The morning call., 1890-07-30
CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.
Postal Telegraph Bill Placed on the ealen-
dar-The Tariff Debate


Postal Telegraph Bill Placed on the Caen-
dar The Tariff Debate.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-In- the Senate
to-day Morgan presented resolutions which
we're adopted at public meeting of Repub-
licans at Birmingham. Ala, against tue
passage of the Election Bill.
The PostOffice. Committee reported back
the Senate bill TO establish limited postal
telegraph service. Placed on the calendar.
Ingalls, introduced a bill to establish
Department of Communication, and said it
was prepared and introduced at the request
of the Wage workers Alliance.
The Tariff Bill was taken up, the pend
ing question being on McPherson's amend
ment offered yesterday to reduce the duty
on acetic or pyroliGneous acid. The amend
ment was rejected by party vote-ayes
20. noes 27.
The Clerk proceeded with the reading of
the bill, but only got through two lines,
when he was stopped by McPherson. He
(McPherson) had something to say about
the first line. fixing the duty on boracic
acid at cents pound At the present
rate "A cents p0und), the duty on bOracc
acid was 1873 per cent. and now it was pro-
posed to make it 9l.9l per cent ad valOrem.
lie quoted the statement OF Nledringnaus
before the Finance Committee to the effect
that boracic acid could be produced in
California at 2 cents a pound, SO that the
proposed duty would amount to 225 per
cent ad valOrem. He moved to reduce the
rate from cents to y cents pound.
This Was rejected by vote of % to 80
Jones of Arkansas then addressed the
Senate In opposition 10 the bill, which,
he said. was declaration on the part of the
Republican party that the war tariff was
never TO be reduced. He firmly believed
the present period of protection had gone,
and would lnaugurate a movement that
would, in its effects and consequences, sur
pass all previous upheavals of the kind.
HE protective system would be crushed
and cast out as an utter abomination. Com
ing to the question of bounty on sugar
Jones asked why not protect the wheat
grower by bounty as well as the sugar.
growerP The proposition to take the duty
oil raw sugar and pay bounty on Ameri-
can-grown sugar simply meant sugar free
for rehnerles; sugar free for sugar trusts;
sugar taxed for all who consume it for
foOd."
The next line of the bill having been read
by the clerk, chronic acid g cents per
pound, McPherson moved to Substitute
the existing duty of 10 per cent ad valorenl.
German said the Democratic Senators
wanted free discussion of the bill and
nothing more, but the Republican Sena-
tors wanted to rush it through at railroad
speed.
Aldrich said that in 1888 the tariff had
been discussed in every field and work
shop. andon every hustings. The country
understood that talk about explanations
and an attempt to drive Republican Sena-
rors 10 make stump speeches for political
eHecL was simply TO delay action ON the
Iarin blli, which delay was destructive to
every business interest
Gorman reminded the Republican side of
flumo statement that the party was in dan-
ger, ana OF his warning that 1t would have
70 increase taxation within eighteen months.
he also SAID Mr. Blaine had 0hrough the
senators from Maine), told the Republican
senators tnat II they passed the bill as re-
ported they would not only destroy all pos
slDlllty OF increasing trade with the cou
tries south OF the United States, but would
bankrupt the Treasury in eighteen months,
LOT li,at was The meaning OF it.
discock made general charge that Re-
pupiican success at the last election was
the result OF the influence of manufacture
ers or monopollsts, aud asserted that in the
state Oh New York wherever Democratic
| maloritles were rolled up the steps of the
WHISKY interest could be marked In ref
| erence to the statement as to the refusal Of
the FINANCE Committee to give hearings to
persons interested, HiScock said it had re-
luSeo TO give hearings to representatives of
| manufacturers IN Germany, France, En-
gland and Belgium. The place for them
| 10 De heard was when the Democratic men,
| DerS OIL tile committee were in conference.
| lie dld not know how much money had
| been contributed to the Democratic Elec-
| tiOn Fund by those interests. but lie knew
that every day the Tariff Bill was delay ed