St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-21
LIND TAKES A TURN.
He Doesn't Like Protection of
Binding TWineS

Binding Twines.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-The house
gave tine day to the discussion of the
Mckinley tariff bill and did not adjourn
until 11:20 tonight. The McKenna
amendment to the sugar schedule was
rejected, 115 to 1874. Mr.. Mckinley got
through an amendment placing on the
free list fish, the product of American
fisheries. In speaking to one of the
amendments. Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi,
dropped into poetry and in verse dedi-
Gated to the infant industries, recited:
Rockabye baby you are on top;
When the fat fries, the cradle will rock;
When the fat stops, the cradle will fall,
And down comes protection, cradle and all.
Rockabye, rockabye, never you fear:
Rockabye, rockabye, the e. o. p. is here.
Mr.. Mason, of Illinois, replied to the
remarks of Mr.. Allen, Of Mississippi, in
the same vein. After ridicullng Mr..
Aliens pretentions as singer, he him.
self dropped into poetry and exclaimed,
in view of the change of the political
complexion of the house:
John Bull, he ran your White house,
The whole party runs the bar;
Lord Sackyille West his letter wrote,
And, damn it, there you are.
Mr.. Lind, of Minnesota, complained
that he had no opportunity to offer an
amendment reducing the rate of duty
upon binding Irvine. The bill as it
stood at present increased, not the duty,
but the protection OH that article. TIE
increase he believed to be entirely too
large, and would be heavy burden
upon the farmer. He regretted that he
had no opportunity to move to
amend the bill in this particu-
lar. MIR. Mckinley offered a
long amendment, the substance
of which was to impose tax of cents
facture of vinegar, and putting that
manufacture under the superintendent
of the commissioner of internal rev.
enue. Mr.. Sawyer, Of New York, Of
fered substitute for the amendment,
having for its object the taking away
from the manufacturers of white wine
vinegar all right to distill al
cohol, bnt giving them power to
buy alcohol under certain restric-
tions. After three hours of confusion
and inattention, during which the
amendment was read. but not the sub
stitute, order was restored, but without
any attempt to vote upon the pending
amendments, the committee settled
down to listen to general discussion
OF the. details of the bill and amend
ments under the five-mlnute rule. Mr..
Lind, of Minnesota, made a fierce
attack upon the binding Irvine trust.
He asserted that the action Of the
committee in placing the raw
out making Op a ane reelection fee S' in w the
duty on the finished product amounted
to anincreaSe of 700 per cent in the pro-
lection, and when the statement was
questioned by some of his Republican
colleagues, he proceeded to give them
what he called a lesson in school arith-
metic to justify his assertion. MI. Hill,
OF Illinois, objected particularly to the
clauses which allowed man to load
ship in Europe with diamonds and
statuary and paintings and bring them
into this country duty free. Mr.. La
Toilette. of Wisconsin, a member of
the ways and means committee, de-
Tended that committee from the criti-
cisms made by Mr.. Lind upon its action
upon the binding Irvine sections. Mr..
Taylor, of Illinois (Republican), Oh
jected vigorously to the increase of
duties on hemp and fax. Mr.. Sawyer's
substitute was rejected, As to "a, and
The committee amendment was adopted.
MI OduHO1, OIL ILLINOIS, OHereu an
amendment providing that paintings
in oils or water colors, and staluary,
not otherwise provided for, shall pay a
duty of 80 per cent ad valorem. Re-
jected-54 to II. Mr.. Mckinley asked
that unanimous consent be given for
gentlemen to print amendments in the
Record.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa-What good does
that do? l offered an amendment yesterday
(restoring the present duty on wool and
woolens) and l want vote on it. Applause
on Democratic side.
A motion torise was agreed to-S1 to
44-amid a great deal of confusion, and
then the house, at 11:20, adjourned.