Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-10
| ASO- | THE BAT TIE IN THE HOUSE. The Tariff Measure Ably
 Championed. SILVER CAUCUS OF REPUBLICANS. Fatal Riot Among Chinamen
 In California. MURDERED BY A DETECTIVE. DestitutiOn in the Flooded
 Districts.
MURDERED BY A DETECTIVE,
THE r.Frx.r1Rsr CONGRESS,


 Discussion Con.inued on the Tari6 Bill-What Was Said for and A gainst she Merits of the Measure-Work of the Senate.
 WASHINGTON, D. O., May 9.-The house went into committee of the whole on the tariff bill.
 MT. Fitch of New York said that the bur- den of the argument of the republicans was that the tariff question was settled by the election of 1888, and that the republican party had instructions from the people to bring in the pending bill. The bill was makeshift to meet political situation. When the republican party proposed to say that the tariff question had been settled to the per- manent advantage of the people of the metropolis it must take notice that to such settlement the people of New York would not submit 30 long as the tide beat on the Battery and the Hudson flowed to the sea. Applause.
 MT. Gear of Iowa (a member of the con- mittee on ways and means) said the pending bill was framed in harmony with the verdict of the people. It had been drafted in the broad sun light of public opinion. He reviewed the tariff legislation of the govern
  the sugar schedule of the pending bill. He favored protection for any article that was produced in this country. If tho United Stated could produce sugar in sufficient quantity to supply domestic wants he would foster it by fair protection, but he believed that that was impossible. He was convinced that the United States must look to other countries for her sugar. There was an imperative demand for free sugar. Dur ing the last twenty-one years we had paid in duty on sugar over $862, ,000, ,000. This fact | should convince every fair minded man of the necessity of putting sugar on the free list. He eontended that the sugar schedule of the bill would be 8 blow at the sugar trust.
 MT. Crisp of Georgia said the protectionists seemed to haze worked themselves up to the belief that it was possible to devise a way of obtaining money for the support of their own government by collecting something from the people of foreign governments. It was absurd to make proposition of this sort. No man of sincerity would question the proposition that the people of the United States alone paid every dollar which went into the treasury.
 MT. Payne of New York referred to the pas- sage of the Mills bill by the house in the Fiftieth congress, and its rejection by the senate. The issue had been submitted to the people and they had rendered the verdict. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Mills) had said that he knew how the republicans had carried the election. Of course the gentle. man did. He came into the rural districts of New York fixed up with osnal boat and four mules. The gentleman thought that that method of locomotion was about fas, enough for the democratic party.
 MT. Payne then proceeded to argue in support of the bill, especially of those fea. lures which he conteuded would be of benefit to the farmers. The question of the duty or Sumatra tobacco he was interrupted by MT whether the repeal of the internal taxes or tobacco would not be for the benefit of the farmer.
 Mr. Payne replied that he was on record on the question. In the Forty ninth congress when he was in the minority he had ad' vocatsd repeal of those taxes. But now when he was in the majority he thought tha while congress struck of the tax on sugar i should not go too far and make . deficit 1T the treasury.
 MT. Washington suggested that the view of the gentleman varied as he was in thu majority party or the minority party. MT. Payne said that when he was in mi nority he realized that half loaf was bette than no bread. He was willing to take evel e slice. But when he was in the majorit. and the majority was responsible and ha, things its own way he believed that that ma jority should fix things just as 1t though best all along the line. Applause an laughter.
 Discussing the sugar schedule MT. Bayn said that he had no doubt that if this bi was enacted into law every man in tho couu try would procure his sugar at two cents , pound less than he now paid for 1t. MT. Wheeler of Alabama eulogized th agricultural and mineral resources of Ala bama and emphasized the necessity of legis latiou for the relief of the farmers of tn south and west. He then proceeded [ criticise in detail the features of the bill an to denounce all special privileges and bene , fits. He closed his speech with glowin eulogy of the mission and performances an the future of the democratic party.
 The committee then rose.
 The speaker announced the app0intmeI t, of Nessrs. Boutelle, Wallace and Rusk [ visitors to the naval academy.
 The house then at 5 o'clock p. m. took recess until o'clock.
 The question of the proper reference of communication from the treasury depar ment with reports from special agents as the evasion of the laws against the entran . of Chinamen coming from Canada led N Hoar to remark sarcasticslly that, in view the alarm caused to both countries by tl . presence of an unhappy Chimaman on bridge at Niagara he thought the commit on coast defences might be the proper refe ences.
 It was referred 10 the committee on imm