St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

when you are speaking of it to Dem
OcratS who have repudiated protection
in their platform. that therefore it Is
proper and suitable protection bill.
Protection as method OF preserving
the American market 10 the American
peopleis something which is defensible;
the protection III spots, protection mere
and protection there, Is projection
which is justly open to the charges
which are falsely made against the true
protection.
When Mir. Wilson's bill, which was
framed more with reference to the
wishes OF New England and of those
manufacturers of certain description
who nave been dailying with DemOc-
racy. reached the senate, 1t there met
with the varied interests of the
country in mere full and complete
fashion. and meeting those interests,
IL received great notifications. There
upon IL was brought to the house,
amended b. 600 and more amendments
which changed its character and
absolutely declined to recognize it.
Then ensued a struggle, the like of
which has never before been a part OF
The history OF the country.
For the first title i'll the history of the
country, the conference committee
never met for the transaction of its
legitimate business. The Republican
members of the conference committee
were excluded from all discussion and
consideration OF the question. What
discussions took place among the people
representing the Democratic party l
have no means OF knowing.
Everybody knows that this
bill, which, according to the
Democratic view contained party per-
tidy and party Gishonor, was passed by
the house and that they violated every
rule OF parliamentary law III order to
| enable them TO pass it.
Now, what is that bill. / am sorry to
say, although | was on the committee of
conference, L was deprived of any
opportunity to examine the items, and
to discuss the reasons for it. 1t should
be tested like any other bill by the
Test OF Time and CT Experience.
Those who know best about il believe
that the results TO this country will be
disastrous. but, fortunately. not as dis
aStrouS as the original bill to which Mr..
! WILSON'S name was once attached. But
there is one thing from which we must
free our minds, and that IS the idea
that this bill, however bad it may be, is
the basis upon which the business of the
country may adjust itself upon lower
plane of wages with safety, and proceed
with whatever is left to us OF the indus
tries of tie country. The idea we must
dismiss absolutely from our minds.
The fact remains that this bill is not a
finalitv. That you may understand that
do not say this upon my own author
ity, desire to quote to you the opinions
of the Democratic leaders speeches on
that subject"
Mr.. Reed then quoted from some re-
marks of MIR. Wilson i'll the house and
Mr.. Mills in the senate to show that the
bill published was the first step in
march to free trade. Mr.. Reed contin-
ued: ''HOw MANY errors. mistakes and
biunders there may be in the tariff bill,
as 1t has finally reached the presi-
deut, not yet discovered, mainly
are conjectured. l have permitted
myself to comment upon the scandal
Gus stories, or even the visible scandal
connected with the passage of the tax
upon sugar. But it is due to the couli-
try that the aspects of it which are
commented upon should be carefully
| and fairly dealt with. The house of
! representatives saw fit not only 10
Abolish the Sugar Bounty,
but also to take off every duty connected
with sugar. When the bill arrived in
the senate it was discovered that this
country was engaged in the task of
| passing a bill which would diminish
| the revenue S75.000,0O0. 1t then became
| necessary, ill the opinion of ali intelli-
| gent people. to put a tax on sugar
! if this bill was to be persisted
| in. Thereupon tax was proposed
upon sugar of 40 per cent, with diff
! ferential of one-eighth of the sugar re-
| timers and ditferential to protect them
against the export sugar of countries
which paid an export premium. This
was the bill which passed the house.
! Anticipating. in fact knowing, that
! such action would be unpopular
i'll every possible way, they ell
deavored to relieve themselves
of the burden of the vote which
they had just given, and therefore
/ availed themselves Of the extraordinary
| powers which resided in the house,
| and, by course of action entirely un-
precedented, they provided that a bill
might be introduced into the house
giving free sugar, which bill could not
lie amended. should not be debated over
| half an hour, and might then be
passed, and accordingly this was done.
Of course, this was a pure farce. Every
body knew it no matter how they voted
! upon the subject.
1.-The senate voted to put on the bill
all amendment authorizing the continu-
ance OF the bounty which had already
been granted under the Mckinley act,
and which was promised to the people
of the country for period of ten
| years. This the Democrats refused to
adopt, so their pOp-gun bill ana all
the rest of the pOp-guD bills slept the
sleep In which they know no rest The
only valid act which the house per-
| formed with regard to the trusts has
been to furnish them almost with i'll
finite wealth, so Mr. Wilson, himself
said.
Il desire to point out to you the fact
that time when the revenues of the
country are decreasing, when it has
been already necessary to put out fifty
millions OF Understanding bonds,
| the expenditures of the first session of
the Fifiy-third congress with both
houses under Democratic rule, have
exceeded the expenditures of the first
session of the Fifty.first congress
by S27.000.000. The chairman of
the committee OH appropriations
has endeavored to make figures
which would indicate that the first
session of the Fifty-third congress,
which was Democratic, was S29,
900 more than the Flfty-second
congress, the house of which was
Democratic alone. The comparison of
figures will show that the pensions of
that session of the Fifty-second congress
were sl22 100000. while those of the
Fifty-third congress were Sl51, 900, 900,
500, 100000. In other words, they have
deprived the pension fund out of
S29 O00, 600, the exact amount of their
| claim of ecOnOmy'