Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-30
CONGRESS.
General Politics In Both Uouses-Piain
Tall, for Gar Reed.
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WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 29.-The Senate
met at II 4. VI. After a call OF the roll, IN
order to procure the attendance OF n quo
rum. Mr.. Morgan presented resolutions
adopted ut public meeting OF RepublI-
cans IN Birmingham. Ala, against the
passage of the election bill.
Mr.. Sawyer, from the Post Office Com
mittee. reported back the Senate bill to
establ d a limited postal and telegraph
service. Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Sherman offered resolution (Which
went over till tomorrow for a daily meet
ing of the Senate at 10 A. NJ.
Mr.. ingalls, introduced a bill to establish
n department of communication and SAID
that II was prepared 10y and introduced at
the request of the Wage Workers Alliance.
The tariff bill was then taken up, the
pending question being on Mr. McPher-
sons amendment, offered yesterday, TO re-
duce the duty on acetic or pyroligneou5
acid not exceeding IA specific gravity OF
/ 47-l0O from - cents TO cent per pound,
and exceeding that gravity from 4 10 ,
cents per pound. The amendment was re-
iected by party yote-yeas, 2Oi nays, -.
BORAcIC ACID.
The Clerk proceeded with the reading Of
the bin, but had only got through two
lines when he was stopped by Mr.. McPner-
eon with the remark that he was moving a
little TOO hastily. He (McPherson) had had
something 70 say about the first line, fix
inc the dutv on bOracic acid at cents per
pound. At the present rate a cents per
pouud) the duty on bOracic ACID was 1873
Der cent. and now 1t was proposed to
make it 81 ~ per cent. al rdortin. IL could
be put on board vessel in Italy at cents a
pound, so that the proposed duty would
L t4r a gnafa1 a cfufgnRUf or
MIR. Niedringhaus before the Finance Com
mittee TO the effect that boracic acid could
be produced in California at 2 cents q
mound. so that the proposed duty would
amount TO 225 per cent. al rdi0rtnl. lie
moved 10 reduce the rate from > cents 10
81 cents a pound. Here, he sad, was an
article manufactured IN natures own Ia
boratory, requiring neither steam-power
nor fuel, nor anything III the world but
Gods sunlight and AIR. A little water
taken from a lake and exposed to the sun
and air gave a residuum of bOraI and bo-
racic acid. IL cost only . cents pound
according TO authentic test mC ny. and yet
n duty of ) cents pound was 10 be i'm
posed upon IT. And for what purpose
To protect the great trust and combine
which had agreed to limit bOraX and bo-
racic acid to the amount which the market
would take.
MIR. Stewart remarked that when this ar
ticle was on the free list the price was 70
cents per pound.
Mr.. Morgan argued against theincrease of
duty on b0raX and boracic acid as bearing
with strong discrimination against the iron
industries OF Ala bama, in which borax and
boracic acid were largely used. lie was IN
favor of the reduction proposed by Dir.
Mcpherson, and thought that if justice
were TO be done bOraclc acid should he
put on the free list.
Mr. McPherson's amendment was re-
jected by party vOte-yeas, 20; nays, 80.
MOST EXTREME OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES.
Mr.. Jones. Of Arkansas, addressed the
Senate in opposition to the bull, which he
characterized as the most radical and ex-
IRENE measure of protection ever pre-
sented. 1t was practical declaration on
the part of the Republican party that the
war-tariti was never 10 be reduced, but
that the exOrbltant taxes were 10 be per
manent. and a declaration of war against
foreign commerce. Referring 10 the Farm
ersi Alliance. he declared that that man
read the signs Of the times amiss who be-
leved that the old policy was TO continue
much longer. He firmly believed that the
present period of protection gone mad
would inaugurate movement tnat would
IN It's tuEfLN anu consequence 49, ~
previous upheavals of the kind. The pro-
tective system would be crushed and cast
out as an utter abomlnatlon.
The next line of the bill having been
read bv the Clerk. "chromic acid, cents
per pound.n MIR. Mcpherson moved tC
amend by substituting for the existing
duty Is per cent dd U0l0reD,.
The debate on this amendment took o
general political character and had no
reference whatever 70 the amendment
The speakers were Messrs. German, AL
drich. Mcpherson, Hiscock, Blair. Sher-
man, and Voorhees,.
MR.. HIscOcK FOR RADIcALIsM IN GENERAL.
Mr.. HiscOck remarked that so much hae
been said in reference to influences which
had produced the pending bill that. II
seemed proper TO him that something
should be said in reply 10 those charges
had SAID that tho Republican National
Convention had pledged itself TO protec.
ton. Ii had. The pending bill was an
| illustration of that platform. He repealed
the charge that Republican success al
| the last election was the result or the
influence of manufacturers or monopolists.
! In reference to statement of Mr.. German
as TO refusal of the Finance Committee 70
| give hearings TO persons Interested, pr.
| Hiscock SAID That IL had refused 10 El'o
| hearings to representatives of the manu-
| facturers of Germany. France, England.
and Belgium. The place for them 70 De
| heard was where the Democratic memOsTs
| of that committee were ia conference, ne
| did not know how much money had peen
contributed to the Democratic election
| fund by those interests. but he knew 1na
every day that tho tariff bill was deiayeu
was largely TO the profit OF foreign manu- ~
facturers. They were interested III us oe-
| feat.
Mr. Hiscock warned the Democratic sen,
ators not to indulge in idle proPneoies,
about 1892. In his {Hiscock's) Juus ih sa
the pending bill would become INV
amended Of course to get the lndg.ne an, "a
senator's and of the House OF kepIeson..s,
tiyes. In his judgment the pe ia anal
| National Convention in 1892 wsouiu aJa,,,
don forever its platform and Us pomus
and its tariff bill of 1855. anu p aSS
lection would be accepted ~ ,' .ne
settled policy of both pontlca pai'
ties He begged of the De hoen -,
senator therefore, to make no prYpnv msr ali III
the future. ave have.n he salu' y ms' AL az
your forces and you are our. Ss.tis
ours. That battle was not Q az. diaSS ala W.
You did not camp on the battle battle =, no ao,c ~,
went into thu contest Of 1889 " 'oAs1''