The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-19
WILSON'S BILL DEBATED.
A Vote in Favor of Free Wool-Free
Entry of Steel Rails.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-This morning at
1l:25 O'Clock the House went into commit
tee of the whole to consider the Wilson
bill.
The pending question was Mr.. Burrows
motion of yesterday TO substitute for the
wool clause of the pending bill the same
clause from the Mckinley bill. Almost
the entire day was taken up in a discus
sion of the question. and many interesting
and amusing speeches were made. The
proposition was defeated by a vote of a.
ayes to Isl nays The result was fore
gone conclusion, but contrary TO the opin-
ion ofsome, it was strict party vote.
FREE ENTRY OF STEEL RAILS.
Then MIR. Johnson. of Ohio, who is a
steel rail manufacturer, introduced an
amendment putting steel rails on the free
list. An interesting and acrimonious dis
cussion followed, in which Mr.. Dalzell,
rep, of Pennsylvania, accused Mr.. John
son of making false statements in the
House recently and of altering the Con
gressional Record. He devoted consider
able time to the question of Mr.. Johnson s
payment of his employees in scrip. He also
sent TO the desk and had read some news
paper articles accusing Mr. johnson of
irregular proceedings in the issue and re-
demption of this scrip.
No action had been taken on the amend
ment when the hour of ) 30 o'clock ar
rived, and the House took a recess until
S O'Clock tonight. Mr.. Dalzell will con
tinue his remarks in the morning, after
which Mr.. johnson will reply to the allie
cations
~ THE. NIGHT SESSION.
At the night session of the House there
was an. unusually good attendance in the
galleries to Offset the very slim atten-
dance on the floor.
McKeighan, Ind, of Nebraska, was the
first speaker of the evening. He was out
spoken for free trade. He advocated an
income tax and a direct tax whenever it
was possible. The Wilson bill went but
little way in the direction, but was a
step in the right direction.
And taking that view of the case. he
would vote for the bill, hoping that it
would prove prelude to good times to
come
Mr.. Sibley, dem, of Pennsylvania, then
addressed the committee. Mr.. Sibley
said he was not an ardent admirer of the
Wilson bill, but he thought it was prob
ably as good as could be concocJed by one
college professor and fifteen lawyers
Laughter.
DE FOREST SUPPORTS THE BILL.
Mr.. DeF'orest, dem, of Connecticut,
was the next speaker. He is one of the
membe OF the majority about whose
position on the Wilson bill there was
| some uncertainty. But though he had
very strenuous objections to some sections
of the Wilson bill, notably the tobacco
schedule, he had swallowed" his medi-
cine and spoke in praise of the measure.
He denounced the Republican party and
the republican policy of protection, and
| lauded the democrats and everything
democratic. At 1915 o'clock, Mr. De
Forests time expired.
Mr.. Russell, rep, of Connecticut, had
been booked to speak, but owing to the
lateness of the hour he contented himself
with calling attention to the tendency to
out and out free trade as against a low
| tariff for revenue only measure. He had
| never witnessed such plain and brazen
advocacy of the democratic doctrine of
free trade. His speech was mainly given
| to a contention for protection of hosiery.
He merely attempted to give brief out
line.of his views and at IL O'Clock the
House adjourned.