The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-07-07
Mr.. MILLS RUNNING THE DEBATE.
While Republican Senators are Pre-
pairing a Tariff Bill
Which VIII Make the Needed Reduce
ton in the Surplus,
Without Disturbing the Industries of
the Nation.


aye and no vote ON the passage of the land
grant forfeiture was taken, resulting ayes,
III; noes, s. So the bill was passed.
The House then went into committee Of
the whole on the tariff bill, the pending
paragraph being that relating to iron or steel
railway fish plate.
A motion to strike out the paragraph was
rejected
| A similar motion with respect to the para
graph relating to spikes, horses, ETC., was
| lost.
The reading of the bill then progressed
rapidly motions made on the Republican
side to strike out many of the paragraphs
being rejected generally without division and
| little debate
Mr Farquhar,of New York, Mr.. Adams, of
Illinois, and Mr.. Spooner, of Rhode Island,
protested against the reduction of duty on files
and the imposition of an ad valorem rate.
The Democrats refrained from replying.
Upon standing vote Mr.. Farquhars amend
ment increasing and scaling the duties in
proportion to the size of the files, prevailed.
"a to 81. Mr. Mills demanded the tellers and
the result was reversed: yes, So; nays, 20,
and the amendment was rejected
On motion of Mr.. Vance, of Connecticut
with the assent of Mr.. Mills, and amid some
sarcastic laughter from the Republicans. the
paragraph imposing duty of 80 per cent ad
vhalorem th..o on wood screws, was stricken out
thus restoring the present rate
Mr.. Dubois, of Idaho, offered an amend
ment restoring the existing duty on lead ore
Mr.. Stone, OF Missouri, offered an amend
ment which, leaving the duty on lead ore as
tiS nxed ey the bill, provides that a combina-
tlon OF lead with silver in ores shall not ex-
empt the lead there from duty.
,Deoate ensued between Mr.. Reed and Mr.
Mills. The former accused Mills of lack of
courage when he went to New York to de-
clare that he was not for free trade. Mills
resented the charge. he hoped his friends
on the other side would have the same high
courage, and would stand by their whiskey
platform. He saw some intimation that the
Dill which the gentlemen on the other side
were preparing was to make flank move
ment on the whiskey plank of the Chicago
platfurEl. They were going to stop the tax
on, alcohol used in the arts and make the
balance OF the reduction by 80 pei cent cut
on sugar. When the Republicans found that
the Democratic battalions were on the
march,, they began to say they did not want
so much whiskey. but would take some sugar
in it. [Laughter.l
The amendment offered by Mr.. Stone was
then rejected as was also one submitted by
Mr.. warner OF Missouri, restoring the pres
ent rate of duty on lead ore
On motion of Mr.. Mills, the clause was
stricken out which imposes duty of 80 per
cent ad valorem on pen knives and razors,
thus restoring the present rate, On motion
of Mr.. Mills, clause was inserted fixing the
rate on new type for printing at Is per cent
ad valorem. The sugar, molasses and con-
fectionery clauses being reached, by agree
ment they were all considered together.
After an understanding was reached that
a vote should not be taken today, Mr.. Can
non OF Illinois, offered an amendment strik-
ing out all the sugar and molasses para
graphs, and inserting clauses fixing the du.
ties as follows:
Sugars, not above No. 16 Dutch standard, syr-
ups, etc., and al molasses testing not above sc
degrees, not otherwise provided for, to be exempt
from duty,n the event no export duty is levied by
the country of expectation.
Sugars above No. SO to pay a duty of $40 of /
per cent; molasses above 66 degrees, 2 cents per
gallon maple sugar, 2 cents per pound of the
crystalllZable sugar contained; maple syrup or
molasses, cents per gallan; glucose, i cent per
pound; sugar candy not colored, cents per
pound
All other confectionery not enumerated. and on
sugars after being refined when tinctures colored
or adulterated, and on all chocolate confection-
cry, ~ cents per pound with similar provision
against export duty)
tits also provided that, to encourage domestic
production, there shall be paid in bounty toUnited
States producers OF sugar from beets, sorghum
and other cane. raised in the United States as
tollews on sugar, 2 cents per pound on the
crystallizable sugar contained therein; on molas-
ses above SO degrees cents per gallon not above
90 degrees, cents.
Messrs. Cannon and Bayne of Pennsylya-
mia, spoke in favor of the amendment
Messrs. Kelley and Peters of Kansas, OPP
posed giving the bountles Pending further
debate the committee rose and the House
took recess till O'clock.
AT the evening session. the House passed
30 private pension bills.
Enjoyment for Mr.. Reed.
Tom Reed rather enjoyed it when C. r.
Breckenridge tried to get a point on him by
referring to the record of the two parties on
handling the tariff bill in the Keifer House.
Said he: "As for the asseyeration that there
has been any attempt to make delay, the gen.
tleman states.a fact within his own knowl-
edge that is not so. In the committee on
WAYS and Means efforts were made for a
short period Of time to obtain information
with regard to the reasons and facts which
induced the opening of the various items of
this BILL AS soon after careful effort as
was ascertained the other side had deter
mined to afford to the House, to
the country and to their colleagues
no information whatever. there was
no more delay except to take votes on
the items of the bill. And he knows. and
every man knows in this House, that with
the use of one-quarter of the powers which
the parliamentary laws give us, we might
have detained the bill in the committee ten
hours for every one which has been con-
sumed. Here we have gone seduously to
work, taking up item by item men have ris-
en- to their feet as the interests of their con-
stituents prompted them, and if debate has
taken wide range, it only shows how wide
in extent has been the stroke against the in
dustries of the country. When we consider
that under the leadership of the present
Speaker of this House, at the short sessions
of the 47th Congress, seven weeks of the
session were spent in one-half of the items
of the bill, it is surprising that they should
have the courage to make repetitions of this
attack as they have seen proper to make"
81 shall take occasions again t. say word
about the Keifer House on the tariff" said
Mr.. Reed in speaking of this debate. IF
there ever was body maligned and unfairly
tire ated it was that one"
A Senate Tariff Bill.
The subcommittee Of the Senate finance
committee has begun formulating tariff