New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-16
THE MONOTONY BROKEN.
!. pprrzY SPEECH BY MR.. BUTTERwORTH.
=, ,xrrRrsrlNG TARIFF SPEECH BRINGS RELIEF
TO THE HOUSE - AMENDMENTS TO
THE MILLS BILL - TARIFF
IN THE SENATE.
ny TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

"a Easily understood and the House fully appre-
s;a,od il. So did the galleries. There has been
- spch attendance at SO early an hour since
= pr.miers Mills made his opening speech and
Knocked of the lid of Pandora's box Major
puttergorth is at all times graceful and effective
orator: to-day he was at his best. He had evil
sortlv thought out his speech beforehand very
carefully and perhaps had prepared it. but no
,;dence of the fact obtruded upon the House.
Members weared of listening to dry statistics and
dismal printed platitudes Of doubtful paternity,
U.s. an alert to q speech which was breezy from
he word CO." and cumulative IN interest TO the
end: eus. sontances were q relief
IL said the Issue Joined between
.o majority and the minority
ses not whether the tariff needed revision or not
" whether the rate of duty was too high or too low
VI ibis article or that. The line was drawn upon
~ Economic principle itself The two parties
nsre divided not as to the wisdom of revising the
sari but as to whether that revision should be so
Conducted us to destroy the protective system 1T
,sIf Al this day American Industries no longer
,eeded capital or plants or SKILL Everything was
,ere except starvation wages which would never
no here so long as the Republican party wrote the
laws OF the country. Labor was entitled TO lts
5istributiye share of the profits of its combined
effort with capital On the other side OF the wa
Ter employers, in order to beat Americans in the
markets OF the world, wrung from labor what the
,yor1ngmen would not assent to here.
THE WAGE QUESTION. NORTH AND SOUTH.
1ben he made most effective comparison Of
The relative condition Of the Northern and Sositii-
ern States-the one anchored In the haIDor Oh pro
tection the other struggling for the dining OF Tree
trade lie showed that his own State OF ONO PAID
in wages SIN millions more than all the States OF
delaware, West Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida Alabama, MISSISSIPPI
Snia Yet these States had population OF over
$1,000, OOO while Ohio had only little over
900 900 If it was commended that TINS COM
faip hot a
no State and the others were agricultural States
ne asked why were they not also manufacturing
States. Whose fault was it that the iron OF the
South had slumbered IN her mountains lor .le
ost century that the coal remained untouched
IN her hills, that the waters of her rivers were
turning no wheels of industry and bearing NIUE
failed 70 bless itself. The gentleman from IeNas
M Mills had said, shall go forward because because
The people are behind us" les, MT bus at.,
worth replied, your people are oehina US ni''
OF Se highly complimented Mr.. Foran for his IN.
aenendence' and said if there were any peopte
who should break loose from the oDo he
,acv IL was the Irish-Americans 1ears ago, NJ
ss;d . read in The London Times tnis SUI s'II
~ont- and here he held up the extract III iuii
S;eTv Of the House as he read I'll
The only time England can use ces sah bs Al.
crates 10 America, ana VoIes ior i'oe '''
mos. invariably does -. a.. r.;, tho
He closed with the declaration tnaI uli.n 9 Sn
anIe Of the South casting l47 sond VOTES ZOE
whoever mi ght be the nominee OF iaG St;ns 81
Marty could show some successful lnu9st ". % 70
ibeiy own they would never be allowed 10 eako
charge of ours All the members on th S lGp wad
lican side and some on the Democra,ic siao,
in the plaudits which greeted MI. Du'ter"or'n
Is he sat down.
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF THE PREMIER"
. carcful computation made by members OF inc
Commlttee Oh Ways and Means To-Day ulscAoIeo ~
fact that there are enough ahieHulen n", iii r.
snbmittcd TO the Mills Dark Lantern pli W
axe two new tariff bills of the same DulA, anu
by mail and telegraph the comHul.ec or Un,s,
advised of further amendments on cue Wy. &; no,,
20 dsnose of this embarrassment OF rlches 10 NV
tho nrohlem with which Speaker CarIsie, Ire-
miors Mills and other Administration advlsed9
ore STRUGGLING There are two plans proposes,
One, to secdre IN advance noSnective OF their
merits The other is temporarily 10 lay nsiuo 'nS
tarfT bin and take up appropriation 1lls, 90 aS
=, tida over the time till the ST. Louis Convcnoioss
,Dccts The first plan will be put into prac0ice' Al
pOJ a. The meeting of the Finance Committee 20. Of
,ba senate this morning resolution "as pre,
u Ill 1'"' to be reported to the oena u
pared ziug sub committee to hold hearings t.
takn testimony, to administer oaliIs anu " 90 9
SSre tIa sessions of the Senate. Inc couihitocSS
discussed the tariff matter at some TenstSn n aue
ol,raed upon an aggressive policy inc oen .u
Sommittee on Finance never gives hearings on t ~.
tariff For great many rS years or to W" consider any
arSpment which was not presented IN lrIn, So
q 9osn The reason that the committee mas ue'
cded to give pnd Means refused to give
The majority Of the Finance Commlttee U. VI,
canata believe that the House will pass a Iatll
bill of some sort and that the oeha'o Will A'
70 HoH the House passes tariff BILL the Senate
viii mass a bill of some sort. 1t will not DC
the House bill nor anything IKE ~, ou 18th tb1
views of the majority of the Senate: Inc oeha.e
NAV refuse to adjourn until this bill mas Deen
passed. This may prolong the session 70 the com
mittee was presented in the Senate by MI 1ohes =,
of Nevada and was adopted. The chairi nan % %
the committee will probably be senator bers
II has not been fully determined who the menperS
of the committee will be. Senator BECK VIII
certainly be one of the Democratic members
SENATOR'S DEBATE ON AN OLD SUBJENl l.
WASHINGTON, May Is (SpeciaD.-The Senate
spent the greater part of the afternoon IN the oi'
cussion of an old and worn-out subject, to wit,
the power of the Senate to originate Appropriation
bills attach legislation to appropriation bills, and
amend legislation put by the House upon appro-
priation bills Messrs Edmunds, Hoar, Evarts'
Chandler, CoclSrell Teller and George took lead
ing part in the debate. The whole discussion
arose from the Pension Appropriation bill. 1t
was shown by those in whom the Senatorial
esprit du corps is abnormally developed like
Edmunds, George and a few Others, that the
Senate has as much right to originate appropria-
ton bills as the House; that the Constitution
contains no provision contrary to it, and that the
claim set up by the House in this regard is one
based on tradition and precedent merely. 1t is
derived, MIR. Edmunds said, from the English
Legislature, where the House of Parliament alone
Is competent TO prepare money bills,
which the House of Lords is after
ward expected to, ratify or reject
but cannot amend. Mr.. Edmunds further as
serted that there was as much inherent right in
the Senate TO originate and prepare one of the
general appropriation bills there is to originate
and pass bill appropriatng 81 for some poor old
soldier
Those who took the opposite side, like Mr..
Hoar, showed that the unwritten law based upon
sition which Mr. Edmunds might submit This
remark seemed TO nettle the latter for he presently
left the chamber much 10 the astonishment Of
who witnessed the scene. The whole discussion