Evening journal., 1894-01-13
NO HAWAIIAN NEWS YET
Senate VIII Not Get 1t Until
Next Week.
Mr.. SIMPSONS DRAMATIC SPEECH.
The Kansas Popuiist Uses a Tattered Coat
20 Point Moral and Adorn "a Taie-In-
come Tax Must stand or Fan by ITSELF
MIR. Preston Confirmed.

Mr. Preston Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1s.-The important
tariff speeches Of the day were made by
Mr.. Payne Of New York, one Of the lead
Ing Republican members of the ways and
means committee: DR. Everett, the Massa-
chusetts mugwump, aud Mr.. Jerry Simp-
son, the Kansas Populist. Mr. Simpson
created the sensation Of the day by illus
trating his remarks on the deplorable con-
dition Of the agricultural CLASSES by dis
playing a dilapidated overcoat which he
got from farmer on the market place.
IL was in reply 20 the statements of Mr.
Burrows the other day. Mr. Burrows had
answered Mr.. Wilson's criticisms Of the
heavy 800 per cent duty placed ON low
priced cloth by declaring that the cloth was
shoddy and COW hair, such as no manly
American would wear Mr.. Simpson pro
posed to show the house exactly what the
poor people Of the country did wear. A
few days ago he found poor farmer in the
Washington market place. He bargained
for his clothes, took the farmer TO "A neigh
boring clothing house, rugged him out In a
brand new suit and carried his old rags TO
the capitol where he Haunted them.
There Il isp he shouted, reaching down
under his desk and lifting on high tat
tered old overcoat fringed at the edge and
bespangled with great patches. The house
and the galleries cheered.
Shook It at Burrows.
II bought that Of n farmer" said he,
'who told me he had left homeat l2at night
and driven % miles TO sell his product in
your boasted home market. There, as Mr..
Cleveland said, is an object lesson Laugh
teri There is a sample OF what men wear
under the beneiicent system of protection" I"
he continued, holding the coat toward Mr..
Burrows. 1T Is made Of shOddy and rags
-seeF' Here he ripped IL up the back.
Yet he added, 81 can find It's duplicate
on the backs of a million men in this coun-
try"
"Where did he buy itPp asked Mr.. Can
non of Illinois.
He bought it year ago In this city for
S., and / bought him another shoddy coat
TO take its place for sl0.4O.n lLaughterl
rs IL American or importedw asked Mr..
Cannon.
Il don't know" replied Mr.. Simpson. ~
don't care. But il is the product Of Ameri.
can protection. No one can deny that %
| Laughter and applausel
Mr.. Simpson concluded with an appeal
to the people TO ring out the old and ring
IN the new order Of things. Many mem
bers rendered him theirpersonal congratu
lations when he sat down. Mr.. Daniels Of
New York argued against the bill Mr.
McDowall Of Pennsylvania followed, ant
Mr. Meiklejohn Of Nebraska closed the de
bate for the afternoon session in opposi
tion to the bill
At the evening session OF the house Mr.
Waugh Of Indiana aud Mr.. Hermann o
Oregon antagonized the bill, while Mr.. Nc
kaig Of Maryland and Mr.. English Of New
Jersey supported IT, The latter, who wa.
accounted one Of the kicking Democrats
commended the general scheme Of tho
measure, and while he said he thought II
bore down unjustly on some Of the indus
tries Of New Jersey it would receive hi.
/ vote and supnort