The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

the old seat which he occupied in the
days before he was elevated to the
speakership. When he arose in his place
he received an ovation.
This speaker is symmetrical in form,
dignitied i'll bearing, with broad, well
poised head, fringed with a touch Of
silver hair on the sides, upon a pair of
square shoulders. He looked the judi
cial minded man he is. Until he
warmed up he spoke with the hesitation
of a man weighing each word and with
perceptible tremor of the lip. AS he
became aroused, however, he displayed
more freedom and ease until the words
Came In u Perfect Torrent
sweeping resistlessly over all opposition.
As Mr.. Crisp proceeded he was given
generous applause by his Democratic
associates upon the floor, but his points
were of an argumetative character,
which appealed to the students of the
question rather than from the galleries.
He read from the minority report. and
criticised the feature which declared
that the foreigner paid the tax. In par
tlcular the speaker addressed himself to
the ex-spoakcr, although the latter was
still held i'll the cloakrOom by tho con-
gratuatory handshakes.
What Crisp said.
"Mr. Speaker" Logan Mr.. Crisp, 81
feel embarrassed at this vast audience
here assembled; embarrassed i'll the idea
| that / may not he able to fulfill the eX-
| pectatlOns of my friends when | under
take i'll the period allowed in the rules
OF the house, TO answer. to reply to, and
| make corrections to this house of the
errors i'll the argument to which we
have just listened.
81 assume that the cause of protection
mas no more able advocate; l assume
that the arguments for protection can
he put in no more forcible form than
that to which you have listened today,
and ] shall ask you dispassonately to
examine with Inc that argument, and
then ask the Judgment of the house as
to whether the the cause attempted to
be sustained, can be established consist
emily with right and justice to the peo-
pie of the United States.
Wages Went Down Under Protection.
After his opening Introductory re-
marks Mr.. Crisp declared that an ex-
animation of the protective system
would show that while it was built up
for the Ostensible benefit of labor, it was
in truth constructed for the benefit of
the manufacturing classes. He pointed
out that the wages of laDorers in pro-
tected industries went down and those
in unprotected industries went up, as
a result of the Mckinley act. This
was shown by the statistics
gathered by the senate commit
tee on finance The speaker re-
fcrred to the artificial conditions Gre
ated by protection. 1t took men, he
said, from their natural channels and
diverted them TO unnatural channels.
The same was true in the diversion
made in the channels Of trade. Protec-
ton WAS IA Chinese wall, which not only
shut out the world. but
Shut in the United states.
Mr. Crisp was greeted with applause
when he said that 80 years of protection
was period of unrest during which
the people had constantly rebelled
against the heavy burdens of taxation
The people had always been stilled at
the polls by the Republican promises to
reduce the tariff, but once successful at
the polls the Republican legislators sur.
rendered themselves body and soul to
the manufacturing classes.
The speaker declared that the gentle
man (Reed) had throughout his speech
refrained from the arguments of reason,
and held to those of prejudice. He
pointed to the Chinese as an example of
what had resulted from protective pol
icy of hundreds of of years.
Mr.. Crisp said that for % years the
Democratic party had been trying to
get in power 1t had told the people
that if given power it would reduce the
burdens of taxation. The people had
accepted this promise and given the
party power. This tariff was 4 redemp-
tion oi thes" pledges to the people Ap-
plause. 1t was not Il perfect bill, bat it
was IL
step in the Right Direction.
Mr.. Crisp CLOSED with an eloquent
appeal to his Democratic associates to
waive minor objections, and to look at
the great Democratic principles in
volvcd.
Let us stand together" said he.
Let us redeem our pledges. Let us
pass this bill, and it will bring gladne,s
to the consuming masses. to the farmer,
to the laborer, and to the American peo-
pie
There was Il triple round of applause
as the speaker closed. A page walked
toward him with large potted plant
with red flowers above surrounded with
white roses below. The applause con-
timed for more than Il minute, during
which Mr.. Crisp was warmly congratu-
lated. He left the body Of the house and
returned to the speakers desk.