Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-30
NATIONS CAPITAL
Warm Debate On The filif in
the Senate.
In the House, While Discussing Tho CiTl
Sandy Blu,
Speaker Reed Gets BEATING Which
Fails to Disturb Him.

Falls to Disturb Him.
: WAssissToS, July 29-Savyer from
: the postofiee committee reported bsck th,
Seuate bill TO establish limited posta
and telegraph service. Ii Vas placed OF
. ths calendar. Sherman offered . resolu
ticn which wen. over till tomorrow. pro
vidipg for the daily meeting of the Sena,.
at 10 A. NJ.
IrgaIls introduced bill TO re-esnblist
the department of communication and ssid
it was prepared by and introduced ct the
request Of the vsse workers alliance.
The tariff bill vas taken up and Jones OF
Arkansas addressed the Senate in oppos-
itiop. He said Me present rate of duty on
tin plate was . cent . pound, equivalent to
an al valorem rate Of 35 per cent. The
Mckinley bill increased the rate TO 2 l5 LOG
cents per pound, equivalent to IS per cen,
sdvaloRem, and the Senate finance commit
tee has reported in favor of the proposi.
ton. SO there was practically . unanimous
declaration Of the republican party in hs
favor. The amount Of revenue collected
from the tax on tin plate in 1889 vas e1,-
259 900. Under the new rate, the amount
of importation being the same. the revenue
collected would be els. $50 coo.
The reason given for the increase Of du-
ty by Mckinley in the House was that Fog.
lishmen who are manufacturers In plate
would be compelled to set up their biants in
the United States and employ American Ia
Dor. The snswer TO that was. With the for
eign plant would come in foreign labor, for
that was the one thing not taxed.
Jones asked why not protest the whea,
grower by bounty as sell - the sugar
grower? The Declaration Of Isdependenee
contained the assertion that oil men are
created equal. Was that declaration . lie !
Ii not, what right had the American labor
er who produced sugar 10 be permitted TO
tax bis brother lsborer who proddeed
wheat! ID '
| It the government had . right to pay
bounty TO sugar growers because the cult
vstion Of sugar was not profitable, Why
should it not paw bounty to wheat growers 2
Wheat growing did not psy. Corn growing
did not pay. No agricultural employ paid
A proposition to take the duty off of raw
sugar aud pay bounty on American grown
sugar simply meant Sugar free for the
retineries; sugar free for the sugar trus, !:
and sugar taxed for all who consume 1t for
food" Jones stated that the issue wss up
on American people. II they were capable
of self government they would prevail; il
not, i, mattered not what happened. He
believed that the spirit which shook the
yoke of the mother country q century ago
could be trusted to set its foot on the neck
of the conspirators and preserve TO future
generations of this great country, as the
land of the free and home of III, brave
| The next line Of the bill having been
read, chronic acid 6 cents a pound, Nc
Ph srson moved to amend il by substituting
the existing duty of 10 per cent nd Y Alorem
German asserted that the bill hAd never
been considered in any deliberstive body
and never had the consideration in the II
nance committee in the sense Of allowing
the minority of members to contest ane
discuss its items.
| Aldrich replied that the paragraph in
question was fully discussed in the Senate
two years ago, when the reasons were given
why the sd vslorem duty should be changed
to an equivalent specific duty. The int
mated proposed duty was for the benef OF
Baltimore frn engaged in the production
of bi-chromate of potash on which q duty
of 3 cents a pound was fixed.
| Germans comment was that the item was
the evident intention of Aldrch to divert
| the attention from the real question and no
personal illusions or no local interests
would enable him to escape from the ne
cessity of giving the reasons for the pro
posed increases Of duty.
| German said the democratic Senators
wanted free discussion Of the bill and
nothing more. They wanted it considered
inte diligently, The republican Senators
wanted to rush il through the Senate al
railroad speed. He warned the Senator
from Rhode Island who taunted the demo
cratic Senators with ignorance of the sub
ject, that he would expedite the passage OF
the bill by frank and honest statements Of
what WAS contained iu il. No taunts would
deter him (Gorman). His views in 1879
had been modified in 1888 and 1870, but he
stood TODAY where he had always stood.
with the democratic party In right or wrong
lie stood with it because he knew the pa rty
had. from its foundation. been in favor Of
levying duties sufii ,iens for the expenses OF
government economically admini.tered.
| Aldrich Iisclaimei the idea of tauutiDg
the democratic Senators. The Senator
from Maryland he said. had taken q rather
unfortunate text for his political sermon,
That Senator had, in 1893, made remark.
on the proposition tn reduce the duty on bi-
cbromste OF potash, from I to 3 cents =
pound; and Aldfich proceeded to read What
German had said on that occasion, in oppo
sition to the reduction. He vent on to Say
that in 1883 the tariff was discussed in
every field and workshop and on every
hustings, and there vas no occasion for any
man to plead ignorance Of What the ques-
ton meant, or of the provisions Of the DILL
which had been before the Senate and
country for three years.
German found fault with Aldrich for not
having told the whole truth in regard to his
| fGormsn's) position in 1853 in reference to
the duty on bi-chomate potash. The prop
osition -hs n vas to reduce the duty from I
cents 10 9 cents, while the duty on all New
England products was being increased. He
(Gorman) simply proposed that the reduc
tion of b-chromste potash be fred at -
cents, and Senattrs on the republican side
had sgreed Il at was the fair thing. He re.
minded the republican side OF the chamber
Of Plumb's statemen. that the party vac in
danger. snd Of his warning that it would
have to increase taxation within IL months.
He referred to Blaine % one man. Who,
in 20 years had been able to bring the re-
publican psrty into line. aud A. the only
man who had the courage and ability to
write the answer b President Cieve-
lands tariff message that gave to republi-
cans, hoJe. faith and fnal victory, and, be
said that Blaine had through the Senators
from Maine told the republican Senators
If they pass. the bill - reported. that
they would destroy all possibility of i,creas-
ing the trade With the countries south Of
the | nsted States and bankrupt the treas
ury in ls months for that vas the meaning
of it, He did not wonder thas the Senator
from Rhode Island wanted to dodge the
question and bring in little, smsil personal
affairs. He did not wonder that the Sena-
tor desired to escape an intelligent discus
of the items of the bill. He did not voo-
Ger that the Senator could not give to the
Senate or the country that Information that
they are entitled to. II he did give il and
give it freely. it would be - plain a. the
MONDAY sun that no person would be ben
etited BY the bill except persons engaged in
manufactures.
The discussion vas. carried on by Nc
Pherson to the subiecs Of the diversion BY
the treasury of the fund deposited BY na
fional banks for the redemption Of theil
currency. be asserting the faga of such di
version. and Sherman contrsdicting thu
assertion.
Hiscock remarked tha6 20 much hsd beer
said in fefefsnes- - H. iphnepces vhicl
we're psoduced By The pending Siil that /
seemed proper 10 hin that something
should be aid 10 np,y to these charges
The Senator lfsn Maryland (t5ofmsn
? said the republican easysntioa And pledges
itself % psgsecsion. Ithsd - I'D als'