The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-30
THE TARIFF DEBATE
1t is Renewed in the House OF
Representatives.
SPRINGER WILL NOT CLOSE IT
His Health Will Not Permlt-The Senate Rati
fies the Pehring Sea Arbitra-
tiOn Treaty.

WASHINGTON. March 29.-The tariff de-
bate was resumed in the House to-day, Dut
the discussion was rather uninteresting.
Indeed it was considered doubtful by lead
ing members of the House whether il
would be possible to revive public in terest
in the tariff debates again this session and
the leaders are in favor of closing general
debate ON the tariff bills within week and
sending one or more of these measures to
the Senate without delay; that Republicans
may not be able to assert on the
stump this fall that adequate time
was not afforded the Senate to consider the
House bill.
The silver excitement seemed entirely
subsidized when the House met this
morning. Bland and his lieutenant,
Pierce, were absent. The speaker
laid before the House communi-
cation from Roger @. Mills, stating he has
sent his resignation to the governor of
Texas, to take effect to-day. The House
then went into committee of the whole on
the free wool bill.
Harter OF Ohio, reopened the debate on
the bill with speech in favor of the meas
ure. Direct taxation is the only proper
method of raising money Indirect taxa
ton is unjust and wrong. Since the be-
ginning CT the government this nation has
had free trade in this country, and this
has created enormous prosperity in our
land, and we now have absolute free trade
between the states. Reviewing the history
of the tariff policy of the Republican party,
he said the Mckinley bill was UBIQUITOUS,
and as an evidence of this he cited the bust
ness depression of the present day.
Boutelle, OF Maine, (Republican) in
CURED if the gentleman did not know there
never was a time in our history when our
people were more prosperous than to-day.
Harter replied the prosperity of the peo-
pie OF this country was not as great as
when the revolutionary war closed.
Boutelle-A man who thus plants himself
on q record of 125 years ago is SO hopelessly
in AREA we would not attempt to bring
him up in one day. Laughter.
Harter proceeded with his speech. He
sad the true American system was that Of
1916, where taxes were placed upon the
people for revenue of the government.
McCreary, of Kentucky, made general
attack on the protective system all along
the line, saying that under 1T combinations
and trusts sprang up and their members
became mililonaires. while labor had to
struggle harder for existence and the
necessaries Of life.
Deliver, of IoNa. in opposing the meas
ure, criticised the Mills bill and said the
pending measure would make no impress
sion. The fact that this House, almost
nously Democratic, claiming to have
been sent here as a protest against the
Mckinley act, had not dared touch that
law except in acts of child play, was
evidence that the argument of free trade
was demagogue proc1ama ion, secretly
discovered by the people who were pasting
it on their barn doors in Iowa a. Ne
braska. Two years ago the Republican
party, under tempest of false pretenses,
had gone down carry ing the Mckinley act
on its back This year the Mckinney act
carried tue Republican party, and The gen
tleman from whom the measure took its
name looked from governors chair down
on country made happy and prosperous
under It's provisions. In conclusion Dolli-
var ridicuied tue Democratic party and
quoted for its benefit, LEAD, Kindly
Light" The committee rose and the House
adjourned.
The Springer free wool bill viii proba-
bly, be passed by the House and sent TO the
Senate within g week. This is the pro-
gramme discussed TO-DAY at a series of con-
situations between the speaker and Demo-
cratic members Of the ways and means
committee ana the alter was presided over
by Chairman Springer. 1t will probably
receive the formal endorsement of the
Democratic majority of the committee to-
morrow; and the House, at the proper
time, be requested to give its concurrence
by agreeing 10 a suspension of the rules
for the passage of The bill. In asserting
to this project Springer advised members
of the committee his physician said the
condition OF his health was such that
making & speech III the House in the near
future would probably cause a relapse.
He therefore abandons the idea of closing
the debate on the bill and says it and other
tariff bills should be passed as soon as pos
OF hta