Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-23

free trade measure. Was S42.99 on the
hundred, free trade? What state had five
per cent rate of taxation? II majority of
the states it did not exceed one dollar on the
hundred A tariff of '46 had beeuI spoken of as
free trade tariff. Taxes on the express com
panies, on all the wealth of the country, but
none of the taxes on labor had been removed,
| The democratic party sympathizcd with men.
1t wanted cheap clothing for the people, re-
publicans wanted duties kept SO high that
neither wool nor wooden goods could be
brought in Within product of 800, 900, 900
and a need of 600, 90 900 pounds, what were
we going to do? Democrats proposed to let
in wool free and let our workmen make it
into clothing. The bill was intended to in
crease the wages and benefit the condition of
the working people. Applause. The gov
ernment should not NEEDLE with the people.
/ They should take care of themselves. They
were the most intelligent and best people in
the world and could give employment to all
! the laborers if Congress would leave them
| alone.
Should We not have free trade and an op-
portunity to contest on equal terms with for
eign manufacturers, we would have a fair
field and an open fight Applause.
The democratic party intended to appeal
! " tiit NlituC hhh l4tCiiiSSAtNN va 'iAt SOuhbs
Money was being poured into his district in
Texas to defeat him for reelection to the
fifty first Congress, but he wanted the coun-
try to know that the people of his district
were not for sale The committee had re-
duced the duty on steel rails from Sl7 to Sll
per ton and was charged that that was an
effort to destroy it.
In conclusion he referred to a suit of
clothes produced by Mckinley during his
speech.
He said that he had nothing to take back.
He had inquired into it and had found that
democrats had been prote cted to the amount
of S403. He had heard that that suit was to
be photographed and used in the campaign.
He wanted to photograph it on the braiu of
every voter-the fact that the ten-dollar suit
was protected to the amount of S4.03
Sowden read letter from Congressman
Randall, asking:that 10 be paired with friend
of the bill and expressing himself distinctly
as opposed to its passage.
AT the conclusion of Mills speech, which
was tumultuously applauded, all the amend
ments were agreed to with the exception of
that on cotton ties, which states as agreed
upon in the committee of the whole.
Carlisle then announced tMt the question
was on the third reading and engrossment of
the bill The ayes and nays were ordered,
and then the clerk, amid deep silence, pro-
ceeded to call the roll
When the second roll call was concluded,
and it was known that the bill had passed,
there was futter of excitement on the dem
ocratc side that broke out into loud cheer
when the speaker announced that 1862 voted
aye and 149 nay, and the bill was ordered to
a third reading by - ma jority.
La rannhlicans rasnon1p1 IN thp demo-
cratic applause by shouting back, "Wait till
November and you will get quite another
verdict from the people"
letter was read from Randall saying he
would vote against the bill if present.
The following is the detailed vote on the
tariff bill;
Yeas-Abbott Allen of Mississippi, An
derson of Iowa, Anderson of Mississippi,
Anderson of Illinois, Bacon, Bankhead- '
Barnes, Barry, Bggs Blanchard, Bland,
Bount, Breckenridge of Arkansas, Brecken-
ridge of Kentucky, Brewer, Bryce, Bucka-
lew, Burnes, Burnett, Bynum, Felix Camp
bell, Campbell of Ohio. T. J. Campbell,
Gambler, Carlton Caruth, Catchings, Chip
man, Clardy, Clements, Cobb, Cochran, Col
lins, Compton. Cothran, Cowles, Cox, Grain,
Crisp, Culberson, Cummings. Dargan, Da-
wilson of Alabama, Davidson of Florida,
Dibble. Dockery, Dougherty, Dunn, Elliott,
Enee Ermlntrout, Fisher, Ford, Fitch, For
apv, French, Gay, Gibson, Glass, Grimes,
Hall, iiare, Hatch, Hayes, Heard, Hemp
hill, Henderson, Herbert Holman, Hooker.
