New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-15
THE TARIFF DISCUSSION.
A CONTRIBUTION By oNEALL, OF INDIANA
LIsDLEY MURnAY DEFIEp BIZ Tux HoosIER STATES
MAN-DEMoCRATs DISAGREE.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO rHg TIE NINA

rBr TELEGRAPH TO rKz .BusAJ
WASHINGTON, May 14.-If the tariff question
depended for its solution on rgth OF wind ana
loudness OF voice, the frce-traders would have
walk-over. This has been frequently demonstrated
during the debate, but more especially to-day
The Democrats took all their time, and more, too
the Republicans not only kept within their limit,
but sometimes " went halves
Mr. Hatch, of Missouri began it. He is the
champion Of the agricultural interests, with
voice beitting his sef-confcrred role. In suitable
tones he declared himself in favor Of abolshing all
protective measures and threatened that IL the bill
now introduced, which he regretted to say, pre-
served all the essential features OF protection, but
slightly modified, were rejected the people at tho
next election would return Congress pledged to
wipe the last vestige of protection from the statute
books
After q mild interlude Of temperate argument
on the Republican side, ONeall, Of Indiana
gained the floor. He had so much speech bottled
up that twcnty-four hours longer retention would
have have brought about an explosion. Having OBJ
tanned the floor, he took full possession Of it.
re $1,000 In the middle of one gangway and spread
ms books and papers over all the adjacent desks
W., WIN voice that not only filed the whole house.
put ran over into the corridors, and never seemed
10 IRE or stop to rest, he proceeded to demolish
WITH one and the same ample breath, the indus
tra theories OF his opponents md the grammatical
suo IS O u, t I'm, Murray In eloquent periods ne
% tne mississippi of the products which finds
i ,g way to market upon its capacous BOSOM
lie conceded to the State Of Pennsylvania that it
was the chief manufa featuring city of the country
but condemned in unmensured terms the action
OIL gentlemen who comes from that section and
S oP60Sef b. any iHto,,c change in the tariff
the of artificial tents But It was w siUm he
game 10 authorities and figures that the gentleman
I nr o Indiana sLone supreme Like Mark Twans
and Sarcophagus and all them old ancient phi
iosophers,' and proved that all them effects
Is on account OF the superior refragibility, as
you may say of the suns diramic combination
WITH the lymphatic forces of the pedhelion of
jupiter Every and then he would take
up one OF the ponderous volumes he had scattered
around MN, thump It and slam it down on the
desk again, and, without naming it, would say !:
have here the figures which prove SO and
Once or twice, Bayne, Of Pennsylvania, and
others sought TO bring him down to the region
OF tangible, Ineligible facts. ONcall tolerated
the interruptions twice; the third time, placing
mliar by the pictures of the older Grimald he
replied:
have submitted to all the impertinence I
am going to submit tor
This retOrt was received with shouts OF laughter
from his party associates. Meanwhile his allotted
time had long since expired, and Mr.. Stone, OF
kentucky; who had yielded part Of his own
time to Mr.. O'Neall with the distinct understand.
ing that enough should be left him for his own
speech, lost patience, and sent up by 70 ge,
note asking Mr. O'Neall to close up. Mr.
O'Neall stopped in the middle of a sentence and
read the note, and shortly afterward sat down
amidst the plaudts of the Democrats.
-, The extension of the time for general debate on
the tariff from Wednesday to Saturday next is I'M
derstood TO have been brought about, not so much
by the need Of more long-winded speeches on the
Administration side, as by the difficulty which the
Democratic members Of the Ways and Means Com
mlttee find in determining what amendments they
will accept. "The Washington Star this even
ing confirms the statement published in these dis
patches several days ago that great differences Of
opinion exist among the Democratic members and
says that though hearings have been given to half
dozen Representatives upon the subject matter
OF the amendments proposed by them, the effect
has not been to simplify the labors Of the commit
tee because of the wide variance Of views eY-
pressed by the Representatives upon identical
clauses of the bill. One Democrat, for instance,
has proposed TO put finished building stone on the
free list while placing high duty on the rough
stone, others ask for free building stone in the
rough blocks, and protection for the dressed pro-
dnct. A New-York member offers an amendment to
change the existing law in exactly the manner al.
ready proposed by the BILL while q prominent
Western member wants the particular article OF
manufacture placed the free list
To those admissions from q not unfriendly
source may be added the fact that the Democratic
members Of the Ways and Means Committee have
spent most Of their time since the recent caucus In
lodging the cards presented hy the constituents Of
opinion between New-YOrlk Democratic members
and the committee grow wider daily, and the cona-
plants Of favoritism shown to certain districts
louder. IL is announced that Mr.. Randall will
take the floor on Thursday. The existing dis
agreements among the Democratic tariff reformers
will not be lessened by the arguments he Is likely
to present.