Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-13
TARIFF DISCUSSION.
EVERETT, OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND
JERRY SIMPSON TAKE PART.
Payne. OF the Ways and Means Committee
Makes n sharp Attack ON the
Wilson Measure.

Nli~On
WASHINGTON. d. c., January H.
SENATE The Senate was In session for
three hours to-day, but only half an
hour was passed with open doors. the
remainder Of the time being given 10
the consideration OF executive business
and large number Of nominations were
confirmed.
During the halr hour OF open session
Mr.. Alien Populis,l. Of Nebraska. Offer
ell 4 resolution directing the Secretary
Of the Treasury 20 inform the Senate
from what source or sources the gold
coin Of the country Outside Of the Trea-
sury) was increased TO the amount OF
Sc, $50 OOO during the fiscal year, as stated
I'm his recent report.
Mr.. Allison. of Iowa, asked Mr.. Allen
to read the passage In the Secretary
report on which the resolution was based.
Mr.. Allen did 80. and said that there
was evidently a mistake in the report
somewhere. and that his sole purpose was
To have the mistake corrected. The
resolution was agreed TO.
At 1880 f. NJ the Senate went into
executive session and adjourned as soon
as the doors were reopened until Mon
day.
HOUSE OF PRESENTATIVES.
There was 4 fair attendance on the
floor and In the galleries when the House
met al II o'clock.
Mr. McCreary. chairman Of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs. reported back
the resolution of Mr.. Hitts, which was
introduced week ago and referred TO that
committee
The resolution requests the President 20
communicate to the House, If not in
consistent with the public interest, any
information received since his message OF
December Is. 1898. or which was trans
mitted Herewith and is now in his pos
session. touching the recently reported
events I'm the Hawaiian Islands, or any
attempt 10 oyerturn the government
therein. and whether any officer or any
vessel IF the United States has taken any
uart i'm these events, and, II So, by whose
order.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs re-
commended that the resolution be adopt
ed but the Speaker ruled that pending
| the operation Of the special order re-
| Gently adopted by the House unanimous
| consent was required to consider the reSo-
luton at this time. Objection was made
and Mr.. McCreary then asked that the
resolution should lie on the table tempo
rariy without losing It's privilege ana
| this WAS ordered. .,
| The Speakers table being cleared OF all
executive communications and Senate bll's
! the committees were called for reports
| and none being forthcoming the House,
| at II 10 o'clock. went into Commute ~
| the Whole To consider the tariff bill WIN
| Mr.. Richardson, Of Tennessee, III III,
| chair.
BROSIU'S AND EVERETT.
Mr. Brosius Republicam, Of Penn
! sylvania. was recognized, and conpieteu
the speech in which he was Interrupted
when the House took a rec 80 yesterday
| To show the limited extent To WhlcH
! local goods were used, even In the states
! of this country he read an amusing de-
| scription which the late Henry W. Grady
| gave OF burial IN Georgia. lie sald
/ the grave was cut through the SOHO
rock OF a marble quarry, yet the tomb
stone over his head came from Vermont
Hc was buried in the depths Of a pine
forest. yet his pine coffin came from
| Cincinnati: he was laid within touch o'
an iron mine. get the nails In his conn
were imported from PittsburS. lie wor'
q coat from New York and shoes IRON
| Cincinnati, leaving him nothing 10 carry
into the next world 10 remind MN OF
| tho country which was his home but th'
chilled blood in his veins and the mar
row in his bones. daughter and 'ap
| pldusc.)
Mr.. Everett OemocraO. Of Massachu
| setts. the cigi,-service retormer and tarif
! raformar took the floor lie said he wa
| going 10 vote for this bill because he ha'
| believed for years that such n measure
was demanded by patriotic considerations
and he WAS proud to belong 10 the Demo
| cratic party. which was pushing forward
! i'm this reform democratic applause.
! Three years ago the Republican part'
! admitted that revision OF the tariff law
was necessary but Insisted that thi
| revision should be LEFT IN the hani
| Of the friends Of the tariff. The Repub
! lican party came into power In 1873, an'
| they did revise the tariff; they revise
| il with a vengeance" daughter Ana
| before the ink on the Mckinley bill wa!
| fairly dry, the popular revolution came
the polls and the demand for a genuine
revision OF the tariff went forth-no
| that il should be amended by its friends
but by the Democratic party. Demo
cratic applauscD He thought the Wilson
bill did not go far enough.
It's free list was not wide enough; bu
he accepted it as the best thing that coul.
! be obtained at this time. THE objection
to tariff tinkering" said Mr.. Everett
comes with very bad grace from thos
who have changed the tariff some tel
| times since the protective policy wa
| adopted I'm the Congress Of 1850 and lsbl.
! He was surprised to see that the Amrrl
can worltingmen could be made to encour
age and support a restrictive and con
rractiye and oigarchical system. whicl
sayored Of the feudalism Of the old work
states. Give US free ships; give us fre
| ores. give us free iron" said Mr.. Everett
| In conclusion, he said he believed In sim
| plifying the tariff, In extending the lre
| list and levying a tax upon only a rev
articles. ..-.,.,,.
INCOME-TAX PROPOSITION.
| At the conclusion Of his remarks he wa
enthusiastically applauded, and when IN
disorder had somewhat subsidized Mt
Black. OF Georgia was recognized an
devoted a large part OF his remarks 10
discussion OF the income-tax feature
which ne understood 10 90 hand In han
with the Wilson revenue bill IL had beel
said that this tax was unfriendly ant
iniauitous lie could not speak for othef-
but as far as he was concerned ne ma
| never looked on any tax as a DlesslhS' no
welcomed the tax-cOllector 20 the bosom
of his family. lie had inquired lately a
TO the manner OF coii'''lH5 '"F'"
Georgia. and he had learned that the Ia
collector or taX-assessor went 70 ever
nan and asked him how much prOpert
no had They went TO man ana aske
him how much jewelry he had and ho'
much household furniture he had, and ho'
much money he had on deposit in IN
bank. ana no antagonism had been eN
cited by this. But when it came TO a
income-tax. it was different. Then II wa
called inquisitorial and the taN-c0llecto
was looked upon as modern Iorluv
mada. and those men were seized WIN WIN, ~ a.
the horrors Of the Spanish lhluisl,loi ~
,,,,tn /, was said that the passage OF "a
income-tax law would be an incentive I
iviner and would encourage perjury.
II any man should endeavor to escap
from the imposition Of such tax as IN
,ncom, tax. he would advocate thorousi
searchlng In every crevice in the house Il