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publicans; we are all Democrats and 1t
really looks from this performance here
that we are going to be all Democrats"
That is not all Of that wonderful para
graph. He continues:
Under the Wilson bill we had fallen
behind in the revenue. and the object of a
Republican bill always is to produce reve-
nue. as well as protection"
1t Is work of supererogation, but
am going into that thing once more.
was really surprised to hear man of the
eminence of the distinguished gentleman
from New York. the chairman of the COM
mittee, make any such declaration as
that.
will tell you what produced the def
cheney in the revenue. The Mckinley
tariff bill produced it. and the Wilson
tariff bill, while 1t did not suit me, would
have produced enough revenue to run the
government IL the income tax section had
not been declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court of the United States when
1t reversed the presidents of an entire
century to render that decision. The gen.
tleman from New York speaks of the
Wilson German bill as tariff for rev.
enue only" measure. when, as matter of
fact. 1t carried an average tariff of thirty
nine and fraction per cent on about
1000 articles Of everyday consumption.
What am going to read to you is not
original at all. owe 1t to the industry
and courage Of the Hon. John Wesley
Gaines Of Tennessee. He thrashed out
that question very thoroughly once, and
at the risk of boring some Of the old MEM
bers and for the purpose OF carrying on
that school of instruction which my friend
from Pittsburg INT. Dalzell] started yes
terday will read you little correspond
encc. Brother Gaines took 1t into his head
one day that he was going to find out the
truth about this business of how that
deficit came. He went over to the bureau
of engraving and wanted to get Secretary
Fosters letter He could not get the let
ter until he went to the secretary Of the
treasury and got an order from Mr.. Gage
to give him a copy of that letter.
Here is the whole of the Gaines-Gage
correspondence, which is a valuable thing
to have In the Democratic family and
! which proves beyond peradventure that
the Mckinley tariff bill created a deficit
In the revenues some eighteen months be-
| fore the Wilson-Gormant tariff bill was en-
acted into law:
House of Representatives,
Washington, d. c., March %. 1857,
| Eir--I desire to procure the original let
| ter or certified copy thereof written by
Mr.. Secretary Foster, Feb. 90, 1893, adj.
dressed to the chief of the bureau OF en-
| craving and printing of which the fol-
lowing purports to be copy:
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| Office of the Secretary,
| Washington, d. c., Feb. 20, 1893.
Sir-You are hereby authorized and di-
rected to prepare designs for the per
| cent bonds provided in a senate amend
ment to the sundry civil bill now pending
The denominations which should first re-
ceive attention are zoos and 1.0OOs coupon
bonds and zoos. 1.000s and 1O.OO0s of the
registered bonds. The authority is given
in advance of the enactment, in view Of
pressing contingencies, and you are di-
rected to hasten the preparation CT the
designs and plates in every possible man.
ner. inclose memorandum for your
guidance In preparing the script for the
| body of the bond. Respectfully yours
| CHARLES FOSTER, Secretary
The Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and
| Printing.
| The original is now in the hands of the
director OF the bureau of engraving and
| printing, which called for and read this
morning. desire to use the original letter
or certified copy thereof this evening and
| will be especially obliged if my request
| can be complied with at once. Yours very
respectfully, JOHN w. GAINES.
Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the
Treasury.