The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-07-22
VOORHEES, ON HOMESTEAD.



A few days seo the democratic party
after iss work was done at Chicago, ad
journed. We came back here, and q
we came 10 our seats those who were
able 10 get them we were met BY I
partisan preamble and resolution, iu.
Itroduced by the senator from Maine
l(Mr. HALEY taunting In its character and
Intended TO point out what he thought
was . defect in the platform Of that
convention. I have that resolution be-
fore me. II reads:
"Whereas. Al no time has so large q
proportion Of the American people been
employed at SO high wages. and pur'
chasing the necessities and comforts o
lite at so low prices Is in the year 1892
and
Whereas, The balance OF trade with
foreign countries has never been Sc
large in favor Of the United States as in
the last year; and
Whereas, These conditions exist and
are largely due 10 The republican policy
OF "protection"; therefore.
/ Resolved, That the committee on fin
ance be, and il hereby directed, TO in
qnire into The effect Of . policy Of tariff
Tor revenue only upon the labor and
industries Of The United States. and 10
report upon the same to the senate =
| II is true. sir. that at Chicago the
democrstic party resolved that the re-
publican policy OF protection was rob-
berry. a frand, . sham, a cheat, q deln-
sion. and a snare; II not in so many
words, yet such was the meaning we
conveyed. and intended 10 convey.
| II is true that that great party there
assembled declared that the power OF
this government extended no further
than 10 levy tariff Tor revenue 70 sup
port Il. economically administered. IL
lie true that we held there and hold now
and here that the protection Of one man
in amassing riches a. the expense OF an
other is an immoral. unjust, dishonest,
and iniqnitous IS stem OF legislation.
| /. sir, am a member OF the committee
on finance. aud have been ever since
bad the honor to enter this body, and
the senator from Maine sought 10 in
|siruct me TO report what would be the
effect upon labor Of tariff for reveDue
only. am not prepared 10 discourse
upon history this morning. but II he
will look back beyond the period OF the
war, take the work published BY that
eminent aud distinguished citizen. who,
whether president or moi. will live
long 10 the memory and affections 0t the
people M. Blsine-if he will take his
work. entitled Twenty Years IN Con-
gress," he will there see hat the condi-
ltion Of this country snd its labor was
when we had tariff for revenue only
under democratic policy.
LABOR RloTs THE OFF STRING or PR0-
TECIION.
Labor riots were not an offspring Of
that policy; labor riots, battles, blood
stained fields came not from the demo-
Icraiic policy on the subject OF the tariff
They have sprung alone from the doc
ltrine of protection which the sena-
Itor from Maine here vaun'e 70 the skiee.
That doctrine has heen misleading; II
has been delusive. You have made the
poor people who laid down their Iives
Yesterday on The banks Of tho M0non-
gahela believe that you were protecting
them. There never wac greater false
hood worked and woven into the Iegis-
Ilation OF the country. There is no pro-
lection for them-none whatever - and
$50 they have found 10 their dreadful
lc0st.
You have said, however, that the Car
negies, the great bar0ns in the manufac-
turing interests. must be protected
against foreign competition, and q the
expense Of the home consumer, in order
10 enable them to pay high wages 70 Ia
bor. Have they done it2 You have
given Mr.. Carnegie his 65 per cent. on
iron end more than 20 per cent. on steel,
and instead OF stepping forward IN the
spirit Of the resolution offered BY the
senator from Maine and paying HE
workmen high wages be told them they
would have 10 submit 10 . reduction OF
from IL to 40 per cent. from this time
on. With protection At Its very acme,
the very zenith. higher than ever known
before, the Mckinley bill glorifying IL
self, the workingman is met within
few DAYS after the resolution of the sena-
Tor from Maine was read In this cham
ber by q reduction OF wages which has
Al this hour made humble homes full OF
mourning, full Of sobs as speak. and
the faces OF women aud children wet
with tears; all this because your pro-
tected manufacturer, instead Of giving
wages to bis men, sought 10 take wsgcs
from them.
These workingmcn At Homestead bad
heard SO often from the eloquent sena.
tor from Maine, and other senator's, that
their great object was 70 protect labor
that they had come to believe Il. They
believed that You meant what you sa'o
when you said you intended 70 protsc1
labor. How have you done ~ Ths
beneficiary Of your systcm, Carnegie =
Co., have responded 10 your resolution
with the employ ymcnt Of II will not cal
II an army. | will not call i military
body, but the employment Of On armee
mob. think the senator from llIino'
fMr. Palmer) might have gone furthe
ana spoken with just pride Of bic grea
and manly contest with these miscreant
when governor of Illinois. was VII
ness "a Il. We live ncighbors and tax
observation Of each other. lie has stat
"a here what We all know. that the Pin
kcr,on forces are the mcrcst mcrcenaric