Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-03
SPEECH BY TURPIE.
The Hoosier Senator Doesn't
Likve of Reciprocity.
QUESTIONS THE LAWS VALIDITY

And Declares That 1t Is an Old Scheme,
Anyhow, and a False, Fitting, vapor-
ing Wraith'-Bitter Attack on the
Mckinley BilI-Stewart Tells the Sem
ate the Desire of the Silver Men-An
Exodus of Statesmen to Minneapolis
House Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, June "A resolution ask
ing for information as to reciprocity with
Hayti and other Latin American states
afforded Turpie an opportunity in the SEN
ate yesterday TO let off broadside against
the reciprocity policy. He prefaced his
remarks with the statement that the chief
executive and his premier seemed to be
running a race in the last congress as to
who should first receive credit for inau-
gurating the tariff reciprocity scheme, but
neither of these statesmen could lay the
slightest claim to the discovery of that
policy. Treaties were made and carried
into effect regarding the tariff long before
the beginning Of the century. Turpie said
that far the most important reciprocity
treaty was made between England and
Fra ce in 1860. 1t was like a modern tariff
lawiof the United States embracing every
conceivable article of traffic.
Attacks the Laws Legality.
Concerning the recent reciprocity treaties
negotiated by this country, Tarpie said
the secretary of state had come TO our re-
lief as a taxing power. "Whosoever taxes
he RENTS they are renitted; whosoever
taxes he retains they are retained" The
president, continued Turpie could not
make treaty in any other way than that
| allowed by the constitution. 1t could not
| be- treaty unless approved b. the senate
no.matter whether it had the authority of
an act Of congress or not. he was not sure
what these negotiations should be called.
| They were not treaties. They were not
warranted by any act of authority 1t
might be said that they've authorized
| bysthe assent of the senate to the McKin-
| ley bill, but the senate had one way of
| asserting to revenue bill and another
way of ratifying a treaty.
Gets Off Unique Smile.
The whole reciprocity scheme is like
| shipping corn to Barcelona for the pur-
pose of building castles in Spain. In refer
ence to the rejection of reciprocity with
| the United States by the United States
| of Colombia Turpie said that Colombia's
| answer to the secretary of state could be
summed up in an aside like this: I'VE
| are well aware, MI. secretary, tnat you
] are putting up stage performance with a
| background of free trade; we decline to
| take part in this performance or to act in
| it either as supernumeraries or ushers"
Turpie said the presidents reciprocity
proclamations were heavily loaded, but
| they missed fire.
| Refers to the Pinkertons.
He did not believe that commercial
prosperity was to be afforded by the estab-
| lishment of round of commercial speak
| easies." This administration trembled at
| the thought of real reciprocity" Its re-
| ciprocity did not deal with barrels or bales
| but with ballots Its purpose was to
divert the minds of the people from the
| iniquities of the tariff. Turpie made a
bitter attack on the Mckinley bill. But,
he said, credit should be given to some of
the claims of its supporters. There had
been an increase of wages and work in
one class under its provisions-the
Pnkerton detectives, who had thrivsd by
the strikes and other troubles caused by
| the measure.
A Phantasmal al Wind-Up.
In conclusion Turpie said that in years
| to come among the throngs of spectre
| phantoms that had been permitted to visit
the glimpse of the moon would be that
| will-o'the-wisp, false, fitting, vaporing
| wrath, Reciprocity.