Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-31
DEPENDING TINE BILI.
Republicans Provoked Iuto Brcak.
ing Up she MCKINLEY Measure
RIuuSn F,n m ses xa. Mccall,

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WASHINGTON, July 25.s-The Republicans were
peateh IN the nrst skirmtsh over the Tariff bill
~ me senate to-day. Not only was Aldrch,
the hopubiican manager, obliged TO surrender
on important tactical points, 40 that all amend
ments must be disposed of before the Senate
passes from one Ause to the next, but the
| hepublcan alliance was broken, and Aldrirh,
sherman and Allison were provoked into do
Tending tho bill Plumb, who suggested In
~ 70 iry me lat out OF the manufacturers,
was the principal cause In both cases. Having
agreed not to take part In the general debats,
| me Nepubnehn senators merely left the cham.
t 10. TOT ,he cioak room while Vance was speak
| ING, anu they would have stayed o daring
Gollnllts spoech-whlcl was 10 follow. But
| ilumh, who IL the bull in the Repu blican china
| shop, aroused their attention, and compelled
their attendance by publicly demanding a
statement from the finance committee Rspub-
licans as TO the effect OF the bill upoa the
Old Chairman Morrill,, to whom he addressed
the question, with the remark that II could 10
answered after while, II answered at all, SAT
perfectly silent while Plumb was asking it.
ntterward going over 10 Plunbs seat while
McFherson was speaking and pointing ous
70 nun the committcos estimate in note 40
cohlpanying the bill which Plumb 30 scornfully
condemned for vaguene-s afterwArd. seeing
MS opportunity Mc 'herson stepped In lust
here "a motion 10 recommit the bill with
instructions TO cut down tho average rate on
dutlahle goods 10 not more than tho 81 por
cent ave age al yalorem duty Of 1854.
Mol,helton clererly awaited himself Of
plnmbs question TO press his proposition upon
the silent Republicans Of tho finance com
mittee who by This tno were all assembled
Ihey SAT silent ~ long as they could stand IL,
nut finally began to talk back, Aldrich, SneF-
mnn and Allison tried TO crowd McPherson
out u position, con ending that while the
average ~ valorcm rate OF duty on dutlabs |
goods IN their bill was So per cont. tho average
ON the whole bill. including the free list, was |
only % per cent Mcpherson stood his ground |
brayely, pointing out the fallacy Of comparing |
tho free list with the dutiabie list
Allison tried n characteristic attack by read |
lne inc earthenware and glassware duties and |
others IN which New Jersey IL especially In |
terested. On asking McPheison whether he |
would vote 10 reduce these to the 1854 average
rnte, Mcpherson boldly said that hes would
and that then he thought the Mckinley Admin.
lstration bill would give more protection than
they needed Mcpherson got decidedly tho
best Of this sharp-shootinR. When Allison
came e the sugar schedule he glided over
that McPherson asked him to say what he
thought about that. but Allison waived him |
on and said he would not dwell on that And
so II went, Allison slipping from cover to cover,
but getting hot a. he went
Mcpherson bothered the Republicans greatly
but Plumb troubled Them oven more. His
Sah,na,rp Questions and illusions kept Aldrich,
Allison, sherman and all the other Republican
leaders on the jump. When Allison spoke Of
the gfeat pressure upon the committee for In
sreases 81 rate on glass and earthenware and
Plumb asked quietly, "From consumers o.
they looked absolutely fool-
sh. Allison hesitated and stammered, looked |
n Aldrich and Mt HiscOcR, aud finally sail, |
IRON manufacturers mostly, but there were | 4
work RS in those industries here, too"
Nhen lllmb condemned tho committees "a |
he Democrats had done for max ng no report
ma no statement giving any definite idea of |
yhat their bill woul do, they wriggled un-
IN their seats, especially as hu i
vent on to say that with the treasury on the !
ierge OF deficit, which he figured ont Tor the | a
'enhte, making the expenditures t0nA0,0ln
more than receipts, balancing he disability .
,en9ion payments with the sinking fund ana
eNHlng the present surplus to the purchase
= the slOl,NOttN OF per cents coming due in I
epicmher, 1891, to say nothing Of Il cidents I
meanwhile lie wanted TO know Just what I
hat bill would do before going on with It, His
elerences to the manufacturers who insisted
pom their pound of flesh, although 1t wa. not ?
ominltet In the bond, regardless OF tho con. a
ihon OF the treasury, aud his threats against
40 tarin.protected trusts delighted tho Demo- a
rails and discounted the Republicans. a
Win Plumb pegging away at them the Ro- =
nbhrhns Will not be able 10 keep silent even :,
they could resist the provocations Of tho Il