Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1888 — REED AND CARLISLE. [ARTICLE]

REED AND CARLISLE.

They Make the Closing Speeches in the Great Tariff Debate. The great tariff debate was brought to a close in the House on the 19th inst., Messrs. Reed of Maine and Carlisle of Kentucky making the final oratorical efforts in behalf, respectively, of the protectionists and tariff reformers. A Washington telegram says : “On the floor twelve Senators, many ex-Congressmen, a bevv of little girls in gay color, a few ladies, about.a hundred House employes, and a solitary colored ex-Congressman' listened to the discussion. The venerable Congressman, Jehu Baker, hud the benefit of this great audience to hear his earnest denial of the allegation made by Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky that Mr. Morrison was deprived of his seat in Congress by some sort of crookededness on the part of the protectionists. Half an hour later the Kentuckian approached Mr. Baker, as be stood talking to Mr. Randall, and the two had a friendly conversation, for Mr. Brackinridge did not allege or believe that Baker hud personally taken part in any improper things done to carry the election for his benefit. The great expectations of what would be done by Mr. Reed, of Maine, and Mr. Carlisle were not fully realized in the speech of either, yet both were far above tne average and so thoroughly characteristic of the men that their respective friends could not fail to be gratified with their success. The verdict of some of the Republicans was that while Reed’s effort fell below that of Mr. McKinley as a masterly presentation of the protection argument, it was a good philosophical discussion of principle. As to Mr. Carlisle, it was said among Republicans that he hud excelled all of the tariff reform speakers, but had failed to cover the whole ground in not answering the objections of McKinley and Randall to tbe details of the bill. Democrats said they thought Mr. Carlisle excelled any previous effort he had mode, which was high praise.”