The morning call., 1894-01-17
HARTMAN'S GIFT OF TALK.
Raking Up ReCoIlectiOns That
Cannot Be Pleasant.
ONE OF DANA'S FAMOUS PHRASES
Employed With Telling Effect in
the Debate on the
Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-Very little prog
ress was made with the amendment of the
tariff bill to-day. The Republicans, under
the leadership of Burrows, made another
struggle to secure the right to offer amend
ments alternately with Wilson, but the
chairman held, in view of the precedent of
procedure when the Wilson bill was under
consideration, that Wilson, on behalf of
the majority Of the committee. was euii-
tied to perfect his bill before twas thrown
open for miscellaneous amendment.
Several minor amendments were agreed
to- the most important being that to change
the duty on condensed milk from 20 per
cent 20 cents a pound. Almost the en-
tire afternoon was spent in discussing the
day upon which free wool and the cOrre-
spending reduction IN wOOlens should go
into effect. No conclusion vas reached.
When consideration of the bill was re-
sumed to-day Wilson Immediately began
ufferng committee amendments. The first
was to reduce the duties on fuTs for hat
ters' use from 90 to 10 er cent.
Bowers of California got recognition
and argued for the present duty on raisins.
He created much amusement by throwing
an armful of California raisiDs toward
the Democratic side. There was great
scrsmbling among the members and soon
half the House was complacently MUNICH
ing the fruit.
The next amendment to place on the
free list, in addition TO books printed over
twenty years, photographic charts was
agreed to.
The amendment changing the rate on
sugar of milk from 90 per cent ad valorem
TO cents per pound occasioned consider
able debate, the Republicans declaring it
was new industry. inaugurated in $780,
and the proposed reduction would ruin it,
and protesting against bringing up children
on imported articles. Breckinridge de-
Tended the committee amendments.
The amendment of the tobacco tax re-
stricting the increase of the tax on cigar
cites from so cents thousand to 81 30 to
those wra ped in paper was agreed to.
Wilson offered al amendment to make
the free wool schedule 90 into effect on
August l. 1894. This was vigorously op-
posed by 10 hnsOn (D.) OF Ohio and War
ner CD of New York, but on different
grounds. The former claimed that the
amendment delayed free wool and the ben
eft to come from IL too long, and the latter
cOntended that if wool manufacturers
would not have free wool in time to give
the people cheaper wooden goods next win
ter he was in favor of allo owing the present
duty TO stand. in order TO give the farmers
a market for their wool during the season.
Bowers (R.) OF California asked if he
had not claimed that free wool would in
crease the price of wool.
Warpar pliad that no did
on the free list in February, but if it could
not go in effect the market should be re-
tanned for this year. This precipitated a
general discussion, in which Payne.
Springer, Pickler. Simpson, johnson
and Cannon took part. Wilson ex-
planned the amendment at length.
and the debate on the date on which
the wool schedule should 20 into
effect was taken up by Messrs. GrOut
Moses. Bowers. Blair, Hall. Bryan, Bland,
Breckinridge of Arkansas. johnson of
Ohio, Hermann, Enloe, Henderson, Mont
gomery. Weadock, Blair. Marsh, Loud and
Hartman, the last named denoGncing the
whole bill and calling the attention of its
author Ito his prophecy of universal re-
vival of business when the Sherman law
was repealed.
'Con sidering the result OF that proph-
ecy," said Hartman, amid a storm of Re-
publican applause and laughter, II don't
know whether be is prophet, the son of
a prophet or only the mouthpieee of the
stuffed prophet of BuZzsrds Bay Will
eOD then tried to obtain a vote on the
question. bat without success. aud at $50
o'clock, without action on the pending
amendment, the House took a recess until
evening.
At the night session, Arnold. McDermoDd
and Ellis addressed the House and at 10
o'clock the House adjourned.