The sun., 1894-02-08

Speaker Crisp relinquished the chair to
Mr., Hatch OF Missouri and resumed tho
old seat which ho occupied In the days
beiora he was elevated TO tho speaker
slip. w hen no arose In his place ho re-
utiYcu an ovation. Tho speaker is sym
ntetrleal in form, dignltied in bearing.
With broad, we'll poised head, fringed
With touch of silver hair on the SIDES,
upon O pair of square shoulders. He
Looked the judicial-minded man he is.
Untn he warmed up he spoke with the
hesitation of man weighing each word,
and with perceptible tremor of the lip.
As ne became aroused, however, he dis
played more freedom and ease, until the
words came in a perfect torrent, sweep
ing reslstleSsly over all opposition. As
ME 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 .ts .re
Mr. Speaker" began Mr.. Crisp, Il
feel Embarrassed at this vast audience
here assembled; embarrassed in the idea
thsst- Smay 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. l assume that the cause
of protection has no more able advocate;
| 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 I shall ask you dispassi0nately
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
went down, and those in unprotected in
dustries went up as result of the Nc
statistics gathered by the senate commit
tee on finance. The speaker referred to
the artificial conditions created by pro-
lection. 1t took men, he said, from their
natural channels and diverted them to
unnatural channels. The same was true
in the diversions made in the channels of
trade. Protection was Chinese wall,
which not only shut out the world, but
shut in the United States.
hTs tpIc tod
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 burden
of taxation. The people had always been
stilled at the polls by the Republican
promises to reduce the tariff, but once
successful at the polls, the Republican
legislators surrendered themselves. body
and soul, to the manufacturing classes.
The speaker declared that the gentleman
lReed) had throughout his speech re-
Trained from the arguments of reason
and held to those of prejudice. He point
ed to the Chinese as an example of what
had resulted from a protective policy of
hundreds of years, which had sought to
make China rich by trading with itself.
Favors an Income Tax.
Mr.. Crisp said that for twenty five years
the Democratic party had been trying to
get in power. 1t had told the people that
+ gysp ~ Rad aa6es 6efnfs Sad the bur.
ed this promise and given the party
power. This tariff was a redemption Of
these pledges to the people. Applause )
1t was not a perfect bill, but it was a
step in the right direction. In referring
to various features of the bill he spoke
of an income tax, which brought out
long and loud applause from the strong
income tax element in the house.
He cited a speech of Senator Sherman's s
twenty years ago to the effect that tax
which fell heaviest On consumption and
did not bear heavily ON the wealth and
income of the country, was intrinsically
wrong. Mr.. Crisp supported the income
tax in vigorous terms. He said $30,0OO,-
600 of tax on accumulated wealth was
but a small tribute In return for the
benefits it received.