The Portland daily press., 1894-01-17
LII AND THE TARIFF.
Senator's Talk Of the Dusky Queen
and the President.
REPRESENTATIVES, CONTJNIJE THE
TARIFF BATTLE.

With a Proclamation Concerning the
Treasury-He Says It Needs Strengthen
ing But the National Credit Is All
Right-Mr. Manley on Mr.. Hornblower's
Rcjection-Immigrant Inspection.
Washington, January 16-In the con-
sideration of the tariff bill in the House
today long and interesting discussion
was participated in by the renewal of
Mr.. Burrows's effort to secure recognition
to offer an amendment. He said that
when he made similar attempt yester-
day certain gentlemen on the other side
supported the chairman's refusal to
recognize him on the ground that in
the Fifty-frst Congress, the chairman of
the comm ittee of the whole recognized
MIR. Mckinley to offer eighty-eight
amendments before receiving any from
the Democratic side. AS a matter of
fact, he said, Of the amendments offered,
only five or six were offered by Mr.. Nc
Kinley. Mr.. Breckenridge, Democrat of
Kentucky, offered the first amendment,
snd number were offered by Mr.. Nc
M1llln, Democrat of Tennessee After
three days special order was adopted,
| under which the remainder of the bill
was read through and was opened to
amendments.
Mr.. McMillin, Democrat of Tennessee
and Mr.. Springer, Democrat of Illinois,
defended the ruling of the chairman and
Mr.. Reed, Republican of Maine, and Mr..
Burrows, Republican of Michigan, at
tackled it asserting that there was no
similitude between the conditions ex-
1st1ng in the Fifty-hrst Congress and in
the Fiftythird.
Mr.. Enloe, Democrat of Tennessee, said
that he believed the gentleman from
Maine Mr.. Reed) was technically correct
He did not think Mr.: Wilson could claim
recognition AS matter of right. AS
| chairman of the committee on ways and
means, he hoIel the chairman would
recognize the gentleman from West
Virginia. (Mr. WiIson.)
The chairman reaffirmed his decision
announced yesterday and as precedent
he read from the Journal of the Fifty
the Mckinley bill was under discussion
Mr.. Reed recognized Repu blican to
offer an amendment then recognized an
other Repu blican to offer an amendment
to the amendment, then recognized an
other Republican to offer substitute to
the amendment and then recognized an
other Republican to offer an amendment
crat (Nfr. Bland) asked for recognition,
Mr.. Reed coolly told him that no more
amendments were in order. democratic
laughter in which Mr.. Reed Joined. The
Chairman then announced that he
would not recognize Mr.. Burrows.
Mr.. Wilson was recognized and sub
stituted an amendment providing that
the free wool schedule should not 20
into effect until August 1, 1894.
Mr.. Payne, Republican of New York,
offered an amendment to this amend
| ment fixing the date at which the free
wool clause should take effect as October
!, 1898. These amendments furnished
the text for many sharp speeches and not
a few amusing incidents.
Mr.. johnson, Democrat of Ohio, subuIit-
ted for the amendments pending one pro-
viding that the free wool clause should
go into effect Immediately after the pas
sage of the Wilson bill.
Mr.. Wilson, Democrat of West Virginia,
said it was impossible to predict when
the bill would take effect. He would
like to give the wool growers a chance
to bring up their spring kids. He pro-
posed to offer another amendment fixing
the date at which the reduction on wool
| en- manufactures should take effect as
December 1, 1894, in order that manu-
facturers might work off their stock of
woods.
Mf. SOu6c, D6IuOCiaU Ol wyoming, aO-
| vocated a revenue tax on wool.
Mr.. Wilson asked unanimous consent
| that further discussion of the pending
| amendments be limited to ten minutes.
| Mr.. Bowers, Repu blican of California,
objected and Mr.. Page Democrat of
| Rhode Island, delivered a strong plea in
| favor of the passage of the Wilson amend
ment. Within forty-eight hours after
| the announ cement,of the adoption of the
| amendment, he said the manufacturers
| of New England would have thousands
| and hundreds of thousands and millions
| of dollars of orders and the mills would
be started up. democratic cries of "vote,
vote")
| Mr.. Bowers was recognized to submit
| by MIR. johnson. Mr.. Bowers's amend
menJ provides for the taking effect of the
| wool schedule December 30, 1899.
| The committee arose without coming
| to any decision on the pending amend
| ments and the House took recess.
| Spice and humor were added to the
debate today by Mr.. Bowers who leavi ng
condensed milk to take of itself drifJed
into the subject Of sraisins. Mr.. Bowers
has very forcible way of stating things
and as object LESSONS are the order of the
day produced box of raisins, grown in
his district which he put up against Mr..
Simpsons shoddy overcoat. the gentle
man from Kansas, ne Sa1Q, Q1d not KNOW
whether the overcoat was shoddy or
wool, or whether it was American or
foreign Mr.. Bowers guaranteed his
| raisins to be genuine American products,
| not shoddy but all wool and yard wide.
Republicans crowded around Mr.
Bowers to sample his American product
and for while there was a school boy
scrimmage for raisins, when Mr.. Bowers
interfered in order to save some OF his
samples for the Democratic side of the
House. The House was i'll a turmoil and
the galleries were laughing at the scene
presented on the floor when Mr.. Enloe,
Democrat of Tennessee, laughingly sug-
gested that the Repu blicans were destroy
ing the argument of Mr.. Bowers.
There was somewhat better attend
ance of the members on the floor at the
evening session, and as usual a good at
tendance in the gallery. Mr.. Arnold.
Democrat of Missouri, advocated the
Wilson bill. Mr.. Ellis, Republican of
Oregon, held that the bill was extremely
sectional in it's provisions, and that the
Pacific coast had been particularly harsh
ly treated. Every article produced on the
Pacific coast, he said, was placed on the
free list.
PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
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