The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-31
GORMAN'S GREAT TALK.
Orr icises the on Bill and Says IL Was
an Imperfect Measure.

Orr iorses tho wilson Bill and Says IL Was
an Imperfect Measure.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-Senator
CORN IN addressed the Senate on the
tariff bill yesterday morning. He opened
III prophetic strain, saying: 1--WE are
nearing the end. After nearly twenty
years Cf political progress, of positive
growth, Of constant development, and
universal enlightenment the Democratic
party and American people are within
sight Of the promised land.
Emancipation in at hand. Emaucipa-
ion from partizan oppression from greed
OF classes; from extortlop; from wlllful
eXtraaavance; from financial fantasy;
from spolls; from restrictions upon indivl.
dual liberty; from jingolsm; from all
those evils, in brief, which tho Demo-
cratic party inherit as hateful legacy
from three decades of Republican malad.
minBtratlon."
lie then touched upon the difficulties
which confronted the Democratic party
on lts return TO power after thirty years
OF opposition and the vehemence Of de-
mands made upon them. He said: 1--WE
were not only urged, but ordered perem.
ptorlly TO reform the tariff ut once. Why
| wait.
He assorted that time and plenty Of it
had always been considered absolutely
essential in reforming the tariff. The
| Mills bill did not pass the House Till mid
summer. The Mckinley bill did not re.
celVe the slgnatured of the President till
the last day Of September.
Speaking of the House bill he said:
| "The House in obedience to tie obvious
wishes Of the country passed talif bill
early in the session. Comparatively lit
tlo time was given TO the consideration
OF the various schedules aud the result
was necessarily an imperfect measure,
which not only failed to meet the re-
quirement Of the treasury, but actually
increased the deficit created by the Re.
publican prohibitive duties. There was
no expectation that the bill would be-
came law without change.
Then he added with significant em-
phasis: "Our friends on the other eide
seem very anxious to learn upon wha
theory this bill was constructed. I viii
toll them. IL was constructed upoI
Democratic theroy of tariff for revenue
win such incidental protection as eau b
! given consistently to industries of tn
country. 1tfollows strictly the cours
marked out by President Cleveland il
his le:ler OF acceptance 1t Ia not fire.
y trade measure, but is larger step TO
. ffce trade than either the Mills bill O
he tariff OF 1888 1t Ia not a protectio
! act for the sake OF protection. but it doe
q discrimiIate between raw materiale an
manufactured ARTICLES TO the full exLen
i OF the difference between European an
. American wages.
Turning to the alleged ip 1uence of th
; sugar trust and other like organization
III ahaping the Senate bill he SAID: Th
assertion that any trusts have dictated
any part Of any schedule of this bill
pronounce urqualiiiedly false. The,
have received some attention, although
not as much consideration az individuals
engaged in the business of manufactur
log. No more and no less, Upon tht
sutrj ,ct OF an income tax, German sale
he was IN full accord with the aentiments
expressed by the Senators from New
York and Now jersey, and like then
considered that in served it's purpose as
a war tax and has no fitting place in oul
fiscal system in time of peace. He coulG
not vote conscient!ouly to make this
method OF taxation part ef our settled
policy, but he could not ignore the fact
that large maj ority Of his Dem mocratlc
colleagues honestly differ from him ir
this matter and he was willing to pu
The subject to test OF q few years.
, During the delivery of Gorman'l
, speech the drop of q pin could almos
have been heard, 80 deep was the husl
upon the chamber and at it's close Bryce
hurried forward TO CONGRATULATE tn,
Maryland Senator.
Aldrich replied to German and wa
followed by Teller, who as test ques
, ton, moved to lay the tariff bill on th,
, table. The vote resulted, years 28
nays 38. Hill, Irby, Kyle and PeffeI
voted agains the motion.