Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-23
METAL SCHEDULE,
Seven Paragraphs Disposed
Of Yesterday.
HAUNTING THE DEMOCRATS
The New Rate on Pig Iron
and Iron Ore.
MIR. Teller Reads His Republican
Colleagues n Plain Lecture, Tell
ing Them They Ought to he
Thankful for small Favors.


BY Associated Press
Washington, May e2.-The senate dis.
posed of seven paragraphs OF the metal
schedule today after eight hours OF de-
bate, The debate was marked by quite
n number OF interesting clashes be-
tween the Republicans and Democrats.
The sensational feature of the day was
the unexpected presentation by MIR.
Jones of an amendment substituting
the Mckinley bill classification and
specific rates on round iron IN coils.
blooms. and charcoal iron, somewhat
higher than those already proposed.
This amendment WIS surprise to
some senators on both sides although
evidently anticipated by Mr.. Quay
and a few other OF his colleagues. Mr.
Hale tried to use IT as u text for taunt-
ing the Democratic side ard Mn Teller
read him very plain lecture on the
duty OF Republicans TO accept such in
crease as the Democrats were willing
10 grant without continually Gliding
their adversaries with Inconsistencies.
The vote was taken seven Democrats
and two Populists refused to support
the Jones substitute namely, Allen.
Berry. Blackburn. Jarvis Kyle, Mills.
Pasco and PETER
some of the Rates.
The rates fixed today were as follows;
Iron ore, 40 cents per ton;
rig iron, scrap iron, etc. -
per ton; round iron, in coils,
elght-tenths cent per pound; elabs,
blooms. less finish than bars. b.s cent
per pound; charcoal blooms, sl2 per
ton; beams. glrders and other struc-
tural iron or steel. clio cent per pound;
boiler plate from $40 : 20 per cent ad
yalorem. Forgings e Iron or steel
L. cent; hoop or band iron or steel,
cotton ties) 80 per cent nd valorom
Just before the tariff bill was taken
up. Mr.. walsh. the new senator from
Georgia arose to personal explanation
in connection with newspaper para
graph from st. Paul, stating that the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
has yesterday adopted resolutions con-
demning him for introducing the bill
making the retardlng OF the United
States mail punishable by imprlson-
ment for twenty years. Mfr. Walsh ex-
planned that the bill aimed at heavier
penalties for train robbers: they had
construed 1t as an attempt to punish
trainmen who should tie up train"
In n strike.
-.
Mr.. Walsh said that he had served
his apprenticeship at the printers trade
and never known day or an hour
when he did not sympathlze with la
that capital had rights as well as la
Dor Labor organizations had no
right TO interfere with other laborers
who sought TO go to work. They had
the right to work or not to work; their
rights extended no funher. This was
land of liberty: 1t was also land OF
law and order. As long as labor sought
redress OF It's grievances and under
the forms OF law sought to work out
Its problem IN a lawful way he was
with labor TO that extent and no
further. The bill he had introduced
TO the construction the locomotive en-
gineers had placed upon IL, but II was
not Intended either directly or indi-
reetly to be subject TO such construc-
tion.
In conclusion. Mr. Walsh re-lntro-
a