duties
on Eastern manufactured products. are be-
ginning to ask for the redemption of
pledges made to them. and those Western
and Southern farmers whose votes were
captured by the assurance that the Demo-
cratic plan of tariff reform contemplated
q general overturn of the Mckinley tariff
and-rJotection. are becoming uneasy at the
non-fultllment OF the pledges made to
them.
"In this situation. with the Republican
policy fully and clearly set forth IN the ex-
listing law. with the representative of the
repeating his old denuDclations of the
enormites of the Mckinley tariff. what
does the Democratic majority of the ways
and means committee propose as the DEM
Ocratic plan of tariff refOrmf First, to
place binding-twine on the free list; sec
Ond, to place on the free list baggIng and
hOop-iron when manufactured into cotton
ties. and all machinery for the manufacture
of cotton bagging; third, to place on the
free list the farmers wool and abolish so
much of the duty on cloth. which is for The
beneht of the farmers, and to leave an
average ad valorem duty of SO per cent. TO
protect the manufacturer"
Mr.. Dingley defended the Mckinley act
eloquently and at length and argued that
the three bills proposed by the Democratic
majority of the ways and means COM
injury to the farmer. The free wool
bill. he said. proposed free trade for
the most universal product of the farm
and continued protection for the manu-
faeturer of wool. 1t would certainly re-
uuce the price and destroy the wool in
dnstry. Continuing, Mr. Dingley said:
Every evil prediction relating TO the Nc
Kinley tariff has been disproved BIZ the
march of events. Every prediction of it's
is more than justified. The policy which
has done so much 10 make this country the
largest agricultural. the largest Inanufac-
turing. the largest mining. and the most
prosperous country on the face of the earth
is here to stay" Great applanse.l
Before the conclusion of Mr.. Dingley' g
speech the committee rose and the House
tomorrow and continue for five or SIX
weeks, with occasional Interruptions of
two OF three days for the silver bill and
appropriation bills.