The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-07

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putting cotton gins, cotton bagging, cards
frames and other machinery used in the
manufacture of cotton bagging on the tree
list and it was voted for by Abbott, Bailey
Grain, Cuiberson, Kigore, Lanham. Long
Moore, Sayers and Stewart. In The same
year they passed a bin putting fencing
wire and wire rods for the manufacture OF
fencing wire on the free list and it was
voted for by Bailey, Bell, Cooper, Cockrell
Culberson, Kilgore, Paschal, Pendleton and
Savers.
In 1894 a democratic house passed bill
putting iron ore on the free list and it
was voted for by Bell, Pendleton, Cock
rell, Cooper, Kilgore, Grain, Paschal and
Sayers. Mr.. Bailey and Colonel Hutcheson
were paired In favor of the bill.
In the same year they passed a bill put
ting coal and coke on the free list and it
was voted for by Bell Cockrell, Cooper,
Culberson. Kilgore, Paschal. Pendleton and
Sayers, and Mr.. Bailey and Colonel Hutch
eson were paired in favor of it,
In 1892 they passed a bill putting wool
on the free list and 1t was voted for by
Abbott, Bailey, Grain, Cuiberson, Kilgore.
Lanham, Long. Moore, Savers and Stewart
In 1894 democratic house passed the
Wilson bill, which put wool and other ma
terials on the free list and reduced the
duties on other articles, and it was voted
for by Abbott Bailey, Bell Cockrell Coop
err Grain, Culberson, Gresham Hutchinson,
Kilgore, Paschal, Pendleton and Snyers,
and when the Dingley bill was before the
senate last year Senator Vest moved to
put wool on the free list and it was voted
for by Senators Chiffon, Clay. Cockrell,
Faulkner, Gray, Jones of Arkansas, Ken
ney, Mallory, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan, Pas
co, Pettus, Roach, Turpie, Vest, Walthall
and White. Every democrat in the senate
voted for it or was paired for it except
MoEnery of Louisiana, who voted for the
passage OF the Dingley bill This is enough
TO show what has been the democratic doc
trine on the subject Of taxation.
Notwithstanding this long record of dem
ocratic devotion to the principle of free
materials of manufacture I have been
called to account by Governor Culberson
and Mr.. Bailey because l stand by the
time honored" doctrine of nv party.
When ! spoke against the Dingley bin in
the senate and opposed the taxes on mate
rails OF manufacture. Senator McI.aurn of
south Carolina replied to me and said that
ne had received hundreds of letters from
the south commencing his course in opposl-
tion TO FREQ raw materials. He said II will
reirain from printing any OF them, but in
stead read an extract from letter written
by the present governor of Texas. uop n
A. Culberson, for the purpose of discIosing
the fact that very wide difference of opln
ION exists on the question of free raw ma
ttflais between the governor of Texas and
tn a distinguished senator from Texas. MIR.
Mis- ''i
confess was astonished. Tor | did not
KNOW that the governor had declared Tor
'ahihg raw materials. My attention was
u ~ 70 ais speech of April u, 1906 az
dreenVllie, Texas, where he contenle, I'M, |
protective and prohibltiye duties should 10
reduced to revenue basis "faynrlnp ina
hecessaries OF life" and THE exhaustless
raw maleflnls OF our State saved from |
hurtfni discrimination. He said the mol |
icy OF admitting raw materials free ntn |
'ur ports and protecting the manufactured |
- \, asie ~ couple protection TO the manu- |
Actufer' and TO the policy of FREQ raw |
materials in part is due The desici, ",
'lzs'pOoooo," He complained that Esyn.
,ail ana ether cotton was admitted free of |
iuly 10 compete with our cotton. while tha
'saHuiaetureF was protected from 10 In 40 |
leE cent that hides and skins were inn
,ol.eu iree, while leather was protected |
ipin " 10 ~ per cent and tho manufact /
"a -. Y. poots ana SHOES was protected from
-, " ~ psr cent that wool WAS admitted
Ut anu me manufacturer of woolens was
protected As per cent.
wren ! announced my candidacy for re-
iesnon stated my position as I had often
ta'ed II before. ''''' oi'eh
ph baby cmfme nh mahrt birth ramtr ~
Mr' Bailey who in speech in the bopsa
representatives had declared for tax,nr
ew materials. gave notice tbroush 49,,