The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-03
One by One the Amendments
to the Wilson Bill Pass
the Senate.
WOOL ON THE FREE LIST.
The Collars and Cuffs Job-No
Break In the Democratic
PhalanX.

made last evening. Mr.. Harris (dem., Tenn.l,
the parliamentary director of the Tariff
bill, remarked that the questions still re-
manning open in that bill were more numer-
Gus than-though perhaps not so important
as-those which had been disposed of yester
day He therefore hoped that Senators
would consent and resolve to dispose of the
bill before adjournment today so that the
senate might have holiday tomorrow. he
should not attempt any coerclve measures on
the subject, either now or hereafter; but he
appealed, in all sincerity and earnestness to
Senators to try and dispose Of the bill today.
TO FINISH TODAY.
Mr. Platt. rep, Conn, J agreed with Mf.
Harris in his desire to finish the bill today;
but if that should not be done he would ike
to know whether the Senator from Tennes-
fee would still insist on session tomorrow.
Mr.. Harris replied that consulting his own
sense of duty and propriety, he should stay
here tonight and all day tomorrow and to-
morrow night, rather than let the bill go
over another day or two
Mr.. Cullom rep, Ill., suggested that
more progress would be made If the
Senate proceeded at once to the consider
tion of the bill Mr.. Chandler, rep, n. H.
said that, so far as he was concerned. he was
willing to have the bill finished today If it
could be done, with due consideration, OF if
not today on Thursday: but he certainly
hoped that the Senator from Tennessee
would on no account think of proceeding
with this bill on the Fourth OF July. lie
could not conceive of worse work for the
Senate of the United States to engage in than
to continue the attack which this bill made
on American industries. on the day which
signalized American independence.
The first vote was then taken on Mr.. Mills
motion OF last evening to put burlaps and
grain bags (270) on the free list and it was
To
The vote in detail was as follows:-
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Black
burn, Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner, George,
Gray, Harris, Hill Hunton. Irby, Jarvis,
Jones, Ark. Lindsay, McLaurin, Mills,
Mitchell, Wis, Peace. PETER, Perkins,
Ransom. Roach, Tucnie, Vest. Villas and
Nays-Messrs. Allison, Cullom. Davis,
FREE, Gallinger, Hale, Hawley. Lodge Nc
MILAN, Platt Power, Quay. Sherman,
Shoup Stewart, Teller and Washburn-11.
COLLARS AND CUFFS.
The next reserved vote was the committee
amendment making the duty on collars and
cent. ad valorem; and on shirts and other
articles of wearing apparel so per cent
Remarks of bitterly satirical character
were indulged in by Senators Chandler rep,
N. H. and Hale rep, Maine.) The former
spoke of the protective duty on collars and
rnented upon the disappearance from the
struggle Of the so-called conservative Sen
ators from Maryland (Mr. Gorman); New
Jersey (Mr McPherson), and New York
tMr. Murphy, whose demands had all
been satisfied. The latter Senator, he said
stood triumphant before the people Of his
own city and State, as the author and de-
fender Of a protection of 125 per cent. duty
on collars and cuffs Nothing could be more
absurd, he said than the vote which the
Senate had Just given, putting burlaps and
grainbags on the free list, and that which it
would shortly give putting duty of l25 per
cent. on collars and cuffs.
Mr. Hale thought that the Senator from
New York (Mr. Murphy should be praised
for the self-restraint he had shown In not in
sisting on fair measure of protection for
the hundreds and thousands of industries II
his own State, and conhnlng himself Ito
the comparatively small industry of collars
and cuffs in his own city of Troy.
That Senator knew he had the
power to exact greater conditions by far
than he had done, aud might eKclaim, in the
language of Give, Il wonder at my moder-
alton" [Laughter1 The committee amend
ment was then agreed to--yeas, 43; nays, 3,
Messrs. Allison, Carey, Manderson, Pfeffer
and Sherman. The next reserved vote was
on schedule n, wool and manufactures
of wool" The committee amen dment
striking out of the bill paragraph 2 rs,
putting duty of Is per cent. ad valorem
on wool was agreed to, without OPP
position or division, and Mr..
Sherman (rep. Ohio moved to insert para
graph putting a duty of so per cent. ad VI
loren. Mr.. Sherman advocated his PROPOSE
tion making what he called last appeal to
the Senate to give some protection to one of
the great industries of the country"-an in
dustry which gave more or less employ
ment to over a million farmers.
WOOL AND WooLENS.
Mr.. George dem, Miss) asked Mr. Sher~
man whether he would be content with
small duty on wool without also raising the
duties on wooden goods Mr.. Sherman re-
piled that no change of duties would be re-
auired on woolen goods except as to one
class.
Mr. George:-"Do you believe that your
associates take the same positlon"
Mr. Sherman They are able to speak
for themselves"
Mr.. George:-''I would be glad to vote for
the Senator'S amendment if | supposed that
it would not be made the ground of another
claim for raising duties on woollen goods"
In the further course of his remarks Mr.
Sherman said that there had been no oppo-
siUion on the part of the woollen manufac
turers to reasonable duty on wool
Mr. Hoar rep, Mass.) asked Mr. Sherman
il he knew of anything which a New Eng
land Senator could do, or anything which a
New England Senator had failed TO do, that
would have kept up the duty on wool
Mr.. Sherman was glad to say that every
representative of q manufacturing State on
the Republican side of the Chamber and
every Republican Senator had. from the
beginning of the controversy to this hour,
been in favor of giving to the farmer his
share of protection on wool. Both Senators
from Massachusetts, especially had not only
voted for it but had spoken for it in the
strongest language. The interests of the
wool grower and of the woolen manufac-
turer were Identical What injured one in
iured the other.
HoAR's HUMBUG.
Mr.. Hoar hoped that Mr.. Sherman's
amendment would be adopted The deadii-
est blow, he said, that it was IN the
power of man to strike at the manufaetur
ing prosperity of New England would be
the placing Of wool on tine free list. 1t
was none the less deadly because it would
be accompanied by some modicum of pro-
lection to it that would enable it to
continue languishing life for brief time.
Ii the man who adopted it were to continue
in national powers there should be written
over the gates of every woolen factory OF
the New Englann states this motto:
"The feet of the men who have carried
out the Western farmer are ready to carry
thee out also"
After nearly two hours discussion the
vote was taken 0nsMr. Shermans motion to
put wool on the dutiable list at 30 per cent.
ad valorem and it was rejected-yeas, 81;
nays. 81. There was no detection from the
Democratic ranks. The Populists Allen and
Kyle did not vote. The other two-Peffer
and Stowart-voted aye.