The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-13

Washington, Jan. 12.-The Senate
amendments to the joint resolution for
the appointment of joint commission
to examine into the personnel OF the
navy was agreed to.
The foreign affairs committee re-
ported favorably Hits resolution
calling on the president for all Ha-
waiian information received since the
special message Objection was made
to the immediate consideration and the
House resumed the tariff debate,
Brosius, of Pennsylvania, continuing
his argument begun yesterday.
Everett, Pendleton, Black and Payne
also spoke on the measure.
Simpson followed, and said that
while he intended to vote for the Will
son bill, there were many provisions
| in it of which he did not approve. He
was not one of those who ever be-
lIieved if the Democratic party was
brought to a test it would carry out
its pledges for he knew while there
was honest Democrats, the action OF
/ the Democratic party, like that OF the
Republicans, was controlled by the
money power. The peoples party"
as interpreted it, to the principle of
free trade The intolerable burden put
upon the agricultural classes through
the indirect system of taxation had
been one of the potent causes which
produced the present condition of at
fairs The farmers in the country, in
1850, owned go per cent. of the wealth;
! 53 per cent. in 1860, 40 per cent. in 1880
and 80 per cent. in 1890"
1 tod
great applause and amusement by
treating the House to a spectacle of a
dilapidated overcoat. He proposed to
show the House exactly what the poor
people of the country did wear. Reach
ing down under his desk, he seized a
tattered old overcoat, fringed at the
edge and bespangled with great
patches He held it on high, while the
House and the galleries cheered. Il
bought that of a farmer" said he,
"who told me he left home at u
o'elock at night and had driven
| twenty-five miles to sell his product in
your boosted home market. There, as
Cleveland said, is the object lesson.
! Qaughter9 There is a sample of
what men wear under the benefcient
system of protection" he continued:
'It is made of shoddy and rags, see"
! (here he ripped it up the back yet"
! he added, Il can ind its duplicate on
the backs of a million men in this
country.
Where did he buy it," asked Can
non, Republican of Illinois.
HE bought it a year ago in this city
for So, and 1 bought him another shod-
dy coat to take it's place for $44O."
Gaughter)
us it American or imported?" asked
Cannon
81 don't know" replied Simpson,
don't care; but it is the product of
American protection. No one can deny
that" daughter and applause)
Simpson concluded with an appeal to
the people to ring out the old and
ring in new order of things. Many
members rendered him personal con-
CALCULATIONS when he sat down.
Daniels Republican, of New York,
1argued against the bill.
Mcdowell Republican, of Pennsyl-
vania, followed, and Meiklejohn Re-
publicaD of Nebraska, closed the de-
bate for the afternoon session in op-
position to the bill.
At the evening session of the House
| Waugh, Republican,, and Hermann.
| Republican, opposed the tariff bill
and McKaig and English Oemocrats)
supported it.
Adjourned at 1890