Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-20
FINISHED.
THE HOUSE CONCLUDES ITS CON-
SlDERATIoN OF THE TARIFF BILL,
A Vote or the Final Passage Of the Meas
urs TO be Taken To-morrow-RsPress
tative Springer Speaks In Favor OF the
Bill and Particularly the Free Wool
ClAuse-Othsr Washington News.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-The House yes.
terday finished consideration of the Tariff
bill in committee of the whole. and report
ed il to the House. Further consideration
of the bill was postponed until Saturday at
ll:3o when Mr.. Mills will call the previous
question, and close debate with an hours
speech. A vote will then be taken on the
final passage of the bill
The House refused TO pass the Allentown,
Pa, public building bill over the Presi-
dents veto.
When the House met in the morning,
on motion of Mr.. Dibble, of South Carolina
Senate amendments were concurred in, to
the House bill authorizing the eondemna-
ton Of land for public buildings The
House then went into Committee Of the
whole on the Tariff bill. Mr.. Mills amend
ment restoring the present rate of duty on
lesf tobacco, was, after q short discussion,
agreed to without division. Amendments
proposing an increase in rates of duty on
hat materials, pearl buttons, were rejected,
and one restoring the present rates OF duty
on pipes pipe bowls and smokers articles,
was adopted.
Mr.. Springer then took the floor and
made speech in support of the bill in gen.
eral, and free wool in particular. Refer
ring TO the debate on the bill in the House,
be said it had awakened lively interest,
not only in this country, but throughout
the civilized world, and would hereafter be
known az the great tariff debate Of 1888.
Twenty-three days and eight evening ses-
sions had been spent in general debate.
One hundred and fifty-one speeches had
been made. The debate under the five
minute rule had consumed twenty-eight
days And altogether, it was the most re
markable debate that had ever occurred in
parliamentary history. Mr. Springer then
proceeded TO argue in support Of the free
wool feature of the bill. High tariff
on wool restricted wool growers
to the home market, and this restriction
placed them at the mercy of the WOODEN
man ufncturers. The probable effect of
putting wool on the free list and reducing
duties on wooden goods would be to greatly
reduce the price of wooden goods, while at
the same time the quality OF the goods
would be much improved. This would
increase the demand for them, and in
creased demand would cause an advance in
prices Of raw wool for manufacturing pur-
poses, and soon restore the prices prevail
ing under protection, without increasing
the cost of woolen goods. Pass this bill
exclaimed Mr.. Springer, and instead of
importing $40,O00. 900 worth of wooden
goods annually, We would soon be able not
only to supply the home market but to ex-
port immense quantities to other countries.
Mr.. Dingley. of Maine, ridiculed Mr.
Springer's Argument The tariff on wool
and woolens had stimulated the manufae-
ture of wooden goods and held the home
marketfer our producers. The temporary
effect OF placing wool ON the free list might
be to lower the price of woolen goods to the
extent of the reduction of duty; but when |
home manufactures were destroyed, then |
the price would again rise and ultimately
present The bill, he declared, slaughtered |
every farming interest in the north; but |
left duty of 6s per cent on sugar and 100 |
per cent on rice.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, said that through |
out the whole debate no speech had been |
made on the Democratic side which did not |
contain free trade principles as plainly as |
they had ever been enunciated by Mr.. Cox. |
of New York, who was, perhaps the only |
man on the other side of the House not |
afraid to express his sentiments. Why, |
he asked. had Mr.. Mills gone to New York, |
and swallowing words only four years old, |
declared that there need be no fear of free |
trade from him2 Why was it that a crowd |
of Democratic newspapers were endeavor-
ing TO explain that "after all they meant |
forty per cent robbery themselvess An
he thought it was because gentlemen on
the other side had begun to heed the
people, and had begun. to recognize the
fact that the people of this country were /
in favor of the American doctrine of pro-
lection.
From now until election time the great
est effort OF the gentlemen on the other
side would be to explain away the declnra-
tious they had so boldly made, and to show
that Nj. Cleveland himself was genuine
protectienist. Mr.. Springer said that the
minority of the committee on Ways and
Means had come into the House and de-
clared that II they could not amend the
Mills bill they would offer substitute
Where, oh, where, was that substitute?
The Democrats were not afraid to go to
the country on the issue presented. The
roll call on Saturday would be heard
around the whole world. 1t would indi-
cate to the people of the country that
their Representatives had been equal to the
great emergency which confronted them of
reducing Unnecessary taxation. In No
yember next the popular voice would be
heard in the triumphant reelection of
Grover Cleveland.
This closed the consideration of the bill
in committee of the whole. Upon motion
amid hearty applause from the Demo-
crats
It's further consideration was then post
poned until IL 80 Saturday morning The
Allentown public building bill and the
Presidents veto messages were then called
up.
Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, said that
the committee had very carefully consid-
cred the message and had arrived at the
conclusion that the appropriation of $780,
900 was not excessive.
Mr.. Snowden, of Pennsylvania. COM
nented on the fact that the committee had
made q unanimous report in favor of the |
passage of the bin Notwithstanding the
veto He thought that that was snffi-
cient justification for the House to vote for
the bill
the veto, yeas i4l, nays 81, not the neces-
sary two-thirds in the affirmative.
The House at 4:20 took q recess until 8
O'Clock. iEa erutl - fNg M
THE SENATE.
The Senate passed most of yesterday in
secret session. In the morning hour sew
eral bills were taken from the Calendar and
passed, among them were the following:
Appropriating $50 600 for public building
at 0pelousss, La. amendatory of the law
last June, prohibiting the use of the bad
debt envelope. The amendment declares
all matter which on any part,
exterior or interior, shows indecent, lewd,
or threatening delineations or
epithets; also House bill amendatory of
the Pacific railroad acts, and requiring the
roads operating telegraph lines to afford
equal facilities for the exchange of tele-
graph business to all telegraph companies.
The Senate at 2 p. m. went into secret ses-
sion and at $50 the doors were reopened ,
and the Senate adjourned. t
Contrary to general expectations, Mr.. /
Fuller's nomination for the Chief Justice
ship was not taken up in secret session, but
three hours were spent in considering the .
of Samuel ]. Bigelew 70 be ,
District Attorney of New Jersey. Bige-
lows confirmation was vigorously opposed /
By Senators Evarts Edmunds and Others, ,
aad his nomination was finally rejected.