Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-30
Debate on the Free Wool Bill
Resumed.
Great Lack of Interest in the
Proceedings.
Consideration of the Tariff Bills to Be
Closed in q Week.
Tho Springer Bill Perhaps the Only One
that Will Be Sent to the Sem
ate This Session-Wash-
ingtOn Notes.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The tariff
debate was resumed in the house today,
but the discussion was rather uninter-
esting. Indeed it was considered
doubtful by the leading members of the
house whether it would be possible to
revive public interest in tariff debates
again this session, and the leaders are in
favor of closing the debate on the tariff
bills within week, and sending one or
more of these measures to the senate,
! that the Republican may not be able to
assert on the stump this fall that ade-
quate time was not afforded the senate
to consider tariff bills.
EXCITEMENT sUBsIDED.
The excitement seemed to have en-
tirely subsidized when the house met this
morning. Bland and his lieutenant,
Pierce, were absent. The speaker laid
before the house communication from
Roger @. Mills, stating that he had sent
his resignation to the governor of Texas,
to take effect today.
The house then went into committee
OF the whole on the free wool bill.
HARTER OPENS THE DEBATE.
Harter OF Ohio reopened the debate
on the bill with speech in favor of the
measure. Direct taxation is the only
proper method of raising money!" said
he. Indirect taxation is unjust.
Since tie beginning OF the government
this nation was free trade country.
This created enormous prosperity in our
land. 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 iniquitous, and as
an evidence of this, he cited the busi-
ness depression of the present day.
Boutelle of Maine (Republican) in
quired If the gentleman did not know
that there never was time in our his
tory when our people were more pros
porous than today?
Harter replied that the prosperity OF
the people of this country was not az
great as whe. the, revolutionary war
closed. = -
Boutelle--The man who thus plants
himself on record 125 years ago, is go
hopelessly in arrears that / would not
attempt to bring him up in one day.
[Laughter.l
Harter proceeded with his speech. He
said the true American system was chat
Of 1916, when taxes were placed upon
the people only for revenue for the gov
ernment.
M'CREARY ATTACKS PROTECTION.
McCreary of Kentucky made general
attack upon the protective system all
along the line. saying that under it COM
binations and trusts sprang up and
their members became millionaires,
while the laborers had to struggle harder
for the necessities OF life.
DoLLVER cRITICIzEs THE MEASURE.
Dolliver, Of Iowa, in opposing the
measure. criticised the Mills bill, and
said the pending measure would make
no impression. The fact that this house
almost unanimously Democratic, having
been sent here as protest to the Nc
Kinley act, had not dared to touch that
law except in acts of child's play, was
evidence that the argument of free trade
was demagoguing proclamation, se.
cretly discovered by the people whe
were pasting it ON the barn doors in
Iowa and Nebraska. Two years ago the
Republican party, under q tempest ol
false pretenses, had gone down, carrying
the Mckinley act on its back. This
year the Mckinley act carried the Re
publican party, and the gentleman, from
whom the measure took it's name
looked from the governors chair down
on the country made happy and pros
snarOua undar itH prOvisiOna
y In conclusion Dolliver ridiculed th'
Democratic party, and quoted for it,
benefit, Lead Kindly Light.
The committee rose and the hous'
adjourned.
THE TARIFF PROGRAMME.
The Springer free wool bill will proba
bly, be passed by the house and sent t.
the senate within a week. This is tn
programme discussed today at serie
of consultations between the speake
and Democratic members of the way
proved by Chairman Springer.
endorsement Of the Democratic majorit
of the house tomorrow, and the nous
in proper time will be requested to Civ
its concurrence by agreeing to suepen
sion OF the rules for the passage Of tn
bill.
spRINaER's PRoTRACTED ILLNESS.
In asserting to the project Syringe
advised the members of the committe
that his physician said the condition {
his health was such that the making {
a speech in the house in the near futur
would cause relapse. He therefor
abandons the idea OF closing the debat
on the bill and says it and other tari
bills should be passed as soon as poss
BILE.
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