The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-09

with the Tariff bill.
STR. Burrows inquired i tho matter was de-
batable
The Speaker asked if the gentleman from
Michigan objected.
MIR. burrows replied that no did not object
but be thought tho Chair would do so. The
Chair. said MIR. Burrows, did not see fit 10 con-
form lis ruling OF iow days ago when he
took him Mr. Burrows from the Chair.
The Speaker replied that he would manage
his own affairs without assistance from the
gentleman
Mr Burrows retorted that he would insist
upon his rights "a member
Without co.ioquy the House proceeded to
vote IN Mr.. LniCe's proposition. which was
lost-i0l TO 9i-and the House went into
Committee OF the Whole on the Cotton lie
bill. Mr.. English. of New Jersey. the well
known author Of the ballad Ben Bolt"
taking the foor IN oppC sition 10 the bill He
contcuced that the safety of the people would
not stand much additional direct taxation.
j ne great mass of taxes paid Was the result of
the sweat and toll of the labOring classes. We
had 90 resort 20 that indirect taNati n which
the people bore quietly because the Govern
ment adopted tho system which would be
the least trouble The gentlemen
from the South and West. who sup
ported tins bill and who continually talked
of tariff for revenue. had been given little
chance u return here ifthey voted forataX on
sugar. The Mckinley bill took OIL the duty
on ute and lowered the duty on the manu-
iactured article. just what the Democrats had
zone with wool and woOlen goods. and there
was that much sense in the Mckinley bill.
lie explained what lutte mill was, and said
that 10 was something between silk and a
cOston mill. IL was generally supposed that
Jute mill was n simple thing. but II was not.
This reminded him of q song about steam
boat written fifty years ago by person
named Rice. which ran as follows:
First you see a biz thing that is gong up and
down
And then you see another thing that is going
round and round.
And then yeu SEQ a long thing just like a pair
of t0ngs,
And II shoyes agin tho other thing and sends
the boat along.
branching from his subject he referred to
the Republican party and its leaders. Speak
ing of Mr.. BOutele of Maine. he said he re-
minded him of Mrs. SQueers. with her mob
cap. her lank petticoat and her long spoon.
Laughter And facis princeps, standing
SOl-hke above his companion was the other
gentleman from Maine Mr. Reed, who last
Congress hold the sceptre in the char and
rallied his forces on the floor, but who, now
depOsed sat on the Republican side remind
ing one Of Narius. who brooded over the
ruins Of Carthage. The Republicans had no
leader now, but when the time came for one
he would be forthcoming. Applause.
q tariff reformer in the days of Walker in
1916. was a tariff reformer now. but he.was
not a tariff DESTROYER. and therein lay a dis
tincton and difference. Applause
FAVORED THE BILL.
Mr. Hemphin Democrat. Of South Caro-
lima favored the bill. He said that South
Carolina manufactured more cotton a year
tran good many other States. Manuiact-
urers in the South were making money and
1pfr al ktI L ueH B4pulnN
had increased in price in 1890 from 2 cents q
ward 10 u cents What he most abhorred
was calamity scTeamer. and the Republican
party possessed many OF them.
Mr.. Simpson Farmers Aliiance). of Kansas.
spoke in favor of the bill. lie believed IN
absolute free trade. He was Republican IN
the days of Garrison. and he learned his po-
litical lesson then: but when the Republican
party became the champion Of certain inter
ests and when the manufacturers and
moneyed men controlled the country, he left
the Republican party. Applause on the
Democratic side. He stood now for absolute
free trade in every sense OF the word. He ia
vOred relieving the Southern planter from
taxation on this industry. He favored the
| bill because IL took step IN the proper
direction of finally putting everything else on
the free list Every time you take protection
OF any industry, the men engaged IN that IN
dustry were enlisted in tho ranks Of free
trade He secuted the idea that the Repub-
ican party was "a friend of the laboring man.
He referred 20 the passage OF the Chinese TX
clusion bill last week and said that It was "A
diseraceful BILL and vet he was compelled. in
defense of the laborng classes in California,
TO vote for it because of condition which
the Republican party had forced upon this
country.
Tbe general regular debate being closed.
the bill was considered until $40. The House
then took recess until 3 o'clock for the con-
sideration of private pension bills.
Mr.. Turner gave notice that vote would
be taken on tie bill tomorrow. prior 10 the
special order for the delivery of eulOgies on
Hon. NJ Ii. Ford OF Michigan.
At the evening session of the House six
pension bills were passed, and at 1880 the
House adjourned.