The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-07
SENATOR PLUMB.
THE KANsIAN REPUBLICAN
TAKES A SURPRISING
STAND ON THE
TARIFF.
HE DENOUNCES PROTECTION.
Plumb and Paddock of Nebraska. Vote
With the Democrats The Treasury
Statement of the Public
Debt
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
SENATE.

| AuS anu ClOSlllS ueDdle Ill Ine parliamentary
procedure of the senate and asked for its
immediate consideration. Objection was
made on the Democratic side. The resolu-
ton went over till tomorrow.
House joint resolution to permit Capt. !
Geo. A. Davis of the Fourteenth United /
States infantry to accept position in the
Nicaragua Canal Construction company
was taken from the calendar and passed.
The senate then proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the tariff bill, resuming it at par
agraph 60, page 10, under the head of
LEAD Products"
Consideration of the tariff bill was re
sumed. The articles oflitharge and nitrate
oflead were allowed to pass without COM
ment, but to the third article, orange
| mineral, 1870 per pound. Senator Vance
| offered an amendment reducing the rate to
| 2Lc. After long debate the amendment
was rejected.
An amendment offered by Senator Vance
to reduce the duty on red lead to &c pound
met with the same fate. The next para
graph, white lead, was on motion of Senator
| Aldrich, amended by adding the words
| land white paint containing lead
| Senator Vance moved to make the duty on
| white lead &c pound instead of &c. Re-
jected. Yeas %, nays 81. Paragraph 60
was amended, on motion OF Senator Aid
rich, by making it read caustic or hydrate
of potash refined in sticks or rolls lie per
pound instead of nc.
The carbonate and sulphate of potash
and sponges were placed on the free list
The duty on sulphate of soda was changed
from Ito of a cent per pound to ~ per cent
ad valorem.
Mr.. Mcpherson offered many amend
,Ixy rnIa
Finally the schedule was reached which re-
| fers to earths, earthenWare and glassware.
Mr.. Mcpherson moved to reduce the duty
on fire brick not glazed, enameled or deco
rated from $1.25 per ton to ~ per cent ad
yalorem, and ON glazed or enamel brick
from 80 to 40 per cent. Rejected. -,
Mr.. Plumb voted with the Democrats, the
first break in the sOll1 party. vote, Mr.
Plum b having thus started in his assertion
of independence of party allie glance, SO far
| as the tariff bill is concerned, began to take
| Senator McPherson's place offering amend
| ments His first two amendments were to
reduce the rates of duty on enamel tiles
| and on hydraulic cement. After discussion
thew were voted down by a Republican
majority, the Democrats, OF course, votln@
| for them. On the hydraulic cement
amendment Senator Paddock Joined Mr..
Plumb in voting with the Democrats, the
result of the vote being yeas q, nays q.
| Senator Mcpherson moved to reduce the
| duty Oh common brown earthenware from
% to 20 per cent ad valorem. rejected
yeas q, nays 80. Senator Paddock yoteo
with the Democrats; Mr.. Plumb did no
vote.
To reduce the duty on common brown
earthenware from % to 20 per cent. ad va
| loren Rejected. Yeas 81, nays 30. Sena-
ter Paddock voted with the Democrats
Plumb did not vote.
The next was on paragraph 100, relatinI
to china, porcelain and crockery ware, thu
finance committee recommendlnga reduc
tion of rates on the house bill from 66 t.
SIS per cent on plain white and undecora
ted ware. Two members of the financ
committee. Sherman and Hlscock, ex
pressed their opposition to the senat
amendment.
Mr.. Allison supported them: Mr.. Yes
moved to make the rates 40 and 4O per cen
respectively. Then Plumb took q promi
nent and remarkable part in the discussion
enveighing against the eXhorbitant de
mands of high protective interests. ID
nroduced a letter from a merchant dom
business in st. Joseph, Missouri and AT
Gibson stating that on an invoice OF crock
erv he had paid that day a customs dut
of SIG 40: that under the pending bill tn.
duty on the same invoice would De S3i:5.
and under the Mckinley bill $57.
civilization Senator Plumb said was towar
a reduction of prices of all products
human labor. To claim that the tariff ha
been the sole or main factor in the redut
tion of prices OF manufactured goods wa
to ignore all the forces OF civilization. In
American people were entitled TO nav
chean goods if competition could brin
tt,et about, When he asked, was the tim
coming when the people OF the Unite
States would get some benefit from tn
| establishments of home lndustrlesf Bu
inst az fast as the point arrived at Wnel
lower prices might be expected the manu-
facturers came TO congress ana saiu Una
thew wanted more duties whereby th
downward progress of prices might ee al
nnght to have their GINNING" sometime an
he thought that time had come. de ha'
M idea that what he mlgh
COW was going to affect the vote OF III
sa1ote He could conceive and he coul
see that the converts OF protecuon were
organized that the bill was to 60 tnroug
substantially as it came from the nna nc
committee. The n ahuiaGIuIe is nau -"
from congress precisely what they asket
and vet so lar from being satlshed, the Oh
Cor tIeir benefit was to be put through VIII
= oft debate (if that could be brought aDou
on the theory that the country was munger
mo and thirsting for more tarln leglSlatlol
. Senator Sherman replied u 0eha''
Plumb. ,,eos bic omendmer
NV making the rates on decorated chm
. Ware w and plain china 50 and Al per per. Gel eel
. respectively and then the bill wehtoVer an
| the senate adjourned.
INV HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Aug. lon motion ON OF M,
Taylor Of o otcrs ss50 Of Ta1 E or oqest
Calling can s,o om Of engineers in charge of tn
woe work Ee for improvement in Galveston harbo
T NIT b i then resumed consideration
senate irs team amendments to the sundry civil al
The The question being on non-concnrrlng
I,inor senate amendment, Mr.. rogers
q ar I,i"Hi rose and being recognized by II
! Speaker said that he wished to Su0~
SUIT Mr.. Cannon OF Illinois made the pon
. .ha % The debate was not in order -,
speaker was at sa first P b4ef debate 5S 81
lain ~ ..I A. Cannon to move the prey