The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-04
REPUBLICANS ON RECORD
THE EFFECT OF THEIR TARIFF BILL
TACTICS SHOWN UP.

Millions of Dollars That Should be in
Circulation Piling Up in the Treasury
on Account of Their Obstruction in
the House-The Progress of the Day.
WASHINGTON, July Son motion of Mr.
Mills of Texas it was ordered that when the
house adjourned to-day it be to meet on
Thursday next. 1t was also agreed that the
tariff bill would not be called up for con-
sideration Thursday. The house then went
into committee of the whole, with Mr..
Springer in the chair, on the tariff bill.
On motion of Mr.. McMillin Of Tennessee
she clause fixing the rate of duty on cast
polished plate glass unsilvered was stricken
out, thus leaving it out of the list
Mr. Mckinley of Ohio moved to increase
from S6 to $6 72 per ton the duty ON pig
iron. He explained that the present rate of
duty was Sc 70 per ton, and that the pro-
posed reduction would have very njurous
effect upon the pig iron industry. The mo-
tion was lost by vote of Is to H.
IRON RAILWAY BARS.
Mr.. Mckinley moved to restore the pres
ent rate of duty on iron railway bars
weighing more than twenty-five pounds to
the yard. The motion was lost.
Mr. McMillin of Tennessee moved to
strike out the clause imposing duty of S11
a ton on slabs and billets of steel, and to
restore the present rate of As per cent. ad
valorem.
Mr.. Bayne of Pennsylvania opposed the
motion. The present duty was equivalent
to IS ton, which he thought was not suf1i-
GENTLY high when compared with other
articles on the iron and steel schedule. The
motion was agreed to.
CHARCOAL BLOOM IRON.
Mr.. Moffett of New York moved to in
crease from $50 to $22 per ton the duty on
charcoal bloom iron. In support of his
motion he spoke of the existing depression
in the iron industries of the Lake
Champlain district, and the danger OF those
industries should the proposed reduction of
the duty be agreed to. The motion was
lost.
Mr. Mckinley moved to restore the exist
ing rates on bar iron, and his motion was
advocated by Mr.. Burrows.
POLITICAL RAsPING.
Another political debate followed, inter
spersed with some personal rasping between
Messrs Scott and Reed. After the debate
had run on for some time Mr.. Bland ap-
pealed in behalf OF nine-tenths of the mem
bers of the house who wanted to proceed
with their business and get through with
this bill before the dog days, who we're tired
of having these political discussions begun
three months ago and repeated day in and
day out until there was nothing new under
the sun to say about it,
Finally Mr.. McKinley's motion was voted
down by 56 to 10.
On motion of Mr.. Breckenridge of Arkan-
sas, a duty of 4-10 of q cent per pound was
imposed on iron or steel fiat, with longi-
tudinal rates for the manufacture of fenc-
ing.
INCREASE OF THE SURPLUS.
In speaking to a verbal amendment Mr..
Dockery of Missouri said that when con-
gress assembled in December, it was CON
fronted by surplus in the treasury of So
100000. To-day, notwithstanding the pur-
chase of bonds by the Secretary o. the
Treasury that surplus amounted to the ap-
palling sum of S129, 272, 900. Since April %
the secretary had purchased 5000, 900 of
bonds for which he had been compelled to
pay premium of $500, 900, but notwith-
standing this the reduction of the surplus
since that date amounted to only sc, ,000,-
900.
REPUBLICAN OBSTRUCTION
This was he condition which confronted
congress, and yet with this condition con-
fronting it, the house had occupied 28 days,
or Ill hours and 81 minutes, in general de-
bate upon the tariff bill There had been
consumedup to this morning, in debate upon
paragraphs, Ii days, or 70 hours, and at the
same rate of progress it would require to
complete the bill eighty nine days He did
not charge the gentlemen on the other side
with indulging in dilatory tactics, but not
one man on that side had exhibited any
consuming desire to reach the conclusion Ct
the debate.
MONEY PILING UP.
The money of the people was piling up in
the treasury at the rate of 81, ,225 900 daily,
and yet the house stood day after day dis
cussing and discussing every item in the
bill. Fair play to the business interests of
the country required that the bill should be
speedily passed and sent to the senate.
Having completed consideration of four
pages of the bill, the committee rose.
conference was ordered on the river
and harbor appropriation bill. and the
house at 5 O'clock ad iourned till Thursday