St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-03
HARD WORK BY HILL.
The Senator Delivers an Address
at Port Jarvis.

PORT JARVIS, N. Y, Nov g. Senator
Hill arrived in town this afternoon and.
after dining, was escorted to the opera
house. which was crowded with people.
Representative Democrats were present
from Goshen, Middetown, Monticello,
Milford. Honesdale and other neighbor-
ing towns. Senator Hill spoke in part
as follows:
This is campaign of education. We
are now discussing industrial and eco
nomical questions. From 1860 to 1888
the issues raised by the war were dom
inaDt, but Mr.. Cleveland's administra-
ton gave opportunity for the discussion
OF new questions. The old war issues
became obsolete; sectional bitterness
has died out. We differ honestly on
questions of public policy. The ques-
ton of federal taxation is the dominant
issue of the campaign. The power to
levy taxes is desp0tic, but necessary,
power in every we'll organized govern
Inent. The difference between the two
parties may be fly defined as fol-
lows:
1.-The Democratic party believes in a
strict construction of the federal con-
stltution; the Republican party believes
in loose construction OF that lnStru-
ment. The Republicans are willing to
confer every possible power upon the
government. The Democrats are for
combining the government to Its strict
constitutional limits. The Republicans
say that taxes should be levied for the
necessary expenses Of government.
There we agree with them. We believe
in tariff for revenue. with incidental
protection. This has always been the
position of the Democratic party. Tariffs
which create unnecessary revenue are
unconstitutional.
IL admit that the First congress en-
acted a revenue bill with a protection
preamble. Let the Republicans make
the most Of it. Congress was coerced
Into the passage of this bill by the i'm
p0rtunities of selfish Pennsylvania, al
ways OIL the lookout for her own inter
ests. The succeeding congress, how
ever,
Recognizing the Danger
of this precedent, and to guard against
future violations of the constitution of
the same kind, enacted the amend
ment providing that all the powers
not expressly granted to the
general government were reserved
| to the states. AS fedsrationism tri'
umphed in the bill under discussion,
the Democracy triumphed in the amend
ment. All the tariff bills passed since
| that time have been passed as revenue
! bills without the recital of protective
intent. Let the Republicans be candid,
and throw off all disguise, and pass a
bill solely and expressly for protection
something like this:
Whereas, no revenue is needed, and
Whereas, certain private industries
need protection; therefore we authorize
such and such duties.
''Such a bill would put the constitu-
tionality Of protection, pure and sim
pie, to the test. Is there any doubt
ihat the United Stated supreme court
would pronounce 1t unconstitutional?
| This cry for protection is growing
evil. Until of late 1t has always been
deemed temporary necessity to encour-
age infant Industries. 1t is now time
for this to cease. In all my travels |
have not found that monStfosity-the
man whose wages have been in
creased by the Mckinley bill.
Wages are higher here than in Eu-
rope because of the superior skill and
intelligence of our artisans. and of our
trade organizations. | challenge our
Republican friends to show one single
manufactured article Oh which duty
enough was not left by the Mills bill to
| IGDIGScIlI IilC ulHSICilCC uOlWCCll AilCl .
lean and foreign labor. What more can
a reasonable protectionist aSk?"
The senator read from the free list of
the Mckinley bill. and argued that the
| placing on the free list of the articles
mentioned did not benefit the masses
He said that the tariff on farm products
is mockery. 1t does the farmer no
good. The Democrats propose not free
| trade, but moderate tariff revision.
| The senator made only very brief
aluSion to the force bill.