The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-11

msssaoEers 10 take proof in land eases
Inc mouse then went isfo committee az
the whole and resumed consideration Of
the postofiice appropriation. the pending
Qaestion Being point ci or6er raised by
Henderson. Chairman of the pcssofRce
COMMITTEES. against an arnendmen. offered
oy pcnahy 10 prevent the manufacture OF
postage stanps by the bnresu of engraving
and printing under tie contract recently
aSarded. Tho point Of order was sus-
tanned, The amendment to reduce
froni S2{S COO TO SIS. .reo the appropriation
for The manufa.lure OF stamps was
adopted. An amendment providing that
ali publications rurporting 20 be issued
periodically to subscribers, bu, which are
really books or parts of books, shall he
subject To the rates provided for third
Class matter when transmitted through the
malls. was adopted.
The tight against the appropriation Of
$i95.sH Tor srecial mail facilities on the
trunk line from Springfield. Mass, via
New York and Washington City to At
ianta and New Orleans then began In
the course of the debate which foliowei
Bryan of Nebraska took the floor and.
osiensibiy speaking on the amendment.
made reply 10 the recently published let
ter OF Reed to Z. L. B. Vaughan
OF Hutchinson. Kan, in which he
criticised Bryan for using in his
speech made in Denver. an extract from
one OF his tRsed'sb Boston speeches. In
the letter. which was given in these dis
patches. Reed complained that the ex-
tract from its contents conveyed a wrong
impression. Bryan stated that tho ex-
tract he used had not been taken from its
contents: that he had used il from the
Published report of the speech. More
over, he stated that Reeds letter of ex-
pIanation was written deliberately and
reiterated practically the idea contained
in the speech from which he had
quoted. He proceeded 70 charactcrise
the speech as an appeal to sectionalism. as
an appeal to the seifishness of New Eng
land. While Reed told the West that ali
the states were quaily interested in the
preservation of the protective iarsfi, he told
Massachusetts, that she Was most inter-
ested. IL was remarkable utterance
from the leader of the Republican parry.
He called attention TO the discrepancy in
Reeds letter. He spoke OF his refersnce to
the Wilson bill in the speech. while
as . matter Of fact the Wilson
bill Was not reported until .
month after this speech was delivered.
He called attention to Reeds letter. he
said, because he did not want some West
ern Republicans proceeding on the same
line to argue that the tariff should be
wiped ont in order that the West might at
least start upon her manufacturing
career and finally achieve TIE power
and prestige now enjoyed by New Eng
land. He wanted the country to know
that Mr.. Reed. while he stood up Tor pro-
lection for the whole country in the halls
OF congress, in Massachusetts, held up the
''ignorancc OF the South" and the ''rapa-
cious West" and pleaded for special
privileges for New England. democratic
applause.l
Reed listened to Bryan attentively.
When he had finished Reed arose. The
incident was of little Importance. he said.
Its only significance was that Bryan had
taken what he had said in Boston and nut
IL forth in Denver a. Reeds positive
declaration that the passage Of the Wilson
bill would result in building ur Western
manufactures to the destruction Of these
In the East. He WAS unwilling that this
mistaken impression should go abroad
until rectiticd. He found that the news-
papers Of the West. in the midst Of the
ruins Of the Democratic party. needed
some startling lie to come and 60 on.
No man here would have placed
a wrong construction on his speech
Every one knew when IL was delivered.
although the bill had not been reported.
that free raw materials were to be used to
appease New England. There was no
doubt the course OF the empire would
continue to move Westward. but
IL should move Westward with
out carrying in its wake the
ruin of tho consumer ~ we'll as the
manufacturer. The destruction of manu-
factures would De destruction of manufac.
turing plants. Millions of untold wealth
would 10 lost, and when rebuilt
they would go westward. If this
process went on naturally il
would be to the advantage OF the
whole people. Tho Republican doctrine
OF protection believed in no class. as did
the doctrine Of the Wilson bill. II believes
that tho American people should do the
work. Without acting on the amend
ment the committee rose and at o'clock
the house adjourned.