Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-22
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Pr. VOORHEES, speaks Against the 'ari"
Bn-Rcspect for the Late Mr. Walker
- ..,..-..n a. IA. ufsua,chl

service 10 the naval e-taullehmeh0 10 10
taken up IA the morning noun
REVENUE MABrNE TEASsfER BILL.
After some further talk Mr.. Gray moved
g. take up the revenue marine transfer
I'm. Agreed tO-yeas. 20. nays, ~.
The Republicans who voted yea were
W,s.r.. Cameron. Casey. Cullom, tarweh,
l-ya ingalls,. Mitchell. SAWYER, Spooner.
TELLER. and Washburn. The Democrats
VINO voted aay were Nossrs. Bate, COCK
yell German. and luch.
Ilc Senate then proceeded 10 the con-
,f3eratiou OF the House bill 20 transfer the
marine service. At the suggestion oil
M.ssrs. Gray and Allison me qa'' iCs liIo
rruuintn,ut Of revenue marine oincerS
I. officers 0f the navy was changed 10
r,.rary ]. 1891. The bill was discussed by
y.-ers sherman. SpOOner, ana Aiilsoh
,.tu q O'clock. when h was laid aside WITH
,nt notion and unfinished business '-
,I.f.rif hill-was taken up tor consldera-
t.ou.
rHE TARIFF BILL
Ny Voorhees, adlrcsscdtbc Senate IN op,,
ro4.fior to thc bin. which he characterizeq
financial monster. every claw ana
-. III ,-hi.b had been carefully inspect
.tlv tho Hobbies and found 20 be sound
and re.iqne. II was only M an impure
,,.lificql and moral atmosphere generated
81 "a corrupf monopoly of wealth that
fr4uriqi measure lke theon" now pehulnH
would dare o. show the hard oui INES OF us
,,.Itv f.rr Much less would II expect 10
'. treated with respect. spoken Wen o.
arl pressed a. law.
uMEBG TAcr
r..r,e tocritici-m OF the details Of the
Din Nr VOORHEES, spoke ~ u as sulh,IS
+..t t.at iu fourteen schedules OF uulh"i'
ARTICLE. fln only reductions made we're III
~
la.-r- which 100 the hrhi OF the lToP3Seu
I.rrtv t1 the sugar planters was no reduc-
f,.n tt nllI and tho section relating 20
xr.r.. .uIrf-. and other beverages. IN
.,.ry onr az twelve schedules tine tarH
taxes lal been increased. In regard 10
u.ullcn goods that increase amounted 1"
rI5pW0ua year. There was no preteh-
SION. De said. that That increase was pun ON
for the sake Of revenue. II was slhlpN
IA. Am instance of protection run mad ana
Developed iutoa Chinese wall OF prohlul-
lie uroccedcd TO quote AZ considerable
ieurth from statement made by NJ
Mch.ry,r. Of Now York, before the
Tnanra Committee one of ms answers
toa question by Mr vance ne 20 WHY tno
iufv ODD certain cheap fabrics Of cl0th was
o. Iclucrtsrd from about % per cent. 10
tbout loo uer cent. was: ] suppose IT was
90 make the poor consumer pay twice as
nucb for his goods AZ the wealthy con-
sumrr would have 90 pay for ms
PROHIBITION Nor PROTECTION.
MI Voorhees, also quoted from state
rnclt T. Is. WOu.N. of New York, before
tho some committee, Who when asked the
reason for the large increase OF duty on
clelp cotton vclytts. SAID; Nothing INT
prohibition. a. IS not proiecu9n. lie
alsoread an extract presented by Mr. WOE
rii. from tile annual report ~ lo9' OF the
treasurer of the Arlington NILS manuiac-
tuners Uf cotton warps, mohalr. and men
f. goods. % the effect that for the last
twenty years the average dividends bad
I..uu ltti oycf I'D per cent. and that the
motifs ut that wear were three times as
great 81. those Of che preceding wear.