Hopkins of Virginia Howard Hudd, Hutton,
Johnston of North Carolina, Jones, kilgore,
Kaffoon, Lagan, Landes, Lane, Lanham,
Latham. Lawler, Lee, Lynch, Mcdonald,
Mahouey, Marsh Mansur. Matson, McAdoo,
~ II NI,.LT, NJ
McKea. McShane, Mills, Montgomery,
Moore Morgan, Morse, Neal, Nelson, New
ton, Norwood Oates, O'Farrell, O'Neil of
Indiana O'Neil of Missouri, Cultivate, Peel,
Pennington, Phelan Pdcock, Rayner, Rice,
Richardson, Robertson, Rogers, Rowland
Russell of Massachusetts. Rusk, Sayers,
Scott Seney, Shaw, Shiveey, simmons,
Smith. Snyder, Spinola, Springer Stahl-
necker, Stewart of Texas, Stewart of Geor-
gia Stockdale, Stone of Kentucky, Stone of
Missouri Tarsney. Taulbee Thompson of
California, Tillman, Tracy, Townshend,
Turner of Georgia, Vance, Walker, Wash
ington. Weaver, Wheeler. Whitthorne Will
kius, Wilkinson, Wilson of Minnesota, Will
son of West Virginia, Wise, Yoder and
Speaker CarIisle-l62.
Nays-Adams Allison of Massachusetts,,
Allen of Michigan, Anderson of Kansas, Ar
mold, Atkinson, Baker of New York, Baker
of Illinois, Bayne, Belden, Bingham. Bliss,
Boothman. Bound, Boutelle Bowden, Bowen,
Brewer T. II. b. Browne of Virginia,
Brown of Ohio, J. X. Browne, Brumm,
Buchanan, Bunnell, Burrows, Butler, But
terworth, Cannon, Caswell. Cheadle, Clark,
CogswelI Finley, Flood, Fuller, Funston,
Gaines Galliuger, Gear, Gest, Gotf, Green
man. Grosvenor, Grout, Guenther, Harmer,
Confer, Cooper, Grouse, Cutcheon, Dalzell,
Darlington, Davis, Delano Dngley, Dorsey,
Dunham, Farquahar, FELTON,, Haugen, Hay
den. Henderson of Iowa Henderson of Him
ois. Herman. Hires. Hit, Holmes. Hopkins
of New York, Houck. Hoyey. Hunter Johns
ton of Indiana Kean, Kelley Kennedy, Kerr
Ketcham. LaFollette, Laidlaw, Lehlbach,
Lind, Lodge, Long, Lyman, Mason. Nc
Comas Mccormick, Mccullough, McKenna
Mckinley. Merriam Mlliken, John H. Mof-
/ fatt Morrill,, Morrow. Nichols, Nutting,
O'Donnell, O'Neil of Pennsylvania, Osborne,
/ Owen. Parker, Patton, Payson, Perkins,
Peters. Phelps Plumb Post Pugsley, Reed,
Rockwell, Romeis, Rowell. Russell of Con-
uecticut, Ryan, Sawyer, Scull. Seymour,
Sherman, Sowden, Steel, Stephenson, Stew
art of Vermont. Stubble, Symes, f. B. Tay-
lor, Joseph ID. Taylor. Thomas of Kentucky
| Thomas of Illinois, Thomas of Wisconsin,
Thompson of Ohio, Turner of Kansas, Van
dever, Wade. Warner, Weber, West, White
of Indiana, White of New York. Whiting of
Massachusetts, Wickham Wilbur, Williams,
Yurdley, Yost-l49.
Boutelle of Maine moved to take recess
till O'Clock, as this was the 7ih anniversary
of the battle of Bull Run. The republicans
greeted this hit with laughter and applause
\ motion was also made to adjourn until
Wednesday and it was voted down.
At 2 O'Clock the House took recess unit
s o'clock.