The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-30
Republican Senators Unable ID
Remain Silent.
DEMOCRATS FIGHT ron DELAY.
Strubls Of Iowa Attacks Reed ana 4
Heartily Laughed Il.
Confederation Of rve Paragraphs q
Tariff EiIi Compasssa-1.srs.ss i.
Internal Revenas-Isriy.slsn debate
Ends Today.

WASHINGTON CITY, July 1.-In ths s>n.A.
Morgan presented resolxtloos n6ort.a q \ .s..,
lie meeting Of the Republicans 81 Ri,,,ss.-
ham. Ala. against the passage of he elsctisn
bill.
The postofice COMMITTEES renorsed h.rS ~
graph service; calendar.
Cullom introduced a bill to esfshl1.h deu.rt.
ment Of Communication. end said IL ,rna nres
pared BY and introduced e the reo15eef a.
wage-workers. - I &c
The tariff bill was taken an. the nend,n-
question being McPherson's Amendment ofnrcd
Yesterday. to reduce the duty on aceflo srid-
which was rejected BY party vote. .
The clerk proceeded with the readiue a. ire
bill, but had only got through two iinsn ,shs1
he was stopped By McPherson with the s.s.ee1
that he (the clerk was reading too hsstif1
Mcpherson offered an amendment redueinc fh{
duty on boracic acid from TO * cents; fsjeetoii
Is to so. 81 " ' 4 -
Jones OF Arkansas then addrtsss6 tks s...
ate In opposition to the bill, which he anid -
declaration on the part Of the RepubhcorS
that the war tariff was never to DO reduced He
believed the present period would inauournfa =
movement that would In Its effects ana eonae
quences surpass previous upheaynls Of It'd
kind. The protective system would Be crushx{
and cast out as an utter abomiaation Comtnf
TO the question of the bounty o. o1knr u
asked why not protect the wheater04ef 81
bounty, as well as the sugar plauter. tn
proposition to take the duty on raw xnxax and
pay bounty ON American-grown sugar sLmp1s
meant sugar free Tor refineries. sugar ffeo IA
the sugar trust and sugar taxes fof al Whu
consume It for food.
The next line of the bill having bssn red hJ
the clerk, "Chromic acid. cents per pound.8
Mcpherson moved to substitute the existlnw
duty. is per cent ad valorem.
German said the Democratic senatou Wnnted
free discussion of the bill and nothfux moros
but the Republican senators wanted 70 fnsh d
through at railroad speed.
Aidrich said that in 1888 the tari6 hod beon
discussed In every feld and woFksh>p and -
every husking. The country undeFrtood THAI
talk. The attempt TO drive the Ropnhiican
senators to make stump speeches ioe pozitcof
effect was simply TO delay action On ne tnxiE
bill. which delay was destructive 70 ovcsy bx1f4
ness interest u
German reminded the Republicans of R]umk,s
statement that the party was in<ianeoH md u
his warning that IL would have to incloone t61~
alton within eighteen monthk He ofoO aid
that Mr.. Blaine had Through tho senatof fron
Maine) told the Republican senn<ou fhzt L
they passed the bill as reported thsy would nQ1
only destroy the possibility Of increoa5unS trad6
with the countries south OF AZ, bnt would t1nk-
rupt the treasury In eighteen month"; foR fh6f
was the meaning Of il.
alScOek mdue general deniak OK y0o GH1xko'
that the Republican success at the last elnc5zon
was the result of the influence Of mouu1Ack1t.
ers and monOpolies and said that il tho Gafo of
New York whenever Democratic majozi0& Woto
rolled up, the steps Of the whisky intoso6t oo1zd
be marked. In reference to the statom6of II 10
the refusal of the finance COMMITTEES ~ rive
hearings to persons interested, be said tthad ~
fused TO give hearings to representatives o. -
manufacturers of Germany, Francs, Inglend
and Belgium. The place for them 70 - heard
was where the Democratic members of tho cnuA-
mittee were in conference. He did net know
how much money had been contrbuted 20 tho
Democratic election fund by those interests bus
he knew thatovery day the tariff bill WAS de-
layed was largely TO the profit Of forcien manu-
facturers. They were interested IN ~ defeat
Voorhees, congratulated German on HIS victory
in breaking the predetermined sileuce oh ~
Republican side Of the chambeE ~ - th4
speech of the senator from New York, which
had been extorted under the lash, 1f was thu
same old TRADE OF calumny and abuse against
the Democratic party.
After further debate the bill was laid o&ide
and the House joint resolution to continue ar-
propriations under the existing 'IaWS, up4to ne
18th OF August was presented, discussed and
passed. After an executive session The eenato
adjourned.