The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-04

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commentators were agreed to and a
committee OF conference ordered.
On motion OF Mr.. Mills, OF Texas, it
was ordered that when the House nd
iourn to-day 1t be to meet on Thursday
next It was also agreed that the tariff
bill would not be called up for consider
alton on Thursday.
The House then went into Committee
OF the Whole (Mr. Springer, of Illinois,
in the chair on the tariff bill.
On motion Of Mr.. McMillin, OF Ten
nessee, the clause fixing the rate Of duty
on cast polished plate glass, unsilvered,
was striken out, thus leaving in force
the existing law.
Mr.. Mckinley, OF Ohio, moved to in
crease from 50 to 50 70 per ton the duty
on pig iron.
He explained that the present rate OF
duty was 90 y per ton and that the pro-
posed reduction would have very in
furious effect upon the pig iron indus.
try. The motion was lost-OS to II.
Mr.. Mckinley moved to restore the
present rate OF duty on iron railway
bars weighing more than twenty-five
pounds to the yard. Lost.
Mr.. McAIillen, OF Tennessee, moved to
strike out the clause imposing duty OF
$ll ton on slabs and billets OF steel,
and to restore the present rate OF forty
five per cent ad valorem.
Mr.. Baync, Of Pennsylvania, opposed
the motion. The present duty was
equivalent to S. ton, which, he thought,
was not sufficiently high when compared
with the other articles on the iron and
steel schedule.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Mckinley moved to restore the
rates on bar iron and his motion was ad-
vocated by Mr.. Burrows, OF Michican.
Mr.. Bayne, OF Pennsylvania, in sup
porting the motion, expressed himself
us opposed to reduction OF the tariff
and as in favor OF the repeal OF the to.
bacco tax and the tax on alcohol used
in the arts. This, he thought, would
reduce the surplus rs far us 1t should be
reduced, il the Government intended to
do Justice totfe widows aud children Of
the soldiers OF the war. He favored Il
tariff because it provided home mar
ket and said that the two tickets before
the country to-day represented two
ideas,
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
that the American market should be for
Americans, and the other, that the
American market should be open to the
whole world.
Mr.. Scott, OF Pennsylvania, charged
the Republican party with having de-
serted its platform of 1884 for n revision
Of the tariff and with going before the
country in 1885, asking the people for
their suffrage on a principle which 1t had
never before advocated. Under the cry
OF an American market for Americans
and protection for American industries
and labor, the Republican party pro.
posed to carry on q tariff system in this
country, which would protect 100000
wage workers as against lO,OOO,OOO wage
workers.
Mr., Reed, OF Maine, expressed his de-
light ut seeing the gentlemen from Penn
sylvania come back from his other oc;;
cupations to attend to his occasional
business as member Of Congress. Had
the gentleman been present, ha would
have known that these questions
HAD ALL BERN DISCUSSED
and the House was perfectly acquainted
with them. The gentleman based his
remarks on the idea that the Americans
were consumers, and that none were
producers. It was time that men came
to the conclusion that the American
people were not set Of sluggards, who
were eating up the productions OF others
who did not belong to the American
people. The American people were pro-
ducers, and il wps for the benefit oil the
American people who were consumers
that the producers, who were also Amer
leans, should have the American market.
Mr.. Scott said that 1t was not the first
time that the gentleman from Maine
had referred TO him as having been ab'
sent from the sessions OF the House. He
had been absent no more than the gen
tleman from Maine himself. From the
first day the House met he had not been
absent fifteen days altogether. He
criticised MIR. Reed for having pursued
his usual method Of turning q serious
question into u joke, and he declared
| that the assertion that the Republican
policy was in the interest Of the con
sumcr could not be sabstantiated. Mr.
Reed disclaimed any intention OF un'
kindness in his allusion to Mr.. Scotti
absenteeism. He intended to be
KIND TO THE GENTLEMAN
! and to find m excuse for his evident
lack Of information as to the course oi
discussion In the House.
Mr.. Scott said that 100000 laborers
had been thrown out Of work during the
past week, and in what class? Why, in
The protected industries, which the Re-
publicans stood up to defend. These
iaborers had been driven out because
their employers had attempted to make
a ten per cent reduction in their wages
Why should the manufacturers Of Penn
sylvania demand that their men submit
to this reduction2 Was there any
change in the condition Of the country
Had any tariff bill passed the House
that could possibly affect the wages o
these men? Was not there Republi
can Senate, having the power to pigeon
hole sucha bill, or keep 1t in committee
for all timeP
The debate ran on for sometime, bu
nothing new was said, and no new fact
were elected.
Finally Mr.. McKinley's motion wa
voted tiown--56 to 20.
Mr.. Sowden, Of Pennsylvania, move,
to fix the duty on iron or steel I rail
weighing not over twenty-five pound
to the square yard at slt 92 per ton
and on iron or steel fiat rails punched
S2Ol6. Lost, - : d >-
On motion Of Mr.. Breckenridge, {
/ Arkansas, duty Of 40 per cent pc
J pound was imposed oniron or steel, fin
I with Longitudinal ribs for the manufat
: ture OF fencing. Egs- q
In speaking to q verbal amendment
Mr.. Deckery, Of Missouri, said that whe