Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-09-29

scmysed 10 vote to secd il back again.
D:ngIsy Of Maine. argued taat the result
Of the b II would be 70 Increase our foseign
trade BY encouraging prosperity at home.
MeAdoo of Nrw Jersey, characterized
the bill as IN international declaration Of
var against the world He further crit
eised il as being nominaiiy in favor Of the
farmers. while il was in truth opposed to
their best iEteresss.
Mcmillan Of Tenoessee. said that the
House bad nov reached the hnxl act wh.n
II vas about to impose the grsa.est burdens
ever placed upon the people Of The United
States. The House conferees were wreck
/ tie interests Of the country. The bill
as agreed. increased by sl the tax paid by
every Caucasian. negro, man. woman and
child 10 the land. Referring to the reci'
proe!ty amendment, he declared thu the
reciprocity 'rt'i,ia, of the bill vas a COW
srdiy sairendsr Of the highest preroeatise
OF the House. lhe IN gave the Pfesiieat
cover not exercised by the CxAr of Russia.
He appealed from the majority Of the
House to the peo sls who made and unmaie
Congresses. [Applsase on the democratic
side.)
Mckinley then took the floor to make
tIc tatStbS eyCtSu III A1t0 0Nat3 Vi tht VIA.
Ii Was not, he said, bill of retaliation or
bill of diplomacy 1t was . hill for the
people Of the United States to supply them
with the necessary revenue to meet the
current expenses. The committee had 90
discrimlna,edin the adjustment of the ter
in, as 10 give protection to our people,
defence to their industries, and compeusa-
ton to make up the differences between the
prices paid labor in Europe and prices psii
labor IN the United States. (Repuhlicsn
Applsuse.) For it was the pride of this
country that it paid more and better wages
to its workmen than were paid anywhere
else ou the face Of Gods earth. (Applsu.e
on republican side And it was enabled
to do il because the republican party (snd
the old Wing party before ~ had given q.
promise that it would impose tariff en-
products that came into competition with
our own labor, our o~n soil or our own
CROPS. The mere words OF the gentlemen
from Tennessee, or of other gentlemen,
we're orly the words of the press OF EHg-
land. or of the press Of other eountr.
On This question, in oppos ton to This bill,
Great Britain and the democratic party
we're in An unholy alliance. (Applsuse on
the republican aide
Was il any wonder that under the threat
of the Mills bill Ia 1883 that the nstionsl
republican convention had declared that the
democratic party served the interests of
Europe aad of the democratic party and
surrendered the interests of the United
States (Appiause on Republican side
Gentlsmen had said that this bill di not
decrease the demand for single grain of
wheat or of pound of c1rn He said to
those gentlemen that when this bill became
Law 81, 900 men would be employed {,
provide the people of this country with tin
plate which would be consumed by the
farmer of the West. An additional de-
msnd would be made for American work
men, and with this demand would come ad
ditional capacity to buy the products of the
farms Of the West. Already they had be.
gun making tin plate in st Louis In an
tc;ps.ion of the passage Of the bill, in be-
lief that II was TO pass. men were really 10
invest money in this enterprise, and instead Of
investing Sl5, 900. 900 or $50, 900 90 to the
cher side for our tin. we propose TO make
it at home. applause on Republican
siie).
This bill, il il become law, would pat
upon the free-list one half of ali the pro-
ducts which the United States imported the
like of which was never known in any tar
itY bill passed by the Congress of the United
States Under the Mills Bill only 40 per
cent. Of foreign importstion- were placed
upon the fr list. This bill recognized
the principle which was found in the VI r.
rill act--a principle on which this country
had risen TO be the first manufacturing M
,ion of the world. The gentlemen on the
other side would tax the people of this
country TO make an income for the govera-
ment; the republican party would tax the
product of other people seeking markets in
this United States to supply the necessary
revenues of the government. The domain
of debste hsd passed; the time for sciipn
had come, and he therefore demanded the
previous question. {Applause on repubh-
can side).
The previous question was ordered
Yeas, l5l; nays,7s The conference re-
port was then agreed to- Yeas, l52 (Spsak-
er voting in the Affirmative; nays, 81.
The only deviation from a strict party
vote was on the part of Coleman, Feather
son and kells, who voted with the Dem ,
crat. in the negative.
McKirisy then reported from the corn.
mittse of ways aud means a resolution pro
viding for dosl adjournment on Tuesisy
next, and it was adopted without, division,
aud the House at 6 80 sjjourncd.