The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08

ship. When he areae in his, place he re-
celved an ovation. The speaker is SYM
inetrical in form, dlynlhed in bearing
With a broad, we'll pvise,i head @trinsel@
with q touch Of silver hair ON the Sues,
upon a pair of square shoulders. he
locked the jndicial-nnnded man he IS.
Until he warmed up he spoke with the
hesitation OF q man weighing. each Word,
and with perceptib!e rremor OF the lip.
As he became aroused. however, he dis
played more freedom and ease, until the
words came in Il perfect torrent, sweep,
ing resistlessly over all opposition. AS
MIR. Crisp proceeded he was given gener-
Gus applause by his Democratic associ-
ates upon the floor, but his points were OF
an argumentative character, which ap-
pealed to the students Of the. question
rather than to, the galleries. He. read
from the minority report. and, criticised
that feature which declared that the for
eigner paid the tax. In particular the
speaker addressed himself to the ex
speaker, although the latter was still held
in the cloak room by the. congratulatory
handshakes.
mir. Speaker" began ME-. Crisp, II
feel embarrassed at this, vast audience
| here assembled.; embarrassed in the idea
I that may not be: able to, fulfill. the ex-
pectations of my friends when under
take, in the brief period allowed in the
rules of the house, to answer. to reply to
and make corrections to this house Of the
errors in the argument to- which we have
just listened. 1 assume that the cause
| of protection, has no more able advocate;
| I assume that the arguments for prOtec-
ton can be put in, no more forcible form
! than that to which, you have listened to-
| day, and T shall ask you dispassionately
| to- examine with me that argument, and
then ask the Judgment of the house as
to whether the cause attempted to be
sustained can be established consistently
with right and justice to the people OF the
United States"
Opposed to Protection.
After his opening Introductory remarks,
Mr.. Crisp declared that an examination
of the protective system. would show that
while it was built up for the ostensible
benefit of labor, it was in truth con-
structed for the benefit of the manufac-
turing classes. He pointed out that the
wages of laborers in protected industries
dustries went up as result OF the NC
Kinley act. This was shown by the
statistics gathered by the senate commit
tee on finance. The speaker referred tt
the artificial conditions created by pro
lection. It took men, he said, from theil
natural channels and diverted them tt
unnatural channels. The same was true
in the diversions made in the channels o.
trade. Protection was Chinese wall
which not only shut out the world. bu
shut in the United States.
Mr.. Crisp was greeted with applause
when he said that thirty years of protec
ton was a period Of unrest during
which the masses of the people had con
stantly rebelled against the heavy burde1
of taxation. The people had always beer
stilled at the polls by the Republican
promises to reduce the tariff, but one
successful at the polls, the Republical
legislators surrendered themselves, bod
and soul. to the manufacturing classes
The speaker declared that the gentlema
(Reed had throughout his speech re
Trained from the arguments Of reaso
and held to those Of prejudice. He point
ed to the Chinese as an example of wha
!. had resulted from a protective policy G
hundreds of years, which had sought t
, make China rich by trading with itself.
Favors IN Income Tax.
l Mr.. Crisp said that for twenty-five year
the Democratic party had been trying t
get in power. 1t had told the people tina
| if 81 ven power it would reduce the bu1