The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-14

visions millions of dollars were thrown
TO the fishermen of Canada.
A careful inspection of the pending
bill disclosed the remarkable fact that
out of $50, 000,0 900 of duties which this
bill puts upon the free list, $35, 000,0O
were taken from the duties on agricul-
tural products. Yet his Democratic
friends and the present administration,
professedly, were the friends of the
farmer
Mr.. Mitchell also denounced the lum-
Der and coal schedules, and asks how
Maryland's senators could vote to
halve the duty on coal and close their
eyes to the magnificent development of
mining in their state. He asserted that
the Wilson bill finally destroyed silver
mining interests by reducing the duty
on lead contained in silver-lead ores.
Coming to a conclusion, Mr. Mitchell
quoted from a speech made by Sen
ator Voorhees, in 1881. to show that he
was once protectionist; then gave a
startling list of calamities and disasters
which had inflicted our country since
Cleveland's administration; described
in glowing terms the prosperity of the
country under the protective system,
and wound up as follows:
Time, and Wind Up!
THE bill as it stands today is based
on no definite. well recognized prin-
ciple or policy of customs taxation. 1t
is neither free trade nor protection,
and yet it is both. But one considera-
ton seems to have been uppermost in
the minds of its makers, and that is,
how shall we frame this bill, wherein
shall we make it free trade and where
in protective in it's policy, so as to
assure us of enough votes to secure its
passage.
This, Mr. President, is statesman
ship of the highest order. In it's gen
eral characteristics this bill reminds
one of the lines Of Wordsworth: The
swan on still ST Mary's lake. Float,
double swan and shadow
1.-The bill is sectional in the extreme
in its general makeup, giving protec-
ton to the products and industries of
one section and denying that protec-
ton to another.
I'm word, the pending bill is a
legislative monstrosity with the head
tail of the fish and the claws of a bear.
1t is un-American, un-democratic. I'M
republican. 1t is a dangerous menace
to the prosperity and general welfare
of the people of the United States, and
hence it is that the voice of patriot
ism, of Americanism, of republicanism,
and of real democracy demands that
and never be permitted to be born"
Wrangle Over Adjournment.
When Mitchell concluded his speech,
a few minutes after 5 o'clock, Senator
Chandler moved that the Senate adj
journ, and demanded the yeas and
nays.
Pending this, the vice-president laid
before the Senate a message from Pres
lident Cleveland transmitting some Ha-
Waiian correspondence. The motion OF
Mr.. Chandler was lost, but mo- quorum
having appeared, the vote being to 81
seven less than a quorum, a call of the
Senate was ordered, which showed the
presence of exactly a quorum.
Senator Hill inquired how many pairs
were announced, and being told there
were nine, made the point of order that
the record showed the names of quo
rum, for Sc had voted and nine more
had answered to their names and an
nounced their pair, thus showing the
presence of 45, or two more than q
quorum.
Some amusement was caused by this
effort to apply the counting of quo
rum to the Senate, and Senator Hoal
inquired whether Mr. Hill had made
the point simply to pay tribute tC
the wisdom of the late speaker of the
House (Reed).
Senator Quay also inquired whether
he wished a suggestion of Reed
rules
81 do not admit that Mr.. Reed has
any monopoly of such a simple rule
as this, and which may be applied tc
any parliamentary body" replied Mr.
Hill.
The vice-president was about to rule
on the question as to whether quo
rum had been shown to be present by
the last vote, but recognized Mr.. Hill
who, after he had obtained the floor
yielded it to Mr.. Cockrell, who moved
that, as it was too late to do any bust
ness, the Senate go into executive SEES
sion. This was agreed to, and they &C
cordingly did not learn whether the
president held that quorum was
present or not. After a short executive
session the Senate adjourned.