St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-12
THE TARIFF WINDMILL.
HEAVY FLOW or ORATORY IN THE
HOUSE.
NEARLY TWELVE HOURS TALK
The Fiery Breckinridge Stirs Up
Hornet by Likening the Advo-
Gates OF Protection to Sharks
Springer and Harter Advocate
Reform, and Dingley Defends
the Protection Earons.

Springer and Harter Advocate
Reform, and Dingiey Defends
the Protection Rarons.
WASHINGTON. Jan. u.-Save for
recess of two hours, there was an unin-
terrupted flow of tariff Oratory i'll the
house again today from II this morning
until 1880 tonight. Interest in the de-
bate is beginning to flag little.
The principal speeches today were
those of Mr.. Breckinridge, of Kentucky;
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois; Mr.. Dingley.
of Maine, and Mr.. Harter. of Ohio.
When the house met this morning, Mr..
Compton. of Maryland, from the COM
mittee on appropriations, asked unan-
imous consent for the consideration OF
bill appropriating $4,000 for the i'm
provement of suburban streets in the
District of Columbia. He explained
that the appropriation would give en-
ployment to many needy people. Mr..
Kigore, of Texas, objected.
The house resolution to investigate
the personnel of the navy, with senate
amendments, was, on motion OF Mr..
Meyer, of Louisiana, temporarily laid
on the table. The committee on invalid
pensions was given leave to sit during
the sessions of the house.
The tariff debate was then resumed,
and Mr.. Breckenridge (Dem., Ky.) took
the floor. In the course of his speech,
Mr.. Breckinridge likened the advocates
of protection to sharks. Mr.. Walker, of
Massachusetts. insisted on knowing to
whom he applied such an epithet.
II did not mean to hurt the gentle
mans feelings" replied Mr.. Breckil-
ridge.
Mr.. Walker, however, declared that
that was not fair answer.
"Well, them" responded Mr.. Breck-
inridge. II refer to those who, during
the peril and distress OF great civil
war, took advantage of labor in the
name of patriotism. and later, in time
of profound peace, increased those ex-
actions until in the Fifty-frSt congress
they wiote new law that
ENRICHED THEMSELVES.
II refer to those who admitted new
states to retain power; those who pur-
chased ballot boxes and took the seat of
William r. Morrison in this house by
bribery"
Being an American manufacturer,
and one of those who helped TO make
those laws, do you refer to me?'' in
quired Mr.. Walker.
''lf the description fits you, then you
have recognized your own picture"
Mr.. Richards Oem., o. followed with
n ch I'm f,ff fha NilcNn
bill, after which Mr.. Dingiey (Rep.,
Me.) who spoke in place of Representa-
tive Gear, of Iowa, one of the Re-
publican members of the ways and
means committee, who was unavoidably
absent in connection with the Sena-
torial fight in his own state, took the
floor. MIR. Dlngley was accorded close
attention. He made strong speech,
which elected much applause.
Mr.. Dingley said the pending tariff
bill purports to be bill to provide
revenue. 1t is, in fact, bill to abolish
revenue. The Democratic majority
have been accustomed to charge that
Republican tariffs ignore revenue in
order to protect home industries. They
present this so-called revenue bill as
substitute. which ignores revenue in
order to destroy protection. The reve-
nue. bill would yield sixty millions less
than the tariff of 1890. This large sur
render of revenue is to be made, too, at
a time when there is a deficit of
THIRTY-EIGHT MILLIONS
in the first half of the present fiscal
year. which will be increased to more
than sixty by July next, caused by the
distrust induced by the apprehension of
the revolutionary tariff changes pro-
posed, and when the secretary of the
treasury informs congress that if the
present revenue laws are unchanged
there will be sufficient revenue for the
next fiscal year, just as there was in the
fiscal year 1892 and 1898. LII short the
proposed tariff is not bill for revenue
only, but for deficiency only.
Mr.. Springer Dem. Ill.) who was
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee Of the last congress, followed.
He spoke OH the tariff question and
tried to show that laborers and agricult-
uralists had not been benefited by the
protection. He quoted census office