The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-22
MKINLEY'S BILL PASSED.
1T HAD A CLOSE GALL AND THE
DEMOCRATS ARE JUBILANT.

DEMOCRATS ARE JCBILANT.
They Succeeded in Putting the @. o. p.
on Record for Use in 18o2-The Bulk
of the Measure Never Considered
and Scores of Amendments Never
Voted On.
put McKinley's tariff bill through the House
this afternoon in his own characteristic
way, with liberal application of the par
hamentary gag and the party whip. Two
thirds of the bill has never really been
considered by the House. Most of the
amendments proposed never got any nearer
a vote than publication in the Congress
sionaL Record. Two-thirds of the brief
time allotted for amendments and debate
upon bill enacting an entirely new tariff
was consumed in noise and disorder, created
or fomented by the republican managers
for the purpose of consuming time.
DRIVEN THROUGH.
Speaker Reed said to Mr.. Mckinley when
he brought in his bill: "Your bill must be
driven through the House by a caucus. u
Speaker Reed saw that it would not stand
before its republican critics. to say nothing
L.
amendment. If he could have had his own
way he would have cut off all debate and
all amendment and passed the bill as soon
as it had been read to the House. The pre-
tense of debate which the republican caucus
finally agreed to was only less farcical than
his plan. 1t was physically impossible to
consider, however specifically, the pro-
posed amendments to the bill, to say moth
ing of the bill itself in the few hours allowed
for it.
THE CONSEQUENCE.
The consequences of the Reed-McK Kinley
substitute for parliamentary deliberation
were well shown in the riotous disorder on
the republican side during the last hour for
debate, from IL to IL O'clock this morning.
Every one of the many members who had
been put off from time TO time on attempt
ing to get in amendments, now rushed for
ward in a last desperate effort, which, of
course, as Messrs. Reed and Mckinley had
foreseen, prevented any of them from get
ting hearing.
GRosvENoR LOSES CONTROL.
Mr.. Grosvenor, who has been a signal
failure as chairman of the committee of the
whole, lost all control of the House, which
behaved in unprecedented style in its ex-
cited evaporation. Messrs. Butterworth
and Henderson of Iowa, the leading repub-
lican kickers, were the only men who could
make themselves heard above the din on
the republican side, as they denounced the
tyranny OF the managers. Split
up among themselves, however,
they made little or no impression in the
yea and nay voting on the amendment
which followed, although aided by the
democrats they did keep the jute yarn duty
at 80 per cent, when the committee wanted
it made 35, and narrowly missed defeating
the tin plate increase altogether, the vote
standing two against it until Messrs. Lind
and Thomas, two of the republican kickers,
were persuaded by Mr.. Mckinley to
change.
THEIR EXCUSE.
The kichers excused themselves for not
voting, as they excused themselves for
voting (Mr. Coleman excepted, for the
passage of the bill finally, by stating
that they had absolute assurance from
Messrs. Allison, Aldrich and other re-
publican senators that the bill should be
completely discussed in the Senate. These
assurances will be taken cum grano by
everybody but the republican kickers as to
the sugar and the wool schedules. The
metal schedule is really the only ini-
portant one likely to be much cut in the
Senate, although there will be reduction
in other schedules.
THE FREE RAW MATERIALS.
But the free raw materials which would
revive the dropping industries of the east
will not be given them by the Senate.
This was great day for the democrats OF
the House. No wonder they applauded the
passed, for they had put the republicans on
record not only for it, but against Mr.. Car
isles admirable tariff reform resolutions.
MR.. MMILLIN's VIEWS.
Mr. McMillin of Tennessee gives his views
of the Mckinley bill as follows: "The re-
publicans have passed their bill on schedule
time, and Mr.. McKinley's work is done.
But two-thirds of the bill has not even been
considered. Think of i'll There are 20C
amendments, upon which no opportunity
has been given the democrats to amend.
There has been no deliberate
or adequate consideration of the measure.
1t is a measure substantially increasing
taxation on everything except sugar. Th G
committee admitted $40,000,0 900 increased
taxes on schedules other than sugar. and
they also admitted that they did not include
in these statements many of the increases
proposed.
AN EXPERTS DISCOVERIES.
81 have, with the aid of an expert, gone
over the bill in detail, ana find that
the increases not included in their report
amount to over $25, 100000. This, added to
the committes's admission of increases,
makes the total of increase over $66, 900, 900.
Therefore, the truth is they have taken
S55,000000 from sugar and put S66, 900, 900
on the other schedules. They pay 81, 500, 00O
bounty on sugar, which, added to the
$66, 100000 increase, makes S73,500, 900.
Even with the credit of sugar, it leaves the
party with charge against it OF an in
creased taxation of $58, 100000
=, There are $50 increases in the bill, which
tne committee has failed to give any reason
LOT MAKING bacarSo thara q 20 pOOd raa sOrl
unless 1t may be considered good reason to
increase the tariff for the benefit of one
class to the injury of another"