New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-02
A LIVELY DEBATE ON THE TARIFF
SENATOR'S DISCUSS POINTS OF INTEREST.

,ENATORS DISCUSS POINTS OF INTEREST
fNCONsIsT' NCY or DEMOCRATIC VIEWS AND VOTES
TRUSTS AID THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
WASHINGTON. March l tSpecaD.-1here was
lively tariff debate in the Senate to-day. Strange to
say it all grew out OF the pending Pension Dill
Mr Beck was the immediate cause Of it. lie de-
clared that this scheme to grant pensions to OK
soldiers of the Union armies was port OF plan
to reduce the surplus to such an extent MS u
make re, ision Of the tarf impossible. Taxing
this proposition for his Keynote he forthwith
began to deliver himself OF his welLworn tariff
views lie had good deal to say about " robbers
and tariff barons." But the acme OF
his discourse was reached when he pounceo
with one wild whoop upon combines
and trusts" In lcn0uncing them he
exhausted his vocabulary OF epthets. HIS argu-
ment was that these trusts defeated competitioh
ana thereby enabled a few TO reap enormous pronts
winch by "a limited inn oraton, might be kept
within reasonable limits. 1t was III vain thai
Mr. Sherman pointed out t. the Irate Senator
from hentucky tnat trusts WERE as a ruie' Gre
ated only in such commodities as were soely thc
prouucls VI home manufacture, ana tnat us III the
cas-. OF the Standard Oh Company, lney Lau Ifc-
uucnty resulted chcapeIilns the prouucC " thD
consumer plr Beck wound not accept thaI
| statement true and sent To the clerk ecHk
lines" Neither diu the statement OF ME- Oher-
man that by tar the larger number OF trusts
were to be found among foreign manufacturers
VINO sent their goods 10 this country, AFFECT Mr'
| Seek lie continued to lnvelgh against trusts
notwithstanding tho assurance on the part Oh Mr;
sherman that ne c eOhden not soc 'fui how
| the the question or principle of protection could
affect their existence since 1t was obvious that'
| even under free trade, they would continue to
flourish. With this material difference, however,
| that under free trade they would be practsed
| by foreign manufacturers, and therefore, DE De
| ycnd the reach of Congress- while, under
system of protection when resUrted to by manu-
| facturers in this country, they could be made
subject to the control e.. OF of. the ,ba law Nv.
| b tp when. goaded by Mesrs. flatt, Al'ricn aho
| OF her Republicans into an explanation OF the
Presidents attitude WI h regard 70 the tariff, MT
| Beck exclaimed throwing no ms hands IN disgust
There is not IL Democrat either III tne House or
| in the Senate who l. free-fraier' anu aiden ne,
amid shouts of laughter from the ReDnDilcan SIDE,
| " We have TOO much sen"e To be free-'raoers'
This admission Of Democratic free trader Tor
| revenue only, l. e, tor the spoils OF office only
was refreshngly candid. and Set everybody IN good
| numor, except Mr. BECK WAC couldn't understand
| whv people laughed az him.
| re speech OF the day. however, was mace Dv
| Mr. Plumb who showed by reference TO the record
| that Notwithstanding the loud outcres OF Demo,
| cratic Senators IN behalf OF free trade. each and
every was willing 10 participate IN the ROB,
berry" Of protec ION W hen an article manufactured
in their own States was Involved. mus ne snoweu
| how Mr. Mcpherson, of Ne@-Jersey. voted on the
tariff revision of 1888. not only to retain The old
tariff ra but TO increase it in no ne lines from 10
to 60 per cont; how Mr.. Vest. OF Missouri voted 10
on sveIter from "a cents to 2i9 cents now DIT;
Beck. OF Kentucky. and MI. harris; %, OF
| on hemp and. as regards some of its products,
voted to increase 1t; now the Senator'S from NOrth
and South Carolina did the same IN respect 10 rice;
how the ioulsIaua senators moved heaven and
earth now TO retain the sugar duty at ITS present
figure. and now Mr. Bay"rd, the senior senator
| from Delaware show translated elsewhere. as
| Mr. NH II
rased his hands, IN behalf of the match monopoly
of his state. Mr. Plumb. too, made 1t rather nn,
| com Ortable for the Democrats when ne referred
| to the pauclty of Presidential candidates IN the
| / emccfatlc party, and excIaimed ne Demo,
The winning candidate" remarked Mr. NcPher:
| son sotto voice Yes; the winning candidate.
replied Mr. Plumb That's your only consolation
But you don't want hun to win You want Some
one else to WIFE,
| The PUBLIC PRINTERS SHORTCOMINGS.
SERIOUS 1NrERFERRxCE WITH THE WORK OF con-
| GREss-REBVKED IN THE SENATE.
| WASHINGTON. Mar. tSpeciaD.-rhe mismanaQe-
ment of the Government Printing Office under Mr.
| Benedict is beginning TO interfere seriously with
the work of Congress. Import ant reports neccs-
sary for ar intelligent discussion Of pending bust
ness are buried IN the pile of manuscripts
daily sent to Mr.. Benedict to be put
into type, bat by blm either laid aside or turned
| over e. Incompetent hands, whose only recommen-
dation for EN- poyment IN the Government Printing
| office has been their zeal IN behalf OF the Demo-
cratic party. Complaints are loul az To the typo
prd phlcal bunders constantly creeping into public
documents nowadays The most lLdcrous and
| EXPENSIVE mistakes are constantly taking place.
sucn as the binding together in one volume or
monogra phs If the Geological Survey and his
{ ~ of the Rules of the Rouse OF represent atvea
More annoying aud vexatlous than either, now
ever is the DELAY the printing OF reports neceS-
sary for the WORK of the committees: Ana YET.
though tie work is behind hand worse th'n II
ever was the Public Printer continues 10 discharge
old and ex perIenced hands simply because they are
either ex soldiers Republicans and puts IN their
places political heelcrs " and strikers.
These tnlDg' all cHme out IN the Senate to-day IN
! n debate over pr position TO print twenty thou-
sand add ltionai copies of the Consular Reports on
By Mr. FRYE to the fact tnat the report of the Spe
cIaI COmnttoe on FISHER es. winch, tor obvious
reasons 1t H. important 10 have now, though sent
to The Public Printer over a year ago, Is not ready
yet. The same is true of the reports or the COM
mi Oner of Indian Affairs, the Supervising Archi
tect of the Treasury, and the Commits ioner OF Nav
iQatlOn. Senator Allison tersely pu5 1t Dy
saying that the Public Printer fails
TO appreciate the impoi lance of this work
! Significant 1t was that not sn2le Dem cratic
Senator had word to say in defence OF the fupi 10
Printer. 1t can be safely asserted That III MT.
BenedIcts noplna lou still peudlng before the
Senate for confirmation he would DO rejected by
uuf ness ma administration Of his Office anu per
nlcIous activity III behalf of his party. All nc
seems cap pie of ling IL 70 10 ut wonen ana sign
his name 10 political circulars.
REFINING COMPULSORY PILOT LAWS.
| RICHMOND, Va, March l (special.-Thc General
Assembly today defeated the bill to repeal the Com