The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-01

after Allison and other Republican leaders
/ showed i'm their seats. They had not lis
/ tened 10 Mr. Carlise long when their ner-
yousness increased. They hurried messen-
gers 10 the library for books OF reference,
end otherwise prepared themselves 10
make some show Of reply TO Mr.. CarlisIe's
pointed arguments. The Kentucky Senator
| left nothing but a shallow pretence OF the
| Blaine reciprocity scheme. In the first
place he showed that Mr.. Blaine based his
project of reciprocity entirely upon the
| theory that il would benefit the farmer.
| That was the claim. 70 refute this and
make plain its shallowness Mr.. Carlisle
read statistics showing that Mexico, South
and Central America altogether buy
/ scarcely any Of our agricultural products.
! He submitted the figures showing where the
| American farmer sells his wares, and that
! it is the crowded countries Of Europe, and
not the thnly settled population of Latin
! America that must furnish our farmers
| with "A market. lie further explained that
/ the Tariff hill. as finally reported, sum
marily and without notice, abr0gated our
treaty with the Hawaiian lslands-the only
reciprocal treaty We have.
Senator Carlisle toasted the Republicans
on red hot griddle, and before he had con-
cluded. the party bosses had decided that
he must be answered. But there was no
answering the Kentucky Senator's speech
| il a justification Of the Tarin bill was at
| tempted. The Democratic senators were
1 delighted. Their countenances were
wreathed i'm smiles of satisfaction, and
when Mr. Carlisle finished he was over
whelmed with congratulations.
THE QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT.
The question of adjournment is again
complicated and rendered uncertain. To-
day more blunders were discovered in the
Tariff bill. blunders in the conference re-
port which checked the enrolment OF the
measure This was Obyiated in part by
Mckinley getting an amendment through
the House, but pending It's passage through
both Houses, the enrolment OF the bill
stops. That cannot be done until the legis-
lation is practically complete. Speaker
Reed is indignant because the SEN
ate permitted Carlisle 10 get in his
speech. When asked to-day when Con-
gress would adjourn. the hurley Speaker
replied with his Yankee drawl: There's
no telling a. the senate has started its ora
tOrical mill again.
THE WHEAT INVESTIGATION.
Postmaster Wheat, Of the House, to-day
testified in his own behalf before the cont
mittee investigating his office. He thought
there was no harm in taking $50 from tn
mail contractor: he regarded IT rs proper
perquisite. \ number Of witnesses testi-
! fled 10 several men being on the payroll
who never did any work except 10 draw
their pay. which they turned over TO
! Whcars son. retaining 10 some cases five or
ten dollars for themselves.
TIE ANTLLOTrERY LAW.
Judge Tyner the Assistant Attorney
! General for the POstOllice Department, has
about completed the instructions 10 post
masters ia regard 10 the enforcement OF the
antl-L0ttery law. He finds the law more
cOmpreh arsiye than is generally supposed.
| II prohibits lotteries; also prohibits all
schemes for distributing prizes by chance.
and applies to the church fair as well As To
the great Louisiana lottery. An advertise
ment for "A church fair which speaks Of
rattle or anything of the Kind would be ex-
cluded from the mail.
THE RAUM INVESTIGATION.
The special House Committee inyosti-
| eating the charges against commissioner Of
! Pensions Raum continued its investigation
TODAY. Mr. SeckcndOrif. Of the New Ork
| Tribune. was called and asked If he was
ready TO give the committee the names OF
the persons who furnished the information
upon which he based his articles. He re-
piled that ke was not, and stated that he
had consulted the parties and they had re-
fused 10 have their names made public.
LANGsTON GIVEN AN OVATION.
LangstOn was rendered an Grafton To-
night by the cOlOred citizens from the diff
ferent states residing here. The meeting
was held in the Metropolitan church, and
was presided over by DR.. Puryis,
with about twenty-five yice-presidents.
ON being presented. it was fully
i've minutes before Langston could
| proceed the cheering continued so long.
lie referred to the fact that in boyhood days
he was "A slave, owned IN the state OF VIZ
ginia. As he was now Congressman IRON
that State he thought this spoke sufficiently
Of the progress made by his race IN citizen
ship. The mission of the Repub-
lican party, he said, was TO take
the cOlOred man by the hand.
as the equal OF all men, inviting him into
the portals of the Republic to perform his
share OF duty and service in the advance
ment and perpetuity Of the government.
SENATE.
The conference report on the Tarif bill
was taken up, and Mr.. Carlisle addressed
the Senate. 1t was not his purpose, he
said. TO attempt to state the effect OF the
measure on the public revenue, because II
would be impossible TO do so with any de-
cree of accuracy, but he could state approx
lmateiy what its effect on taxation would
be. No member of the Finance Committee
had yentured during the tariff debate to eX-
press an opinion as to what the effect OF the
DILL would be on the revenues OF the Gov
ernment, except the Senator from Iowa Mr..
AllisOn). who in the course of "a speech on
the subject of the expense OF the Govern
ment. had reviewed the subject 10 some eX-
tent. But that was before the conference
report was made.
Mr.. Carlisle asserted that the bill as II
stood TOOK from the free list and made du-
Al. 10 f....tr Al 4
list and made free. While it would not in
crease the revenues it would increase the
taxation Of the people by increasing the
prices OF articles Of similar domestic pro-
ductiOn. The average rate OF duty under
this bill would be 90 per cent. instead OF
l5ll per cent. under the existing law. De
ducting sugar and mOlasses from the calcu-
latiOn the rate under the existing law would
be found to be IL per cent, and
the average on the same articles under the
conference bill 90 per cent, an increased
rate OF 80 per cent. The increase would be
ten millions in the iron, and steel ten mil
lion. The sugar bounty, Mr.. Carlisle said,
would amount in the aggregate 10 seven or
| eight millions a year. Mr.. Carlisle quoted
from many authorities 10 prove that the
states which had almost unlimited powers
of taxation could not authorize counties or
municipalities to impose taxes 10 encourage
industrial pursuits. the beneral Government
could not do il. Taxation for private pur-
poses was not taxation, he said, but plum
der.
Mr. Carlisle criticised the reciprocity
clause. which he said cOntided 10 the judg.
lment or caprice ~ the President at one
time the determination, not alone Of certain
facts defined in the law, but OF the results
and effects of those facts and circum,
stances.
MIR. Allison believed that the bill as re.
ported from the committee would reduce
the revenue forty to iorty-ii,e million dol.
lars.
Mr. Gray spoke at some length. Mr.. Gray
concluded his remarks against the bill, de
: voting much attention 10 the question o
: the labor cost OF ton Of steel rails.
A Mr.. Aldrich closed the debate. He re
gretted that Mr.. Carlisle had devoted X