St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-11
Discussion Of Tariff Reduction
Bills Shows Democrats
United.
Republican Wishes for Dis
sension Have No Chance
of Realization.
Dingley and Reed Both Bear
a Hand in Exeusing the
Last Congress.
Senator'S Accomplish Little in
the Line Of Actual Legis-
lation.

WASHINGTON, March 1O.-The tariff
discussion was resumed in the house
this morning, but there was striking
contrast between the pacific incidents
of today and the scenes which char
acterlZed the debates on the Mckinley
bill two years ago. Then it was obvious
that whatever measure should pass the
house would be concurred in without
very material change by the senate, and
be enacted into law by the signature of
the president, and therefore every
successive step in the formality of leg
islation was bitterly contested by the
Democrats.
This year the Republicans are con.
fronted with no such probabilities.
That the Springer free wool bill, and
indeed all other measures that may be
reported by the ways and means com
mite, will pass the house, they quite
willingly concede; but that even the
simplest of these measures will ever
| receive the sanction Of the senate, they
do not consider as at all probable.
Hence it is that the improbability OF the
tariff bills ever becoming the law of the
land naturally detracts from the deep
interest that would otherwise be man
ifeSted by the house in these economic
measures, and makes their consideration
somewhat perfunctory proceeding.
Representative Dingley. of Maine. to-
day concluded his speech begun yest6r-
day in opposition to the Springer bill,
and in the wide scope which the discus
sion has naturally assumed, found oc-
caslon to deny by an array of facts and
tigu res that the protection policy of the
Republican party was responsible for
driving American shipping from the
high seas.
No Dissenston Possible.
Representative Turner, of Georgia,
member of the ways and means com
mittee. was the chief Democratic
speaker of the day, and in his opening
remarks he blasted whatever hopes
there may have been that dissensions
would appear in the Democratic ranks
as to the Springer policy of sepa-
rate bills. by stating that while
he had favored general bill, he had
deferred to men for whose judgment he
had the deepest respect and would urge
with all his efforts and ability the bills
now pending before the house. This
| delicate compliment to Chairman
Springer and his colleagues from one
| who was in the past such a warm adj
v0cate of the Mills tariff policy was
warmly appreciated by the Democratic
side and the sentiment freely APP
| plauded.
During the morning hour the house,
on motion of Mr. Cultivate, of Ohio,
passed a joint resolution authorizing
| the loan of ensigns, flags, etc, for the
! purpose of decorating the streets of
Washington on the occasion of the
! Grand Army encampment Imme-
diately thereafter the house resolved
itself into the committee of the whole
on
The Free Wool BIZ,
and MIR. Dingley, of Maine, resumed his
argument against the measure. In
opening he denied the statement made
| by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr.
| McMillin) that, the last congress had APP
propriated $1,009, 100000. During the
past fiscal year appropriated for by that
congress the expenditures Of the gov
eminent we're but $700, 100000. Con-
CluuluS, MI. OiLSIty ulS6u SGHIlclIcll
| to bear in mind the fact that this coun-
| try under the policy of protection had
become the most prosperous country Oil
| the face of the earth. Let congress be
true to that policy which had carried
| the nation to such height of pros
perity. Applause.
Mr.. Turner, of Georgia, the next
| speaker, said that he would have been
glad to have had pending bill which
would sweep the whole horizon, and
give to every citizen that compensation
which a fair and just reform OF the
tariff would give TO every consumer in
the country. His Judgment in this re-
spect had been overruled by those to
whose opinion he deferred with great
respect, and it was due to those gentle
men that he should say that they sim
cerely believed that their policy would
enable the majority of the house to Sc
cure for the people some slight relief
| from the burden of taxation. APP
| plauSe.
Reed Ratified.
Mr.. Turner then turned his attention
| to criticism of Speaker Reeds rulings
| in the last congress, denying that the
recent decision of the supreme court
| had indicated those rulings, and when
| MIR. Walker, of Massachusetts,, rose to
| defend the eX-speaker catechiZed the
| gentleman, who was willing to reply to
| the manifest annoyance of Mr. Reed,
who occupied seat some distance from
Mr.. Turner. Mr.. Reed intimated to
Mr. Walker that he would reply to the
criticisms at the proper time, and Sug-
| geSted that he be permitted to do so.
Mr.. Reed, rising to reply to the crit
| icism made upon him and his rulings in
the last congress, expressed the opinion
| that his action at that time had been
| thoroughly vindicated by the decision of
| the supreme court. The question was
whether he had violated his duty in
counting members present who were in
| the chamber. Never before the decision
| of the court had any admission been
made that it was present, and not an
| acting quorum, that was demanded by
| the constitution.
Mr.. Turner replied that the gentle
man from Maine occupied both sides of
| the question and had been wrong on
| both sides. Democratic laughter. MIR.
Reed retorted that he had been correct
and consistent. Continuing, he argued
| that under the constitution
A Present Quorum
was sufficient for the transaction of
| business. The gentleman from Georgia
| had seen fit to refer to the last election.
How often in the history of the world
had the righteous gone temporarily to
the wall? [Laughter.] Oliver Cromwell
had been the protector of Great Britain
| and the flag Of Great Britain had been
| protected on every sea, and the voice of
Cromwell had stayed the persecution of
Christians on every land. And yet the
people of Great Britain, with loud ac-
/! carnations, had welcomed back the