The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-03-07
CONGRESS CLOSES.
The Conference Tariff Bill Passed
by the House.
How the Tariff Bill Passsd-lt Gets
Through the Senate by the
Skin Of Its Teeth.

has occupied Tor two years on tull pay,
Mr.. Kelley presented the conference
committee report on the tariff bill, that
passed the Senate last night. The read
ing Of the bill was called for, and Occu-
pied the time from 1910 to 2 p. m., when
Mr.. Kelley rose and said he had intend
ed to move the previous question, but,
understanding that some of the gentle
men on the other side wished 60 be heard
he was willing to cOncede a reasonable
time for discussion. 1t was finally
agreed that a vote should be taken at 5
O'Clock.
In his brief statement presenting the
bill, Mr.. Kelley said it was not what he
wanted in all respects, but, taken as
whole, 1t was far superior to existing
laws, and this cue was faithfully fol-
lowed by all the other speakers on the
protection side of the House.
Mr.. CARLIsLE's SPEECH.
Mr.. Carlisle made the principal speech
FOR the revenue refOrmers, saying he
deeply regretted that bill had not been
reported which would commend itself
to his approval and secure his vote. The
House would bear witness that at the
beginning Of the debate on the tariff
question, he had repeatedly announced
he would heartily support tariff bill
that would make an average reduction
in the schedule of 20 per cent. This bill
reduced the taxes but little more than
10 per cent. 1t was claimed by Senator
Morrill,, Mr.. Kelley and other friends of
the bill, that 1t reduced the annual rev.
enue from &65,000,O0O to $4,000, 600.
without eonceding or denying the cor
rectness Of this claim, he did not hesi-
tate to say that not less than forty of
these &65, ,0oo, 900 came of Of the inter
nal revenue tax, leaving only $25, ,000000
"A a tho PadnRtinn m the ia riff
He then proceeded to review the work
of the conference committee. The first
act OF the conference WAS to increase
the duty on common earthenware, such
as the great mass OF the people use from
40 to 80 per cent. He regretted Mr. Kel-
ley did not deem 1t his duty to explain
to the House and the country why this
was done. The next thing considered
was iron ore. The Senate and House had
agreed exactly on the duty that ought
to be placed on iron ore, and both had
fixed 1t at 90 cents per ton. The confer
ence committee, disTegarding the judg-
meIit of both houses, Increased the duty
to rs per cent. q ton. Steel rails were
another article upon which the House
and Senate had substantially agreed,
the House having fixed the duty at $l5.
and the Senate at $3.50 per ton, but the
committee raised 1t to S17 per ton. Bar
iron, under the present classification,
has duty laid upon 1t $18 and $22. The
committee made reduction of cents
per ton for first class, which reduced the
duty to 1898 per ton, but they more
than made up for this show of virtue by
increasing the duty on the second class
from $40 to $22, 40 per ton. In every sim
gle item the report of the conference
committee diners from the Senate bill,
and In all but two items from the House
Qn 10 tho
of the conference committee. All wool
goods, such as are used by the labOring
classes for Sunday wear, were marked
up. These goods are not manufactured
to any great extent in this country, and
the revenue derived from them last year
was more than 100000. THAT is to
say" said Mr.. Carlisle, ':the whole pur-
pose Of the increase on this class Of
goods Is to tax the labOring classes Of
the United States 100000 per snnum,
that few men may experiment in their
manufacture without lOss."
His remarks were listened to with
profound attention, and he was greeted
with long continued applause. When
he took his seat; Robinson of Ohio, Hub
bell Of Michigan, and Bayne of Pennsyl-
Vanis, we're among the Republicans who
spoke against the bill; while Speer Of
Georgia, and Wilson Of West Va, spoke
in its favor.
Promptly at p. m, the roll was call
ed for yea and nay vote, resulting In
yeas 152, nays 115.
HOW THE TARIFF BILL PASSED.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The Senate
did not waste much time over the con-
ference committees report on the tariff
bill. TWAS reported few minutes be-
fore o'clock, and the Senate immedi-
kalz oA %
an able speech against the bill, and Sem
ator Bayard also explained why he could
not vote for 1t. Then the roll call be-
gan and went on amid a breathless 81
lence. Twenty-six Democrats voted sol
idly nay as their names were called; |;
and when Cameron Of Pa, Joined them,
whisper ran around that the bill was
lost. Then Mcpherson of New Jersey, a
Democrat, voted aye, and friends of the
Republican Senator from Nebraska, vO-
ted no, and the vote was q tie. There
was q pause, and 1t was thought the bill
was lost, when Ingalls, Of Kansas, came
in and voted for the bill, thus carrying
it-32 yeas and 81 nays. The vote in de-
tail was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Anthony, Blair,
Cameron Of Wis, Conger, Davis Of Ill.
Dawes, Edmunds, Frye, Harrison, Hill,
Lapham, Logan, McDill, Mcmillan, Nc
Pherson, Malone, Miller of n. u, Nor
rill, Platt, Plumb, Rollins, Sawyer, Sc
well, Sherman and Windom-32.
Noes-Barrow, Baysrd, Brown, Butler,
Call, Cameron Of Pa, Cockrell' Coke,
Fair, Garland, George, German. Groome,
Harris, jackson, Jonas, Jones Of Fla,
Lamar, Maxey, Morgan. PendletOn, ,Pugh
Ransom, Salisbury, Slater, Vance, Vest,
Van Wyck, Voorhees,, Walker, Williams
81.
The following pairs were announced:
Camden. Ferry, Hale, Saunders and Nit
chell with Tabor, Grover, Beck, Hamp-
ton and Johnston.
One Democrat, Mcpherson, voted for
the bill. Two Republicans, Cameron
and Van Wyck, voted againstit. Tabor,
Republican, would have voted for 1t had
he been present.
I aooDsPBED TO FOLLOW GEN. MEYER.
WASHINGTON, March Sit is learned
upon undOubted authority that United
i States Marshal Goodspeed of the North
! ern Ohio district will be removed before