Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-15
Passing the Tariff.

| EXCITEMENT ATTENDANT THEREUPON-
THE TEBATE.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 3.-At
$50 o'clock this afternoon, the house,
by vote of 152 to lis, adopted the
tariff bill reported by the committee
of conference. Thomas Cook, green
hacker, of Iowa, who was sworn in two
or three hours before the vote was
taken, in place of Cuts, republican,
unseated, voted against the bill, and
Sessinghaus, of Missouri, who was
seated last night in place of Frost,
democrat, voted for it.
FILIBUsTERING.
The debate on the conference report
was preceded by r parliamentary
wrangle which wasted nearly an hour.
One or two rulings by Keifer at this
ljuncture created some alarm among
the friends Of the bill, who, knowing
that Keller was dead against it, began
to fear that he would be guilty of some
outrageous ruling in order to defeat the
measure. Some members of the ways
and Beans committee even believed
that he would go to the length of ruling
that the conference report wss divisible
and that vote might be demanded on
each of the provisions contained
therein. Their fears, however, were
not justified by subsequent events,
and when the vote was taken it was
plain enough that no mere parliam en-
tary juggle by the speaker could &C
complish the defeat of the bill.
After the points of order bad been
got rid Of, Springer demanded the
reading of the entire bill. This of
course had to be done on the demand
of single member. The performance
occupied nearly two hours, and not a
single person paid any sttertion to it
except the one engaged in reading,
who perfoI med his duty in the most
perfunctory name The reading
clerks were relieved from time to time
by Representative Speer, of Georgia,
and Robinson, of Massachusetts,, who
volunteered to take part of the burden
upon themselves. Robinson read with
great rapidly, ard the performance
ended sooner han many expected it
would.
THE SPEECHES.
The debate WAS not very interesting.
Kelley spoke twenty minutes in an
apologetic, explanatory way, without
exciting much interest
Carlisle, who spoke for nearly an
hour, won the attention of the house,
and some of his criticisms we're very
effective. Public sentiment and in
terest he said, demand a reduction of
taxation. He regretted that lie could
not support this measure. He had been
willing TIC support any measure which
would insure an average reduction of
twenty per cent. This one would not
reduce more than half that amount.
He then criticised those parts of the
conference reports where the COM
mittee had adopted rates different from
those agreed upon by the house or
senate.
Haskell made a strong speech in
favor of the report.
Mr.. Robinson, of Ohio, then got the
floor and spoke five minutes against
the bill. His opposition Was based
upon the injustice done to the wool
growers, of whom he said there are
100000 in the United States. He at
tackled the National Wool-Growers'
Association, which, ne said, consisted
of four men, who had elected a Presi-
dent end Secretary, who had come to
Washington without consulting a single
wool.grower in the country, and had
formally, in the name of the wool.
growers Of the United States, accepted
the schedule proposed. This bill, he
said, would take from the Ohio farm
ers 81 600 600 year. He appealed to
the representatives of Pennsylvania
and New England to stand by the wool
growers.
Mr. Speer, of Georgia, who signed
the conference report, defended it in a
vigorous speech, which elected consid-
cradle applause on the Republican
side.
Mr.. Wilson, of West Virginia, made
an ante-mortem statement in favor of
The conference report.
Mr.. Morse, of Massachusetts, follow |
cd suit. He said: owe want a tariff |
DILL and we want it now" He had not |
thought ii necessary to 60 to the Ways |
and Means Committee and lobby for |
his or that interest. What the people |
If the country and its business interests
demand is reduction of the present
.urdens.
Mr.. Converse, of Ohio, attacked the |
ill and the rule under which it had
oeen brought before the house. "Tbis
bill, embracing 1000 items" he said,
has Just been read for the first time, |
aud that within twenty-four hours of
me expiration of this congress. This
YOU call conservatism. 1t is leap in
the DARK. 1t is unwise and indetensi-
e legislation. The American people
have lived under the present tariff for
twenty years. They would rather live
under il another year and give us full
time and opportunity to discuss the
question intelligently before we act"
Mr.. Springer delivered a retrospect
we speech, beginning with the incep-
ton of the legislation establishing the
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