Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-18
A BIG BLOCK OF TIN
Used as Ocular Evidence of the
Benefits of the Mckinley Law.
THE DEBATE GETS DRY AGAIN
Only One or Two Interesting Little Oc-
currences Cropping Up.
THE HARTER-HILL EPISODE ONCE MORE.

associate with the day, and, as it snowe
most of the afternoon, the number of visi
ors to the Capitol was augmented by col
siderable addition of those who usually idl
about the streets, so that the tariff debater
had a large gallery audience up to adjourn
ment. The debate threshed over old straw
and was on the whole uninteresting. Men
bers, as a rule, took little notice of tn
speeches, and spent most of the time i
conversation.
1t is getting to be quite the thing to ful
nish illustrations and Mr.. Bowers, of Cali
fornia, to-day rather excelled the produo
ers of watches and clothes by bringing il
and laying before the House a 50-poun
| block of tin made in California, for the pu1
| pose, by ocular demonstration, of addinI
| force to the statement OF Representative
Payne, of New York, that the United State
would be able before long to supply the do
mestic demand for tinware.
Payne, of New York, Raynor, of Mary
land, and Ellis, of Kentucky, were th
speakers of the day. The formers speecl
began to lose interest when Mr.. Harter, O
Ohio, gave zest to the debate by queries
ending in an inquiry from Mr.. Payne as t.
from Senator Hill. This sally provoked
laughter and enlivened the proceedings
Routine Work of the Day.
On motion of Mr. Cox, of Tennessee .
bill was passed authorizing the ST. Louis anG
Birmingham Railroad Company to con
struct bridge across the Tennessee river al
Chiffon, Tenn.
Mr.. Newberry, of Illinois, asked consent
for the consideration Of bill for the pur-
chase of site for q public building at
Chicago. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, objected.
Half an hour was then consumed in de-
terminine who should be the author of the
digest of the rules for the present Congress.
The struggle was between Mr.. Smith, the
former journal clerk, and Mr.. Crutchfeld,
the present incumbent. Mr.. Crutchfeld
was victorious, and the digest will be pre-
pared under his supervision.
Mr.. Belknap, of Michigan, from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, reported bill for
the acquisition OF site for harbor defense
at San Diego, Cal. Committee of the Whole
Also, the establishment of a military post at
Little Rock, Ark. Same order. The
House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Blount, of Georgia, in the chair,
on the free wool bill Mr.. PAYNE, of New
York, defended the Mckinley act, and
enIereu upon al arSuHeuG LII Vlnul-
cation of the rulings of Speaker
Reed in the last Congress, intimating
that the gentlemen who were denouncing
that gentleman as tyrant were evidently
not speaking in good faith after their action
in sustaining the ruling of Speaker Crisp
few days ago relative to the reading of the
journal. Proceeding to defend the McKin-
ley act he spoke of the advantages accruing
to the people from a protective tariff, and
to the increased production of tin
and the manufacture of tin plate.
Ocular Evidence Submitted.
In order to strengthen Mr.. Payne's argu-
ment, Mr.. Bowers, of California, said that
tomorrow he would have upon his desk
tin block made in his district which would
weigh Sc pounds.
Mr.. Payne-And I can prove by 100 men
upon the other side that it never came from
California, but from Wales. Laughter.
Mr.. Bowers-You do not mean that they
will prove it, but that they will say ii.
[ [Laughter.]
Then Mr.. Bowers, taking his hat, left the
hall, and in few minutes returned with
his block of tin, which he placed in triumph
upon his desk, and called the attention of
the members to it, amid laughter
Mr. Harter, of Ohio, then took hand
in the discussion, and piled Mr.. Payne with
4 number of questions, of which Mr. Payne
role of interlocutor, inquiring whether the
gentleman from Ohio had yet received re-
ply from Senator Hill. laughter Sena-
or Hill did not appear to be with the gen.
,leman on the tariff any more than he was
With him on the silver question. He hoped
hat the gentleman from Ohio, when he
heard from Senator Hill on the silver ques-
ion, would also tell that, gentleman's views
IN the question of the tariff [Laughter.]
Two More Anti-McKinley Speeches.
Mr.. Payne was followed by Mr.. Rayner,
If Maryland, who spoke against the Nc
kinley act
Mr.. Ellis, of Kentucky, spoke in adj
7ocacy of the pending measure. The basis
# the entire tariff, he said was the wooden
chedule, and it was the duty of the Demo-
ratio House to break through this schedule,
nd thus cause the entire structure to
otter. This was progressive measure.
The repeal of the duties on raw material |
vas but an inconsiderable part of the bene-
its to result from the passage of this bill. |
t proposed the absolute repeal of the COM |
'ensatory duties provided for in the present |
aw, the most obnoxious and at the same |
ime the most ingeniously contrived device |
f protection. Under the operation of the |
resent law trusts and trade combinations /
nd subverted the course of honest and fair |
ealing. The present law utterly disre-
arded the rights of consumers and added |
othing to the rate of wages, its whole |
cope and purpose being to aid private en-
erprise at the expense of the public
The committee then rose and the House
djourned
Not Much Done in the Senate.
In the temporary absence of Vice Presi-
ent Morton at Virginia Beach, Mr. Man
erson, President pro TEN of the Senate,
coupled the chair to-day.
Mr. Frye, from the Committee on
ommerce, reported the Senate
i'll making Council Bluffs, Ia, a port of
elivery, and it was passed. He also re-
orted the Senate bill e1empting American
'astwise sailing vessels, piloted by their
censed masters or by United States pilots,
OH the obligation to pay State pilots for
.rvices not rendered. Calendar.
Mr.. Hawley, from the Committee on Mil
ary Affairs, reported bill co amend the
atute relative to certificates of merit to
,listed men of the army (the amendment
,ing to change the word ''privates'' into
lie words enlisted men''), and it was
lssed.
Mr.. PETER introduced bill to establish
/ electrical experimental station for the
,rpose of investigating and determining
neither electricity can be proftably used
i'd applied as motive power in the propul-
on of farm machinery. Referred to the
,mmittee on Agriculture. The Senate
en-, at 1920 o'clock, on motion of Mr..
oar, proceeded to the consideration of ex-
utive business. When the doors reopened
e Senate adjourned.
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