Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-10

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stewart Parneil. but because she was
daughter OF Admiral Stewart, whose bril-
liant services 10 his country he portrayed
| at length. Admiral Stewart was in active
| service for seventy-one years and was the
| senior officer In the navy FOR seventeen
years. lie (Cumfnings) appealed 20 the
members Of the House. as Americans 20
allow the pension TO remain at 81, 200 per
| year.
Mr.. Hill said that the Committee on In
valid Pensions had carefully considered all
the facts in the case, and bad concluded
( that $50 per month was the proper pension
! 20 grant. The amendment was agreed to
IS TO 2e-and tho bill as amended passed.
The House then went into Committee Of
the Whole CMr. Payson. Of Illinois. in the
char on the tariff bill
Mr.. Fitch, OF New York. opened the de-
bate. beginning his argument with charge
against Mr.. Mckinley OF Inconsistency be-
| tween his speeches now and those OF two
years ago. The bill. he said. YVES a make
| shift 70 meet the political situation. When
the Republican party proposed 10 say that
| the tariff question had been settled 20 the
permanent disadvantage Of the people of
the metropolis IL must take notice that to
such settlement the people Of New York
would not submit 50 long as the tide beat
on the Battery and the Hudson flowed 20
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The discussion then took n colloquial
! turn for some time between Messrs. Gear
Of Iowa. McMillin. and Cannon.
JUDGE CRISP. OF GEORGIA.
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, said that the pro-
| tectiOnists seemed to have worked them
selves mp to the belief that il was possible
70 devise way Of obtaining money for the
support of their own Government by col
lfe+rp cnnlf hfnr, frg,r lac rAagr.la e
foreign governments. II was absurd 10
make proposition Of this sort. No man
Of sincerity would question the PROPOSE
tlon that the people Of The United States
atone paid every dollar that went into the
Treasury. The people are vitally interest
ed IN understanding why 10 was that 50
large On amount of that which represented
10 them labor and toll should be taken and
accumulated as surplus IN the Treasury.
The tariff was a t01 paid primarily by the
importer. hut collected by him from tho
individual 20 whom he sold his yard Of
cotton or suit of clothes. The article
which came for sale was charged
with every item Of expense that
entered into il up to the time when it
came 10 the consumer. Ninety per cent.
of the manufactured articles used in this
country were. II was claimed, produced by
domestic manufacturers. The existing law
llffl NlNtil liltll u blii MI DlhNAitNll1 MlAb-
out competition In very many manu-
featured articles. The prices Of those srti-
Giles IN this country, compared with the
prices Of those articles IN other cOun-
tries were more dear and not moro
cheap He did not believe that 10
the manufacturer protection had been
beneficial system. As TO the labor
crs ia manufacturing establishments, os to
the farmers throughout the land, he felt
/ . 1, IuI ,t,fH
The system drove ont competition. 1t
diminished the number of producers Of q
given article and increased the ease and
facility with which they could combine to
elevate the price.
The majority Of the Ways and Means
Committee. said MIR. Crisp. was pledged to
the principle Of protection and offered
sop 20 the farmer. II said TO the farmer
that IL had put a duty on his products
when the truth was that that would DO HIM
no good The way TO benefit the farmer
was 10 give him free salt, to give him free
cotton-Ges, aud TO reduce the price of the
necessaries Of life. The gentlemen on the
other side claimed that they were record
ing a verdict of the people. The people
did not AGREE that the tariff question had
been finally settled at the polls. 1t was
generally believed that the protected in
0ustrics had put together a great cam
paien-fund by which they bought in
"b.ocks of five - and five hundred men 10
vote TO carry ont their ideas. After the
Republicans had obtained money and
pace IN this way they now proposed 70
refund that money IN the shape of an IL
legal and unjust tax.
Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania Do you be-
lievc thatI
Mr. Crisp: do. / have not a shadow
of doubt of It.
Mr.. PAYNE, OF NEW YORK.
Sir. Payne. of New York, (member Of the
WAYS and Means COmmittee,) referred TO
the passage of the Mills bill by the House
in the liftieth Congress and its re-
lection 10y the Senate. The issue had
been submitted 10 the people and they had
rendered q verdict. Mr. PAYNE proceeded
TO argue in support Of the bill, especially
of those features which he contended
would be of benefit TO the farmers. In the
course of his remarks he stated that there
had appeared before the Ways and Means
Committee members from the other side
who had asked for protection. 1here had
come before 1t a representative from Viz
Ciuia who Ind advocated duty on suInac,
saving that if the committee put a duty
upon it he would privately bless it, though
he would have TO vote against the bill.
lLaughter.l
Mr. OFerrall, of Virginia, inquired who
the representative was.
Mr.. PAYNE: | have no objection to telling
you. II was your colleague, General Lee.
Laughter
MIR. OForrall suggested that his colleague
was not present and that tho gentleman
should not have alluded TO him in his alb
sence. His colleague, If present. would be
able to speak for himself.
Mr.. Pavne: He was able TO speak for
himself before the committee. laughter
The Chairman: The gentlemen seem 10
be agreed on this point. lLaughter.l
Mr.. O'Fcrrall reiterated that the gentle
man from New York should not have al
ludcd TO General Lee in his absence.
Mr.. PAYNE replied that he had mentioned
the name III response to the gentleman
inquiry. If the gentleman from Virginia
DAir. Leo could Toe present IN his scat and
he absent he could be out OF his seat and
be present. laughter
Discussing the question of duty on Su-
matra tobacco, he was interrupted by Mr..
Washington, of tennessee, with the query
whether repeal of the internal taxes on
tobacco would not be for the benefit Of the
farmer.
Mr.. Payne replied that on that question
he was on record. In the Fortv-mnth
Congress. when he was in the minority he
had advocated O repeal of those taxes.
But now, when be was IN the majority, he
thought that while Congress struch on INC
tax on sugar it should not 90 too far and
make deficit in the Treasury.
Mr.. Washington suggested that the views
of the gentleman varied as he was in the
minority party or the majority party.
Mr. Payne replied that when he was in
the minority he realized that half a loaf
was better than no bread. He was willing
10 take even slice. But when he was III
the majority aud the majority was respon-
sible and had things its own way, he be
leved that that majority should fix things
lust az it thought best all along the line.
Applause and laughter.
Discussing the sugar schedule, Mr.. Payne
said that he had no doubt that if this bill
were enacted into law every man in the
country would procure his sugar at two
cents pound less than he now paid for 1t.
WHEELER, OF CAVALRY FAME.
Mr.. Wheeler, Of Alabama, eulogized the
agricultural and mineral resources OK Ala
bama and emphasized the necessity OF le-
gislation for the relief of the farmersof the