The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-20

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-There was
larger number OF members present
when the House mot this morning than
for some time past. The usual crowd
was in the gallery At 11:I0 the House
went in committee OF the whole to
consider the Wilson bill, with Richard
son (Tenn.) in the chair.
An agreement was then entered into
whereby three hours Immediately after
the House goes into committee of the
whole next Monday will be given to
debate on the sugar schedule, and the
vote will then be taken on any amend
ments which might be offered Dalzell
(Rep, Pa.,) opened the debate by re-
Stunning his attack begun yesterday
upon Johnson's free steel rail amend.
ment and upon johnson himself His
speech was principally personal at.
tack upon Johnson, to which the latter
replied in good humor and with sarcasm.
Chairman Wilson appealed to the
Democratic mem ers not to adopt the
johnson amendment. The bill, he said,
had been drawn up carefully and con-
scientiously, and he did not think it
would be wise thing to take such an
important article as steel rails from the
tariff bill and put it on the free list. 1t
would be unwise 10 make such q sweep
ing change without due deliberatlon,
but il it seemed apparent in view OF tho
new light. which had been turned ON
the question that the committee had
put too high rate on steel rails, the
committee would reconsider the matter
and lay the result before the House
u der the present law the tariff on steel
rails was Sl344 per ton, while tho pro-
posed tariff was 25 per cont ad valorem
which, at the present price of steel
rails, was equivalent to Sc Al per ton,
reduction OF more than two-t thirds If
the committee had not gone far enough
in that matter il was willing to take it
under further advisement, but if steel
rails were put on the free list there was
just as mucn reason for putting pig iron
and everything else in the iron schedule
on the free list He wanted to draw the
fangs of the steel rail serpent, but he
did not want to iDjure the industry.
After several other gentlemen had
taken share in the debate, Hopkins
(Rep. Ills offered as an amendment to
the johnson amendment the rail clause
of the Mckinley bill. This was voted
down.
son amendment, and it was lost on
vote by tellers of ayes 50, nays 100.
Henderson (Rep. Iowa) offered as an
amendment to the agricultural schedule
OF the Wilson bill the corresponding
schedule of the Mckinley bill Upon
this arose another debate on party lines.
Hcnderson's opening was largely di-
rected to replying to Bourke Cockran's
recent speeches and ridiculing ais pre-
tensions as a reformer and liberator OF
the people from the thraldom of the
tariff
The funny speech of the day was
session by Clark Dem, MOI The
farmers in this country, he said, were
not fools. They know the Mckinley
bill was sham and fraud. 1t authors
had gone to the country" and no
politician had ever got such trouncing
as they had got. There had been
scarcely enough of them left for seed
Any industry that depended on pro-
tective tariff for success was a pauper
industry.
Following the tempestuous speech of
Clark came the equally breezy one of
Bowers (Rep, CALI He took as his
text the remark of Clark that there
were not enough OF Republicans left
require very large sowing of seed to
produce magnificent crop of Republi-
cans as witness the recent elections in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa (Republi-
can laughter and applause)
AT the close of Bowers remarks, as
it lacked but five minutes of the usual
hour of recess, the chairman announced
that a recess would be taken until 8
o'clock tonight.
There was good attendance in the
galleries and noticeable lack of at
tendance on the floor when the House
met in the night session. Bell Pop.
Colo was the first speaker who ad.
dressed the committee. He denounced
The Mckinley bill as infamous, but the
Wilson bill, he said was "rotten
Shaw (Rep. Wis then characterized
the pending bill as irregular and sec
tional.
Morgan (Dem.. MOI followed Mr..
Shaw and devoted himself to the sub
jects of lead and zinc. Childs rep
Ill., was the last speaker of the even.
ing. He opposed any change in the
economic policy of the country At
10:45 the House adjourned.
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