St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-29
After the Relief From Fear Of
War Mr.. Hale Drops Into
Politics.
Blaine's Part of MeKinley'S
Bill Held to Be It's Saw
ing Feature.
Senator Hill Complimented
by a Passing Shot From
the Maine Man.
Speculation as to Probable
Democratic Action on Sill
YER and Tariff.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Among pa
pers presented and referred in the sell
ate today was the protest of the New
Orleans cotton exchange against the
passage OF the WashbIrne bill defining
options and futures, and several petit
tons in favor of its passage.
At 1910 Mr.. Pruden, one OF the pres
ldentS secretaries. appeared at the bar
OF the senate and delivered message
from the president transmitting the adj
dit!onal correspondence in the CHILEAN
matter. The vice president laid it be-
fore the senate, members on both sides
of the chamber paying the closest atten-
ton to the reading, and indicating in
various ways their thorough satisfac-
ton at its contents, particularly at the
sentence in which the president ex-
presses the opinion that there is good
prospect that the difficulties can now be
adjusted on terms favorable to this gov
erument by the usual methods aud
without any special powers from con-
greSs. The
Feeling of Satisfaction
was expressed in words by MI Sher-
man, who, in moving the reference of
the message and accompanying docu-
mrnts to the committee Oh foreign rela-
tons. said he supposed that every men,
Der Of the senate heartily joined in con-
graduation at the hopeful and honora-
bic Observation-Disclosures to both sides
of the unpleasant incident.
Mr.. Chandler called for the reading of
Mr.. Egan's communication to the secre-
tary OF state, and it was read and lis
tened to with very close attention. The
reading was completed at Il 80, and
then Mr.. Sherman's motion was agreed
to. and the message and accompanying
documents were referred to the
committee on foreign relations. The
resolution offered by Mr.. Hale on
the 18th inst, directing the secre-
tary of state to furnish the senate
with all copies of correspondence relat-
ing to an interchange of trade and COM
merce under the tariff act of Oct. l. 1890,
with all information received as to the
practical effect of such agreements, was
then taken up and Mr.. Hale addressed
the senate.
Floated McKinley.s Bill.
He spoke at great length Oh the ben
efitS of reciprocity, which he said was
annexed to protection and broadened
tiiC vi Tic liUOfeE Nv
opening new markets for his products
10 be paid for in articles which could
never compete with his labor He did
not hesitate i'll stating here and now as
the result of his observation that that
section of the Mckinley act which con-
talned that reciprocity feature was the
part Of the measure which had floated
the whole act and was that part of the
bill which kept it from being swamped
by the storm which, with or without
reason, broke upon it from the day of
its passage.
The reciprocity plan, born of Repub-
lIcan parentage, was adopted at last by
the Republican party, Democratic
newspapers denounced it everywhere
as an impracticable sham, and where
ever Democratic authority was heard
from it -carried with it a sneer against
the measure. The senator from New
York, who had lately entered this cham
Der and who had brought to his party as
his credential of leadership the
Trophy Of a Great State,
chained and gagged and despoiled of
her political rights, had paused for a
moment in bis work of spoilation to de-
clare in the Democratic state conven-
ton that the Democratic party of the
state of New York in convention as
sembled renewed the pledges of its
fidelity to Democratic faith and de-
nounced in terms the Blainereciproc-
ity humbug."
Mr.. Hale went on to state at length
the beneficial effects of the reciprocity
arrangements made with Brazil, Cuba
and Porto Rico. the Dominion republic,
Germany. the Hawaiian islands and the
British West Indies colonies. This
achievement of Republican statesman
ship, he said, would be carried before
the people in the next presidential can
vass, and when at last it had become in
corporated and accepted as part of our
national policy the Democratic brethren
would be seen fiocking to its support
and trusting to that short memory which
IS said to be common to all people,
claiming 10 be the author and fnisher of
this great achievement.
Mr.. Vest took the floor on Mr.. Hale's
resolution, which went over without
action. The Mexican award bill (as to
the La Abra claim) was then taken I'D
as the unfinished business, and after
argument went over until Monday. to
which day, after a brief executive ses-
sion, the senate adjourned.