The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-11
CUSTOMS TAXES ON WOOL
TURNER AND REED HAVE A LIT
Ills TILT INTHs HOUSE.

| Turner Replie6-Ee Opens by ke-
greeting That the Pending Bill Does
Not Cover the Whole List Which
Needs Tariff Reform.
WASHINGTON. March 1o-In the House
to-day Mr. Herbert Of Alabama reported
the naval appropriation bill. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee of the whole.
THE FREE WOOL BILL.
at the conclusion Of the morning hour the
House went into committee Of the whole
on the free wool bill
DINOLKY CLOSES HIS SPEECH.
/ Mr. Dingley concluded his speech in op-
position 70 the measure, and took occasion
TO enter his denial 70 the statement made
by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Nc
Millinl that the last congress had appro-
priated 81, OO9 900. 900. During the past two
fiscal years Appropriated for by that oon-
| gress the expenditures OF the government
were but 500, 900, 600. In concluding, MIR.
Dingley urged the gentleman to bear in
mind the fact that this country, under the
policy Of protection, had become the
largest agricultural, the largest manu-
featuring. the largest mining and the most
| prosperous country on the face Of the earth
! Let congress be true TO that policy which
had carried the nation TO such night Of
prosperity. [Applause.
Mr. Turner of Georgia then took the floor
in advocacy OF the bill.
TURNER REPLIES.
Mr.. Turner of Georgia, the next speaker,
confessed that when the gentleman from
Maine (Mr. Dingley) inveIghed against the
insigniicance OF this bill and those which
we're to follow he Joined in that denuucia-
ton. he would have been glad to have had
| pending bill which would sweep the whole
horizon aud give to every citizen that com
pensation which fair and just reform of the
| tarlH would give to every consumer in the
country. His Judgment in this respect had
| been overruled by those to whose opinion he
| deferred with great respect, and it
was due TO those gentlemen
that he should say that
they sincerely believed that their policy
would enable the majority of the House to
secure for the people some slight relief
| from the burden of taxation. But though
the gentleman from Maine regarded the
pending measure as OF slight consequences, it
| seemed that it had sufficient scope to require
| him TO discuss it for four hours. The gem
| tleman from Maine had an economic educa-
! ton unsurpassed by any man on the floor
In addition to this he was a
specialist by nature. In the school of
protection be had ne peer nor superior He
had the training that every criminal law
yer gave to his client, to admit nothing and
TO deny everything. [Laughter.] The
wool duty of to-day had been largely the
work OF his distinguished friend from
Maine (Mr. Dingley). The tariff act. as far
as it referred to wool, was a curious docu>
| mept IL provided for compound, compen-
satory and ad valorem duties, IL illustrated
the peculiar genius of the gentleman from
Maine. IL the duties which the government
collected on imported wool and wooden
goods should be aggregated with the en-
HANGED cost of American wool and wooden
goods it would appear that the American
people in single year. Oh the pretext of
protection to the farmer. had paid into the
treasury and to the manufacturers a sum
equal to the value Of every sheep in the
/ United States.
In the course Of his remarks he criticised
Speaker Reeds rulings in the last congress,
and denied that the recent decision in the
supreme court had virdicated these rulings.
W hen Mr.. Turner had concluded. Mr..
Reed rose and replied to Mr.. Turner's criti-
| cisms upon him. He expressed the opinion
that his action at that time had been thor
oughly vindicated by the de-
cision of the supreme court. The
question was whether he hal
violated his duty in counting members
present who were in the chamber. Never
before the decision of the court had any ad-
mission been made that IL was a present
quorum and not an acting quorum that
was demanded by the constitution. The
gentleman from Georgia himself had, in his
speech to-day, admitted that this was cor
rect. When the gentleman had quoted
against him a statement he had made twelve
years ago and asked whether it was that
statement or his rulings in this congress
that had been upheld by the supreme court,
the gentleman showed only that he did not
comprehend the decision of the court
REED ON BOTH SIDES.
Mr.. Turner replied that the gentleman
from Maine had occupied both sides OF the
| question and had been wrong on both sides
| democratic laughter
Mr. Reed retorted that he had been cor
rect and consistent. Continuing, Mr.. Reed
argued that under the constitution present
| quorum was sufficient for the transaction
OF business. The gentleman from Georgia
had seen fit TO refer TO the last election.
| This had been done already by the gentle
man from Tennessee Mr.. McMillin).
although the gentleman from Georgia
| had done it in more polished
| manner the fact remained that it had been
| exploited. How often in the histories of
the world had the righteous gone temper
arily TO the wall Laughter Oliver
| Crom we'll had been the protector Of Great
| Britain, and the flag of Great Britain had
| been protected en- every sea, and the voice
| of Cromwell had stayed persecution of
| Christians in every land, and yet the people
Oh OTeAG DTlCdln, WIN lOuQ accldmattOnS
had welcomed back the monarchy of
Charles ii. In a few years afterward
| Charles II. lay buried in the
abbey whore England buried her distin-
| gushed dead and Oliver Cromwell Law
buried under TYburn tree. Whose mem
DRY should be more honored, that of Charles
| ii. or that of Oliver Cromwell? Admired
| by all mankind. it was not victories ia
| politics or in war that were finally
| triumphant, but it was the Lords truth: it
was sound principle, and in the sign of that
i principle the Republican party would be
ultimately victorious. IApplause.]
PATTERSON SUPPORTS THE BILL.
Mr.. Patterson of Tennessee made an argu-
ment in support of the bill and inveighed
| against the pro election policy of the repub-
lican party, which he claimed was a detri-
ment TO the interests Of the negro laborers
| of the south. he denounced the force bill
| as the most infamous of all the infamous
| measures, and he congratulated the country
| that the Republican party itself was not
ashamed of having advocated it. The far
mers OF the south and west were dissatisfied
with the present condition of affairs and
| were clamoriug for reduction of taxation,
At the conclusion of Mr.. Patterson's
! speech the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
What Was Done in the Upper House