The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-18
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS-.
$500, 200 FOR A STATUE PRES.
IDENT GRANT.
The House TOiling Over the TARIFF
Mr.. Allen Grows HumOrOus..and
Creates Roar of fLaughter--Mr. BY.
mum Censure.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., May 17.-Senate
On motion OF Mr.. Daniel the vote
fav ring Senate bill for the protection
Of ii ii In the Potomac river was recon
sidered and Mr.. Daniel presented his
objection to it.
Mr.. Daniel saw that if the bill was
intended to be coufined to those things
in which the United States government
had entire Jurisdiction, by reason OF its
Jurisdiction over the District Of COlum-
bia, ho could not object to it; but it
seemed to him from consideration of
the riparian rights of the State OF Nir-
ginia IN the Potomac river, that the bill
asserted jurisdiction act passed by
-the government.
The matter was then dropped and
number of bills passed, among them
a bill appropriating $33O,O00 for
statue To Gen. Grant, to be erected in
Washington.
Az 10 Sente adjourned.
House.
WASHINGTON, May l7.-House. The
House to day ordered a conference on
the Senate anti trust bill The confer
ence on the Lyman, aud Hudson, n Y,
public building bills were agreed to. The
House then went into committee Of the
whole on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Mckinley asked that the amend
ments offered by the committee on ways
and means be acted upon as promptly as
possible.
Mr. Mcmillan, of Tennessee, declared
that the bill was being considered in an
unfair manner, and that that it was i'm
possible to consider and debate the bill in
the few days allowed by the committee
on rules.
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, thought that
that amendments from the ways and
means com mittee should be acted upon
promptly.
Mr. Montgomery of Kentucky, thought
that the important amendments offered
by the committee on ways and means,
should not be acted upon without full
explanation of their effect.
Mr.. Alep, of Mississippi, created a roar
of laughter by stating that he had some
frien is from Mississippi who were in the
gallery and desired to hear him talk, and
that If there was any one man in the
United States that was thoroughly posted
on the tariff he was the man. He had
discussed the subject on canal boat from
Syracuse to Albany with the result al
ready known. He came back from that
trip and had conference with President
Cleveland and they agreed that the peo-
pie in whose interest they had made the
fight had not appreciated 1t. Complaint
had been made that there was so much
said in the interest of the farmer, mem
bers must be excused for talking some to
the farmer, because the talk was all for
the farmer
Mr.. Allen continued in his humorous
strain and concluded by reciting some
verses descriptive of the woes Of the far
mer, ending with the refrain:
"But we love the G. o. P.
For it gives us tariff yet.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, speaking OF
the protective tariff on raw wool, arguec
that it had destroyed the manufacture ol
woolen goods and driven the manufac
turers to manufacture shoddy, thereby
destroying the industry of wool growing
The discussion was further partici
pated in by Messrs. Dockery and Yard
lev, Of Pennsylvania; Buchanan, O
New Jersey; Lewis, of Alabama; Me
dringhaus, of Missouri, and Bland, o
Missouri.
Mr.. Caruth, of Kentucky, criticised
the bill, and said that, notwithstand
ing that the Republicans taxed th'
shroud and the coffin, they now pro
posed to tax the gravestone. He trustee
that when men stood before the judg
ment seat of Ged they would find a
least salvation free.
Mr.. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, in speak
ing to verbal amendment sent to tn
clerks desk and had read letter from
James Campbell, of Pittsburg, Pa, de
nying the statements rejecting upon hi
character made few days since by MI
Bynum, of Indiana, and Mr.. Wilson, &
West Virginia In his letter he strong
ly attacks those gentlemen. and use
vigorous. language in denunciation c
them. An attempt was made to hav
the letter stricken from the records, bu
it was unsuccessful.
Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, rose to
question of personal privilege to spea
10 the Campbell letter, and when th
chair expressed the belief that no que
tion of privilege was involved, there VIZ
uproar and much confusion. After
half hour had been wasted, Mr.. Bynul
got the foor ana explained the cOnu
tions under which he had called CAM
bell q liar and perjurer. He conclude
by reiterating the charge and by saying
81 have as great confidence in the cha
acter of Mr.. Campbell as l have in tt
character of the gentleman who MAKE
this attack upon me-" Excitement ar
uproar
On demand of Mr.. Cutcheon the wor'
were taken down and reported to Il
House, and Mr.. Cutcheon offered res
luton to censure Mr.. Bynum.
Dilatory motions consumed a gre
deal of time, but the previous questl(
was ordered finally on the resolution.
The House adopted the resolution ce
surlng Mr.. Bynum by q vote of 126
1903, Mr.. McKenna, of California, !
publican, voting with the Democrats
the negative.