Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-20
LUKEWARM SUPPORT
Senator Gallinger Declares the Will
son Bill Not in High Favor.
His SPEECH TODAY In THE SENATE
The Wage Earners Oppressed by
the Proposed Hostile Legislation.
INDUSTRIES ASSA LIED

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Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire to-
day delivered a vigorous speech against
the Wilson tariff bill in the Senate. He
said: 1.-The anomaly is presented to the
Senate of bill that we are asked to enact
into law, which nobody thus far has ven-
tured to unqualifiedly indorse or approve.
with the exception of the Senator from
Mississippi, Mr.. McLaurin. and the Junior
Senator from Indiana. Mr.. Turpie. Even
its distinguished author in the other House,
Mr.. Wilson, felt called upon to enter an
apology for the measure. From the mo-
ment that remarkable utterance was made
to the present time few genuine or whole
hearted words have been spoken in behalf
Of this bill For a time IL seemed to be
veritable pariah, homeless and friendless.
First the Senator from New Jersey, Mr..
| Mcpherson, when the bill was reported to
the Senate. with a protectionist pathos in
his voice promptly declared his opposition
| to some of it's features Then the Senator
from Indiana, Mr.. Voorhees,. chairman Of
| the committee on finance varied his de-
| clamatory and denunciatory speech by
saying, Faults and imperfections can,
of course. be alleged and pointed out;
| concessions are apparent which have
been unwillingly made, and only when
| found necessary to secure its passage
Think, Mr.. President, of the chosen leader
| of the democratic side of this chamber
openly and unblushingly proclaiming the
imperfections of the measure, and shame
lessly admitting that 1t was framed, not
| on the principles Of exact justice and fair
play, but rather for the purpose Of secur-
Ing votes enough to pass II through the
Senatei What greater condemnation of the
bill can any republican imagine than that;
and how inconceivable 1t is that such
dishonoring bargain should have been made.
Following the Senator from Indiana came
the Senator from Texas. Mr.. Mills. himself
| the author Of famols tariff measure, and
he bluntly and frankly declared that The
bill does not suit me. / am between the
devil and the deep sea- And then the Sena-
tor from New York, Mr.. Hill, and the Sena-
tor from New Jersey, Mr. Smith, entered
the arena, with spear and javelin in hand.
and gave the measure what II Is hoped may
prove to be its coup de grace. by denounc-
ing II vigorously, and serving notice on
their party associates that unless IL is ma
terially modified they must look elsewhere
for votes to pass it. Indeed, Mr. President,
II this thing continues the bill will be dis
owned on all hands. and our democratic
friends will be adopting the language OF
Betsy Prig to Sary Camp, and saying, !
don't believe there is no sich person
A Sectional Measure.
This is the kind of q bill we are now
considering, and which the tyranny of the
party lash and the power Of executive
patronage are expected to force through
Congress. Can 1t be done? Certain IL is
that today the measure is sadly in need of
defenders, and Is presenting anything but
a healthy and vigorous appearance How
aptly 1t Is described in the following
stanza:
Hating on crutches Of unequal size.
One leg by truth supported, one by lies.
Thus sidle to the goal with awkward pace,
Secure of nothing but to lose the race"
Senator Gallinger then went on to discuss
the bill in detail, pointing out that in his
judgment II is sectional, initiating against
the interests of the north in favor OF the
south, and threatening the largest indus
tries of the country He said:
81 had hoped that the Senate committee
would eliminate from the bill its most OBJ
jectionable features, and report it back in
form which, while raising sufficient rev.
enue for the support of the government,
would also throw the aegis of adequate
protection around the great industries of
agriculture and manufacturing, thus Sc
curing the workingman chance for en-
ployment at remunerative wages. Instead
of that, the bill comes to us in worse shape
than 1t went to the committee. 1t was then
bad II is now diabolical. 1t was then
framed in the interests of the south; II is
how intensified and emphasized in every
bad feature 1t possessed. So far l can
discover, 1t is evil, and nothing but evil,
and that continually 1t processes to be
An act to reduce taxation, to provide rev.
enue for the government and for other pur
poses mean the destruction of the manu-
featuring interests of the north and the
degradation of American worltingmen, 1t
better deserves the title Of An act to pro-
tect trusts to recoup the south at the ex
pense of the north, and to build up Amer
ican importers and foreign manufacturers
on the ruins of American industry and
American labor"
| Criticises Mr.. voorhees,.
Senator Gallinger took up in turn cot
ton manufactures. cutlery, granite and
other New England industries, and pointed
out the harm that would come to them IL
the bill were passed He then showed that
the claim that the eastern states are grow
ing rich at the expense of the agricultural
sections Of the country is unfounded. on
which point he gave many interesting sta
| tistics Next he turned his attention to the
speech of Senator Voorhees,, and keenly
dissected the Indiana Senator's discussion
of the Walker tariff of lS46. and the sugar,
distilled spirits. income tax and free wool
| schedules of the Wilson llill showing that
the claim that the country was prosperous
under the tariff of 1S46 is utterly fallacious;
alone the whisky trust: that free wool will
ruin sheep husbandry in this country, and
that the income tax proposition is sectional,
inequitable and unjust
The Senator called attention to Mr.. Voor-
hees' eloquent reference to Thomas Jeffer-
son. and denied that Jefferson taught any
thing In common with modern democracy.
He quoted from Jefferson's writings to
prove this, and said that one might as well
expect the great apostle of agnosticism in
this country to accept the teachings of
Calvin as to expect that Thomas Jefferson,
II on earth, would countenance the free
| trade. income-tax teachings of the degener-
ate democratic party of the present day.
After an elaborate and interesting dis
cussion of the labor problem, and copious
quotations from democratic newspapers
against the Wilson BILL Senator Gallinger
concluded his speech in these earnest and
impressive words:
| Mr.. President, the country has had thir-
teer months of democratic rule, and
wherever the electors have spoken they
have repudiated that party with a unanim-
ity almost unparalleled in American his
tory. The laboring masses of the industrial
north have set their seal of condemna ton
on the Wilson bill. They have issued their
mandate to republican Senators to fight the
measure increasingly and unsparingly. The
great north is united today as IL has not
been united since the flag was fired on at
Sumter. Now, In that supreme crisis
mechar ic, farmer, merchant and manufac-
turer are standing shoulder to shoulder In
defense of the welfare and the progress of
the nation. Factories are idle, homes COM
fortress and wives and children suffering
for the necessaries of life The wage