The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-13
TARIFF TALK CUT SHORT.
THE DEMOCRATS SETTLE DOWN
TO A HOPELESS FIGHT.

All Their Propositions to Secure Free
Raw Material summarily Beaten.
An Old Chestnut About the Sugar
Schedule of the Mills Bill Revived.
The Five-Minute Debate.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-The democrats
in the House, knowing the republicans to
be determined to stand by the caucus ac-
ton choking off general debate on the tariff
bill, contented themselves with two roll
calls on the proposition this morning, and
then settled right down to the fight over
the details of the bill. This they conducted
with much spirit, Messrs. Mills and
w. G. P. Breckiuridge leading the assault.
The defeat of successive propositions made
by them looking to freeing raw material
from tavation showed plainly that the re-
publicans have bowed their neck to
the caucus yoke, and will put the tariff bill
| through the House Just as Speaker Reed
| and his little ring of managers say.
TWO KICK OVER THE TRACES.
Only two republicans ventured to vote
with the democrats to free raw material.
They were Messrs. Anderson of Kansas and
Owens of Indiana. Their votes in the alb
u,
| with the democratic vote, an amendment
| proposed by Mr.. Anderson giving the'Pres-
| ident power to put on the free list the
| products of the trusts. The democrats
| laughed and applauded their momentary
| triumph, but of course the republicans were
| Immediately drummed up, and on the
| tellers the amendment was defeated. This
promises to be the fate of all amendments
| designed to reduce taxation.
AN ENLIvENING FEATURE.
The debate was enlivened to-day by dis
cussion over the old lie that the ways and
means democrats were improperly in
| tiuenced in the preparation of the sugar
schedule of the Mills bill, and by the sugar
| trust, which was revived by Messrs. Gros-
venor, Kerr and other small fry republicans.
After Messrs. Mills, Breckenridge and Nc
Millin had once more denounced it as false,
Mr.. Mckinley was candid enough to say
that he did not believe it.
THE FIvE-MINUTE DEBATE.
The five-minute debate may have to be
extended. but the representatives will only
extend it to please themselves, and they
will pass the bill when they get ready. Mr..
Payson, as chairman Of the committee of
the whole, made all his rulings to-day tell
against the debate and In favor of Speaker
Reeds gag law.
DETALs OF THE TILT.
| In the House this morning, after the read
| ing of the journal, MIR. Mckinley moved
that the general debate on the tariff bill be
| limited TO five minute. The absence of a
| quorum rendered call of the House nee
| essary.
A quorum appearing the motion was
agreed to latter two roll CALLS and the
| House went into committee of the whole,
| with Mr.. Payson of Illinois in the chair, on
the tariff BILL
READ FOR AMENDMENT.
No one desiring to occupy five minute.
the clerk proceeded to read the bill by para
graphs for amendment.
Mr.. Breckenridge of Kentucky offered an
amendment Ito come in after the enacting
clause) providing that any citizen of the
| United States VINO manufactures or pro-
duces articles and sells them outside of the
United States shall be entitled TO admit free
of duty any article Of commerce which he
| may desire to use in his business to the
value of the articles exported. After ex-
planning that his proposition was to reverse
the action of the old principle of rebate,
Mr.. Breckenridge demanded the tellers on
| his amendment and it was lost by a vote of
| S3 to Ill.
| A GUARD AGAINST MONOPOLY.
Mr.. Anderson of Kansas offered an
amendment providing that the President
ported article when, in his judgment, the
| production, manufacture or sale of such
| article Is monopolized, or attempted to be
| monopolized or controlled by any trust or
combination.
Mr.. Grosvenor threw q firebrand into the
debate by declaration that two years ago
| the leader of the greatest and most extor-
| tionate trust in the country came to the
capitol, marched into the dark chamber of
| the ways aud means committee, and figura-
| lively took the majority of that committee
| by the head and shook free sugar out of it.
| Mr.. Mills of Texas-I want to state to the
| gentleman from Ohio that that statement
| is false; every word of it is false. Applause
| on the democratic side.
tion slogan again. [Applause on the re-
publican side
Mr.. Mills-You will always hear it when
| you deserve it.
Mr. Grosvenor-We hear the old Texan
slogan again, a man who, at the head of a
great committee, puts his name upon bill
| and sinks his party into oblivion ought to
get indignant. The plantation manners of
the gentleman who mace speech in New
Haven will not drive me from my position.
Mr.. Mills-Nobody will drive you from
| your position of falsehood.
THE RISE IN SUGAR TRUST STOCK.
Mr.. McMillin-Will you permit ques-
1
| tion?
Mr.. Grosvenor-Yes, if it is in parliament
tary language. l do not propose to be in
| terrupted by the shotgun policy. [Appla ause
on the republican side.l
Mr. McMillin-How is it that since the
Mckinley bill was reported sugar trust
| certificates have risen more than SIC. .000, 900
and more than $4,000, 900 within the last
weeka [Applause on the democratic side.1
Mr.. Grosvenor-If the gentleman will
tell me how, during the tendency of the
democratic majority in the House, the
sugar trust was formed and the certificates
reached fabulous prices, will answer his
question.
Mr.. McMillin-The sugar trust and jute
trust were formed under the high tariff
laws inaugurated by the republican party,
which we were unable to repeal on account
of the republican Senate.
HAvEdEYER's VISIT.
Mr.. Grosvenor-Will the gentleman an
swer me a question:
Mr.. McMillin-If the gentleman will
ask it in parliamentary language. Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Grosvenor-I will do SO, as L am ask
ing it of gentleman who understands par
liamentary language [Laughter.1 Is it
not fact that the ways and means COM
mittee Of the Fiftieth congress changed its
sugar schedule the day following the visit OF