The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-23
THH SENATE SUBSTITUTE
For the Mills Bill Adopted by a
Strict Party Vote
AFTER ITS BEING AMENDED
sIIshtly-senator Mlorrell Closes the
Republican Side of the Debate
with an able speech-A Ludic-
Fous Memorial by Vest,

lpdlcrous ono presented by Mr., Vest,
signed by number Of dentists asking
that a bounty OF dollar per tooth OK,
tracted, be allowed to American dentists,
sin order TO encourage an honest indus.
try, lower the cost to patients and en-,
courage the immigration Of dentists from
other parts Of the world, thereby making
a better market for the agricultural and
other products Of this country"
The Senate at 1880 resumed consider.
alton Of the tariff bill-the pending
question being on the amendment offer.
ed BY Mr., Reagan to the wool section.
Mr.. Morrill, read some general remarks,
He had sought the floor he said, mainly
for the purpose OF preserving the sylne.
try Of the Republican record In relation
to It's action on the tariff, He criticized
the course OF Democratic Senators In
opposition to the bill, who had assailed
1t, he said, by chorus OF yituperatiye
epithets as harsh to the ear as the ais.
cordant tones OF a calithumpian concert.
He was persuaded, however, that the
American people, prosperous as they
would be under the continuance OF a
fair and reasonable protective policy
with q reasonable reduction OF reyenue)
would be able 10 appreciate the fact that
1t was "a condition and not a theory
that now most troubled his Democratic
friends. He enumerated the various
taritf reductions made by the Republican
party as sufficient evidence that the
Republicans so long as they held
legislative power, were neither
idle nor inattentive to any proper re.
ductions Of the war tariff, and OF the
public revenue. He contrasted with
that the work Of the Democratic party
while having majority In the House OF
Representatives, and which was con.
fined, he said, to tho lean and gaunt
picture Of one tariff bill, (repealing the
duty on qulnine which had produced
Sl25, ,053 revenue) and OF one internal
revenue measure-reducing the lax on
tobacco s cents pound and that reduc.
ton led by one who was In danger OF
being excommunicatsd from this party
In consequence ot his unbelief in the
Mills taritt bill. He spoke OF the effect
OF free trade in Great Britain, and said
that notoriously 1t had proved disastrous
to all lenden estates there; but that the
sacrifice had TO be made British su.
premacy In foreign trade would be lost.
II II was asked what was the matter
with the Mills bill, the answer was that
It was an abandonment Of protection and
that every change proposed in 1t was
either absolute free trade or a step
nearer to free trade.l It was bold with
drawal Of protection 10 agriculture
in almost every direction. 1t was
reckless and false to all the
interests Of the farmers. II was all right
for Canada, but all wrong for the United
States. The large manufacturing towns
OF Great Britain were exuberant over
the prospect Of having a larger market
opened to their products. On the other
hand 1t was conceded that the Senate
substitute would make reduction OF
revenue Of about S7S,OOp,OO0, including
nearly $24,O00,000 proposed to he 70.
moved from tobacco and cigars. Out OF
440 paragraphs in the substitute there
were reductions proposed in 1l0, or In
one.fourth OF them. The tariff reduc.
ton on sugar would reduce the cost 10
the consumer not less than one cent per
pound, and the proposed bounty on su-
gar would multiply the crops OF the
farmer by the introduction OF a perma.
nent and profitable crop. The Senate
amendment proposed over forty addi.
tions to the free list, and 1t also proposed
10 ascertain and remedy practical de.
feCts In the existing law. II the substi.
tute became law It would cover the
country and every part Of II with bless
ings.
Mr.. Reagan made an argument in
favor Of hiS amendment changing the
duty on all grades and kinds Of wool 10
20 per cent advalorem. He desired, he
said to put agriculture on fair and
equal basis with other industries; but
he knew no way Of doing equal Justice
10 the men who ploughed and hoed,
who raised cotton and corn, and wheat
and beel, because these products were
exported and not imported. They stood
unprotected, uncovered by the law
and had TO pay the bounties conferred
on other Industries. I1
Mr.. Coke expressed his readiness TO
vote 10 put wool on the free list when.
ever all the basis Of manufactures were
put on the free list. He stood by the
Mills bill, not because II was such q bill
as he preferred, but because II repre-
sented the real foundations on which
taxation should be levied and collected.
After remarks by Mr.. Turpie against
and by Mr. Harris for tho amendment
offered by Mr.. Regan, q vote was taken
and tho amendment was rejeCted--yeas
%, nays ~. Senators Brown and Payne
votedpo, N AH A..
Mr.. Vance then moved a proylso that
no article in the wool and woolen
schedule should pay a rate Of duty ex.
ceeding gseventy.hye per Centad valorenl.
Rejected-yeaS 27, nays 49, Mr.. Brown
voted aye, and Mr.. Payne no.
On motion Of Mr.. Allison the date
Of the bill 60 Into effect lsection
12) was changed from the first OF Febru.
ary, 1880, 70 the FIRST Of July, 1880.
There being no further amendments
offered the vote was taken first on agree.
ing 10 tho substitute, and then on the
passage Of tue bill. Both votes were
identical-yeas thlrty.two, nays thirty
as iollowBi Yeas-Aidrich, Blair, Bowen,
Cameron, ChaCe, Chandler, Cullom, Da.
Wis, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts,
Fafwell, Frye, HiscoCk, Hoar, Ingalls,,
Jones, Of Nevada Mandenon, Mitchell,
Morrill,, Paddock, Palmer, Plat, Plumb,
Quay, Sherman, Spooner, StoCkbrldge,
Teller, Wilson, Of lowa-82,
NAys-Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Brown,
Butler, Call, Cockfell, Coke, Colquitt,
Daniel, EusGls, Faulkner, George, Glib.
son, Gorman, Gray Harris, Jones, Of
Arkansas, Morgan, Passes, Payne, Pugh,
Ransom, Reagan, Tufple, Vance, Vest,
Walthall, Wilson, Of Maryland-30.
In'thO House.
WASHINGTON, D, o., Jan, 29,-whcn
the clerk finished the reading Of the
journal MI. Crisp, Of Georgia, called up,
as a privileged matter, the contested cleo
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