The Portland daily press., 1890-04-30
A WAR OF WORDS.
Doughty Roger Q. Mills AssaiIs the
Speakers Rulings.

WASHINGTON, April 29.-Mr. Pierce of
Tennessee, rising to question of personal
privilege in the House today, denied the
statement made few days ago by Mr.Evan
of Tennessee to the effect that there had
been ballot-stufing in his district.
The Speaker ruled that this did not pre-
sent matter of personal privilege.
Mr.. Pierce responded sharply that he
thought it did.
The Speaker said that the gentleman had
no right to make such response to the
Chair.
Mr.: Mills of Texas-"Why did not the
Speaker stop the gentleman from Tennessee
Mr.. Evans the other day?"
The Speaker-'TheS Speaker was not pres
ent when that occurred,
Mr.. Mills-"Then you ought not to stop
the gentleman from Tennessee now"
The Speaker-'That does not follow"
Mr.. Mills-"It does follow"
The Speaker-"The Chair does not desire
to enter into any personal controversy with
the gentleman, and he thinks that il the
gentleman will reflect he will not persist in
the impropriety.
when one gentleman charges another with
fraud"
The Speaker-"The gentleman from Tex
as will please be in order"
Mr.. Mils-"I am in order, and the Speak
er is more out of order than the gentleman
rage"
The matter was then dropped
On motion of Mr.. Dlngley of Maine. the
House went into committee of the whole on
the bill providing for classification of wors-
ted cloths as w0olens. Mr.. Dingley said
the object of the bill was TO make clear a
question which had arisen in regard to the
classification of worsted goods under the ex
isting tariff and correct all doubt and misap-
prehension. Justice REQUIRED that worsted
ted cloths were made of wool precisely the
same as wooden cloths. 1t reGuired
the same number OF pounds of
wool to make pound of worsted
cloth as pound OF woolen cloth. The cost
Of production was substantially the same.
and the uses to which the two cloths were
nut were substantially the same Mr.. Rreck.
inridge of Kentucky asked why, IL the secre
| tary had decided that the worsted cloths
should pay the same duty, Z, as ,woolen cloths,
| the Democrats disagreed with the decision of
| the Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Dingley said before the ruling of the
| Secretary of the Treasury, May 27, 1889
| worsted cloth having the same amount of
| work and costing the same as wooden cloth
| was paving a duty of "a cents pound. while
| the duty on woolen cloth was 81 Cents q
| pound. They believed the law drew q dis
tinction between worsteds and woolens and
| the law h.eant what it said. The difference
| was the gentleman wanted to elevate worS.
teds to woolen while he wanted to bring
down woolens to worsteds. Mr.. Dingley
said the pending bill was an exact COW of
the bill introduced in the last Congress- by
Mr.. Breckenridge Of Arkansas. rS and which
in their tariff bill. There was no Question
as to the justice or propriety Of this measure.
1t did not involve the question between the
two parties in regard to the tariff. The
question was: Was It not just and proper
| that there should be the same compensatorv
duty on worsted cloth as on wooden cloths
| A long discussion ensued, at the conclu-
sion of which, there being no
quorum present, the House adjourned