, 1890-07-30

WASHINGTON. July 90. Morgan
presented resolutions adopted at a public
meeting of the Republicans of Birming.
ham, Ala, against the passage OF the
election bill.
The postofhce committee reported back
to the senate the bill to establish a limited
postal and telegraph service. Calendar.
Ingalls, introduced a billto establish the
department of Communication and said it
was prepared by and introduced at the
request OF the Wage Workers Alliance.
The tariff bill was taken up, the pend
ing question being on McPherson's
amendment offered yesterday to reduce
the duty on actic or pyroligneous acid.
The amendment was rejected by u party
vote-yeas 20, nays 81.
The clerk proceeded with the reading
of the bill, but only got through two lines
when he was stopped by MCPHERSON. He
(McPhersoD) had something to say about
the first line. fixing the duty on boracic
acid at five cents "a pound. At the pres
ent rate -four cents a pound the dutJ on
boracic acid was 49, per cent, aud now il
was proposed to make it 81 per cent ad
valorem. He quoted the statement of
N~ledringhaus before the finance commit
tee to the effect that boracic acid could be
produced in California at two cents .
pound, so that the proposed duty would
amount to 225 per cent ad valorem. He
moved to reduce the rate from five cents
to three and a halt cents per pound. Re-
jected-25 to 80.
Jones OF Arkansas then addressed the
senate in opposition to the bull, which he
said was a declaration on the part OF the
Republican party that the war tariff was
never to be reduced. He firmly believed
the period OF protection was gone and
would inaugurate a movement that would
In Its effects and consequences surpass
previous upheavsls of the kind, the pro
lection system would be crushed and cast
out as an utter abomination. Coming to
the question OF a bounty on sugar, Jones
asked why not protect the wheat grower
by a bounty ~ well as the sugar grower?
The proposition to take the duty off raw
sugar and pay a bounty on American
grown sugar simply meant sugar free
for the refiners; sugar free for the sugar
trust; sugar taxed for all who consume it
for food
The next line of the bill having been
read by the clerk-''chromic acid, six
cents per popnd"-McPherson moved to
substitute the existing duty, Is per cent
ad valorem.
German SAID the Democratic senators
wanted a free discussion of the bill and
nothing more, but the Republican sena-
tors wanted to rush it through at railroad
speed.
AIdrich said that in 1888 the tariff had
been discussed in every field and work.
shop and in every hastings. The coun-
try understood that the talk about explana-
lions and the attempt to drive the Repub-
lcan senators to make stump speeches for
political effect was simply 10 delay action
on the tariff bill, which delay was
destructive to every business interest.
Gorman reminded the Republican side
OF Plumb's statement that the party was
In danger. aud of his warning that 1t
would have to increase taxation within
eighteen months. He also said Mr..
blaine had. through the senator from
Maine. told the Republican senator's that
II they passed the bill as reported they
would not only destroy the possibility OF
increasing trade with the countries south
or the United States, but would bank
rupt the treasury 10 eighteen months (for
mai vas the meaning of it,
dlscock made = general charge that
the Republican success At the last election
Has the result OF the influences of manu-
LECTURERS or monopoltsts, ana asserted
thai in the state Of New York, whenever
democratic msjorities were rolled up,
the steps Of the whisky interest could BE
marked. In reference to the statement
OF the refusal of the finance committee to
give hearings to persous interested, His
cock raid it had refused to give heArings
% representative Of the manufhctarerr o:
Termany. France. EnEIsnd aad Belgium.
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