The record-union., 1894-01-13
Hits Hawaiian Resolution Favor
ably Reported to the House.
REPRESENTATIVE SIMPSON SPEAKS
ON THE TARIFF BILL
Nine People Supposed to Have Been
Drowned Through the Giving Way
of Temporary Bridge Over Creek
in New York-Tragedy in Court
Special to the REcoRp-UNrox.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, Jan. FIN the House
the Senate amendments to the joint reso-
ton for the appointment of joint COM
mission to examine into the personnel of
the navy were agreed to.
The Foreign Affairs Committee reported
favorably Mr.. Hits resolution calling
on the President for all Hawaiian infor-
nation received since the special mes
sage.
Objection was made to its immediate
tariff debate, Mir. Brosius of Pennsylva-
MIA continuing his argument begun yes
terday.
Messrs. Everett, Pendleton, Black and
Payne also spoke on the measure.
Simpson followed. He said that while
he intended to vote for the Wilson bill,
there were many provisions in it which
he did not approve. He was not one of
those who ever believed that the Demo-
ocratic party, brought to a test, would
carry out its pledges, tor he knew that
while there were honest Democrats, the
action of the Democratic party, like that
OF the Republicans, was controlled by the
L L
said be, islands on platform pledged,
as he interpreted it, to the principle of
free trade. The intolerable burden put
upon the agricultural classes through an
indirect system of taxation had been one
of the potent causes which produced the
present condition of affairs. The farmers
of the country in 1850 owned 90 per cent.
of the wealth, % per cent. in 1860, 40 per
cent in 1880 and 80 per cent in 1890"
t. tlnt
created great applause and amusement by
treating the House to the spectacle of
dilapidated overcoat. He proposed to
show the House exactly what the poor
people of the country did wear. Reach
ing down under his desk, he seized a tat
tered old overcoat, fringed at the edge and
bespangled with great patches. He held
it on high, while the House and galleries
cheered. 81 bought that of farmer"
said he, 'who told me he left home at II
o'clock at night and had driven twenty
five miles to sell his product in your
boasted home market. There, as Cleve-
land said, is an object lesson. Laughter.
There is a sample of what men wear un-
der the beneficent system of protection.
1t is made of shoddy and rags. See. He
ripped 1t up the back Yet" he added,
II can find it's duplicate on the backs of
a million men in this country"
'Where did he buy it ?" asked Cannon
of Illinois.
"He bought it year ago in this city for
IS, and l bought him another shoddy
coat to take its place for $40 40."
Laughter.
lis it American or imported ?" asked
Cannon.
81 don't know" replied Simpson. 81
don't care, but it is the product of Ameri-
can protection. No one can deny that"
Laughter and applause.l
the people to ring out the old and ring
in the new order of things.
Many persons rendered him personal
congratulations when he sat down.
Daniels (Republican) of New York
argued against the bill.
Mcdowell (Republican) of Pennsyl-
vania followed, and Meikeljohn (Repub-
Iican) of Nebraska closed the debate for
the afternoon session in opposition TO the
bill.
IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-In the Senate
Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska called up his
resolution directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to inform the Senate from what
sources the gold coin in this country,
outside of the Federal Treasury, was in
creased to the amount of SSS, ,000, 900 dur
ing the fiscal year 1898, as expressed in
his recent report for that year.
The Senate went into executive session
and confirmed Isaac j. Wooten of Della
ware, after a long discussion, to be In
dian Agent in Nevada; also, Preston to
be Director of the Mint. Then the ex-
ecutive session arose and the Senate adj
y