St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-16
SPEAK, JOEL, SPEAK.
lis Time for the North
field Mayor to
Speak.
MORE REPLIES FROM HALL,
Who Sets Joel Perdiccas
Straight on the Tariff
Bill.
DIAMONDS ARE STILL TAXED.
Why Whip-Gut, Cat-Gut and
Worm-Gut Are Made
Free.
DIAMONDS ARE STILL TAXED.

duSWtr COMMENSURATE 1dIl'S questions
he has so far failed to define his posi-.
ton on single one. When Congress.
man Hall glanced at the letter Of Mr.
Heatwole he lost no time in replying tt
the most important, and in an open let
ter to the Mortified mayor yesterday
he dlsposes of a number OF others. 1hi:
letter, in Congressman Halls we'll
known style, uses up Hon. Joel Perdic-
cas- pretty badly OH each subject. In
closing, the able Third district member
calls the attention of Mr.. Heatwole tC
the fact that so far ne has answered
none of his questions, and suggests that
it is time for him to do so.
Answer, Joel. answer. Let the PEG
pie know where you stand. Congress
man Halls letter follows:
Congressman Hail Answers.
RED WING. MIMI. Oct. Is. 1S94.-My
Dear Mr.. Heatwole: In fulfillment Of
my promise l will now answer a few
more OF TIE thirty questions submitted
to ME by you in the Pioneer Press oil
Oct. 5.
Question 2 relates to the national
Democratic platform of 1892. You ask
Ibid the Democratic party carry GU,
the pledges OF the Chicago platform
with reference to the taritf?''
Answer-lt did. While that platform
laid down certain fundamental princi.
pies OF taxation, the only "pledge' il
contained in regard to the tariff was the
''plcdge" to repeal the Mckinley law.
This has been done. You further ask:
us not the Democratic party like 6
ship at sea without rudder?" Answer
No, Joel, it is not.
The rudder is in its place, a strong
man is at the helm. loyal crew is Oh
deck, the mutineers are chained in the
hold, and with all sails set, and
freighted with the hopes and happiness
of 65.o00,o00 of people, the good ship
goes bounding over the waves to the
haven of assured prosperity. 1t is bet
ter to be on board than overheard, Joel,
A Vast Improvement.
You wish to know why voted for the
tariff bill. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it was a
good. although not perfect bill. With
all its imperfections on its head, it is
the most radical reform measure, the
greatest departure from protection, and
the nearest approach to free trade ever
pending In congress since the war, with
the single exception of the original
house bill.
Whenever you go to congress YOU
will quickly discover that 1t is impossi-
Die to pass any bill of public Importance
precisely as you would have it. There
will be others there besides you, and
however much they may be in har-
mony with the general purpose of your
Dill they will stubbornly disagree with
you as to some of its details. You will
discover that every important measure
is the offspring of compromise. You
must yield something, in order to gain
much. Ii you refuse TO do so,
You VIII Get Nothing
at all. A general tariff bill is an enor-
nous and complicated piece of work, it
embraces within its scope nearly every
article used or consumed by our people
and directly or indirectly affects every
industry. Probably no two men ever
existed vino, without mutual concession
and compromise. could agree upon all
the schedules and items of general
tariff law. So long as tariffs remain
men will disagree as to the rates of
tariff. The practical thing to do in
tariff legislation is to accept such rates
as will command the support OF enough
members to pass the bill. There were
very many things in the original Wilson
bill which did not satisfy Inc. and yet |
voted for them. be cause by doing so |
secured the passage of those more i'm
portant things which were satisfactory.
Therefore voted for the bill as
amended by the senate, because it CON
tanned great many things which were
far better and nothing at all that was
worse than the Mckinley law.
This as Plain Enough.
Question 3. You want to know
whether or not | approve of that plank
in the national democratic platform
which demands the repeal of the 10 per
cent tax upon state banks? Answer
do not. You may recollect that In our
campaign two years ago l publicly an-
nounced that L would not vote for the
repeal; and in congress l both spoke
and voted against it.
Question 4. You ask whether it is
true Or untrue that over 1000 old soldiers
and sailors have been discharged from
the departments at Washington by this
administration? Answer-It is untrue.
This administration has made a great
reduction in the official force of the de-
partments. The census bureau has sub
stantially finished its work, and its great
army Of employees has been discharged
for the simple reason that the special
work upon which they were engaged
has been completed. Great reductions
have been made, and wisely made.
in the clerical force. and therefore, i'm
the expenses of the other depart ments
Some of those discharged NAV have
been old soldiers and sailors: but that
there were 1000 or any considerable
number of them is to the best of nv
knowledge absolutely untrue. In con.
nection with this permit Inc to say that
OF all the departmental appointments |
have been able TO secure ID Washing.
ton, two-thirds of them were given to
cd soldiers, iheir widows, sons or
daughters. While have never posed
as the particular champion of the old
soldiers can truthfuIly say that have
btfriended as many of them as Won
have. and never in any life have / SLAM
dered the armies sleeve of
q Gal,ant Veteran.
Qn~stion s. You say l voted to
n ,rcGttnn ties upon the free list, and
thereby ''pu. hundreds of thousands OF
& liars" into the pockets of the cotton
p'lnters. So did. The agriculture.
ISIS of the South have tor years beer,
burdened and beggared by this odious
tax. At the same llme ale voted to