Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-05-17


Senator Plumb, that no funds available for
the payment of the public debt, including
such SIS are kept for the redemption of treas
ury notes, shall be retained In the treasury In
excess of $110,O00,000. This was opposed by
Senator Sherman.
i TIE TARIFF BILL
In the house, on motion of Mr.. Mckinley,
the committee of the whole commenced the
debate on the tariff bill. In making the mo-
ton he said he should endeavor to close the
debate IN three days.
The ways and means committee had pro-
/ posed to permit the debate to last eight days.
| Mr.. Mills, of Texas, thought that the time
allowed for general debate was entirely too
limited. Two years ago the democrats had
On motion of Mr.. Mills the committee
granted to Mr.. Mckinley the privilege of
speaking without limitation of time, and
| similar courtesy was accorded to Mr.. Mills,
| on motion of Mr.. Mckinney
Although Mr.. Mckinley was granted I'M
| limited time in which to present his argu-
ment, he had stated In advance that he would
/ not ,.ecupy much more than an hour, and
! the Indications are that the speakers who fol-
! low will also reduce their speeches as much
| as possible. Exclusive of the promised night
sessions, which the more notable speakers
avoid whenever possible, there will be in all
but twenty hours of debate. Following the
established custom, the members of the ways
and means committee must each be allowed
an hour, or thirteen hours in all, so that bat
seven of the daylight hours viii remain for
partition among the remaining 3l5 members
of the house.
woRsTEDs AS wooLENs.
The senate passed the bill providing for
the classification for tariff of worsted cloths
as woolens.
PENSION APPROPRIATIONS.
The senate took up the pension approprla-
ton bill ($97 090 761 for the next fiscal year,,
and left it pending amendments by Senators
Sherman and Washburn to increase the num-
Der of pension agents from IL to 20 and Il.
FURTHER TARIFF DEBATE.
Mr. Dockery of Missouri, reopened the
tariff debate.
The present system of taxation yields too
much revenue.
Not in the power of any tariff to raise the
price of any agricultural product unless it
could be seen that it was brought into COM
petition with a foreign article.
If the farmer was to be relieved, If the
mortgage was to be taken off his farm, the
government must speedily reverse its policy
in regard to foreign trade.
Mr., Burrows, of Michigan, followed.
He defetded the tin plate, sugar and wool
sections of the BIZ.
Fl ; trade, he said, meant unrestricted
conn etition; unrestricted competition ueant
cheap goods; competition in cheap goo5s
meant cheap labor; competition In cheap
labor meant cheap flesh and blood; competi-
ton in cheap flesh and blood was slavery.
Cheap clothing and cheap food were of no
value if human labor vas chI;@.rer still:
Mr.. MCMILLAN, ct Tennessee, asserted that
aside from tie sugar schedule there was not
8 scbsdule in which the duties had not been
increased,
Bayne, of Pennsylvania, urged speed to
pass the bill; and Flower, OF New YORK,
spoke against it.
= TWO MORE PENSION AGENTS.
Senator Sherman's amendment to the pen.
sion appropriation bill, increasing the num-
Der of pension agents from Is to 70, was
finally agreed to by the senate, yeas y, nays
q. Senator Payne voted aye and Senators,
Allis I. ingalls, and Plumb voted nay. Sen
ator eller, who had voted against the amead-
ment on previous vote, did not vote. The
bill then passed.
MORE TARIFF TALK.
The house continued the debate on the
Mckinley bill.
Mr.. Gear, of Iowa, said the bill had been
framed in harreonS with the verdict of the
people.
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, did not believe that
to the manufacturer protection had been
manufacturing and the farmers throughout
the land, he felt sure the system had been
injurious. The system drove out competi-
ton.
Mr.. Payne, of New York, argued in sup
port of the bill; and Mr.. Wheeler, of Ala
bama, spoke against it.
Mr.. McAdoo, of New Jersey, ridiculed the
administration.
Mr.. LaFollett, of Wisconsin. made COM
parison between the Mills bill of the last con-
gress and the pending measure. The latter
proposed to save the home markets for the
Americans; the former proposed to invite all
other countries to take this market from our
people whenever 1t was IN their power 70
do so.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, denounced the
granting of bounties on sugar and raw silk.
After ridiculing the imposition of duty on
eggs as measure of protection to ex-Presl-
dent Hayes, who had gone into the chicken
business, he reviewed the free list, ana de-
clared that the American hog was dlscrlml-
mated against in that bristles were placed on
the free list, while a high duty was placed
upon wool. $50
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, supported the bill,
and Mr.. Barnes, of Georgia, Mr.. Andrews,
of Massachusetts, Mr.. Cummings, of New
York, and Mr.. Brickner, of Wisconsin, OPP
posed it.
ARMY CANTEENs.
The senate amended the army appropria-
ton bill so as to provide that no alcoholic |
liquors, beer or wines shall be sold and sup
piled to the enlisted men in any canteen, or !
building in garrison, or military post.
RIGHT OF WAY AT FORT RILEY.
The senate passed the senate bill granting
right of way to the Junction City Fort
Riley Street Railway company into and upon
the Fort Riley military reservation in the
state of Kansas.
1S5 IN so MINUTES.
The senate then took up the individual pen:
sion bills on the calendar and passed all OF
them, 1s5, in an hour and half.
SENATE WORKS OF SILVER.
Senator Jones opened the debate on silver.
TSee dispatches.
RKARfSG THE BILL
General debate in the house on the tarln
bill having closed, consideration OF 1t oy SEC
lions commenced.
Mr, Anderson, of Kansas, offered an amend
uent providing that the president may sus-
nsnd the rate of duty on any imported artl-