Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-01-17
TARIFF BILL DEBATE.

The House Gives 1t Its Attention.
Free Wool the Subject OF Consider
able Debate-Representa John
son Wants Everything Free.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Soon after the
opening of the house to-day Mr.. Wilson
began offering COMMITTEES amendments.
Several of . minor nature were agreed to
and then long and interesting discussion
was rrecipitated by the effort of Mr.. Bur-
rows, rep, of Michigan, to secure recoani-
ton to offer an amendment.
He said that when he hsd made Q SINH
lar attempt yesterday certain gentlemen on
the other side supported the chsirman's
refusal to recognize him on the ground
that In the Fifty first congress the chair
man of the committee of the whole had
recognized Mr.. Mckinley to offer eighty
eight amendments before receiving any
from the democratic eide. As q matter of
fact, he said, of the amendments offered
only five or six were offered by Mr.. Mo-
Kinley. Mr.. Breckenridge, dem, of Ken
lucky, had offered the first amendment
and a number had been offered by Mr.. Nc
Millin, dem, of Tennessee. After three
days Especial order had been adopted, un-
der wEich the remainder of the bill was
read through and was opened to amend.
ments, aud under that order the chairman
was recognized to offer eighty eight amend
ments.
Mr.. Mcmillan, dem of Tennessee, and
Mr.. Springer, dem, or Illinois, defended
the ruling of the chairman, while Mr.. Reed, ,
rep, of Maine, and Mr.. Burrows, rep, of
Michigan, attacked It, asserting that there
was no similitude between the conditions
existing in the Fifty-6rst congress and in
the Fifty-third.
Mr.. Enloe, DEM, of Tennessee. said he
believed the gentleman from Maine, Mr..
Reed, was technically correct. He did not
think Mr.. Wilson could claim recognition
az q matter of right as chairman of the
committee on ways and means. He wished
to preserve the individuality of members
and not merge them into Q committee or q
party. The chair might recognize q MEM
Der who was sitting In his seat while twen-
ty or more members were clsmoripg for
recognition. He hoped the chairman would
recognize the gentleman from West Viz
ginia
The chairman then resfirmed the de-
clsion which he had announced yesterday
and as a precedent he read from the jour
nal of the Fifty first congress, which
showed that while the Mckinley bill was
under discussion Mr.. Reed had recognized
Q republican to offer an amendment and
had recognized another republican to offer
an amendment to the amendment and
recognized another republican to offer q
substitute to the amendment and then
recognized another republican to offer an
amendment to the substitute.
The chairman then announced that he
would not recogn'zs Mr.. Burrows. Mr..
Wilson was recognized and submitted an
amendment prov, ding that the free wool
schedule should not 60 into effect until
August /, 1894.
Mr.. Payne, rep of New York, offered an
amendment to this amendment fixing the
date at which the free wool clause should
take effect on October !, 1898.
These amendments furnished the text
for many sharp speeches and not few
| amusing Incidents.
Mr. johnson. dem of Ohio, the free
| trader aud single taxer, said he wanted
thiup) and he wanted 1t 30 badly that he
was unwilling to wait for 1t until August
Mr.. Warner, dem, of New York, followed
in the came strain. He thought that If the
people could be given free wool on Fe5ru
airy they ought to have 1t then, and the
| sooner the better.
Mr.. Springer, DEM, of Illinois, opposed
| the amendment offered by Mr.. Payne, as /,
was framed in the interests not of the con.
sumner but of the grower.
| Mr.. Plckler, rep, of South Dakota, pro-
ceeded In his impetuous way to arraign thu
Wilson bill in general and ths wool sched
ule in particular.
Mr.. Simpson. pop, of Kansas, asked
whether wool had not declined In price
since 1t was 30 highly protected by the Nc
Kinley bill.
eyes," shouted Mr.. Picker, excitsdly
shut 1t has gone down three times As loS
In other countries as In this, aud it hal
been kept from going lower by the McKin
Icy law" [Repu blican applause
Mr.. johnson, dem, of Ohio, submitted
q substitute for the amendments pending
providing that the free wool clause should
60 into e fleet after the passage of the vii
son bill.
Mr.. Page, DEM, of Rhode leland, deliv
cred a strong speech in favor of the passinl
Of the amendment. Within forty eigh
hours after the announcement of the sdop
tion of the amendment, he said, the msnt,
facturers of New England would hsv
thousands and hundreds of thousands an,
millions of dollars of orders. and the mill
would be started up. he hopsd the vii
son amendment would be adopted tonight
There were democratic cries of "vote
vote, but Mr.. Bowers was recognized t
submit an amendment to the substitut
offered by Mr.. johnson.
The committee rose without coming t
any deeision on the pending amendment
and the house took o recess.
There was . somewhat better attendanc
; of members on the floor tonight and th
usual good attendance in tbs galleries. Nj
Arnold, dem, of Missouri, advocated th
Wilson bill. He conbatted the assertio
: that the present business depression Wa
due to the shadow of q low tart # measure
1t was attributable, in bis opinion, to Ii
gold msgnates. He predicted that bus
Hess would revive as coon as the bill WI
passed.
Mr.. Ellis, rep of Oregon, held that tt
bill was extremely sectional in its pr
7 visions and that the Pacific coast had bee
:. particularly harshly treated. Every artic
produced on the Psciic had been placed G
= the free list. Mr.. Ellis inveighed again
wool being placed on the free list.
Mr.. McDsarmon, dem, of Tennesss
g defended the Wilson bill.
MANY ANARCHISTS KILLED.
Five Hundred eff Them Engaged 1
Q An Encounter with q Squadron
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