The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-12

What SeCtiOn flfSt mad come the SUISSE
ton that the American workingniah
should take his stand on the level CT tue
civilization OF the Old World. II came
from the plantations OF the South.
At 3:@ Mr. Delivers time expired, ana
amid the laughter and applause oi th0
House and gallery, he took his seat.
narier's sensible Hum"r.
Mr.. Hartcr dem. O.,) kept up the good
humor In which the House had been put
by Mr.. Doniver. and kept the House in
a perpetual roar of laughter. He gave
expression 10 several axiomatic utter
aurcs. and had collection OF facts and
figures TO support his views that earned
him repeated applause. These axioms re-
vcrsed the commonly accepted precepts.
and were OF such a nature as this:
"rhc less the protection. the higher the
wages
lie stated that there was a greater DIFF
ference between The wages Of protected
France and free-trade Great Britain, In
favor OF the latter. than there was be-
tween America and Great Britain; and
yet, in spite OF her proximity 10 France,
England had never asked for protection.
protective tariff puts down wages and
lowered their purchasing power by put
ting up the price OF goods. Great Britain
had a protective tariff up to 1872 but
Of bricklayers, carpenters. and similar
mechanics had increased 13 per cent. The
average OF wages in Great Britain had
increased $3.50 under free trade, while In
his own district, in Ohio, under a pro-
tective policy for the last thirty years,
there were skilled workingmen earning
only siS5 a year. When George Dallas, OF
Pennsylvania, was presiding officer OF the
Senate. and he had TO cast the deciding
vote on the tariff bill then before Con-
gress, he had east II for free trade, and
Immediately the chimneys Of Pennsylvania
had blazed up and lighted up the night
sky. under which Dallas was being burned
in efiigy for casting the deciding vote.
Mr. Harter had constantly to parry the
questions OF the Republican members Of
the House. but he gave them thrust Tor
thrust, and came out with flying colors.
Brosius Tells Hil Troubles.
Mr.. Brosius Rep.. Pa.) was the last
speaker of the afternoon. lie told Of an
agricultural representative in the House
who came to him saying that he found
something i'm the bin which tended to re-
concile him to its provisions. The farmers,
he said. were always looking out for op-
portunities TO market their products and
ne had discovered that an opportunity was
provided in the BILL which placed appetite
on the free list. When the farmer had
nothing else with which 10 console him
self. he could reflect on this concession Of
the committee.
The speaker stated. in answer to Har-
ter's plea for free trade. that for twenty
centuries the manufacturing interests. Of
every civilized land had been made the
special objects Of governmental care and
protection. If that were not So then
history had lied. The Wilson BILL he
said, was fairly liable TO indictment upon
the charge Of assault with intent to kill
the manufacturing industries Of the
United States the intent being inferred
from the nature Of the weapons used
applause on Republican side) He agreed
with Henry Watterson in the opinion that
because Of the betrayal of the trust re-
posed in it, by the introduction Of this
bill, the Democratic party is marching
through a slaughter-house 10 an open
grave. Charles A. Dana. OF the New
York Sun, entertained the same opinion.
expressed in slightly different form; and
the editor Of the leading Democratic pa
per of his CBrosius) district was united
with his two distinguished associates.
Without completing his remarks, Mr.
Brosius gave way for a motion that the
committee rise. and at SIS a recess was
taken until o'clock.
Mr.. Mcguire Dem, CALI was the first
speaker at the evening session. He ar
raigned the system of protection which
enabled one company to accumulate
fortune OF 500, 900 900 in twenty-five years.
as Carnegie & Co. were said to have done.
He illustrated this gigantic fortune by
stating that If Pontius Plate had been
drawing a salary of 100000 a year at the
time of the cru1xion of Christ, and had
continued 10 receive that salary from that
day to this, and had been able to save
every penny OF that salary, he would still
be many million dollars short of the for
tune accumulated by Carnegie & Co. in
twenty-five years. To illustrate the
failure of protection to raise the rate Of
wages or steady the price Of product.
he showed that coal from the mines Of
Pennsylvania, while IL had a tariff pro-
lection OF seventy-fve cents a ton, sold
at SO a ton more than imported coal. al
though It could compete in foreign mar
kets with foreign coal, and at the same
rates And when the large mne-owners
wished to restrict production they leased
and closed small mines, and threw the
laborers in those mines out of employ
ment. putting the support of the unem-
ployed miners on the shoulders OF the
working miners.
Mr.. Cockrell Dem., Tex.,) took the floor
at 9 o'clock and spoke In defence OF the
bill. At the conclusion Of his speech, at
945 the House adjourned
Hawaii In the serate.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Jan. 1.-THE
Senate was entertained to-day with two
able speeches on the subject of Hawaii Ine
first was by Mr.. Davis Rep., Mimi, In
continuation Of that which he had COM
menced yesterday. and the second by MT.
Turpie Dem, Ind.
Mr.. Davis al gued that the appointment
Of Mr.. BlOunt as Commissioner TO Hawaii
without the advice and consent of the
Senate was a presGential invasion OF
the privileges Of the Senate, for which
he found a parallel but once Ia the his
tory of Imperial Rome. The hauling down
of the American flag at Honolulu came IN
for much denunciation on the part of Mr..
Davis, In which he was sustained by other
Republican senator's; and he wound up
his speech by the declaration that In
the sublime judgment Of the American
people, the Presidents Hawaiian ana
fiscal policy would be condemned
Mr. Turpie took the broad ground that
the Provisional Government OF Hawaii was
81 de facto Government which could not
rightfully be interfered with; but that no
treaty or project of annexation with II
could be honorably entered into by the
American Government. Minister Stevens
was held up TO execration as an unworthy
minister and man for his coarse express
sions as 10 the Queen, who had been his
hostess for many years. and he was
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