Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-13
NOT BROAD ENOUGH,
But Everett Will Vote For
the Wilson Bill.
THE POLICY OF POPULISTS.
Payne Declares That the Bill Is a Sec
tional Measure as It Now Stands.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The feature Of
yesterdays doings in congress was the
address made by Mr.. Everett (Dem.,
Mass.) in the house on the Wilson tariff
bill. He began with the declaration that
he would vote for the bill because he had
believed for years that such measure as
this was demanded by patriotic consider
ations, and he was proud TO belong
TO the Democratic party, which was
pressing forward in this reform.
Three years ago the Republican
party admitted that a revision of the tariff
laws was necessary. The Republican
party came into power in 1888, and they
did revise the tariff; they ''revised IL with
vengeance. And before the ink on the
Mckinley bill was fairly dry the popular
revolution came at the polls, and the de-
mand for a revision OF the tariff went
forth, not that it should be amended by
its friends, but by the Democratic party"
He thought the Wilson bill did not 20
far enough. Its free list was not wide
enough; but he accepted it as the best
thing that could be obtained at this time.
A Plea For Works of Art.
He was surprised TO see that the Ameri-
can workingman could be made to en-
courage and support a restrictive and
contractive and oligarchical system which
savored of the feudalism of Old World
states. "Give us free ships, give US free
ores, give US free iron," said Mr.. Everett.
He defended In particular the clauses of
the Wilson bill which made works of art
and books free. 1t was mistake TO sup
pose that works of art were luxuries in
tended only for the rich and cultured.
"Give us free art" said Mr.. Everett,
sand everybody will be instructed, every
body will be refined and everybody will
be pleased. Works of genius belong to no
one country, but are the products of the
world"
He wished the bill had gone a step fur
ther; that books had been put on the free
list; and he asserted that book was not IA
manufactured article. Literature was
always the same. Reading begets read
ing; writing begets writing, and literature
begets literature" said the Massachuset
litterateur. Take the shackles OFF every
thing educational, and l believe there
would Gomez larger amount Of work to
the printers"
Mr.. Pendleton Dem., w. va.) followed.
He denounced those OF his party who now
shirked the responsibility of reforming
the tariff and who wanted TO hold back
In the traces.
Payne Thinks It Is Sectional.
Mr.. Payne of New York, one of the Re
publican members of the ways and means
committee, made a speech of an hour and
half. He said that he had been at "A
loss to understand upon what theory the
Wilson bill was constructed. 1t is an
nounced In the title that it was IAN act TO
provide revenue for the government" but
1t reduced the revenue nearly $40, 900, 900
ha hao ota ~ ha t,,,rN orta nP
would more properly be labelled "a bill
to cut of the revenues of the govern
ment."
Mr.. Payne made strong attack upon
the bill as sectional measure referring
to the cut of duties on northern agricul-
tural products, while southern staples
were protected. He instanced the a per
cent duty on southern rice and the high
duty on southern lumber. He charged
that the duty on lime had been reduced
at the request of Hon. Frank Jones of
Portsmouth, n. H., who happened to be
one of those patriotic American citizens
who had invested in the town of st. John,
N. B., a lime-producing town.
The annual crop Of hay i'm this country,
said Mr.. Payne, is worth s400, 900, 900, the
cotton crop $305, ,0O0, 900, and yet so inn
portant was the cotton crop in the eyes
ties on the free list and make n special
provision for rebate on cotton bagging
that applied to no other article in the
whole bill. They had totally overlooked
the question Of free ties for baling the
farmers hay.
How Populisty Stand.
Jerry Simpson of Kansas, the leader Of
the Populists, then took the floor and
loosened broadside against protection
and trusts. He said that while he in
tended to vote for the Wilson bill there
were many provisions in il which he did
not approve of. He was not one of those
who ever believed that the Democratic
party, brought to the test, would carry
out its pledges, for he knew, while there
were honest Democrats, the action of the
Democratic party, like that Of the Re-
publican party, was controlled by the
money power. This was illustrated in
the repeal Of the Sherman law at the
extra session.
'The Peoples party" said he, Stands
on platform pledged to the principle of
free trade. When we say we believe in
equal rights to all, special privileges to
none, and that one industry should not be
- taxed to support another, i interpret 1t
TO mean that men shall be left at liberty
w WutTtNtT bHtl Cdu bhtlI
conditions and no industry shall have any
advantage"
In the course Of his attack upon the ~ro-
tected wool industry, Mr.. Simpson gave
an object lesson of what he called the
result of the protection of the wooden in
dustry, which Mr.. Burrows had asserted
kept out European shoddy. In the market
place of Washington where farmers took
their products TO sell, he had selected an
average overcoat (Which he showed In the
house) which had been bought year ago
for 5000 and which had become 30 rotten
that Is fell TO pieces in his hands. as he
became wrought up IN indignation. Loud
applause greeted his object lesson. Mr..
Simpson had bought the happy farmer a
new overcoat at the same price as the old
one, and this, said Mr.. Simpson, would
last Just about as long.
Mr.. Simpson concluded with an appeal
10 the people 70 ring out the old and ring
In the new order Of things.