The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-07-28
THE MILLS BILL PASSED.
Exciting Scenes in the House.

a Washington dispatch 10 the Baltimore Su'ldd!
The closing scene in the great tariff struggle wa
enacted to-day when vote on the final passage o
the Mills bill was taken Long before II o'clock, III,
large flow into the galleries, and when Speaker
Carlisle brought down the gavel and called t5t
House to order the seats were well filed, and late
there was not even standing room, and many had
to go away. Senators and other distinguished per
sonages including Mrs Cleveland, were present %
witness the vote, and at its conclusion there
uproar of applause lasting some minutes. On thu
Democratic side there was general clapping o.
hands and waving of handkerchiefs aud bandanas
and the galleries took up the enthusiasm and made
the hall ring il has not done since the last day OF
the set speeches when Reed and Carlisle each In
turn enthused their respective adherents and pro
voked them to cheer and applause. The applause
to-day, however. was all ON the Democratic side.
AT the appointed hour, ll.3O, Mr.. Mills, chairman
of the ways and means committee, had few errors
in the bill corrected, moved the previous question
and then began his speech. II was an able presen
tation OF the object and purposes OF the biz and he
was heartily applauded ut times all through its de
livery. He dealt some severe blows at the Protee
Free Trade" so persistently charged against the
measure. The present tariff, he said, levied an
average duty of 1910 upon every 500 worth of i'm
portatons The proposed bill, when first presented
10 the House. levied about $40, but by the changes
the tax would be 1929 the sl01 If this was free
trade, he exclaimed, what is protection The
speech the supreme effort of his life. and he
fairly surpassed himself and sustained the honor OF
leader of the House TO the credit of himself and to
the Democratic party.
Just before the vote was taken on the BILL Mr.. Nc
Kinley asked for the yeas and nays on the amend
ment placing cotton ties on the free list and the re-
suit was 40 yeas TO I'D nays.
Then came the vote on the BILL and the result was
House Is COMPOSED Of les Democrats, i5s RepubIi.
cans and four Independents. The Democrats have
fifteen plurality over the Republicans and eleven
majority over all. There were five pairs between
Democrats and Republicans. and Randall, Demo-
crat was paired with Hogg, Democrat. W. Va. All
the Independents voted with the Democrats. They
WISCONSIN, Baltimore.
who was elected as peoples candidate over Re-
publicans, Democrats and Prohibitonists; Anderson
of Iowa, elected as ami Independent Republican;
Hopkins, of Va, elected as Knights of Labor, and
Nichols of North Carolina, elected as an Indepen-
dent. Knute Nelson, Republican, of Minnesota. who
fired off the first tariff reform speech, was said to
have gone back andsit has been said for week or
more that he would vote against the bill When his
name was called to-day he voted aye in loud voice,
amid great applause. Fitch, of New York, another
Republican, voted for the bill.
-Four Democrats voted against the bill-Blss.
Greenman and Merriman, of New York, and Sow
den, of Pennsylvania Foran and wilkins, Demo
Gratis of Ohio, who were once said to be doubtful
were straight i'll. line to-day. Every Independent
and Republican who voted for the bill heartily
applauded by the Democrats, and every Democrat
Republicans .Knute" Nelson was given several
rounds The bill received two more votes than the
Democratic majority of the House.
THE MILLS BILL AS PASSED.
When the Mills bill was first reported to the House
it was estimated that it would reduce the revenue
from imports S53 10 HIP based upon the importa-
lions and the revenue
total reduction of SIS U5422 The bill passed
to-day is changed in number of particulars from
the one first reported but it is estimated that it ac-
complshes the reduction sought TO be made.
No amendments 10 the bill during its eonsidera-
ton was made, except upon motion of the Demo-
cratic majority of the ways and means committee,
and whatever good results may flow from it will re-
dound to the Democrats and they Will have to bear
the burden of whatever evil may be wrought by 1t.
The free list was changed by striking from it flax,
hacked. known dressed line glue, gelatine, fish
glue or isnglass, licorice juice oneback, ivory
drop black and bone-char; all preparations known
as essential oils expressed oils distilled oils render
ed oils alkalies and alkaloids china clay or kaolne
plums and prunes, matters furs not on the skin;
pulp for paper makers use, lime, linseed or flax
seed marble of all kinds, in block, rough or squar-
ed; plaster of Paris, when ground or calcined, and
paintings in oil or water colors There was added
TO the free list bags ofue for grain nitrate Of Soda
alizarine natural or artificial olive oil, salad oil,
cotonseed OIL whale OIL seal oil and meats foot OIL
glass plates discs unwrought for use in the man
uaeture of optical instruments, spectacles and eye
glasses and German looking glass plates made of
blown glass and silgered.
Most Of the articles stricken from the free list are
made dutabe nj the present rates upon others there
is reduction Kaoine, for instance, of which there
are mines in Cecil county Nd is taxed one and two
dollars per ton. The present rate is three dollars.
1t may be noted for the benefit of Baltimore factories
that the glass duties are retained at about present
rates. The duty china, porcelain earthen, stone
and crockery ware including vases, statuettes &c,
has been raised from fortyfiye per cent ad valorem
to fifty, and there was an increase upon a number
OF articles. New type for printing was added to the
BILL and the duty IS fifteen per cent al valoren the
same as type metal.
In the original bill carpets, druggets mats rugs,
screens covers, hassocks, &c. were taxed Oper cent
ad valorem. In the bill passed hemp and jute
carpeting is taxed six cents per square yard Ioor
mattings and floor mats exclusively of vegetable
substances at 20 per cent ad vaorem, and all other
carpets and carpeting druggels mats rugs, screens
hassocks, &C.. at 40 per cent ad valorem.
As Baltimore is branching out in steel works, 1t
may be stated that slabs and billets of steel were
striken out of the schedule with railway bars bear
ing S per ton and are taxed 4 per cent ad yalorem
The bill would go into effect October LIST if it pass
ed the Senate, but there is probability that it will
do So
Ii would remit to the people annually an average
of Sl50 for every man, woman and child in the
country.