Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-08
THE DAY IN The HOUSE


NJ Funston and His FlareuP occupy
Most Of the Time-The Free Wool Bill
Passed-Mr. wilson's speech.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April Tariff
1.i internal revenue consumed the time
o. the House to-day. Tariff had the
ghJ OF way and after a speech from
N- Wilson, OF West Virginia, who won
BIS spurs and reputation as one OF the
dearest headed men in the House when
Be advocated the Mills bill, the free
vla. bill was dispatched on its journey
,oward the Senate. The cotton tie
,rsfl. WA doOut TO % s5J m urUtiOn
WIEN the internal revenue came In and
compelled it take a siding.
I. came in with Mr.. Funston, Oi
Kansas, acting as switchman. A New
/ York temperance paper had seen fit TO
publish the names OF certain Senators
and Representatives who, the cOrre-
r-ndent averred, were accustomed 70
-il.ge in intoxicating drinks in the
House and Senate restaurants. Much
l-usement was occasiOned, as one after
mother Of the members alluded TO rose
and denied the soft impeachment or
Pleaded guilty 20 the charge. But it
vas not laughing matter with Mr..
Funston, and his denuncistion Of the
.0rresD0udent was so vigorous that he
Vas greeted with Kisses from the gal
er.eS
The internal revenue having blocked
tls road for half an hour was switched
onto the siding, and the right OF way
vas accorded 10 the cotton tie measure.
Mr. Cobb, Of Alabama, from the Com
n.ttse on Elections, submitted the MI
n1rty report on the Noyes-ROckwell
contested election case, aud it was or
'arei printed.
Mr.. Wilson, Of West Virginia, then
took the floor 20 close the debate on the
.ras WOO. bill.
Fla promised his speech with an allu-
son 90 the illness OF the distinguished
chairman OF the Committee on Ways
i1d Means That illReSS, he said, had
been due 20 his conscientious industry
'l framing this bill aud his tireleSs ef-
forts 20 become rcQuainted with all the
hc,s bearing upon it. He tMr. Wilson,
i'1 not possess the same equipments as
bad been obtained by the gentleman
from Illinois. It was not his purpose 10
review in detail the already much-de-
Gated provisions OF this bill.
The reasons for the bill, The defense
OF To-, the benefits of IL, had all been
stated with q vigOr and force that no
could not possibly equal Neither was
bis purpose % make a comparison OF
ia conflicting systems OK taxation that
were now struggling for mastery Ia
-- and. He could attempt only 10 use
la pending measure as a text for some
criticism % the existing law.
Nr Wilson then proceeded % criti-
Csc The Mckinley law and % ridlcule
.1e manner in which 10 was formulated.
10 conclusion Mr.. Wilson said:
There is great eXaggeration here
s'd everywhere as To the character, OF
'oreign labor. I read a few days ago
s.a'emeut made by Mr.. Butter worth,
i Ohio, that be diligently looked Tor
lS pauper labor Of Europe where ever
ls was in Europe last summer. In Ger
many, To- Belgium, in Holland he looked
o- t3nd did not find il. II be had
.lael for 10 In the fields OF the farmers,
be- had looked for 10 in the fields or
zoe wheat growers, IL he had gone fur
-er and looked in the fields OF the cot
.'n growers he would have found that
PaCper labor.
Gentlemen, compare the condition
J, lhe people OF England with the con-
-aon Of the people Of this \luntry;
ol9try that until a few years ago, al
IoSt .n the days of OCr fathers, was hid
Yen from the knowledge Of the people
those older worlds. Here, while they
we're exhausting their fields, the mold
20 our agricultural valleys was deepen
az Here, while they were exhausting
-elr mines, ours were lying undiS-
'oed 10 the mountains Here, while
ey we're exhauSting their forests, not
sound of an axe broke the
s1ce OF the woods. And now,
there is let into this
iry, but handful Of people, so TO
<, the most intelligent, the most
rprising, the best educated people
ne world; a people that have
Nht with them 20 this country all
knowledge, oil tbs science, all the
's1aHs al ths tools, Az shs SaPas'