The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-16

A Lively Debate In tho House Of Repro
seutatiye

IN the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ~ WISH
ington, on Monday, Feb. 5: Mr.. Kelley
moved to suspend the rules and adopt the
following resolution:
That on the 18TH of February, or on any
day thereafter. the committee of the whole
on the state of the Union, having considera-
tion of the House Tariff bill is hereby en-
powered to order the bill and amendment
thereto to the House for its action with
such recommendations as may be deter
mined upon by the majority of the votes OF
said committee, and on Feb IL motion
made in the committee OF the whole TO
rise and report the bill TO the House shall
take precedence OF a motion To amend
The motion was seconded. 100 To 80
Mr.. Kelley said the country expected this
Congress to revise the revenue system, and
to reduce the excessive surplus income.
The tactics which had delayed the Internal
Revenue bill until near the close of the last
session and had forced down its proportions
were now being resorted TO In connection
with the pending Tariff bill II the House
was to pass the Tariff bill il must have pow
er TO escape from the distinguished leader
ship of the other side-no legitimate leader
ship; not the leadership of distinguished
gentlemen who represented that side on
the Committee of Ways and Means, but
that leadership which proposed amend
ments TO that which no man on the
floor wanted amendments which called
for divisions and tellers, and which, unhap-
PLY, found support enough TO obtain them;
that leadership referring to Mr.. Wheeler, or
Alabama) which would have rallied the cot
ton States in favor Of putting cotton-seed
oil on the free list; that leadership referring
to Mr.. Springer) which on joke mistook a
specimen of American ceramic art rs a Gus
pidor, and lectured the House on the extrav-
aganoe of American workingmen In provid-
ing themselves with such costly spittoons
The House must escape from that leadership
aud bring the bill under the control OF its
friends
Mr. Morrison said one paramount duty OF
Congress was to revise the tariff, and so re-
wise il as to reduce taxation This the bill
prevented The bill was 10 deprive the Gov
eminent of revenue by increasing taxation,
and it was thus proposed TO forestall any re-
duction Of the tariff. 1t was sham, and
once passed it would be claimed by the gen
tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelley and
his friends that it was IA revision of the tariff
and therefore a settlement Of the question,
and that the question must not be again
agitated, lest the business of the country
be disturbed The Tariff Commission has
been revising the tariff for six months;
the Committee on Ways and Means for six
weeks; the Finance Committee of the Sen
ate and toe Senate itself Tor several weeks,
and none of these four revisions was alike.
Now the gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA pro-
posed TO ask 2!r2 men to take the work of the
Committee on Ways and Means when il did
not agree with the work of the other re-
visers The gentleman knew it was impos-
sible to consider half the bill in five days
Mr.. Carlisle sad the House had only been
cons dering the Tariff bill for one week, and
now ut the first opportunity it was proposed
To limit its consideration to one week more
The House had not rs yet completed two
schedules, and they by no means he most
important BY the end of the week the
metal schedule would have been passed, but
the committee OF the whole would not have
erhn h1ln xHha in
creas Of taxation were made. IN cotton
and the wooden schedule there was an in
crease of taxation to the amount OF millions
He stood here as anxious TO see the passage
of proper measure as any gentleman could
be, but he stood here also to demand for the
right which had always been en-
joyed by them-the right of free
speech for the interest of the taxpayers of the
country He should protest against any
measure calculated 60 stitle the rights of the
peoples representatives on bill which pro-
posed to tax them TO the extent OF at least
S20l,OOO000 III Congress were to pass the
measure making an insignificant reduction
in the revenue and at the same time increas-
ing taxation, il would be claimed hereafter
that the question was settled, and IL the
Democrats undertook TO reopen it they would
be subject TO the accusation Of being simply
agitators and disturbers OF business inter
estS
MI. batcn InOuPnJ III came WlJn DQU grace
from the gentleman from Pennsylvania to
ask the House TO pass a tariff bill when, dur
ing n session of eight months, the same gen
teman had declared, by a bill which he
brought in and championed, that after thirty
years of delvfng in this tariff question he
was unable to manage 1t, and wanted to rel
egate his high trust TO n tariff commission,
yet having raised that commission, he swept
the report aside and brought before the
country bill which increased the rates re-
commended by it.
Mr. Haskell commented on the fact that
the country had watched six years and had
waited in vain for revision of the tariff at
the hands of the Democratic party. Now
that the Republican Congress had brought
in bill largely reducing taxation the Dem
ocratic side of the House said NAY"
Mr.. Mckinley believed the Democratic side
had made up its N nd deliberately that, if it
could be prevented, no tariff legislation
should be enacted by this Congress-
Mr.. Springer-That not so
Mr.. Mckinley have no doubt OF IL
When we proposed the Commission bill YOU
Wee cr''-in~ q revision of the tariff de-
car1ng that this proposition was an atfida-
Wit for continuance" but we passed It. and
IL IL the gentlemen on the other side who
are making IAN affidavit for a continuance"
now. L have heard representative men on
the other side of the house say they could
amend this bill until the 4th of March, and
that they would do It rather than that the
Republican party should pass Tariff bill
Mr. Mckenzie-Name your men / defy
you to name them
Dir. McKinley-Does the gentleman want
me TO name Them
Mr.. Nc enZie-leS
Mr.. McKinlcy-I can name them by the
score
Mr. McKenZie-You can't name one
Mr.. Mckinley can name men on the
very committee on which | serve who were
honest enough TO say that rather than have
the bill reported by the Committee of WAYS
and Means they would sit here until the 4th
of March before the bill should be passed
Mr.. Mckinley ask that we pass the Tar
if bill because the business interests of the
country demand il, The business interests
want rest and certainly, and above ali, they
do not want Democratic Congress to make
for them Free-trade bill.
Mr. Reed, in a brief speech. charged the
Democrats with the intention To defeat the
bill, and then motion TO suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution was lost--yeas 49,
nays l02-not the necessary two-thirds in
the Affirmative party vote, except that
Messrs Hardenburg. Morse Spear Wilson OF
West Virginia, and Wise of PENNSYLVANIA
voted with the Republicans in the affirma-
tive.
LATER NE VS. ITEMS.