Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-15
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, June Is.
SENATE.

(reuucluR Ine requirements aS 10 I'LL
p%rovements etc., was passed. The
tariff bill was then taken up, the pend
ing question being, as it has been since
Tuesday morning, whether wool is to
be struck out of the dutiable list.
Mr.. Dolph, in resuming his speech of
last evening, prefaced his argument by
the remark that the Senator from Ten
nessee, Mr.. Harris, was mani
testing too much Impotence in
urging action on the bill. That
Senator should remember, he said,
that it was an important measure affect
ing the prosperity of the whole country
and that it required careful considera-
tlgn, deliberation and discussion. He
(Mr. Dolph), would certainly do his
best to secure such elaboration, con-
sideration and discussion and should
endeavor to secure amendments to the
bill.
MI. Platt asked Mr.. Dolph whether,
if putting wool OF the free list were be-
fore the Senate as all Independent
measure not connected with a general
tariff bill, a fortnight or three weeks
would not be the shortest time for lis
thorough discussion.
Mr.. Dolph thought so.
"And here" said Mr.. Plat, "com-
plant is made because it is being dis
cussed for three or four days"
"That is the truth" Mr.. Dolph as
scented, "and it only emphasizes what
1 have said in regard to the Impotence
manifested by the Senator from Tonnes
see. There is nothing to compare with
that Senator's impotence except the
impotence of the press when the bill
to repeal the Sherman act was under
consideration. He concluded with the
remark hat the State Of Oregon was
having q hard time between Pennoyer-
ism, the democratic party in Congress,
and the floods. P%ennoyerism was now,
however, %extinguished and the floods
were ~receding; but if the wool and
lumber industries Of the State were de-
strovcd, and its hop industry injured
by the pending bill, it would be many
years before she would recover her
prosperity.
Some remarks Of Mr.. Dolph's touch
ing on the subject of bi-metalism at
tracted the attention of Mr.. Stewart who
thcreupon rose and repeated his oft-told
tale as to the disasters caused to the
United States and to the world by the
single gold standard.
1.-THE democratic party moves in a
mysterious way, its wonders to per-
form" was the paraphrase with which
Mr.. Carey opened an argument against
putting wool on the free list. He had
not gone far before an allusion to the
vote of populist Senators caused Mr..
Kyle to ask him whether he thought
that the populist Senators on the dem-
ocratic side of the chamber were mem
bers of the democratic caucus, or were
able to control things on that side.
Mr.. Carey's reply was that if the
Senator from South Dakota and his
populist associates had stood up and
made a manly fight for wool, either in
side or outside the democratic caucus,
they would have saved that industry.
"It remains to be proved yet" said
Mr.. Kyle, whether we are not making
a fight for WOOL"
"If you do" Mr.. Cary said, 81 shall
make an humble apology"
eff the populist Senator's" Mr.. Kyle
continued, "vote for wool, would not
that show that the Senator is mis-
taken ?"
"The populist Senator's" Mr.. Carey
replied, twill have to do what the re-
publicans are doing, refuse to vote for
other sections Of the bill"
"Then the Senator imagines that we
hold the balance of power?" Mr.. Kyle
remarked. 81 think you will find that
the populists do not hold the balance of
power, and are, in no way responsible
for any particular provision of the bill"
After this episode, Mr.. Carey went
on and finished his speech. He was
followed by Mr.. Kyle, who was not
prepared to admit that sheep raising
would be struck down by having wool
put on the free list. For his own part
he was not afraid of having wool put
OF the free list. He felt that the ad-
vantage which would accrue to the
American people through a reduction
in the cost of clothing would more than
compensate for striking the duty of
raw wool. South Dakota, he said, was
a large sheep raising State, and could
produce wool as cheap as Australia or
South America could, Notwithstanding
the contrary statements that had been
made. He quoted articles from the
sheep-breeders' Gazette, and letters
from some sheep raisers in Wyoming,
Dakota and Minnesota, bearing out his
views of the matter.