Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-06-29
BY TELEGRAPH.
IN THE SENATE.


Ws-HlsEras June s----in the senate-
the resolution offered yesterday b. Hale, a.
10 Tn. sfFeetnsI difference b.tseen the Re-
publican policy Of Protection and Demo-
cratic policy Of tariff for revenue only,
was taken up. Hale addressed the Senate.
: He said iha, tariff fnr revenue oaly,
which Is 10 be the rsilyins cry
( Of the Democracy in this campaign, Is only
separated from free uaie By the amount
( of reyenne Seeded 10 maintain sbs govern
nsent Al iaciiestai protection 10 the
American lahorpr in his competition With
ansiertaid paHIer labor abroad, all reeosri-
tiosa Of ;lse great industries bailt up under
the protective SYSTEM were tGihIessly tossed
aside b. the Democratic national convention
IL Chieago.
{ That convention adopted a platform near
er to free trade than anything uttered to
, rlle country sine. the absolutely flse trade
constitution Was adopted By the Southern
Confe,ler4cy Every state that helped to
form the free trade constitution ot the Con
federaey voted In favor Of the proposition
adopted by the convention.
Hale spoke Of the increase in the balance
Of trade in favor of the L uited States during
the II months up 10 April, and said this was
the Republican showing. The policy OF
Democratic party. a. shown by it, tariff
plank. WAS British and not American. The
Republican party gladly accepted the issue
presented on the other side
Vest replied To tIale He said the Dem
ocratic party accepted the challenge given
today by the senator from Maine, IL pro-
posed on that issue To stand 0g fall a. a
political ORGANIZATION. Vest asserted that
the American people enj0yed greater
prosperity from ls'.n To isttl under the low
Walker taria than ii has known before or
since. The balance of trade III favor of the
nitt,l States Was s6S 600 800 ia the year
before the Mckinley iaw went into effect,
and oniy So 800 600 the rear after. There
hal never been such commercial disaster
brought about i'll short time IS follow ed
That infamous legislation.
He mentioned necessary articles whose
cost were increased under the Mckinley
act. He said 800 strikes, reductions of
wages, lockouts, etc, had occurred since
the Mckinley act went into effect. lie pro-
duced list Of over 100 trusts, and said the
trusts were created under the tariff. lie
denied llalcs suggestion that in free trade
England almost all business was. managed
b by trusts. lie declared that Mr.. Campbell.
the new chairman of the Republican ma
/ tional committee, was feed attorney OF 7.
ID. Armour and 4 tool Of monopoly.
Hale said that every one of Vests STATE
mcn;s would be disputed, He asked ii TX
Secretary Whitney vino controlled the
Chicago convention was in no way associ-
ated with any great movement, and he said
the greatest of all trusts, the Standard oil
Company, was the interest that controlled
tht. hicauu convention
Vest denied, vi Mir. Whitney, own
statement, that he Whitney had any in
terest in the STANDARD Oil Company, though
his brother-in-law va, stakeholder. The
morning hour expired and Ilale's resolu-
ton went over without action, but will bt
again laid before the Senate tomorrow.