The times., 1897-07-20

WOulu not consent TO any nanu anu ioob
ohligattcn to vote at any time. but thought
that 1t could be had at IL p. N.
The argument as opened by Mr.. Nc
Dow ell OF Ohio. Mr.. Mcdowell only had
| ten minutes, and was cut off just at the
| time when he was warming up to the
/ subject. He considered, however, very
! fully the fact that the Republican party
had played the people false already II
was not necessary, he said. TO show that
the promises of prosperity had not been
fulfilled. ALI this as evident now after
four months since the opening OF Con
gress. The conditions Were now just as
dislleartcning as they We're before the
election bir. Mellow ell was proceeding
to arratgii the opposition for is failure
and the consequent effect of this failure
on the people when the hammer fell Mr..
McDowelIs remarks will, however, ap-
pear in full in the Record. In fact, Mr.
Dingley has agreed TO the printing OF
speeches as made and extended.
Col. Berry, OF Kentucky, made the next
address, very short but pointed one. He
stood for tariff for revenue only. He criti'
eised the proposed law as unnecessary and
as grave burden upon the poor He re-
f"rred TO the gold Democrats getting their
reward now in a high tariff, against
which they had to protest. This was done
for them by Their friends and allies The
Republicans. Col, Ferry stood for the VIII
son bill, and in conclusion said that what
we wanted was not bill for 75,0o0,ooo
OF people, but q hiflunder which we could
do business with 45G .oG0, COO of people.
(Applause.)
Mr.. Bailey then proceeded with his argu-
ment. He promised that nothing which he
could say would change the result. Moth
ing which anyone could say would change
single vote. The final decision upon the
question will be made by the 100000
Of people, not by the members of the House.
He did not regard the tariff as the great
est question before the people, but sec
ondary to another great issue-that OF
finance, bntwhiie he regarded the financial
question of paramount Importance, 1t Is
| not now uuder diseussion, and he would
! eonfine his remarks to the tariff.
He was nevAr he said an enihGSa etir
supporter of the present law, because he is
| not able IL indefse altogether the princi-
pie OF free raw mate rial. President Cleye-
lands treatn eat of that bin was indefensi-
| bic. The measure was derided by its enc
mics and deserted by it's friends. Cleve-
laud should either have vetoe d it or in
| dorsed it. It was a measure without
| sponsor. Yet it had vindicated itself
| strange to say. The course pursued by the
/ Supreme Court on the income tax had done
more to bring disctedit on that tribunal than
its enemies could have done in a hundred
years. (Appla use The pretense that
! the present bill is 10 increase the public
revenues Is a false one upon its face.
/ Slight changes in tie present law would
/ have acton pIished all that Is needle lin that
direction. 1t had been shown that local
industries lad suffered le ss un der the Wilson
| bill than under the Mckinley bill Mr.
Bailey laid II down as an elementary prin-
/ cipie that no country could encourage pro
! dHetion by dtscouraeing exchange. II
| is the consumInation OF folly 10 teach any
/ such doctrine. lie admitted that Congress
! could protect parti cular industr ries 10y
| making all Others contribute to their sup
| port. profitable commerce is better
/ than unprotitahle manufactures, was one
| Of Mr.. Bdiley's maXIus which were ap-
/ plauded what Americans needed for
! development was free trade and sailors
/ rights. tApplausel
/ Mr. Bailey next proceeded co discuss
I the trusts; these being the logical oui
I growth OF protection The trusts use the
( same arguments among themselves rs
/ they use before Congress, for protection
against foreign competition They can
well afford To occasionally reduce prices
/ among themselves and still leave them
infinitely higher than they would be
/ without protection
J STy,tpar.fTfy,,, r4r4- 10
/ speech was u Comparison Of the views of
/ the two great parties ON the question OF
revenue, PROTECTION, and competition The
Republicans or the House, he said, had
/ interpasad every obstacle to local com
petition, while it proposed TO oppose for.
/ etl-n composition
The Senate" he said, has defeated
every arnendnh4nt offered by us to destroy
| these eornbEaF+ons OF capital" 1t was
! not to be expected tliat the trusts should
/ not participate In the advantages of a. ia W
/ &c which they subscribed hberaIIy 10 have
enacted. tApplause1 He would not saw
| that the Republican party had sold its
conscience TO the Sugar Trust. but il was
| true that the Sugar Trust was 10 cet
/ S4,0uO 900 annually out of the schedule
Either the Republican party had sold out
to tiie trusts, or IL was impossible, "a, len Y
to the Sugar Trust a share in the profits
of the legislation. tApplause.)
Mr.. Bailey became very hoarse at this
point in his speech, and the House and the
galleries became proportionatel noisy
/ Mr. Bailey doctaTed himself freaTIentIy Y
with lemon juice and slippery elm. and by
| these means he was enabled To ke4n his
voice above the waves
Mr.. Diugley suggested that Mr.. Bailey
foregO the delivery of the remainder of
/ his speech
MIR. Bailey was on the point of acced-
! ing, when Mr. Grosvenor wanted TO know
! somewhat rudeIy if there could not be
fixed a time for vote.
Mr.. Bailey evidently resented this and
! said that no one intereered when Mr.
Grosyenor opened the debate, or closed
1t. (Applause unchecked from the eaI-
leries.r
Mr. Bailey proceeded, Gen. Payne OF
| New York in the chair.
Mr. Bailey did not believe In protection
In any form Applause.l He would not
vote for any duty intended to increase the
price of anything; but he would vote al.
WAYS for an equalization OF taxation. Mr..
Eailey asserted thatit was not true Dem
oeracv to grant free raw material to mann
faeturers aud to tax the manufactured
| product Cipplause.) It never did aecede
| to such doctrine until what was known
as Clevelandism came into vogue CAD
plause. The necessaries Of life, he main.
| tanned. should he free, and he would never
vote for duty on materialsmaufacture
for profit until taxes We're taken off those
things Whjt.h were necessary tc tbt, ,,r,,,r