Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-11
JUMPED ON THE BILL
Not Much Good Seen in the Wilson PROPOSE
ton Even by the Democrats
ROUGHLY HANDLED BY TOM JOHNSON
0hio's Single Tax Advocate Scores the Demo-
Gratis for Cowardice
HIS SPEECH EXTREMELY SENSATIONAL
Some of the Things Which He Would Do If
He Had the Power
DAlzELL UPH0lD5 THE PRESENT TARIFF
His Eloquent rIca for ths Protection OF
American Industftes-other Speakers
Who Gave Their Views tho
subjcct-Senate Routine.
DAlz5LL UPH0LD3 The PRESENT TARIFF

WAsHINGTOS, Jan. 10.-The third day OF
the tariff debate in the house was enlivcned
by sensational speech by Mr.. johnson of
Ohio the free trader and single tax advo-
cate, who claims. with Hon. Laurence I.
Neal, late democratic candidate for gov
ern6r, the joint authorship OF the tariff plank
in the Chicago platform. He boldly at
tackled the democrats for the timid manner
in which they had handled the tariff ques
tion ana charged them with cowardice all
along the line.
Mr. Dalzell made brilliant speech in de-
tense Of the tariff, dwelling particularly on
the iron and steel interests. Messrs.
Woomer of Pennsylvania and Coombs of
New York were the other speakers
Mir Cummings, chairman of the committee
on naval affairs, arose ana asked unanimous
consent 10 consider the Boutelle resolution
reported back from the naval committee
calling on the secretary OF the navy for
copies of all orders and communications
which placed the officers and men of the
ships of the United States navy under the
control of Mr.. Blount, a civilian, who had
not been confirmed by the senate,
The attempt TO secure unanimous consider
alton of this raised another merry row,
which concluded with another verbal duel
between Mr.. Boutelle and the speaker.
Bouteile Was Sarcastic.
During the war Of words Mr. Tracey of
New York asked the chair whether it would
be IN order to call tor the regular order.
"Oh, the white house clock has not struck
this morning." interposed Mr.. Boutele sar-
rasticalIy.
MIR. Tracey's cheek famed. He inquired
hotly whether a member while making 4
parliamentary inquiry could be atfronted,
and called attention to the fact that on
another occasion a gentleman Wilson of
Washington had shouted Cuckoo while
he was talking
Mr.. Boutelle disclaimed any intention of
Insulting his colleague, and after the chair
had said that in courtesy he was swing Mr..
Boutele hearing, Mr. Tracey took his seat,
still chatting under the affront put upon him
and declaring TO his friends about him that
he would not stand this sort of treatment
any longer. THE next man who says any
thing of that kind" he declared, will get
his face slapped
The tariff debate was then resumed. Mir
Hopkins. republican, of Illinois, continuing
his remarks of yesterday under running
fire of questions from Mr.. Coombs of New
York and Mr. Bryan of Nebraska.
Tom Johnson's Sensational speech.
After the completion of Mr.. Hopkins re-
marks Ton l.. Johnson, democrat, of Ohio,
the well known free trader and single tax
advocate. took the floor and created some
thing of sensation By his bold utterances.
1--WE of the democratic party he said,
'went before this country IN 1892 asserting
that the existing tariff was wrong in princi-
pie and unjust in operation, declaring the
policy of protection q fraud and robbery,
charging il with creating trusts, sitting
commerce, throttling industry, causing en-
forced idleDess, lessening wages, impoverish-
ing labor ana creating few monstrouS
upH n1 rrireT ptIrC al GlNG liCh
IL if the American people gave US authority.
They did give Us authority and then
our haste to repeal the oppressive taxes sub
sided, and instead of flying at the throat of
protection barons ana robber trusts tho
great democratic party began, as it were, TO
wag Its tail and look for crusis. IL was the
duty of party coming into power on such
pledges and at such conjecture to have
proceeded without a momentss delay to the
radical revision of the tariff If MIR. Cleve
land had shown the saCacity and courage
the situation demanded the ink would not
have been dry on the commissions OF his sec
retaries ere congress would have been
called into extra session TO relieve the coun-
try of its burdens of taxation.
Democratic Delay Denounced.
"But instead of that, we proceeded TO rest
on our laurcls and divide the Spoils, and the
nation is treated to the spectacle of the
president and congress having power to re-
move crushing burdens devoting their en-
petty places And as the climax of all this
delay comes the shameful days we have
Just passed through, in which the house has
- stood paralyzed, in spite OF the overwnelm-
ing majority. We democrats would neither
furnish q quorum TO be counted, nor count
the ono that was really present 1t is not
that we have not yet done nothing il is that
we have done nothing where we promised
much The worst possible situation, must
insist, is not that Of high tariff, but that
of high tariff threatened with certain but
indefinite reductions This Is the condition
our delay has for nearly year
imposed upon our country Up 10 the
present, thanks 20 our inaction, the victory
of the democratic party in November, lSt2,
has worked evil for good The Mckinley
tariff still eNerts its strangling power, and
worse than the Mckinley tariff is the de-
pressing effect of tho uncertainty us 10
what tariff will succeed itn
Good as Far RS It Goes.
He commended the bill for the blow at
the Sugar trust. But he added, The
Whisky trust ANA the Steel Rail trust, the
Cordage trust and the Bicycle trust, the
Lead trust and the Starch trust; III short,
the whole brood OF vampires which rob the
poor people through the agency OF the gov
erument by means OF the t2rih are left free
10 pluck the tariff bound American con-
sgmer. He has no lobby 10 represent him;
he has only his congressman"
I tie spoKc OF steel rails, OF which he is one
OF the largest manufacturers IL the country.
The present duty Of tl344 a ton is equal 10
per cent The reduction of the committee
- per cent u seemed like a large reduc-
ton he declared, but il lcft all the steel
Rail trust needed 1T is as good TO them rs
loo per cent for II is practically a prChi6i-
tory uuty Stee! cau be made here as cheaply
Rs anywhere else In the world AMI would
not how b. imported. save in exceptional
cases, even If there were no duty while the
tendency OF invention ana Improvement is In
favor of ,hc United States as against
Europe, The steel made INTO rails m this
country IS from native ore. What pig metal
blets and blooms are imported are used en-
tIelN IN other iron and steel manufactures.
Now 10 rosts less than - 4 ton 10 make steel
rails from blooms, including STRENGTHENING
and punching. On todays market steel
blooms are selling AT less than Sl,; steel
rails should therefore not bring oger Sl9
ghsy did fall nearly 70 that price few