The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-02
PLUMB BREAKSAWAY
He Votes With the Democrats ON
the Tariff Bill.
HE ASSERTS HIS INDEPENDENCE.
The Senate, ne Said, Owed Some Duty to the
American People as well at to the
Manufacturers.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Edmunds moved
20 correct the journal of yesterday by max
ng it state the names of the Senators pres
snt when the roll was first called. There
was general opposition to this motion,
which was defeated.
Blair offered q resolution instructing the |
on rules to report within four |
lays rule for the incorporation of the pre- |
vious question, or some method OF limiting |
and closing debate in the parliamentary
procedure of the Senate, and asked for
immediate consideration. Objections be
ing made on the Democratic side, it went
over until tomorrow.
The House joint resolution to permit
Captain George W. Davis, of the United
States army, to accept position on the
Nicaragua Canal Construction company
passed.
The Senate then proceeded to the
of the tariff bill, resuming it
under the head of lead products The ar
ticles of litharge and nitrate of lead were
allowed to pass wethout comment, but to
the third article (orauge mineral, 81 cents
per pound) Mr.. Vance offered an amend
ment reducing the rate to 2 cents. In the
course of the discussion, Vest expressed
himself IN favor of reducing all duties on
lead and it's products, although his own
state was the greatest lead producing state
in the union. The largest lead mire 1t his
state, the Hazard ian eastern man was the
principal stockholder) declared last year
dividends amounting to 90 per cent, but
the wages of the employees had not
been increased one cent, so that
the claim that high protective
duties were for the benefit of the working
man was fraud and cheat from the be-
ginning. 1t was notorious there was
a great Lead trust in existence.
And if the. Senator from Ohio (Sherman)
had been consistent with his declaration,
he would have favored a reduction of lead
and all its products.
To the question as to whether reduction
of duties Increased or diminished prices to
consumers, this phase of the controversy
devoived particularly Oh Morgan and Ed
munds, quinine being the article around
which the disputation revolved. In the
course of it Morgan spoke of the ''tap"
which the Republicans placed on the sur
plus, drawing it all off, and making it in
evitable tnat the government would be a
borrower before the end of another year.
Aldrich asked unanimous consent that on
| the remaining paragraphs in the chemical
| the debate be proceeded with under the five
minutes rule. Mcpherson objected.
| Mcpherson spoke of the Lead trust
which controlled the entire lead trade of
the country. He told of having met not
/ long ago in a New York back parlor the
owner of a lead mine who told him. the Lead
trust had offered to purchase his interest.
''How much is your plant worth?n Nc
Pherson asked II could duplicate it for
| 10 ArH h0t n
does the trust offer you." "a million
dollars" '.And how does the trust expect
to be able to pay you million dollars
for what is only worth 100000 and
pay dividends?" at proposes to increase
( the price of the products" The offer has
been accepted, and. said Mcpherson, the
| price has been increased to an extent to en-
able the trust to pay dividend on any
amount of capital it sees fit to fix and yet
in the Congress of the United States there
is great political party claiming to be first
in intelligence, first in patriotism, first il
Justice and in right voting to put rate Of
duty on these lead products that is ALSO
lutely prohibitory and that will enable this
j trust or combine to fix any price il
pleases and rob the people to any extent i
pleases. Finally the discussion came to enc
and a vote taken on Vance's amendment
Rejected by party vote, yeas 81; nays, %
duce the duty on red lead from 3 cents to
cents pound met with the same fate.
The paragraph taxing white lead at
cents pound was, on motion of Aldrich
amended by adding the words land whit
paint containing lead"
Vance moved to make duty on white Leaf
cents pound instead of 3. Rejected, yeas
, 81; nays, %. There was no suggestion as t
the paragraph as to PHOSPHORUS and bi
ohrorpato md phr0mata Of pOtach
Paragraph 60 was amended on motion o
Aldrich making it read ''costic or hydrat
of potash, refined in sticks or rolls / Cen
per pound instead of 1 Il cents"
Carbonate and sulphate and potash an
sponges were placed on the free list.
: The duty on sulphate of soda wa
O changed from Ito of a cent per pound to 2
= per cent. ad valorem Finally the schedul
u was reached which refers to earths, eartf
d enware and glassware. McPherson's mt
: ton to reduce the duty on fire brick faile
g to carry. Plumb voted with the Demo
u Gratis, the first break in solid party voti
Plumb having thus started in his assertio
of independence of party allegiance SO fs
as the tariff bill is concerned, began to tax
] cPherson's place in offering amendment
1 His first two amendments were to redut
the rates of duty on enamelled tiles and b.
draulic cement. After discussion they wei
;, voted down by the Republican majorit
the Democrats of course voting for then
d On the hydraulic cement amendment Pa
U dock joined Plumb in voting with the Der
70 ocrats.
Mcpherson moved 10 reduce the duty
- common brown earthenWare from % to
per cent. ad volorem. Rejected, yeas, 2
!, nays, 80.
70 Paddock voted with the Democrat
d Plumb did not vote.
III The npXt QnpStiOn was DarapraDh 1
10 relating to china, porcelain and CROKER
Is ware, the finance committee recomendI
10 a reduction of rates in the House bill fro
L &c to % per cent. on decorated articles, al
% from 80 to 80 per cent. on plain white al
! undecorated ware.
J. Two members of the finance committe
ie Sherman and Hiscock, expressed their @
"a position to the Senate amendments. AL
II, son supported them Vest moved TO MAJ
IN the rates 45 and 40 per cent. respective
Then Plumb took prominent part in I
discussion inveighng against the exorb
anu demands of the high projections
Il. The American people were entitled TO ia
40 cheap goods if competition COZ
u bring that about. When, he
the people of the United Sta
On would get some benefit from the establi
I'd ment of home industries? Just as fast
W the point was arrived at when lower pri
might be expected the manufacturers Ca
to Congress and said they wanted mi
duties whereby the downward progress
les prices might be arrested. He had no IL
av that what he might say was going to aft
- the vote of the Senate. He could conce
"a and he could see that the cohorts of prot
Nc ton were so organized that the bill was
,Sis go through substantially as it came fir
ii' the finance committee. He believed
distributing the duties necessary for
purpose of raising revenue for the supp
=, of the government in such way as
ch equalize the conditions existing betw
is the manufacturers of this coun
ces and those abroad If he were in doubt