The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-04-12
Senator HIPS Speech.

| HIS POSITION DEFINED TN UNEQUIVOCAL
| AND FORCEFJL LANGUAGE.
WAsHINGToN, April 8. Senator Hill
made his speech on the tariff in the Senate
| oday. His opening sentences clearly indi
| Gated the aggressive tone in regard to the
/ administration which pervaded the whole
| speech. He said: cit is not denied that
| some mistakes have occurred. Our for
eign policy, especially that relating To
| Hawaii, it must he admitted, has not met
the expectation of the people. This blum
| der was natural consequence OF placing
the department Of state il the hands of
| Republican statesman.
He expressed regret that the President
i should not have been able to tind in his
+ own patty some safe and honored states
/ man IN whom Ike and his party could haNe
4 placed confidence. Coming tu tht ,lueS-
| tion of tariff reform ne arvw Y contrast
/ between iSS1 aud lS9e. and said an ex-
tltme reduction nt ialin duties at time
\ Whgu tlte treasury wAS swollen with N Sttr-
/ lNs W 4 hMntred Wllian dollars, when
ail our Industries We're in motion, assumed
different aspect when there is q large
and growing tieaSniN deficit Wilh cur in-
! GMStlirS paTaiYzea, our factories closed,
our welllin4men idlc, and following Upon
the heels OF enc of the most disastrous
tnanciai pauicS in our history What WAS
sate and prudent and waSe them would M
crlmnas folly to attempt npW.
/ IhOn he MrUceesed ~ assaii the prcsi-
dent dilatolness of action in this mat
tc. He s4id "a month prior to his in
au4uiaton 5ha President MAS forewarned
of lhe approaching monetary panic. ne
| convened Congress- six months later when
a panic was subsiding which should have
been ayerted. This is no time for palti-
zan reproAches. however just. This Sen
ate i nearly equally politically divided
and it is apparent that if prompt remedial
legislation is expected the radcalism in
any direction must be discarded. The
extreme features of the Mckinley bill must
be eradicatcd but patriotism alike de-
mands that extremes in the opposite di-
rection must also be avoided. On the 4th
of March, leal the President became
vested with exclusive power to convene
Congress for the purpose reaffirmed in his
election He decided to prolong the op
GRAFTON ot the Mckinley tariff for It least
another YEAR The delay thus imposed
upon the people reforming zeal it IS
vain To regret In the meantime tile
momentarN panic, unfortunately precipi
tatcd upon rs, mas not only made havoc NJ
oul private Industries, but las dried up
the public revenue. Tie size of the
treasury deficit at the close OF the current
tiscal year has twice been estimated by
d he secretary Of the treasury III the
face NJ tile prptestatiNn ~ private indus
tiieN an" inc presence 0. SUCH paralysis
oi tli general business aS 1hc treasury g.
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