The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-16


Presented to the House.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-The House
today went into committee of the whole
on the free wool bill. In the course of
debate, Mr.. Walker of Massachusetts,
made a powerful argument in defence Of
the Mckinley bill.
Mr.. Chapman Of Michigan, said he had
not been surprised to hear the gentleman
from Maine Mr.. ReedJ eulogize Crom-
well. He had no admiration for men of
blood and iron. The good they did was
made evil by the manner of their doing
it. It was not well that citizens of a free
republic should admire such men. He
sometimes thought the contempt for par
liamentary authority shown by the
Great Protector, when he ordered the
mace to be taken away as bauble, was
the father of the thought, exploited here
and elsewhere, that this House should
cease to be deliberative body. He WAS
surprised when the gentleman from
Maine condemned Charles Ii. That
monarch, with his love of privilege, his
love of monopoly, his belief that the rev.
enues of the state were but a bequest to
him and his special favorites, seemed to
be a man entirely after the
Republican heart. When the
GentIemdn from Maine Asserted
that the Democrats, in the organization
of the present House, were acting in
open defiance of the Constitution, he
was peculiarly unfortunate. The United
States Supreme Court had not decided,
and never would decide, that the present
organization of this House was uncon-
stitutional. The court had expressly
disclaimed the power to determine as to
the propriety or wisdom of any rule
made by this House. Mr.. Chapman de-
nounced protection as being paternal
system, which built up the few at the ex-
pense of the many. Yet the mad dance
went on, although labor was demanding
a fair share of the reward of its indus
try and the farmer believed his home
should be happy and comfortable.
Mr.. Milliken of Maine-''Will you ex-
plain what advantage to the farmer, es-
pecially to the wool raising farmer, will
come from the bill under considera-
tion?''
Mr.. Wilson of West Virginia-"He
will get better prices for his wool, and
better clothing"
Mr.. Chipman-s'As usual, the gentle
man from Maine asks question which
has nothing to do with the argument. I
want to talk sense. [ want to be seri-
ous."
Mr.. Milliken-sI would not have asked
the question if I had not believed the
gentleman would give me serious ans
wer."
Mr.. Chipman-s'I am speaking Of
This DamnabIe System of Favoritism
and paternalism, of this system of pro-
tective tariff borrowed from lands in
imical to freedom, system upheld by
Russia with despot and by Germany
with it's imperial bungler."
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri said that war
had destroyed human slavery and upon it's
ruins had been built system of COM
mercial slavery operating to the detri
ment of agriculture and would, if not
relieved of its enormous features, lead to
its ultimate overthrow. He analysed the
census bulletin relative to farms, homes
and mortgages in Alabama, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Illinois and Iowa, to con-
trovert the statement made by Mr.. Ding
ley of Maine, that farm mortgages had
decreased. The amount of mortgages
in those states, he stated had increased
from $648, ,48S, 900 in 1886 to $905, 500. 900
in 1890. This immense mortgaged in
debtedness upon five agricultural states,
to one-third of their entire
assessed valuation.