, 1890-07-31

the senate in opposition 10 the OH
which he said was q declaration ON 'he
part of the republican party that the M"'
tariff was never to be reduced. ne n'"l
ly believed that the present periou VI
protection would soon go, ana ina. u
movement would be inaugurateu 'h"'
would in its effects and consequences
surpass all previous upheavais o, uio
kind The protective system wou'o W
crushed and cast out MS an utter aooi"'-
nation.
Coming to the question OF bounty OH
sugar Mr.. Jones asked; "Why not pro-
tect the wheat grower by bounty 10
well as the sugar growersP The propo'i,
ton to take the duty oil raw sugar "'u
nav bounty to the American growers
of sugar simply means sugar Tree ior the
refiners. sugar free for the trusts anu
sugar taxed for all who consume IL LOT
food"
The next line OF the bill having peer,
read by the clerk. "Cbromic aciu'
cents per pound" Mr.. Mcpherson moved
to substitute the existing duty oil 10 per
cent. ad valorem.
Mr., German said that the demooratic
senators wanted free discussion OF the
| hill. and nothing more, but that the re-
publican senators wanted TO rush IL
through at railroad speed.
MIR. Aldrich said that in lsSS the tar
| i'll had been discussed in every hcId ana
workshop and IN every hustings. Inc
country understood that the attempt 10
drive the republican senators 10 make
stump speeches for political effect was
simply to delay action on the tarlh DILL
which DELAY was destructive to every
| business interest.
| MIR. German reminded the republican
side of Mr.. Plumb's statement that tue
party was in danger, and OF his warning
| that it would have to- increase the TAX
alton within eighteen months. lie also
sold that Mr.. Blaine had, through ~he
senators from Maine, told tho republican
senators that If they passed the OIL us
| reported they would not only destroy
the possibility of increasing the trade
with the countries south OF the United
| States, but would bankrupt the treasury
within eighteen months.
| Mr. Hiscock made the general charge
that the republican success at the last
election was the result of the influence
/ of the manufacturers and monopollsts,
| and asserted that in the state of New
| York wherever democratic majoritles
were rolled up, the steps of the whisky
| interest could De seen. In reference To
the statement as to the refusal oi the
| finance committee to give hearings to
persons interested, Mr.. Hscock said
| that ii had refused to give hearings to
| the representatives of manufacturers OF
| Germany, France. England and
Belgium. The place for them to be
heard was where the democratic mem
| bers of the committee were in confer
ence. He did not know how much
money had been contributed to the
! democratic election fund by those inter
ests but he knew that every day the
tariff bill was delayed was largely TO the
profit of the foreign manufacturers.
| They were interested in its defeat.
| Mr.. Voorhees, congratulated Dir. Cor
man on his great victory in breaking
tho predetermined silence on the repub.
| lican side of the chamber. As to the
speech of the senator from New York,
which had been extorted under the lash,
IL was the same old TRADE OF calumny
and abuse against the democratic party.
After further debate the bill was laid
aside and the house joint resolution to
continue the appropriations under the
existing laws up to the 10Th of August
was presented, discussed and passed.
After an executive session the senate
adjourned.
A coSFIRNArtoS.
The senate confirmed John s. Orendo
as postmaster at Virginia City, New.