St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-11
KILL The VAMPIRES.
Bold and Brilliant Attack on
the Trusts
BY A NOTED FREE TRADER.
Johnson, Of Ohio, Makes a
Sensational Assault
ON DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE
For the Timid Way They
Handle the Tariff.
gR DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE
BALZELL DEFENDS The BHR0NS.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.-The third
lay OF the tariff debate in the house was
anlivened by sensational speech by
Mr.. Johnson, of OHIO, the free trader
ana single tax advocate. who claims,
with Hon. Lawrence +. Neal, late Demo
cratic candidate for governor of Ohio,
the Joint authorship Of the tariff plank
in the Chicago platform. He boldly
attacked the Democrats for the timid
manner in which they handled the tariff
question, and charged them with cow
ardice all along the line. Mr.. DalZell,
of Pi,tsburg, made brilliant speech IN
defense of the tariff, dwelling particu-
larry on the iron and steel interests.
Messrs. Woomer, of Pennsylvania. and
C0ombs. of New York, were the other
speakers.
Mr.. Cummings, chairman of the COM
mjttee on naval affairs, arose and asked
unanimous consent TO consider the
Boutelic resolution reported back from
the naval committee, calling on the
secretary of the navy for copies of all
orders and communications which
placed the officers and men and ships of
the United States navy under the con-
troll of Commissioner Blount. civilian
who has not been confirmed 10y the
senate. The attempt to secure unani-
nous consideration for this resolution
raised another merry row. which con-
cluded with another verbal duel be-
tween Mr.. Boutele and the speaker.
During the war Of words, Mir. Tracey,
of New York, asked the chair whether
it would he in order TO call for tile regu-
lar order.
"Oh, the White house clock has not
struck this morning." interposed Mr..
Eoutelle. sarcasically.
Mr.. Tracey's cheek fl amed. He in
Qured hotly whether member while
making a parliamentary inquiry could
be atfrOnted. and
CALLED ATTENTION
TO the fact that on another occasion a
gentleman (Mr. Wilson, of Washington,)
had shouted cuckoo" while he was
talking. Mr.. BOutelle disclaimed
any intention of insulting his colleague,
and after the chair had said that in
courtesy he was giving MIR. Boutelle
a hearing, Mr.. Tracey took his seat, still
chafing under the affront put upon him.
and declaring to his friends about him
that he would not stand this sort of
treatment any longer.
The next man who says anything of
that kind" he declared. "Will get his
face slapped.'
The tariff debate was then resumed.
Mir. Hopkins (Rep, Ill.), continuing his
remarks of yesterday, under running
fire of questions from Mr.. Coombs. of
New \ ork, and Mr.. Bry an, of Nebraska.
After the completion of Mr.. Hopkins
remarks, Tom L. Johnson Dem,
o.. the well-kn0wn free trader and
single tax advocate, took the floor, and
created something of a sensation by his
bold utterances.
''We of the Democratic party" he
said, went before this country in 1892.
asserting the existing tariff was wrong
in principle and unjust in operation,
declaring the policy of protection a
fraud and robbery, charging 1t with
creating trusts, sitting commerce,
throttling industry, causing enforced
idleness, lessening wages, impoveriSh-
ing labor and creating a few mOnstrous
fortunes, and pledging ourselves to
abolish it if the American people
GAVE Us AUTHORITY.
They did give US authority and-then
our haste to repeal oppressive taxes
subsidized, and instead of flying at the
throats of protected barons and robber
trusts, the great Democratic party be-
gan. as it were, to Wag its tail and look
for crumbs. 1t was the duty OF party
coming into power on such pledges and
at such conjecture to have proceeded
without a moments delay to the rad
ical revision of the tariff. If MI.
Cleveland had shown the sagacity
and courage the situation demanded,
the ink would not have been
dry on the commissions of his secreta-
rieS, and congress would have been
called into extra session to relieve the
country of its burden of taxation. But
instead OF that we proceeded to rest OH
our laurelS and divide the spolls, and
the nation was treated to the spectacle
of president and a congress having
power TO remove crushing burdens de-
voting their energies to the discussion
of personal claims to petty places, and
as the climax of all this delay came the
shameful days we have jnst passed
through, in which the house has stood
paralyzed because, despite our over
whelming majority, we Democrats would
neither furnish quorum to be counted
nor count the one that was really pres
ent. 1t is not merely that we have vet
done nothing. 1t is that we have done
nothing where we had promised much.
The worst enemy of business is not a
high tariff, but a high tariff threatened
with certain but indefinite reductions.
This is the situation our delay for near
ly year has imposed upon the coun-
try. At present, thanks to our inaction,
the victory of the Democratic party in
November, 1892, has
WORKED EVIL FOR GOOD.
1.-The Mckinley tariff still exerts its
strangling power, and worse than the
Mckinley tariff is The depressing effect
of the uncertainty as TO what tariff will
succeed it" He commended the bill for
the blow at the sugar trust. "Bul.0 he
added, 1.-THE whisky trust and steel trust.
the cordage trust and the bicycle trust
the lead trust and the starch trust. in.
short, the whole brood of vampires
which rob the poor people through the
agency OF the government by means of
the tariff, are left free to pluck the
sarIH-DOund American consumer Ua