Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-01-19
WOOL WAS rHE stB5Ecr.

WOOL WAS THE SUBJECT.
The Members OF the Rouse Are stil
Engaged I'm q Debate on the Tarii
Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-At 11:25, afte
some routine business, the house went In
to committee of the whole to consider th
Wilson bill. Mr.. Hare, dem, of Ohio
spoke on the wool question.
Mr.. Grosvenor, rep, of Ohio, said tina
there were u, 900 wool growers In Ohio
and that the falling of In the democrats
vote in the last election was mainly In tn
wool growing sections.
He referred to the news In the paper
this morning that the secretary of tn
Treasury was about to sell bonds. The In
ference was that the treasury was about h
go to protest-thatit was bankrupt.
In such q state of affairs, he asked wha
reason there could be for throwing ava,
the income to be derived from the 800, 900,
600 pounds of wool which came into THU
country every year.
I'VE need the money" continued Mr.
Grosvenor. 1.-THE democrats try TO oui
down the revenue by $75, 200, 900, Will,
the secretary of the treasury is sndeavor
/ ing to sell bonds at 5 Per cant. In order Il
| save the treasury from bankruptcy"
Mr.. Ellis, rep of Oregon, said that
putting wool on the free list placed Ameri
can sheep growers In direct composition
with Australian and Argentine wool grow.
ers. There were over 100, 000, 900 sheep In
Australia and go, 000, 900 In Argentina,
against about 10000. 900 In the United
States.
1t costs Australian wool growers about
three quarters of q cent per pound to get
their wool to market, while 1t costs the
American from three to four cents.
"It is time to quit becoming charity, y
said Mr.. Ellis, land begin booming Amer
lea and American workingmsn." aepub.
lican applause.
Mr.. Cannon. rep, of Illinois, was grant
ed fifteen minutes to speak on the tariff
question. He said IL was necessary to
utilizs and develop the industries now ex-
listing in order to provide for the time
when we should have . population of $50,
000, 900 people. He then drifted into the
wheat question.
When Mr.. Cannon took his seat he WAS
veciferously applauded by his republican
colleagues.
Mr.. Fithian created some excitement by
arraignipg the secretary of the treasury
for attempting to sell bonds. He has no
more right to issue bonds than / have"
asserted Mr. Flthiap, Except In 30 far as
Is specified in the resumption act. He had
no right to rsise Q single dollar by the
issue of bonds" (Rspublicsn applause
While Mr.. Fithisn condemned this &C
ton of the democratic administration he
also condemned in strongest terms the
policy of the republican party which had
brought about q result which made the
issue of bonds necessary.
Mr.. johnson, rep of Indiana, said that
in time of peace the democratic party
was about to issue interest. bearing gold
bonds, q policy which only the exigency Of
war had induced the republican party to
resort to. And the money to be derived
from the sale of these bonds was to be sp-
piled not to maintain the reserve in the
treasury, but to meet current obligations
of the government. The democratic party
could not fop its two wings together. he
referred to portions in favor of free
wool which had been presented to the
house by Mr.. Brookshi,e, dem, of Indi-
ana, and asserted that he had presented Q
number of petitions. This intimation
that the right of petition had been violated
created a buzz of excitement.
Mr.. Bunce defended Mr.. Brooks. He
was interrupted at frequent intervals by
Mr.. johnson. Mr.. Buncs finally eilenced
Mr.. johnson and raised q laugh against
him by saying that he had always heard IL
was an axiom that the smaller the wind
mill the faster 1t run. Mr.. Mcguire, dem,
of California said that the members had
refused to submit petitions or had
"smotherel them" when they did not
agree with the views held by the signers.
Mr.. Wilson, rep, of Ohio, expressed
himself as being In favor of protection to
tho wool growers of Ohio.
Mr.. NorthWay, rep. of Ohio, created
Amusement by reading from q democratic
publication of 1888, which ss
serted that the price of wool had not de-
creased under protective tariff bill should
be maintained and equslised.
Mr.. Walker of Massachusetts, tried to
clear himself of the charges of political dis
preferred against him by Mr.
Mcguire. He said he would always re-
sent petition, no matter from which
party 1t came if he believed 1t was honestly
obtained. He had not presented the petit
ton sent up by Mr.. Mcguire because he
did not believe 1t represented the senti-
msnt of the union, and he had realized
siguer of the petition and found that they
were free traders, single takers and philo-
sophical anarchists.
Mr.. Sickles, dem of New York, defend
ed the purpose of the secretary of the
treasury to issue bonds.
briefly in favor of free wool. Mr.. Psndls-
ton, dem, # West Virginia, and Nj.
Grain, DEM, of Texas, spoke in favor of
the Wilson bill, and Mr.. Loud, rep, of
California, in opposition. Mr.. Dingeley,
rep of Maine, in an earnest speech de-
Tended the amendment proposed by Mr..
Burrows, substituting the present law for
tbs wooden schedule In the Wilson bill. He
went into an intricate srithmetical srgu-
ment to show the consequence which
would follow the placing of wool on the
free list.
Mr.. Pearson, dem, of Ohio. and Chair
man Wilson spoke against the proposed
and Messrs. Thomas, Picks
and Burrows In favor. The voc was i'm
ms 6stely taken by tellers, resulting In the
defeat of the amendment by q strict party
to Isl.
Mr.. johnson, dem, of Ohio. who Is 9
large manufacturer of steel rails, favored
placing steel rails on the fIss list. An
discussion followed in which
Dalzsll accused Mr.. johnson of making
false statements In the house recently and
Of altering the congressional record. He
1eVOteQ conel0eraole tlme 10 the q ueetlOn
Of Mr.. Johnson's payment of his employees
In scrip. Without action on the amend
ment the house took q recess. Mr.. Dalzsll
will continue his remarks In the morning.
At the evening session there was An I'M
usually good audience in the galleries, but
q very slim attendance on the floor. Mr..
ind, of Nebraska, advocated
the Wilson bill. Mr.. DeForsst, dem,
Of Connecticut, had very strenuous objsc
lions to the Wilson bill, notably the to.
bscco schedule, but he spoke in praise of
the bill. He denounced the republican
party and the republican policy OF protec-
ton and Landed the democratic larty and
everything democratic.
Mr.. Russell, rep of Connecticut, called
attention to the tendency to out and out
free trade as against q low tariff for
revenue only measure. He had never be-
fore, he said, witnessed such brazen ad
vocacy of the democratic doctrine of free
trade.
The republican policy of protection Was
based on facts and not on theories, as
serted Mr.. Russell. His speech was main
~ given to q contention for protection on
hosiery. He merely attempted to give .
brief outline of his views.
The house then adjourned.