New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-15
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Washington, May 14-The Free-TraderS nave DC.
rome rabid and for considerable part Vi 80
they ragged furiousy. This stage mas oeoh 20"
som.what sooner than anybody expected Inc hiS.
sxmn,ons as developed to-day, were OF unusual
violence and excited much commscrauoh' un''i
Bynum, o Indiana. threw hmsen INTO COM ,'.'
Bynnm possesses many Of the dlsagreeaoio qua,uoS
~ hlfly and he exhibited them to-day until I've
90 oueIIed nv the merciIess lashing which he re-
s,ved from the indignant chairman OF the ways ana
Means Committee. No man could be more courteous
and considerate in debate than Major Mchhies' a"u
lie Is seldom reused 70 anger. as he justly was .ouaS
nv the false and malicious statements OF bshu"'
who said: .. -,
Now Mr. Chairman. this is IN inc interest," VI
,ahor Labor, Why the committee, in the forma-
tion OF this bill, closed the doors OF tie CaP'o'
AGAINST the labor Of this country bnt anfi''eo man
uf,cturers They raised the curtain ana Peepeu ouV
- ~o hn ,ros +here The very entrance OF the
C.ni.o, uas closed in order to keep any one from
going in but those they woulu anu" anu Ino rm,
mittsd the manufacturers to present their side p'
!, tho honest aborcr there and knocked al uie
ooor he was not admitted
~, r,ower Of New York. quickly on his fee'
q, show that Bynums statement was false' by uo
Caring that every person who Lad asked 1t hao hau
hearing by the committee-wlich every other n'empo
Of the House already knew to be fact II bynum u'
not Rut Bynum must have known 1t, unless ne Is cVei
nore stunid than men who have observed his shues
believe him to be. He Is not sensitive HUN 'u"a'
Int IL was apparent that he felt the screening oae
zion which Chairman Mckinley administered ~ ''''''
and which every man In the House on po'h siu0'' Va
can, Tho culprt seemed 10 enjoy. when the NIL"
and courteous Mckinley grows pale with rsh'cous III
dirnaton and denounCcs as utterly false statements
nv any other member of tho House. he is sure OF u'
airidnd svmpethy His task to-day was disagree
able one but ii performed Thoroughly.
statements of fact needed no corrODora"on, o -
NcMillin a Democratic member OF the ways ''N
Means Committee felt prompted 10 SUBSTANTIAL. '''0,
Then rose Bynum-looking by no means as Tall as nc
go .oarod half Nonr beforehand began SHUT
Aing evasve speech semi-apologetlc anu han i'll u'''
tcation Of his Islander.
Chairman Mckinley sternly demanded that "ha'
Dynum had actually said should be read iV'N VI.
notes of the official stenographer but Bynum reiueu
10 be interrupted and he and his friends sucCeeueu "
keeping the nJtes back. Chairman Moh'"IoY
,ented with the significant remark that he cApeocu
% COO tho snaecb correctly reported in tomorrows
" Record, Lest something should prevent tha'' Inc
Tribune correspondent took pains to OBTAIN ''e WI
batm report already quoted. But Byhum co"i' no
SIT down until he had dicced another pttaD Tor NM
self. II should be promised that he Is PEI so"'
acquaintance of ex-Congressman Brewer, OF New
Jersey who is o pottery manufacturer lie "c'I' va
declare that he had seen on the foor Oh ,'e iio"9
to-day the largest pottery manufacturer in the 'h'eu
States BY dint Of close questioning he was lo'oo"
TO give the name Of Mr. Brewer. who has no' Deeh III
Washington for three days. but at his nome IN lIchUo
Bvnum aftcrward and with apparent reluctance, ad'
mitted his "mistake'; but he did not have the grace
to apologize for the which he had attempted 10
cast upon an honorable to whom he has proieeseo
to be friendly. SO much for Bynum
The Committee of the Whole made slow progress
but. previous days, II supported the ways anu
Means Committee throughout. 1t has become APP
hSah x.in hpIn H.
nority to is to notice in form when
cannot be mistaken or ignored that the bill VIII be
brought TO a vote early next week II IS expected
that that will be done tomorrow. After tat the
Democrats will have vcstige OF excuse TO continue
the tactics of the last three days But they seem 10
have lost their heads completely and the prospect
Is that they will pesevere in their fauous course
until the last hour allotted to the consideration OF the
bill shall have expired Thus far they have not given
any good to Justify single change IN INC OIL
as reported by the Ways and Means Committee.
on motion of Mr. Morrill,, of kansas, the House
insisted on its amendment to the Senate Dependent
Pension bill and a conference ordered. Tie
House then went into Committee Of the Whole CNr'
Crosvenor, Of Ohio, in the chair, on the IaIln Din
Mr. Bynum OF Indiana moved to reduce the du
ON common earthenware from % to II per cent
ad valorem. lie argued that taking this clause IN
connection wi h the Customs Administrative bill, 1t
would be found that the duty on earihenware would
he increased from 10 TO 80 per cent
Mr. Burrows, Of Michigan. contended tina the effect
of the tariff was reduce the price OF articles to the
consumer.
This contention was denied by Mr.. Mills, Of Texas.
who rdiculed the idea that If the tariff reduced prices
the manufacturers would come 10 Congress asking
tha: the tariff be advanced for their benefit
Mr. Walker of massachusetts, said that in madnG
a statement that was no, true a man might be per
fectly truthful so far as lie himself
were concerned, and he might not There
was not one word of truth in what the
gentleman from Texas said about manufacturers com
ing before the committee asking that duty might be
raised for their protection lie did not mean b. that
that the gentleman saying what was not true
lie supposed that the gentleman believed 1t. The
manufacturers came and said that, paying the wages
they did the tariff should be this that or the other
The workingman got every dollar Of the Increase O
price account Of the tariff As manufacturer he
hurled back the insult which denominatcd manufact
robber-baro applause ON Republican side
Mr.. Cultivate, Of Ohio, rdlCuled Mr. walker
position, and quoted from the testimony Of manu-
facturer before the committee, to the effect that h
wanted higher tariff in order to compensate himself
Mr>Mlls regretted that the gentleman from Ma,sa
chUsetts had become 80 Indignant. The members o
the House were told that the gentleman ds manu-
facturcr did not desire To promote the inere,t .
his class. lie rose above party and interest His hear
was swollen VIA devotion 70 the worhingman IL
facturers 10 pay wages TO the aborer. The manu-
facturer paid ~ % TO labor for producing ton 0
In order to enable him to pay that IL rs The manu-
facturer paid labor SO for producing ton Of stce
rails, The Government gave him Sl1 TO enable him L
nav il. Why did not the manufacturer give the 81
10 the wOrkingmen, instead of turning them out o
work and going on tally no rides through the noun
tains OF scotland
Mr. Bynum's motion defcated-G6 TO Sc
Mr.. Dunnell OF Minnesota, moved TO reduce tie dut'
on china porcelain, etc. from 50 to 30 per cent az
valorem The motion lost-16 TO 81.
Mr. NcMilln. OF Tennessee, moved to reduce th
duty on decOr.t ted chnaware from 60 10 45 per cent
stating that the 80 per cent duty proposed. taken IL
he q
tive Customs bill, amounted 10 a considerable inccas
from existing rates.
Mr. Nc i[lney denied that the increase that woul
result from the package clause would be material
There might be an increase Of about per cent bn
flat increase necessary to continue the ealStcnc
of the china industry in this country. lie held up
handsome piece OF decorated ware, and SAID that "
could moi make such In this country before I'll
tariff OF 1883. Poor people did not use that kind 9
ware but he promised that under protection II wonl