The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-14

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-There was not
the usual crowd in the galleries when
the House convened at IL o'clock. and
there was but slim attendance upon
the noor immediately after the read
ing OF yesterdays journal the Presi-
dents message transmitting the supple.
mentery Hawaiian correspondence to
Congress was laid before the House. No
one objected to its reference to the com.
mittee on foreign affairs and no one
asked for the reading of the instruc.
tions or CORE; pondence.
Richardson (Tenn.) asked unanimous
consent to dispense with the call of
committees for reports, which was or
dered, and at 11:1O the House went into
com mittee OF the whole to consider the
tariff bill.
Picker (Rep., S. d. was first re.
cognized. He addressed the committee
in opposition to the Wilson bill. His
State being principally engaged in
agriculture, Picker confined his re-
marks almost entirely to the agricul.
tural features of the Wilson bill.
Turner (Ga } then addressed the com
mittee in defense of the Wilson bill.
On the question Of rice he said that the
gentleman from the other side of the
cham Der had made sighting illusions
to the discrimination which had led to
the imposition Of tax on rice. Rice
was An exotic in this country.
The Southern men were unable to
produce rice until the gentlemen from
the North had sold them the labor to
work the rice fields And it was tn de-
scendants of tho African slaves who
were now working in the rice industry
OF the South. The tax was left on rice
out OF sympathy of the committee for
those poor Africans and not in answer
to any appeal from him (Turner) Dem
ocratic applause).
Turner Wins Great Applause
Turner's speech held the attention OF
the entire House and & .llery and was
frequently interrupted by laughter and
applause, and as he took his seat the
| uproa became so marked and so lang
| continued that the chairman had great
difficulty in securing order for the next
| speake', irosvenor, (Ohio,) who ad-
dressed the House in opposition to tie
bill.
| In the course OF his speech Grosvenor
referred to the object lesson given yes
terday by Simpson. At 1:50 the time OF
Mr.. Grosvenor expired and Bourke
Cochran was recognized.
Cochran said he had consented to
| speak partly because he did not believe
he would ro.ard the passing of the bill
by SO doing, and partly in the hope that
some of his remarks might lead to some
| counter assertions from tho Repub-
licans
Objection had been made to the
m q ND
| raise enough revenue for the use Of the
Government. The objection presup-
poses that the reduction of tariff rates
means reduction of tariff receipts. If
he believed that this bill would reduce
the revenue, he would not support it,
he believed, on the contrary, that the
revenues would be increased by de-
creasing the tariff, and his belief was
based on the experience of all the
civilized nations OF the world.
When Cockran'S time expired Mont
gomery, Of kentucky, who was to
follow, yielded his time and Cochran
went on with his speech and his anus.
ing colloquy with Walker (Rep., Mass).
"A Step in the Direction OF Economic Re-
form.
The Wilson BILL" he said, was a
step in the direction of economic re-
III III dHu buo OOu ulerClal lrecQOm OF the
country Let us pass this BILL" he
continued, land l promise you that it
will take moro than six months of
hard times to put soup kitchens in
every city (applause.)
When Cochran sat down there was an
outburst of applause such as has rarely
boon witnessed in the history OF the
House Cheer after cheer rang out
from the galleries, which the chairman
was powerless to repress. And when it
had appeared that tho crowd had got
tired Of cheering tho enthusiasm broke
out again and again, and cries Of vote"
VOTE
When the tumult had somewhat sub
sided Taylor, (Rep, TENN spoke in
opposition to the bill. He was followed
in order by Draper, (Rep., Mass.) on
the same side. Weadock, dem
Mich.) next spoke for the bill and
Doolittle, (Rep Wash against it.
At $50 the committee rose and the
House took q recess until o'clock ohis
evening.
The Night Session.
There was much better representa-
ton OF members present when the
House met to night than at any other
previous night session. The first
speaker was Wright (Rep., Mass }, who
asserted the passing Of the Wilson bill
would close American factories and
workshops and would not result in civ