The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-27

MT. Reilly said:
 Mr. Chairman: My distinguished, col league, Hon. Ebenezer J. Hill, of Nor walk, Conn.,, who has written the mi norlty report that accompanies this woolen schedule, has long posed as a high priest of protection as enunciated by Republican platforms and as preached from Republican lay pulpits. In addition to his belief in Republican tariff theology, he appears to be con- vinced that he has been commissioned from some more or less authoritative source as the champion of American la bor and it's defender against the hordes of the SO-called pauper labor of Eu- rope
 He has been fairly successful in making some people believe that he is and has been high protectionist only because of his unselfsh, undying love for the American workingman.
 He has almost exploded with indig- nation when anyone has daged point a finger at the sacred Grand Old Par ty tariff; he has wept tears, copious and crocodile-but cOpiOus at any rate-over the woes of the workers in mill and factory; he has drawn pie lures of the prosperity that prevails under the benign influence of 100 per cent. duties and the dire distress that ! must ensue if those duties are dis turbed He has told you in his thrill ling Story of the Extra Session. of the cold-blooded attempts of the Dem ocrats to ruin American industries; he 1 has told you of their deep-laid plans to close the mills and the shops; he has told you of their efforts to bring dis aster upon the people in general, e1th- l CT because of their ignorance in the
 matter of proper legislation or their
 with business. Applause on the Dem-
 ocratic sfde). He has tried to show you why no one but a Republican high
 protectionist should be permitted to enact any tariff legislation.
 l He has almost taken the stand that
 no one but himself knows anything about a tariff and that when it comes
 right down to it, Messrs. Payne and
 Dalzell are mere tariff pikers. And l this vast knowledge and this wonder l full comprehension of the scope Of a
 high protective tariff, he wants you | to understand, have been used exclu-
 sively by him in all tariff legislation | for the protection of the dear Amer | ican workingman and his happy, hap py home. Has anyone dared question
 the purity of his motives in his devo- ton to the cause of the tariff barons especially the woolen kings? Has any one dared insinuate anything mercen. ary in that specific or ad valorem Joy
 atty to the princes of protection? No
 siree. The fear of the dreadful blow ing up that would follow even a mer' l hint of that sort has heretofore beer
 enough to prevent. Applause on th' Democratic side.) To his Imperial Ma. jesty Ebenezer I, Qaughter), King o Wooldom and Emperor of Tariffania only the highest altruistic motives have been ascribed Qaughter); only a burn ing desire to help the wage earner II all his protective pyrotechnics. (Ap plause on the Democratic side.l
 There are dreams that one dislikea to dispe1; there are pictures that on' hates to destroy. To do so may b' called cruelty and vandalism, but ther are unpleasant as we'll as pleaSan
 duties that must be performed.
 Let us leave this Hill of altruisn and get down to brass tacks. Wha do we find in connection with the at titude of the distinguished Connection l, champion of Schedule K and it's mi
 nority offspring now under considera
 tiOn?
 We find that in addition to the pro tection for the American wOOlel
 workers there is other protection de sired. There may be protection fo the Norwalk Mills Co, desired. Tn gentleman from New York CMr. Brad llev), in the recent debate on the met