The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-09
The Kansas Blatherskite Announces
Himself all Absolute Free-Trader.
Now that He Wears Socks Paid for BY Uncle
Sam He Wants to Destroy Industries That
Keep others from Going BsrefOOted.
An Evening Session ofthe House Wasted
by Those Who Don't Like Pensions.
Correspondence Relating to the Rejection Of
Minister Blair BY China Made Public-A
Protest Against the Exclusion Act
JERRY Is A FREE-TRADER.

The E1-sookies. Statesman Would like Co
See Mechanics Going Bsrefooted.
WASHINGTON. April s-There was little
of interest in the proceedings of the House
to-day. After brief passage at arms be.
tween the Speaker and Mr.. Burrows. which
was the aftermath Of a more acrimonious
passage which occurred o few days ago,
during which Mr.. Burrows was ordered To
take his seat. the House. quietly. In COM
mittee of the whole. resumed consideration
of the cotton bagging bill Mr. Simpson Of
Kansas to-day came out flat-footed as an
absolute free-trader. without reservation,
Interest in the tariff discussion Is steadily
on the decline, and the attendance In tho
House this morning was small
Mr.. English of New jersey. the author Of
the old ballad of ben Bolt" and Demo-!
crat. took the floor. His voice was very
weak. and he took his position directly in
front of the Speakers desk. His speech
was dissertation upon the subject of the
tariff. He opposed the pending bill, and
said that he had been q tariff-reformer in
the days of the Walker tariff He had been.
q tarih-reformer then; he was q tart fire.
former now. But he was not tariff de-
stroyer, and therein lay distinction with
difference.
announced himself as an absolute free !.
trader. He was not one of the men who ,
were willing to compromise with wrong,
He had learned Republicanism when the /,
1t stood for O principle. When the Repub- !
lican party became the champion of sper
cial interests, when the moneyed power
got control of il he left the Republican
party. and to-day he stood for absolute
m a
foreign nations wanted to flood Us with
goods he would tear down the dykes any
time they wanted to begin the flooding.
He wished to see-from a selfish stand
point-the Southern farmer released from
every tax. because for the cotton or the
South the people of Kansas traded their
corn and wheat The less the Southern
to buy Kansas corn. So from selfish views
he was in favor of this bill. Ii took
step toward putting everything else on
the free list Ii was by Just such
up. One man asked for protec-
ton and was protected. The man who
had 20 consume the protected article de-
sired protection on the products of his
labor. and so the logTolling went on. Ii
was said that protection was necessary to
give labor protection. Had not somebody
deprived labor of its natural lifei Labor.
the king. labor. the sovereign. had been
pushed from its throne. and capital reigned
the bastard monarch-in it's stead. On
account of the protective system the House
had passed. O few days ago, bill that was
disgrace to any civilized nation. Ii had
passed q bill to protect this country against
the labor of the highest protective nation
In the world. Why did the House do thisf
In the interest of California. one of the
grandest States in the Union. The House
was compelled. under the policy of proteo-
sIon to pass q law restricting immigration.
from another country, and in defense OF
the people of California he had been COM
PEELED to vote for the bill.
Mr. Henderson of Illinois-Do L UNDER
stand that the gentleman voted for n bill
which no regarded as disgrace to civiliza-
tioni
PEELED to do 1t In defense of the laboring g
class of the State OF California. which Is
shnt of by the land monopoiies and the
protective tariff.
the one section of the bill was ready for
amendments Dir. Turner of Georgia. in,
charge of the bill. moved to strike out the
clause which makes free hoop or band
iron, or hoop or band steel. flared. splayed.
or punched" This was agreed to. The
committee then rose and reported the bill
to the House and recess was taken until
O'Clock. the evening session to be for the
consideration of private pension bills.
The curtain rose at O'clock and dropped
at 1880. Between the rising of the curtain
and the fall of the same the usual Friday
night farce was enacted. Mr.. Martin OF
1uulaub, cnulttuhu Ol tuc COunmitbcc Oh lue
valid pensions yainly endeavored 10 i'm
press upon the House the idea that the
evening session was not ordered for amuse-
ment but for business But little tragedy
was also interjected by Mr.. Butler of Iowa.
who rose to say that the members who had
spoken at length were not In favor of pen
sion legislation.
Mr.. Smith of Illinois. who had spoken for
nearly an hour said that If the gentleman
referred to him, his statement was not
true.
Mr.. Butler replied that he did refer to
the gentleman.
Mr. Smith referred to the Record as sub.
sanitation of his position.
Mr.. Butler retorted that the Record was o
record of wind instead of voting.
Mr.. Pickler of South Dakota appealed to
the House to cease this boyish play, It
was not worthy of the representatives of
the American people. The gentleman
from Texas lMr. Kilgorel, who was one OF
the speakers had. he said. wasted more OF
the peoples money in obstructing the bust
ness OF the House than would pay every
pen sion claim on the calendar. Nothing
being accomplished the lights were extin-
guished.