Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-05-17

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Farquhar, Bound, Bayne, Laird, Weav
er, Ryan and Russell Discuss
the Mills Bill
WASHINGTON, May Is.
! Senate.
Mr.. Edmunds offered resolution to amen
the rules SO as 10 make ii the duty of the pre-
/ siding officer of the Senate, whenever gen
eral legislation appears in the general appro
priation bill coming from the House, TO di
rect the same TO be struck out, subject TO al
appeal to the Senate. Ii was referred TO tn,
committee on rules
The resolution offered by Mr. Vest Mon
day, providing for select commission to ex
anime questions touching meat anC
meat products, was taken up. After
being amended so as to read whether it ha
existed or now exists, any combination of any
kind, either on part of a trunk line associa
ton, the central traffic association, or othel
agencies f transportation" The resolution
was agreed to.
The Senate passed IS bills including the
House bill relating to crimes against the pos,
office department, as 10 postal orders, second
class mail matter, obscene or offensive pos
tai cards and envelopes, etc, with amend
ments) and the Senate bill fixing the pension
for the loss of one eye, or the sight thereof,
at SIG a month, and proportionally for the
loss of both eyes.
The Senate then proceed to executive bus
mess and adjourned.
House.
The House on Wednesday at 10 o'clock,
and went into committee of the whole on the
tariff bill.
Mr.. Baker, of New York, spoke in support
of protective union.
Messrs. Farquhar of New York, Bound
of Pennsylvania and Bayne of Pennsylvania
opposed the Mills bill. Mr. Laird of Ne
braska, said that surplus policy of the adj
ministratior cost the Western farmers mil
lions in additional interest, charges and
loans. The surplus was an unmitigated evil
and should be reduced by paying the govern
ment debt and by reducing the customs and
internal revenue taxes. The Mills bill was
sectional and unfair He wanted new and
fair measure by the republicans; such a
measure as would do Justice to the West and
"ouiu reiuTu tHt parry 10 power
Mr.. Weaver. of Iowa, advocated the Mills
bill as fair reasonable and honest effort to
relieve the people.
Mr.. Regain of Kansas, opposed and Mr.
McRae, of Arkansas, and Mr.. Russell OF
Massachusetts, supported the bill. The
latter said that the agricultural interests OF
New England were not fiour!shing proper
tionately with the other interests. Replying
Ia Mr. 4 nf Narmapf ho said fIu
farming interests of Vermont had decreased
in prosperity under high protec-
ton; that the wool crop of the United
States amounted to seventy million
dollars annually. According to his oppo-
nent's statements there were two millions of
people dependent on wool growing. If that
were true the crop was too small to support
the growers. Wool had no export value.
Foreigners didn't want it, The pro, perty of
the wool growers depended solely on the
prosperity of the WOODEN manufacturer. The
latter was not prosperous owing to the high
tax an foreign wool without which American
wool couldn't be prohtably manufactured.
Take off the tax AID in a wear American
wool would advance. Referring to the
speech of Mr.. Allen of Massachusetts. com
plimentary to the industries of Lowell, he
said that the Lowell Carpet Company had
recently suspended. The cry had gone up
from all over Massachusetts that the Mill,
bill had killed it. Its treasurer said there
wa' NJ trouble about the Mills bill. The
concern ha been moribund long ago and had
hal to submit to an exactlon of % per cent.
on the Coarse carpet wool till 1t could stand
it no longer. 1t had closed its doors until
the Mills bill was passed and the duty taken
off wool. applause on the democratic side.
Mr. Russell then proceeded to comment up
on the depression of WOODEN manufactures
III New Erglard, attributlng the depression
to the high tariff on wool.
Mr. Fitch of New York, Rep. said he had
hoped that his party would bring forward the
tariff reform bill. If the gentlemen who de
nounced the Mills bill would produce a better
one he would gladly support it. but if asked
to oppose the Mills bill, not on account of
its contents but on account of its authorship
and history, he must decline, even if he
stood alone on his side of the House. Zap
plause by the democratic side There was
something better than republicanism or
democracy, that was common honesty. He
had insisted over and over again that the re-
publican party was committed to revenue and
1t had attacked its democrat oppo-
nent for doing exactly what the gentlemen on
the republican side proposed he should do
now. If the gentlemen proposed to abandon
the position he and others had insisted upon,
it was not for him to critcse their wisdom,
but he could not recognize their authority to
make him give up his convictions,
(Which were republican convictions)
and break the promises he felt bound in
honor to fulfil. He didn't know in what
shape the bill would come before the House
for final action. He believed that it should
be amended in many particulars before it
was passed but this much he did know, that
whenever he had an opportunity to vote for
any measure which seemed to be relief he
believed the people were entitled to, which
he had insisted should be given them. he
would not fail to vote for their interest aud
his own convictions, without any regard,
whatever for the consequences of his vote,
Applause.
Allen of Michigan, opposed the bill. Re
ferring TO the surplus resolution and the
Beck amendment thereto, he declared that
it was smothered in the committee, because
if the President had signed 1t, the gold bugs
would be on his back; if he vetoes it, the
great people of the West would defeat him
at the polls.
Bynum of Indiana said that the statement
was not true. Allen charged the democrats
with subserviency to Canada in bargaining
away the commercial privileges for the pre-
tended fishery rights.
Dalzell of Pennsylvania, charged Scott of
Erie, with various misstate ments in his
speech which reflected on his collie ague's
treatment of his employees, the point finally
turning on whether Scott ever employed
pinkerton detectives to protect property as
Carnegie done.
Scott hotly denied this and said he would
resign his seat if it could be proved.
Brumm-rDoes not the gentlemen con-
tribute towards paving the coal and iron
police in the coal regions:
Scott-No sir. You made that charge
against me-and, interrupted Brumm, | am
going TO prove.
will make You prove it. cried Scott We
hemently. am going TO call you before
the bar of the House and make you prove it.