The morning call., 1890-05-10
THE HOUSE.
Another Day Spent in Dsbate on ths Nc
Kinley Bill.

Another Day Spent in Dsbate on ths Nc
Kinley Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-In the House,
Hit called up the bill granting pension of
$1,000 year to Della T. S. Parnell, the
daughter of Admiral Charles Stewart, with
an amendment reducing the pension to $50
month
After a discussion tn g amendment was
agreed to by vote of 80 to 20. and the bill
passed.
The House, after passing several priva te
pension bills, went into Committee of the
Whole, and Fitch took the floor on the
Tariff Bill. His speech was an arraign-
ment In general terms of the Mckinley
Shift"
Gear expressed his opposition to any
trust or combine formed to enhance the
necessaries of life. The time had come for
the American Congress to end the sugar
combine by passing the pending bill. This
bill gave the people cheap raw sugar and
cheap refined sugar and destroyed root and
branch the greatest combine known to the
country.
Crisp argued against the protection
theory. In the opinion of many Crisp's
speech was the strongest yet made on the
Democratic side. Without making any
new arguments Crisp's presentation of the
Democratic view of the tariff was forcibly
and clearly expressed and received numer-
and galleries. He contended that while
the Ways and Means Committee had given
daily hearings to the Pittsburg iron, steel
and glass manufacturers, the Massachusetts
shoe-nien, New England woolen and vari-
| Gus other manufacturers and great corpora
tions the committee had almost ignored the
producers OF the country. How many cot
ton, corn and wheat producers had re-
ceived hearings? Yet these millions of
| producers derived no substantial benefit
frnn a arO iuat tari x.hff i'll
OF necessity was enhanced in cost by such a
high tariff. The Republicans contended
that 1t gave producers home market.
Where was it? Where was the cotton,
wheat and corn home market? Were not
the Kansas farmers burning corn for fuel
Were not their farms mortgaged in favor OF
this b0asted home market?
Ihe speaker contended that the McKin-
ley bill fattened manufacturers and corpor-
ations at the expense OF millions of pro-
ducers.
Crisp read the protest of the National
Gamers Association against increasing the
tin-plate tariff. These men represented
twenty different States, including Califor-
mia, and yet so far had been unable to get q
| hearing before the Ways and Means Com
mittee: Every family in the country used
| canned goods.
Here Several Republican members of the
Ways and Means Committee jumped to
| their feet and announced their Willingness
" Iltdi tic SduHtES ASSOcldllOU.
This was received by the Democrats with
| derisive laughter.
Crisp attacked the sugar bounty and said
the principle was wrong. Why should not
the corn. wheat and cotton producers re-
ceiye bounty as well. The bounty scheme
and Tree sugar was a mere deceptive, Re-
publican subterfuge to make consumers be-
lleve they were getting sugar cheaper, while
in truth the bounty paid TO the sugar men
was taken from the pockets of every con-
sumner. Crisp closed his speech with the
following Shakespearean quotation: Be
these smuggling thieves no more believed
who halter with us in double sense, who
hold the word of promise to our ear, and
break 1t to our hope" lApplause.
Payne followed Crisp and made an effect
i've argument favoring the Mckinley bill.
Wheeler OF Alabama then spoke for thirty
minutes.
At 8 o'clock the House took recess.
The night session was dull and uninter-
esting and the attendance small. The House
adjourned at 10 80 o'clock.