Evening journal., 1894-02-02
WILSON MEN WON.
Continued from First page.

aiIfi tN.fn cfNi Nlf ati Ntrii ''NhN'A NP'H /
40 vote AGAINST the measure--like Blanchi 1
ard. Bclszhoover Boatner, Cochran, Dunn,
Coombs, English, Geissenhainer, McAleer, |
Ryan and others-recordcd their votes In |
the affirmative.
Only Il Democrat, OF all the boosted Dem |
ucrstic opposition TO the measure stood
out 20 the end and voted against it, As
eath one cast his vote it was greeted by
applause and cheers from the Republican
side.
Those who voted against it were Bart
LETT, Campbell, Covert, Cummings, Haines
UendriN Schermerhorn and Sickles Of New
York.. Cadmus Of New Jersey. Sperry and
Page OF Connecticut, Geary Of California
Sihley OF Pennsylvania and Dayey, Meyer
Price and Robertson Of Louisiana. The
majority for the biil-64-exceeded the
most sauguiue expectations Of the Demo
cratic members OF the ways and means
committee. When the speaker announced
the vote, cheer followed cheer upon the
Democratic side. Papers, hats, Congress
si1nal Records and in fact everything
which Democrats could lay their hands
upon were flung high in air, and amid q
perfect pandemonium Of Joy the house ad
Mr. Reeds speech.
Mr. Reed spoke as followsl
In this debate, which has extended ovei
many weeks, one remarkable result has already
| been roached-a result of the deepest impor.
tance 20 this country. That result Is that the
I bill before us Is odious TO both sides OF tbs
house. II meets with favor nowhere and com
InAnds che respect Of neither party. On this
side ye believe that while IL pretends to be ioi
| protection it does not afford it, and on the
/ other side they believe that while Il looks to-
.r# do IIIII
Those who viii vote against this bill win dc
60 because 1t opens our markets 20 the destruc.
/ tive competition OF foreigners. and those who
| vote flr it do a. with the reservation that they
| will Instantly devote themselves TO a new cru
sade against whatever barriers are left.
Whatever speeches have been made In de.
fonso ot tho bill on the other side, whether by
! gentlemen who were responsible only 20 THEN
| own constituencies or by the gentleman from
/ West virginia. who ought TO have been steadied
hy biz sense OF responsibility TO the whole coun.
| tly, have one and all. with but rare exceptions
placed their authors uncOmpromiIugly, except
fof tempo airy purposes, on the side Of unre.
strcied free trade.
lt ls evident that there is no ground for that
hope entertained by so many moderate mcu
that this bill. bad as il is. could be resting
place where our manufacturing and productiN,
industries, such as may survive, can re-estab
lish clemselves aud have sure foundation foi
the future. free from party pickering and part,
strife. Hence also there can be no foundation
for that cry, 80 insidiously raised, that thi
bin should be passed at once because uncer
trinity is worse than any bill can possibly be
Wore this bin 10 pass both branches today, un
certainty would reign just the same.
Noi have we Ia any way exhausted the fu
turc. This country Is ten times more capable Ia
day of further development than it WAS In loUu
So utterly undispuied and distinctly visl
bic to every human being In this audience hav
been our growth and progress that whateye
tie future industrial system OF this countr
may he the past system is a splendid monu
meat 10 that series OF successful stotesmc
WHO found the country bankrupt and distract
ed and left It first on the list Of nations.
England No Example.
Mr. Reed here quoted at length fror
English authorities, showing the strengt
Of their confidence in the prosperity Of thi
country.
These quotations also are only reminders 70
you. Mr.. Speaker. and AN who hear me knO'
that the American who has been long euoug
here To- know his opportunities has found th
bes, place for wages in the world.
. We may safely assume. then, Mr.. sneake
D Tat a country which has become IN the lal
3 years the richest country in the world"
D | quote Mr.. Jeans country which duriI
: all that period was paradise for laborir
men"-does not need to try any dubious exper
] m-uts. What are the reasons why any chhnl
OF principle should be hadl
5 is there any example in the history Of n
world Of any nation situated like ours that hi
taken the step TO which we are invitedy Son
q | gentlemen perhaps are Fastening 10 say tn
4 England affords us the needed example.
> After reciting the history of English ia
ifl and their relation TO wages paid in thi
country Mr. Reed said
- 10 sum this all up, England, when she b
. c. ne free trade. was q workshop wherein WI
C manufactured the raw material Of the rest
the world. or raw material she herself hi
none. Her coal and iron and the invention
s tlo steam engine had developed her manufa
turcs SO out OF proportion 10 the wages OF h
WQrsmen that she must have larger marke
a after this review Of the history of England
change, will any man dare to say that he fin
therein any justification for the present dee
o. violence which is called the Wilson bill2
+ After quoting statistics to show the gre
rise in wages since 1860 Mr.. Reed co
tinuol:
. The truth IS that this very question Of ris'
y wsges is what makes a good many men b.
e traders. People with fixed incomes think a.
y } ans thing which raises wages is inimical
)f tlcm. and manufacturers who have fOrei
!. markets are naturally anxious 20 have wsE
n OIL tho foreign standard. / confess to you u.
tiiia question of wages Is 10 me the vital az,
- ton. 10 insure our growth in civilization al
wealth we must not only have wages as hi
as they are now, but constantly and stead
Increasing
Ia On Unconstitutionniity.
a On tho question of the constitutionality
of taIiff taxation I shall spend mo- time. ma
/, nor been hore as long a. l have without leaI
!, Ing that clnstitutiouality and unconsttutic
+. . ality on the other side of the chamber are me
IT, phrns ss. aud that when gentleman Of {
er other side, with swelling voice, denounces {
F tar n AS unconstitutional he merely means n
Cd he does not like it.
j. tho Father of Ills Country, fresh from (
convention, in signing the first tariff tax b
J.. signed AN unconstitutional act. the gentlem
70 from Georgia (Air. Turnerl and the whole De
ocrstio party are better than George Washii
ton-a thing not hitherto charged upon theI
There is still another argument which {
sire 10 present out Of the large number yet l
usued what has made England rchg IL
ny the immense profits which come of convert
he raw natcrih Al into manufactured goods.
So long ns she can persuade the rest OF
world To engage in the work which Is the lc
nd profitable and leave her the most enriching
in can well be contented.
Oh We are the only rival that England fears,
!. we alone have IN our borders the populau
Z. the wages and the raw material, and wit
's' ourselves the great market which insures TO