SIT. Voorhees, referred e. the recent STAN
JOS wedding IN London aud 90 Andrew
Carucsi1s magnificent rltt OF an uncut
diamond. Tcmrmers If the United States.
hr sand. had paid for that diamond ten
thousand times over IN the last twenty
wears by paving am average duty Of over 81
per cent. con every article - IRON and steel
that thcyuscd. aud by paying the increased
rate, of railroad freight made necessary by
the hirh duty on steel and iron rails and
rYllinr-stock. for the farmer an last pad
forall. n the pending bill became "a law
thcy would have an increase OF duty 90 pay
on iron aud steel Of from 3S.4 per cent. to
bl.J per cent.
PROTECTING An INDUSTRY UNBORN.
Mr.. VOORHEES, passed on TO adiscussi0n Of
tie proposed increase Of 40 per cent. on
un plate M order % protect an infant IN
dustry az set unborn. and IN order to give
employment 20 1900 wOrkngmen now
Ille. 10 would be far cheaper he said, for
tlc country 90 nav 2f.O0Oldle men their ave
rage WAGES than IL tax every square of tim
fanfI ton tIf Yn K
can simply 10 build up half q dozen mil
uouares and enable them to give coaching
parties e. protection leaders and 10
found libraries from the savings OF
ID per cent. reduction Of the wages
OF their workinglncn TEMPLATES, he said,
had tie first nght 10 Toe on the free list, and
be would al the proper time move 10 put
IL there. There was no manufacturer of u
iu this country. and therefore nothing to
protect even II protection were night. IL
Was a material IN universal use, II COM
mon want with laboung people, and 1t
ought therefore 20 pay no tax. Might he
lot with propriety, ~ leaving the tin-plate
schedule. call on all men and women who
use tm pans. pals, cups, strainers, tea
pots. cuhee-pots, wash-hasns, cooking
pans, pie-plates. cans for fruits, and tin
Tor roofing tneir houses 10 Join III pro-
bouncing AH0aseTa0 W0T0nagtG against the
bll!
so-cALIED FHTB sCOAR.
The title of the bill was IAN act TO re-
duce revenue and equali2e the duties on
imports and FOR other purposes the only
trnth in the title being "fOr other pur-
poses than those declared With sugar
on the free list an annual revenue of S56-
010.0)) Was abolished. but other schedules
increased duties 20 the amount # SIS, Co.,
600. hut II the bounty OF two cents q
nd ia 11
States should result as It's friends urged
II would III the prOductiOnOi all the sugar
consumed here. then. according TO the last
statistics. the Americ All people would find
themselves paving an annual sugar tax Of
s6l ,51S. 900 underthe masQgerading. fraudu-
lent process of sO-called free sugar ia ALI
ance with high protection and gross sub
sidy.
tie went on 90 say that all the internal
revenue taxes on manufacturers brokers,
and dealers. bank-chccks. aud incomes
had been swept away. while the duties on
tIace-chains, tin buckets, flannel shirts,
and the like had had manifold growth.
TIE WAR STILL RAGING on THE FARMS. &C.
According % the preset rate of taxa
ton on the farms and IN the workshops
the war was still raging and costing more
than ever before. Who, he asked. would
dare stand before the country and say
ANdt RbF tafk1 50 lpuS III tvItioi pi NV
GOyernment had dealt fairly with the peo.
pie on that subjectl
In conclusion he declared that the battl,
for liberty. lsstice. and equality would bt
tonight out ia every part of the field, but
that al no point was victory more essential
than where floated the banner of tariff re-
form.
Mr. Voorhees, spoke about two. hours
Marked attention was paid to his speech
by the Democratic senators, most Of WHOM
remained in the chamber during its de
livery. On the other hand there were very
few hardly DOZEN Republican senators IL
their seats. and these seemed TO take yer,
little interest 10 the speech. There was
very fair attendance in the galleries, ant
one or two efforts OF applause proceeded
from them.
AT close Of the speech Mr.. Cockerell OF
fered resolutions, which were agreed To
expressing the Senste's regret Ut the an
popleemsat of the death Of Representative