The Portland daily press., 1892-03-10
He Said He Knew that MeMlllin Was
Making His Tariff Speech. az /.
MIR. DINGLEY SENDS NOT SCOT
INTO THE DEMOCRATIC CAMP.

The Rest of His Speech Was Tiresome
Mr.. Dingley's Forcible RepIy--How
the Tariff Debate Began.
WASHINGTON, March Gin past years
the day for the opening debate upon the
tariff has been red letter day and almost
all the members have been in attendance,
and the galleries have been thronged
with spectators. But the rule met with
it's exception this morning. When the
Speaker called the House to order at
noon there were not more than $50 mem
bers present, and the galleries did not
contain more than the usual audience.
After the transaction OF unimpoftant
business, and the morning hour having
expired on motion of Nh McMillin OF
Tennessee the House went into commit
tee Of the whole upon the revenue bills,
Mr.. Blount of Georgia being designated
as the presiding officer. Mr. McMlllin
addressed the. House making long
speech in opposition to the Mckinley
BILL Much Of the speech was devoted
to the old cry the tariff is a tax In
his speech. Mr.. McMillin said:
''It is sometimes claimed by the friends
of this excessive taxation that the Wa
terloo visited upon the Republican party
in 1890 was not on account of the tariff
bill they passed. If not what was the
cause Of it? VIII the. distinguished gen
tIeman from Massachusetts, Mr.. Lodge,
admit that it was a rebulSe to him and
his followers for passing the force bill?
Will the
distinguished Gentleman from Maine,
the ,ex-Speaker of this House, admit that
it was not the tariff but the result of his
administration of affairs here? VIII
those gentlemen in charge of the appro-
priations admit that it was on account OF
the prodigality of that Congress? These
had something to do with it doubtless,
but the greatest factor that entered into
the overwhelming defeat was the tariff
law that we are now attempting to
amend.'
In the course of his speech. Mr.. Ne
Millin was interrupted by Mr.. Raines, Of
New York, with suggestion that the
ate elections in New York had not been
of a character to encourage the Demo-
cratic party.
Mr.. McMillin retorted that the ex-
Speaker had, on Monday last, referred to
the triumphant march of truth. Ihat
march was emphasized by the fact that
the gentleman from Maine MI. Reed no
longer occupied the chair but was rele-
gated to the floor where he could do
nothing but curse and cry. Laughter
The city of the gentleman from Maine
had gone Democratic the other day.
Mr. Reed, who was in the cloak room
when his name was mentioned, strolIed
down the aisle, and as he did so, drawled
out an apology that he had not been
present because he knew the gentleman
from Tennessee was speaking. Laugh
ter 5
Mr.. McMillin replied that he cared not
what the gentleman reason for being
absent was.
ana. MI. Dingley, of Maine,
was the next speaker. He said: IF the
gentleman from Tennessee represents in
his speech and his recent North Ameri-
can article, the views and purposes of
the Democratic part as to their tariff
legislation. and have no doubt he does,
then the three sporadic bills reported by
the Democratic majority of the ways and
means committee and now before the COM
nittee as the tariff reform scheme Ola
Democratic House, containing l4O Demo-
cratic majority, affords the most striking
exhibition of letting L dare not before a
Presidential election, await on 1 would
after the election, it has ever been my
fortune to observe in the political history
of this country. The voters who were
deceived and persuaded to accept Demo-
cratic promises in New England that the
Democratic scheme of tariff reform
IN +I,o Of fNf etJI
suffering for want of free coal, free iron
ore and free pig iron with a sly intima-
ton that manufactured articles would be
undisturbed, are anxiously awaiting the
redemption of those pledge by this
Democratic House. 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 undisturbed, and would severely cut
the duties ON eastern manufactured pro-
ducts, are beginning to ask for the
Redemption of the Pledges
made to them. Those western and
southern farmers whose votes were cap
tured by the assurance that the Demo-
cratic, plan of tariff reform contemplated
the general overthrow of the Mckinley
tariff and protection, are becoming I'M
easy at the non-fulfllment of the pledges
made them.
''If tariff reform is to be made an is
sue by the Democratic party in the next
presidential campaign, the voters of the
country have right to be informed now
and here, by the l40 Democratic majori-
ty of this House, exactly what kind of a
tariff bill the Democracy would srlbsti-
tute for the existing Mckinley tariff. The
fact that the Democratic leaders have not
presented, and will not present such a
complete tariff measure is practically a
confession that they dare not let the peo-
pie see what they propose to do. "
Mr. Dingley then attacked the three
bills before the House. speaking at con-
siderable length.
Cleveland Says They Have BIundered.
OMAHA, Neb., March 9.-George L..
Miller. well known Democrat of this
city, states that, in conversation some