The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-21
Congress Should Not Legislate
for England.
GROVER AND THE SHEEP MEN
How Little the President Really
Knows About One of Americas
Leading Industries.


reported a bill for the correction of an
error in the Boring Sea bill recently
passed. By the substitution Of the word
Exclusive" for Inclusive" the intent OF
the act, he said. had been entirely
| changed. The bill was passed.
The Peffer resolution for the appoint
ment of reception committee for Coxey's
army Of the Common veal, to be known ID
Senate parlance as "the Committee on
Communications" came up few minutes
before l O'Clock. but in those few minutes
il received some very rough hanoling'
Senator Hawley, who dealt the blows,
said he would have preferred to nave some
of the dominant party in the Senate take
the floor. for certainly the speech yester-
,iay by Senator Allen of Nebraska ought
not to be allowed 10 go forth to the country
as representing in any degree the views OF
the Senate. He criticized Senator Allen
for his reference to the Common veal army
as "tbe people," and also for his illusions
to the district militia, under command OF
General Ordway, and he ventureo 10 say
that General Ordway had been given more
time to study the question than nad the
Senator from Nebraska, and that not one
step would be taken by him except at the
command of the civil power. These men
who are coming here did not represent
the general views of the people; they were
not coming with the intention of pros
trating themselves at the feet OF Congress,
but to impress it by their presence. In
conclusion Hawley said there were many
other things in Aliens speech which
should be refuted, but be did not propose
to do ii.
81 am sorry to say" he continued. ''but
l feel bound to say 1t, that the speech of
the Senator from Nebraska is such as
would be received with applause by gang
of anarchists, and it would not require
wide scope to discover in 1t the microbes
and bacilli of anarchism."
Senator Alien intended to reply TO Sena-
tor Hawley, but the time being up the
resolution went over without action, and
the tariff bill being laid before the Senate.
Mr.. Gallinger of New Hampshire spoke
against 1t. He denounced the bill as one
that nobody unQualifiedly approves, ex-
cept the Senators from Missouri and Indi.
ana, McLaurie and Turpie. Even the
author entered an apology for the measure.
1t was strictly Southern bill, and most
of the New England money invested in the
South would forever be lost If it became a
law. He took ur in turn the various in
dustries of New England which would be
Injured if the bill became law, and said
it increased the tax on spirits to benefit
alone the whisky trust. Free wool would
ruin the wool industry and the income tax
was denounced as sectional and unjust
The laboring masses of the North had set
hal of do ha
no longer vote the ticket they voted last
year, but would ally themselves with the
party that stands for protection. good
wages and happy and comfortable homes.
In the course OF Gallinger's speech run
ming controversy came uD between Gray
of Delaware and Aldrich of Rhode Island,
the latter asserting and the former deny
ing tn at al recent elections the people had
expressed their reprobatlon of the kind of
tariff reform now before Congress. When
Gray said the only way to settle the dis
pute was by popular vote Gallinger asked
if Gray would agree to postpone further
action until the people could be heard In
November?
II would not dare 60 home," replied
Gray, eff did agree"
Aldrich reminded Gray that the Demo-
cratic press OF the country had had moth
ing but words OF praise for the two
speeches in opposition to the bill from the
Democratic side of the chamber. Their
appeal TO put the bill in such shape as to
conform to Democratic policy had the
hearty support of all Democrats of the
North.
''The Senator from Rhode Island is
L @t,o
speeches to which he alludes." replied
Gray. shut / understand that both those
speeches, certainly the last. was confined
to discussion of the income tax feature,
which has about as much relation 10 the
tariff reform measure demanded by the
people in 1892 as an ukase by the Russian
Emperor, and if the Senator from Rhode
Island builds any hope on that foundation
he will have to sympathize with his disap-
pointment."
IL shall be very much surprised" said
Mr.. Aldrich, eff great many Senators on
the opposite side do not soon come to the
conclusion that the income tax is very
important feature of tbs BILL"
SIS the Senator opposed to this tax?"
asked Mr.. GRAY.
II am opposed to the income tax and
every other feature of the tariff bill before
the Senate" replied Mr.. Aldrich.
Senator Gallnger was followed by Sena-
tor McMillan. who said that comparison
between the Wilson bill as it came from
the House and the Canadian tariff sh owed
how close an understanding must have ex-
listed between the ramers of the two
measures. He pointed out in detail the
terms which showed parallel between
the two bills.
Mr.. D0lDh followed In speech against
the bill. in which he incidentally paid
high tribute to ex-President Harrison.
Dolph reviewed the history of the two last
I national campaigns. the enactment by the
publicans of the Mckinley law in re-
Spouse to the mandate OF the people. the
dire disasters threatened by the supremacy
of Jbe Democrats and the imminent enact.
ment Of a revenue tariff. He went over
the history of progress under protection
in the last thirty years. 1t had been at
tempted, be said, to make the Sherman
law scapsgoat for the ills that appeared
after Cleveland's election.
Referring to cotton ties. he said ut is