The times., 1897-03-25
Bros,
Cor. 9TH and E Sis. N. w.
No Branch Store In Washington.


What is the result Of all this? Manu-
facturers are taught to look to Washington
and not so their own skill for prospe nit
Lahorers are urged to believe that whel
times are hard it Is the fault of the statute
aud no fault OF theirs. There never wa
yet Congress wise enough to reguiat
every line of business and make 1t pay
we have the most beautiful and yet tin
most delicate system of government eve,
devised for the happin ess and prosperit,
of man. The powers of government are 81
distributed between the General Goyernmen
and the States as to make despotism i'm
possible without this distribution is dis
| regarded. II has weathered the storms o
a century, and under il the American peo
! pie have flourished and progressed as nc
nation ever did in the history of our race
Let us guard its sacred institutions from
all perverson, and maintain in its govern
ment all purity
Mr.. Grosvenor, in reply to Mr. McAiillin,
| spent considerable time explaining how
he had attempted to save that gentleman
from one of the pitfalls of errorinto which
he habitually tumbles when he seeks for
| a fact or an Illustration" This great er-
/ ror was the intimation by MI McMilln
| that Mr.. Mckinley had been defeated for
IRE election to Congress because of his
! tariff bill The true reason, he said, was
that his district had been made Demo-
cratic by 1000 majority. He answered
| the proof that the Republican position as
| to sugar has been reversed by saying:
The Wilson bill was taken possession
OF in the Senate by certain influences
That's as definite as I'm going to make It,
| 1t came back here with q differential in
favor Of the sugar trust of not less than
40 cents ON 100 pounds. 1t was an ugly
dose for the House of Representatives, but
they had to take it,
He read from a speech by Mr. McMiliin
then made to show his position on the
question.
Gen. Grosvenor attempted to answer
Mr.. Bells question on Monday as to the
return OF prosperity. and said the real and
personal property OF the country had in
creased by hundred times the public debt
upon the election Of Mckinley. When asked
for figures on this, he admitted he had been
betrayed into an exaggeration in the heat
of debate The kernel of his answer was
that the country has fallen so deep in the
mire Of adversely that the time of a return
of prosperity is conditional, in effect may
be found to be indefinitely postponed.
The issue of 1895 upon which the battle
had been fought and the victory won was
the issue Of protective tariff. Every in
teliigent man who participated in the cam
paign and went from one State to another
was conscious now of the fact that more
than a million voters who had been hum
bugged by the speeious cry of the COM
mnnists of tax upon wealth and enterprise
and the hope for the better times through
a debased currency, nevertheless voted for
William Mckinley because of his position
on the tariff question.
1t was the Mckinley law misrepresented
and misunderstood that aided our over
throw in s92; but it was the Mckinley
law, with the blessings we received from
it during it's short life that became the
talismanic word that swept Mckinley
into nomination and carried the country
in 1896. The fruit grower of Cali
forIIia robbed and ruined by the Wilson
bill cried loudly to the Republicans for as
slstauce, and from Alabama and Georgia
and conspfcuously from Louisiana came
the earnest demand for the passage OF this
bill.
Another member of the ma jority of tie
Ways and Means Committee, Mr.. Evans
Of Kentucky, followed Mr.. Grosvenor in
advocacy OF the bill. II said the intent
and scope of the measure was accurately
stated in the title-a bill to increase the
revenues OF the Government, and to afford
protection to American Industries. 1t pro-
posed such r1ses of duty as would raise the
revenues to the level OF the expendi-
lures, and endeavored to meet at the same
time the paramount demand of protection
to the Industries OF the people of the
United States.
Mr.. Maddox, a Georgia Democrat, made
a special plea for protection to bauxide
from which ALUMINIUM is made and for
Gen. Grosvenor told him If
the facts were as he stated protection
ought to be givea. The committees in
formation was that the materials were
found in insufficient quantity and of un-
quality Mr. Dalzell said a
duty would probably be put on bauxide |
Mr. Adams, from his experiencein travels |
and residence In South America, said he |
expected great advantage from the reci- |
procity features.
Mr.. Walker closed the day session with |
figures to show that the Democrats had |
the facts regarding manufacture
ing profits which he declared averaged In /
New England only 1-2 per cent.
Mr.. Livingston of Georgia was the first |
speaker at the night session, and INDUCED |
In half hours protest against the tariff |
,ill.
A tariff that would bear equally upon
all sections OF the country and treat all
interests alike, he said, all parties could
support. Bat this bill benefited rnanufac-
urers at the expense of the masses.
Mr.. Belford of New York said the Re
publican party was in power today under
4 solemn pledge to give the people
speedy execution Of their will. There was
40 room 10 doubt the nature of the com.
mission given by the people. They had
lecrecd an Immediate return TO the finan-
,ial and industrial policies under the opera
Ion OF which the country had shown the
most remarkable growth in the history Of
he world, land we will command the
argest share OF popular respect and retain
he fullest measure of popular confidence
" simply giving the people what they have
IsIed for, giving it ito them at once, and
hen going home, letting the bill work
,ut its beneficent results
Mr. Brundig. of Arkansas, spoke against
he bill, and Mr.. Bromwell, of Ohio, in
s favor. These were followed by Mr..
'arker, of New Jersey, who SAID his
ity, of Newark, in 1890, had $4,000
employees in 2,400 establishments, pay
" out $24, 800 600 annually for wages,
heir product being OF the total value of
81 100000. Since then, Newark has
elt the evil effects with the farmer and
he merchant, OF abandoning the Amer