The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
LOGIC AND FUN OVER THE
TARIFF BILL In THE SENATE.

LOGIC AND FUN Owe The
TARIFF BILL IN THE SENATE.
Speaker Reed Not in The Chair.-And
Some Members Get a LOnged for
Opportunity..They Make Some Pung-
cnt and Blistering Remarks.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 4.-There
were about thirty Senators present when
the Senate was called to order at 10
o'clock this morning, but by the time
the journal was read and the morning
business fairly begun, there were more
than quorum present.
Mr.. Davis offered resolution calling
on the Secretary of War for information
respecting the accident to the lOch in
Sault st. Marie canal last Friday. Mr..
Davis said this was serious calamity
to the great commerce of the Great
Lakes, inficting damage to the com
merce between the upper and lower
lakes of perhaps half million a day.
Incidentally he referred to the failure of
the House to act on the bill passed by
the Senate several months ago, provid-
ing for a second and larger lock.
Mr.. Cockrell expressed surprise that
the business branch" of Congress paid
no attention to the matter.
The presiding officer (Mr. lngalls) said
that he had observed with regret the
growing tendency to allude in terms of
severity aud disparagement to the pro
ceedings of the other House of Congress.
IL was a violation of the fundamental
principles of parliamentary law to refer
In one House to what was done or said
In the other house.
At 1O:45 the tariff bill twas taken up,
the pending question being on Mr..
Vests amendment to the chinaware par
agraph. reducing the duty on decorated
ware to fifty per cent. instead of forty
per cent ad valorem, as recommended
by the finance committee, and instead OF
sixty-six and fifty-five in the House bill.
Mr.. Henderson said that he would
vote against the amendment, because he
thought that the rates proposed in il
were too low. Hefavored, however, the
rates recommended by the finance com
mittee. He was protecti0nist on prin
ciple, but he did not believe in unneces
sarily high rates of duty.
Mr.. Plumb read from letter pub
lished in the New York Times, as to {
conference between China manufac
turers and importers, in which lowe
rates OF duty than those recommended b.
the finance committee had been accep
ted as mutually satisfactory. HI
thought 1t would be on outrage to giv'
them more.
Mr.. Mcpherson alluding to Mr.. His
cocks remark as to his willingness to
.strangle the pottery interest of New
Jersey, apologized to the Senate for hav
ing asked of that Senator an opportu
nifty to deny it. That Senator had riser
the other day and assailed the people o
his own State in a manner which h.
(Mr. McPherson) had not seen equallet
before: that no denial of anything b.
might say affecting him was needed. H.
was not aware that he had tried Il
strangle the pottery industry; but tn
Senator from New York overlooked tn
fact that there were thousands ant
thousands OF importers in his own cit
and State who would not very muc
relish his remarks.
He went on with an argument in sur
mort of Mr.. Vests amendment, assertin
that there was no sense in the high rate
proposed by the finance committee.
MIR. Vest modified his amendment
changing the rate Of plain white chin'
, ware to forty FIVE instead of 40 per cen
The amendment was then voted on ar
was reiectcd-yeas 10; nays 25.
In the course of big discussion M
Edmunds illustrated a remark by N
Vance Ito the affect that one of his q
guments was an old story by an ane
dote of thief who said, when told one
the ten commandments, was "Tht
shalt not STEAL" that that was an 0
story: and Mr.. Vance retorted to &
amusement of the Democratic side, tn
protectlonists had to 60 to the poi
where they did not even make an excu
for stealing.
Several other amendments propos
reducing the committees rates on diff
ent varieries of glass ware, which, aft
some discussion were rejected.
Mr.. Blair expressed some disgust
the slow rate of progress with the
and made q suggestion looking to
adoption of the previous question ru
He proposed to read and have print
in the Record an editorial in to-ds
New York Tribune, beginning with
sentence, 1.-THE Courtesy of the Sen,
is an Expensive Luxury"
Mr.. Plumb objected to this, but had
objection to Mr.. Blair reading it as p
of his remarks. Mr.. Plumb so far as
knew the Western people were not s
cially hungry for tariff legislation.
admitted the tariff bill ought to pa
but he did not regard the New Y
Tribune, or any other paper, or ha
dozen papers as representative of
sentiment OF the people on that subj
It was better not to pass tariff
than to pass one that was not right.
IL was meant that the Senate she
have rule to cut off debate, that VIC
he perversion of legislative power
A blow at free institutions. Ne
paper talk as to what the s
ate should do was OF Ii
consequence. Such talk might
prompted by the powerful interests
were expecting to profit by the bill.
had never heard from any other inte
than the manufacturing interest a
msnd for increased tariff duties, ar
that statement was heretical he wis
to add to it by saying ttat in his j
ment of the Republican platf
of 1888 had been supposed
mean tariff revision by an increas
duties, the result OF the election W