, 1890-05-15
SATURDAY.
a Lively TarIH nj eussIon In tho
House.


WAsnIsgroS, May 10. Tho house
went into committee OF the whole on
tue turiif bill this morning.
Mr.. Lanhnm, OF Texas, in q speech
generally critical of the meanure, urged
the importance of reciprocity with Mex.
leo. lie especially nntagonized the
feature OF tho bill which places duty
on silver and lead ores declaring that It
would destroy the smelling industry ot
Texas and neighboring states, and that
1t would invite retnliatiye legislation on
the part oil Mexico.
Mr.. McAdoo. of Now Jersey, opposed
the bill, and In the course OF his REMARKS
taunted the republican party with the
failure ofits ante election promises.
Mr.. Ia Folette, of Wisconsin, drew a
comparison between tho Mills bill and
the pending measure The republican
bill favored protection to American ag-
riculture, manufacturers and laborers;
the democratic bill opposed that policy.
The republican bill proposed q home
market for Americans; the democratic
bill proposed to invite all othercountdes
to take this market from our people
whenever It was in their power to do so.
The issue WAS made. and the repub-
licans welcomed it, as the republican
policy would strengthen the alien labor
law. The democrats would nullify that
law. because il was cheaper to import
the products ofcheap labor than TO i'm
port cheap labor itself, He then entered
into detailed explanation and defense
of the various schedules OF the bill.
In conclusion he said; what does
the demociutic system oiier2 The gen.
tleman from Texas tNliIls) has told us,
and listened TO his gleeful description,
OF the worlds market our farmers could
find II the blinders Of protection we're
removed from their eyes. He descant-
ed in an enthusiastic speech on the gov
ernment soup houses in the old world,
established TO feed the hordes of the
hungry poor, and mounted to his SUI
preme climax with the declaration that
mon were starving for bread there.
II waited breuthlessly for more but In
vain. In Gods name, Is this the mar
ket you ask tho American farmers 10 sell
their wheat in? Are they to trundle
their grain from the Dakoias to the old |
world nnd wait for the aristocratlc |
patrons Of tho government souphOuses,
ana the Othor subjects who are starving |
for bread, TO bid against each other and |
tiA the priccsg
Mr.. Springer, OF Illinois, opposed the
bill. lie denounced the granting Of
bOun,ies on sugar and raw silk. and then,
IN ia'etous monner proceeded TO
point out tho benefits which would
inure TO the farmers OF Illinois
from the provisions Of the
law. Cabbages were now taxed 10 per
cent. ad yalorem. II was proposed to
tax thcm 3 cents a head. According 10
Ihc agricultural reports, no cabbages
were imported at 10 por cent. How
many would be imported at the equiva-
lent OF 80 Ger cent? Laughter. After
tho imposition OF duty on
Eggs. as measure OF protection TO ox-
President Hayes who had gone into
The chicken business, he reviewed the
rec list, and declared that the American
1og was Disseminated against, in that
Jrisiies were placed ON the free list while
high tarih was placed on wool.
Was Il for the benefit of the Illinois
armer that his sleek fat hogs Were
placed on an equality with the razor
lacks of Mexico? Laughter The
democratic party was ready to meet he
ssue in the bill, and he predicted that
ho flty-second congress would have IA
majority of fifty In 1892, and
hat there would be q democratic CON
'ress pledged TO the repeal OF this bill, IL
I should become a law.
Mr.. Din gley, of Maine, supported the
ill. and Messrs. Barnes, OF Georgia.
AnGrews, OF Massachusetts, Cummin gs'
4 New York, and Briokner, OF wiscon-
in. opposed II.
The committee then took a recess until
vening.
EvEsiso SESSION.
At the evening session OF the house
lac tariff dobato was continued.
Messrs Walker. OF Massachusetts,.
srosvenor and Hayes, of Iowa, Bliss, OF
Michigan. and Wade aud Henderson, of
Iowa. favored the Mckinley bill, while
>iessrs. Chapman, OF Michigan, McRac
,f Arkansas. and Mansur, OF Missouri
the measure.
MIR. Henderson wns opposed 10 free
hides. lie was not In favor OF rcduc.
lion cf the tax on tobacco. The United
States was not ripe for that sort of le,ls-
lation. He attacked the bcef trust of
and declared that tho hand
that struck down It's dcspotism could
III mp the agricultural interests OF the
At if'lo the house adjourned.
SENATE rRooEEpISos.
The Army Appropriation NM Poased