The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-18
William D. Bynum, of Indiana.

WASHINGTON, May ia cOnferenC
was ordered on the Senate antitrust bill
The House then went into committee G
the whole on the tariff bill. McKinley. @
ONO, asked that the committee would prt
ceed as promptly as possible to act upo
the amendments offered by the committe
OF ways and means, that other gentleme
who had substantial benefits to offer nigh
be recognized.
| McMillin, of Tennessee, declared tina
the manner in which this bill was bein
considered was fair neither to the Hous
nor to the taxpayers of the country.
was utterly Impossible to consider and de
bate the bill carefully in the few DAYS al
lowed by the rigorous rule reported by tn
committee on rules.
breckenridge, of Kentucky, oppose,
the amendment which fixes duty of Coo
square yard and 40 per cent ad valoren
on oriental, Berlin and similar rugs
Alter some further debate the amendment
was agreed to.
z number OF other amendments by Nc
hlnley were adopted.
CULTIVATE, of Ohio, attacked the draw
back feature of the bill, declaring it would
be Tor the advantage of the Standard Oh
| company.
The chair (Grosvenor) said he had recog
nlzed to-day seventeen Democrats an6
seven Republicans.
| Sweeney remarked that the Democratic
party of Ohio was the friend of the Stand
ard Oil company.
| Cultivate challenged the gentleman tc
snow what legislation the Democrats of the
ONO legislature had ever passed for the
benefit OF the Standard Oil company.
Sweeney suggested that the Standard
on company legislated a Democratic
Senator into the United States Senate.
OutnWalte denied the accusation. Outh-
waite offered an amendment to the draw
back paragraph providing that rebate
shall not be paid on tin used in the trans
portatlon OF petroleum or coal oil. Re
iected-96 to 103
Anderson, of Kansas; Henderson, Iowa
Mason, Cheadle, Kelly, DunneIl and Kerr
voted in the affirmative.
The drawback section was on motion of
mckinley amended so as to read sthat
where imported materials on which the duty
mas oeen PAID are used IN the manufacture
OF articles in the United States, there shall
be allowed on the expectation of such arti-
cles drawback equal in amount to the du-
ties paid on the materials used, less per
centum OF such duties; provided, when the
articles exported are made in part from
domestic materials, the imported materials
or parts of articles made from such mate
rails shall so appear on the completed arti-
cles tnat the quantity or measure thereof
may be ascertained. And provided fur
ther, the drawback on any article allowed
under the existing laws shall be continued
at the rate provided. That imported
materials, used in the manufacture of arti-
cles entitled to drawback of customs
duties, when exported, shall, in all cases
where the drawbacks of duties paid on such
materials is claimed be identified, and the
quantity OF such material used and the
amount OF duties paid thereon be ascer-
tanned. The fact of the manufacture of
such articles in the United States and their
expectation therefrom should be deter
mined and the drawback given thereon
should be made to the manufacturer or ex-
ported to the agent of either, or to the per-
sons 10 whom such manufacturer, exporter
or agent should, in writing, order such
drawback to be paid under such regula
tons as the secretary of the treasury
should prescribe
Mckinley offered long amendmentto the
internal revenue clause (mainly of an ad-
character) which was ordered
printed and went over until Monday. This
disposed of the committee amendments.
Bayne, OF Pennsylvania, speaking to a
verbal amendment sent to the clerks desk
and mad read letter from James Camp
bell, of Pittsburg, Pa, denying the state
ments rejecting upon his Character made q
lew days since by Bynum, of Indiana. and
Wilson, of West Virginia. In the letter
ne strongly attacks those gentlemen.
Springer said the letter was unworthy of
being put on the record of the House and
unworthy of the gentleman who presented
1t.
Wheeler, OF Alabama, made the point of
order that the letter should be stricken
from the record.
choir or hot 41o-
presented the letter was responsible for if
Funston, of Kansas. offered as an
amendment to the metal schedule a pro
Jlso that silver ores and all ores contain
ng lead shall pay duty of IL cents per
pound on the lead contained therein ac-
,ording to the sample and ASSAY at the
bort Of entry.
Bynum claimed recognition on q ouestion
u personal privilege relating to the Camp- |
)eu letter. Then ensued score of m
oar. Bynum endeavored to proceed Int
vas shouted down by the Republican side
Bayne added to the confusion by ey.
lalming at the top of his voice that a
Gentleman for whom he had the highest; |
aspect had been charged with forgery' and |
e wanted to present the letter in his de- |
ense.
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, shouted ont
Q the chairman that it was not fair tn /
Hence a man who had been publicly
ttacked and let man talk who made HIM.
elf the sponsor of slanderer. Amid in
ense excitement, Bayne was heard to de-
lare that Campbell was the equal in every
espec5 to the member from Kentucky. and
'reckinridge to assert that he had no
oubt the member from Pennsylvania took
he man as his standard of manhood. After
all an hour OF uproar, Bynum secured
he floor amid comparative quiet and
AID CampbelPs affidavit was to the
fleet that Wilson and he had said
10 month was enough for any glass
lower. In his district where he was
nown, the affidavit had not been cir
ulated, but it had been circulated in vii
on's district. He had telegraphed to West
Irglnia papers denouncing Campbell as a
ar and periurer. Since the gentleman
rom pennsylvania constituted himself the
ever through which this attack of Camp
ell made its way into the record
Cheadle, of Indiana, made point of order
lat the language was out of order. The
lair thought the word ''sewer'' in this
'nnection hardly parliamentary.