The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-15
TIE TARIFF DISCUSSION


TIE TARIFF DISCUSSION
o" Fdstery = Campbell, tho Glassware
! Man. Denounced ns n Pcrjurer.
WASHINGTON. May l4.-ln the House
today the tariff bill was again taken up.
Mr.. McAlillin, OF Tennessee, moved to
decrease the rate on decorated china
from 60 to 'l5 per cent, stating that the
GO per cent duty proposed, taken in
connection with the package clause OF
the administrative customs bill, amount
ed to considerable increase from exist
ing rates. l.
Mr.. Mckinley denied that the increase
that would result from the package
clause would be material. There might
be M increase OF about s per cent; but
that increase was necessary to continue
tho existence OF the china industry in
this country. lie held up n handsome
piece of decorated ware and said that
we could not make such ware in this
country before the tariff OF 1888. Poor
people did not usc that kind OF ware;
but he promised that under protection
it would soon be placed within their
reach.
Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, said that
nothing better illustrated the difference
between the parties on this question
than the fine ware exhibited by the gen.
tleman as compared with the old fash.
ioned blue rimmed plate. saucer and
cup he (Mr. Bynum) had used in the
last Congress to illustrate his argument;
that ware-thG poor mans ware-paid
sixty per cent, although it was worth
but one-tenth OF the cost Of the fine
ware,
MIR. MIckinley-1ti is getting lower all
the time.
Mr.. Bynum-Yes, tho poor man has
just discarded tin plates and begun to
use common ware.
Mr.. McAlillin's motion was defeated.
Various other amendments looking to
n reduction to the duty on enrthen and
glassware were made on the Democratic
tidc, hut me: with no success.
In the course OF the discussion OF one
these amendments, Mr.. McNillin, Of
Tennessee, alluded 10 n Mr.. Campbell,
OF Pittsburgh, glass manufacturer, ask
ing for protection from foreign labor,
while ho WAS charged with importing
foreign labor in violation of tho contract
labor law.
CAMPBELL CRuCIrIEp.
Mr.. Bergen, OF New Jersey, ventured
to say that Mr.. Campbell was a Demo-
crat. Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, said that
on the contrary Mr.. Campbell was an
ardent supporter Of Mr.. Harrison.
Mr.. Bayne, Of Pennsylvania, testified
to the good reputation enjoyed by Mr..
Campbell. ..
Mr.. Bynum denounced Campbell as
perjurer. Campbell had come before
the Ways and Means Committee and
Ind consultation with the gentleman
from West Virginia (Mr. Wilson) and
himself, and then. had gone away and
made an affidavit which was false from
beginning to end, snd had Campbell
ever come into his (Mr. Bynum's) dis
trict he would be in II prison cell to-day.
Mr.. Baync said he would take Mr..
Campbel's word as soon as he would
take that OF the gentleman from Indi-
una, and he knew them both. Camp
bell was chosen representative OF n
large organization OF reputable working.
men; any insult offered to him was OF.
iercd to them.
Mr.. Wilson, OF West Virginia, confirm.
ed what the gentleman from Indiana had
said. Campbell had had an interview
with the gentleman and himself. He
had then gone away and made m abso.
lntcly false affidavit. Afterwards to Dol.
ster up that statement, he made an atli.
davit, ten Thousand copies of which were
scattered over his lMr. Wilson's) dis.
trict. In the public press and on every
stump le had feltit hsduty 10 denounce
Campbell ua pcriurer and to declare
that his affidavit WIS from top 10 bottom
q lie.
Mr.. Bayne said that he knew nothing
about the affidavit, but he never would
believe q charge OF this kind until the
man had been convicted in court o.
justice. u
AN UNJUST CHARGE.
In the course OF some further remarks
Mr.. Bynum said the Committee on Ways
and Means in the formation Of its bill
had closed the doors Of the Capitol
against the labor OF tho country, bu
admitted tho manufacturers. The ma
jority Of the committee raised the cur
tain and peepcu out to sec who wa
there. Tho very entrance to the Capito
was closed in order to keep anybody
from coming III but those the majorit,
would allow admitted, the inanutactu
rers. But II honest labor came m,
knocked ut the door, it was not admit
ted. aos 5
Afr. Flower, OF New York, bore tcsti
mony to the fact that the committee hat
heard all industries that had requested
n hearing.
Mr. Mckinley said that the imputa
ton Of the gentleman from Indiana
that tho Ways and Means COMMITTEE
had closed upa passage to the House il
order that the majority might have I
private consultation room was false
Every member Of the committee ha'
signed a request to the Speaker, askinI
to have m additional room assigned t.
1t. The selection Of the room had bee!
made, but the Speaker in company viii
Mr.. Carlisle and himself lAlr. Mckin
ley); the minority had always had &c
cess to the room. He did not permii
any man to impute to the commisst
any bad motives or any lack OF cour
tpay IN Tho minority. The minority q