The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-02
he allowed for closing the debate. The
chair recognized Reed of Maine.


/ amid sald cheering and hsnd-csapninr in
the galleries and ha2aas from his friends.
/ "Hen quscf was finally restored. with his
! BACK 10 hts friends and his lace 10 hts
ioes. towering in defiance. he began m,
address by saying the bill WAS oiielas IN
/ oota SIDES OF the house. Ii meets with IA
/ NoF nowhere and commands the respect If
/ neither party. Oa this side We helsexa
that While l, rreiends 10 be for p-oseetion
/ u does no. afford IL, and on the other si3se
they believe that while il looks toward
/ Tree trade II does not accom- pltsh 1t. TAoss
who viii vote against this bill will do "a
/ because II opens our markets 20 the de-
s'ructive competition of foreigners; those
| who will vote for IL will do So with ths
reservation thar they wils instantly eevo,s
themselves to new crusade against What.
/ ever barriers are left. The argument that
the bill should be passed 10 pnt an end 70
doubt. which Is worse than any bill can
| be. was specious and insidious. as. were
the bill passed by both branches TODAY.
uncertainty woula reign Iust the same.
he then proceeded TO argue at length on
the dement's of the tariff from the standard
OF wages for the American laaorer aud
for the American farmer.
Throughout Reeds sreech he was yre-
quentiy interrupted by applause. and even
the Democrats 1t times Joined in the laugh
ter At his witticlsms- At the close he Was
greeted with spontaneous, long con-
tinned burst of applause. and was warmly
congratulated by his friends While the
demonstrstion was still in progress Crisp
rclinqaished the chair to Hatch of Mis-
souri and took seat on the floor of tho
house.
N -
recognized to reply to Reed. Until he
warmed he spoke with hesitation, bat as
ne proceeded his words came in perfect
torrent. sweeping resistlessly over all oppo-
sition. and he was encouraged hy the
hearty applause of his Democratic asso-
ciates. His points. however. were of an
srgumentative order, calculated to appeal
TO students of the question rather than 10
the galleries. He declared that while the
protective system was built up ostensihIy
for the benefit OF labor, it was actually for
the benefit of the manufacturing classes.
pointing out that the wages of laborers in
protected industries went down, while
those in unprotected ones went up
as result of the Mckinley
act. He referred 10 the artificial
condition produced by protection, which
was Chinese wall, not only shutting out
the world, but shutting in the United
States. Crisp declared that thirty years
of protection were period of unrest, DUR
ing which the masses constantly rebelied
against burdensome taxation. They had
always been stilled at the polls by Repub-
iican promises TO reduce tho tariff. but
when elected the Republicans surrendered
themselves body and soul to the manu-
facfurers. He pointed to the Chinese a.
an example of protective policy for
hundreds of years. Crisp said that for
twenty-five years tho Democratic party
had been trying to get into power. 1t had
told the people that. If given power. II
would reduce the burden of taxation, and
this tariff was redemption of that
promise. IL was not perfect bill, but was
step in the right direction. Referring Ia
the varions features of the bill. he spoke
of the income tax, which was greeted bv
vociferous applause by the advocates of
that measure. Crisp closed with an elo-
quent appeal to his Democratic associates
10 waive minor objections and look at the
great Democratic principle involved.
Wilson. chairman of the ways and
means committee, at once arose to close
the debate. and was greeted with great
cheers. lie opened with sarcastic replies
to Burrows OF Michigan and Dolliver OF
Connecticut Turning to the sub jeci in
hand, he eloqucntly portrayed the ad-
vances OF freedom. This bill, he said, IL
one OF these advances. No Mex inley bill
could stem the advance of human prog
ress. Great causes could not be laughed
or ridicnled away, and the gentleman
from Maine could not draw from his
armory of sarcasm and wit to stop The
advance of this cause of tightening the
burden Of over-taxation. Referring TO the
income tax. Wilson said he had not
wanted it attached TO this bill. but, once
attached. he supported it loyalty. There
was continued applause as Wilson denied
the charges OF sectionalism in ahc bill and
closed with an eloquent appeal to his
fellow Democrats. saying that In passing
the bill the house would permanently
record no mere passing event, bat a great
epoch in American history.
Wilson's glowing peroration aroused the
Democrats and galleries to the highest
pitch ofenthusiasni, aud the denomination
which followed the last words has seldom
been equaled in the house The whole
Democratic side rose to its feet. and books
and Records were thrown in the air. Cheer
followed cheer. and people in the galleries
Joined with voice and hands IN the tribute.
cratic members bubbIing over With enthn-
siasrn. Tom Johnson. Tucker and Bryan,
rushed up the aisle. lifted Wilson upon
their shoulders and carried him in triumph
TO the rear of the hail. where for ten min
utes he listened TO words of praise show
cred upon him. 1t was a remarkable
denomination in every respect.
The time had now arrived TO vote on the
bill and pending amendments. but the
disorder was so great that the sergeant-at-
arms was called upon to clear the aisies.
allowed upon the floor. were obliged TO re-
tire. IL took twenty minutes to restore
order so that public business could pro-
ceed.
The speaker then announced the two
pending amendments TO be that OF tho
committee on ways and means to Increase
the duty on barley from 20 10 % per cent,
and barley meal = to IS per cent. and the
amendment OF Tawney, Rep, of Mime
sofa TO increase the duty to ~ cents per
bushel on barley and 81 cents ON barley
malt The first vote was taken on fhs
Tawney amendment, which was lost, I2D
90 ie7. The committee amendment was
then agreed 20, 202 TO i3i. although a num-
ber OF Democrats, including Lock wood,
McCreary, McMillin, Warner. Bland.
Wheeler and Woiverton, voted against 10.
The speaker then announced that the
vote was upon the amendments adopted
by the committee of the whole. Tom
Johnson demanded n separate vote on the
xaoI and wnoIen nfnauA fuAut. and Ep