St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-14


the representatives were Mckinley Bur-
rows, Bayne and Dingley, every one from
the North. 1t might be mentioned Incl
denialiy that the bill concocted by these
sectionalists was rejected by the voters
with an emphasis that was very depreSs-
ing. in the congressional elections fol.
lowing, and repeated in the presidential
election that came after. 1t Is q very
small potato, this cry of sectionalsm.
and only betrays how desperately hard
up the outs are for ammunition.
BARB WIRE IN THE SENATE.
When the Washington dispatches
told OF Senator Palmer moving to re-
store barb wire to the tax list after the
senate, in committee of the whole. had
put 1t on the free list, we felt that there
must oe some mistake and awaited the
coming of the Record to see If its off,
cial account would solve what was in
comprehensive. The Record is hand
and the press report is fully authenti-
Gated. Were Mills to move to restore
wool to the tax list or Tom Johnson to
put protective tax Oh sugar we would
not be more surprised or panied. The
Illinois senator has been the most fire.
quent to break the silence the Demo-
cratic majority enjolnsd during the
progress of the bill in outbursts Of op-
position to protection, and it is a sore
disappointment to see him bend before
the pressure and pleading Of local in
terestS.
AS the matter of the taxati ON or free
dom nf h1riN tyiro &c a -
III all the regions of this great North
west we give space to the following ac-
count of the game of shuttle cock played
by the senate with this necessary ad-
]unct OF our farms, condensed from the
pages of the Record. When the bill was
In committee of the whole, Senator
Allen u.oved to put wire imported and
used exclusively for fencing on the free
list. The proceedings occupy pages
6254-6o and close with the adoption of
the amendment without a vote. On
July the bill was in consideration by
the senate Oh the report of it from the
committee of the whole, and Senator
Aliens amendment, which had been
reserved, was reached. 1t provided that
"5arbed wire, commonly used for fenc-
Ing. shall be admitted free of duty"
Senator Palmer objected to 1t because
this wire is a completed product, and
that 1t would be unjust to its makers to
put it on the free list while the ingots or
rods from which it was made were
taxed, and moved to strike out the pro-
viSo.
A running debate ensued in which
Allen changed the form of his amend
inent to read ''all wire imported ex-
cluslvely for fencing shall be admitted
free of duty under such regulations as
the secretary OF the treasury shall pre-
lScribe," to meet the objection that it
would admit all wire free. Pressed by
Allen, Palmer admitted that he asked
for the imposition of the tax as benefit
to the fence wire makers of Illinois, and
Senator Chandler congratulated him on
his first speech for protection. To the
objection that all wire would be i'm
ported under the pretense that it was
intended for fence wire. Senator Villas
stated that he had consulted the secre-
tary of the treasury, and that officer was
clearly OF the opinion that regulations
could be made which would prevent it.
The yeas and nays were taken on
Paimer's motion to strike out the d TO-
viso adopted in the committee, and it
carried, SO to %. with fifteen paired or
not voting. The Republicans, includ-
ing Davis, Washburn and Hansbrough,
voted solidly to strike out. and the fol.
lowing Democrats aided them: Blanch-
ard, Brice, German, Hill, Murphy,
Palmer and Smith. Senator Mills of
fered as all amendment the free listing
of wire rods, rivet, screw, fence. nail
and all other iron or steel rods, and all
wires made from them. This was de-
feated by a vote of II yeas to So NAYS,
of which wenty were Democrats. The
vote then required on Senator Aliens
amendment, and it was defeated. thirty.
two voting for and thirty-eight against
1t, the same seven Democrats as in the
previous vote joining all the Republic
cans.
AS there was some reason in the ey-
cuse that tax on the material rendered
a free listing of the finished product
unjust, Senator Villas offered the fol-
lowing amendment: "Ail wire and
material for the manufacture of wire
imported exclusively for fencing shall
be admitted free Of duty under such
regulations as the secretary of the
treas ury shall prescribe. The yeas and
nays were called and it was lost, TWEEN.
ty-nine voting yea and forty voting nay
All of the yeas were Democrats, and
the following Democrats joined the Re-
publicans in voting nay: Brice, Glib
son. German, Hill, Morgan, Murphy,
Palmer and Smith, and Martin, the
Populist, added his vote to the defeat.
Davis and Washburn. of this state. and
Hansbrough. of North Dakota, Joined
their fellow protectlonists in taxing
this article of prime need to the farm
ers of their states.
This is the story of the effort to give
the farmers of the country free fencing
material. We are not surprised at the
votes of the seven senatorial conspir-
ators; we might have expected that
Davis, with his free binding-twine
speech yet gratefully held in recollec-
ton by the farmers, might have consist
emily voted for the Villas amend ent,
but that Palmer, the doughty old de-
fender of free trade, should weaken be-
fore the makers of fence wire in his
state and yield to their demands, is a
humilating surprise. Davis, Washburn
and Hansbrough have at least the merit
of consistency in voting to add to the
cost of the fencing of their constituents,
for they are ultra protectioniSts, but we
confess that it is painful to find that
Palmer's feetare, after all. but clay.
DEMOCRATS have no sympathy for
disturberS of the peace. For the past
two terms the Third district of Chicago
has been represented in congress by
Allen G. Dur borrow, young and talent
ed Democrat, who was especially active
and efficient in securing all needed,