The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-14
TURNER ON THE RICE TAX.
The Import Duty Levied for the Bene-
fit Of the Negroes.

dulges In An Amusing Bout With
Ex-Speaker Reed-Grosvenor Takes
UP Jerry Simpson and the Farmers
Coat-Bourke Cochran Takes the
Floor and Becomes Humorous.
Washington, Jan. 13-There was noe
the usual crowd in the galleries when the
House convened this morning at IL
o'clock, and there was but slim attends
ance on the floor. Immediately after the
reading Of yesterdays iourn al the Presi.
dents message, transmitting the supple
mentary Hawaiian correspondence to
congress, was laid before the House. No
one objected to its reference to the COM
mittee on foreign relations, and no one
asked for the reading Of the instructions
or correspondence.
Mr.. Richardson, Of Tennessee, asked
unanimous consent to dispense with tho
call of the committees for reports, which
was ordered and, at II 10 o'clock, the
House went into committee of the whole
to consider the tariff bill.
Mr.. PiclSler, rep, of South Dakota, was
first recognized. He addressed the come
mittee in opposition to the Wilson bill.
His state being principally engaged in ag.
riculture, Mr.. Pickler confined his re-
marks almost entirely to the agricultural
features of the Wilson bill, all of which
he condemned. On the question Of wool
he was particularly emphatic.
THE DUTY ON RICE.
Mr. Turner, of Georgia, then addressed
the committee in defense of the Wilson
bill. On thequestion of rice he said that
the gentleman from the other side of the
chamber had made sighting illusions to
the discrimination which had led to the
imposition of a tax on rice. Rice was an
exotic in this country. The southern men
were unable TO produce rice until the gem
tlemen from the north had sold them
the labor to work the rice fields,
And 1t was the descendants Of
those African slaves who were now work.
ing the rice industry Of the south. The
TAX was left on rice out of the sympathy
of the committee for those poor Africans
aad not in answer to any appeal from him
(Turner). Democratic applausel. Those
semi-savages had lost the knowledge
Of their own language, il they ever had
any, and were unable to use improved
methods of cultivating rice.
BURRows' ATTACK ON THE BILL.
A few days ago, said MIR. Turner, the
gentleman from Michigan (Burrow had
arraigned this bill as having been framed
on the sympathies Of southern men and
on the principles of the confederate con.
stitution. THAT illusion to the princf.
Piles OF the confederate constitution is an
ancient chestnut in taraff debates" said
Mr.. Turner IF | were making the COM
stitution for new utopia" he said, ''I
would put into its fundamental laws the
principles which have been the occasion
of so much discussion. The republican
party should have greater reverence for
the confederate constitution, for IL
was to the existence of the
confederate constitution for four years
that the republican party owes its exist
ence" laughter. His chief regret for
the civil war and for his part in it re@J
suited from the consciousness that its ref
suits had gone to the enemies of our free-l
enemies of the best interests of our coun-l
try, and had put on the people of the !
country the oppression of a protective |
tariff. Applause on the democratic sidel Il
Therefore" he said, "let the gentle-i
man from Michigan speak reverently on
the confederacy, as / have learned to rev.l
erence George ~, who gave Georgef
Washington TO the world i1sug ate ~
and applause. "And for this reason, ifi
for no other, they should walk lightlyl
over the graves of the southern confed@
eracy" Laughter
ABOUT WITH REED.
He had a very amusing bout with MIR. (;
Reed, in the course of which he stated !
that he had admired his political acumen
and craftsmanship, but he had never been
able to agree with him on the matter Of a
legal decision. "Ihe gentleman from
Maine" he said, 'has been a sort of re-
former in his day" Laughter He hon.
ored him for his martyrdom and for his
adherence to his principles, but more than
all he admired him for his invention of a
quorumP Laughter and applause, in
which Mr.. Reed ioinedl
Mr. Turner's speech held the attention
of the entire House and gallery, and was
frequently interrupted by laughter and
applause, and as he took his seat the up-
roar became so marked and so long con-
tinued that the chairman had great difi-
Guilty in securing order for the next
speaker, Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who ad-
dressed the House in opposition to the
bill.
JERRY SIMPSON AND THE COAT.
In the course of his speech. MIR. Gros-
venor referred to the object lesson given
yesterday by Mr.. Simpson. Mr. Simpson,
said Mr.. Grosvenor, had looked up a
strange farmer, whose name he did not
know and whose word was worth MOTH
ing, and had bought thing called a gar
ment, which was said to have cost $40 so.
But Mr.. Simpson did not know that this
overcoat was not made abroad. He (Gros-
venor) had been 50 impressed with this
lesson that he had gone in search OF
similar one, and had purchased the suit
he wore for so. 1t was all wool, seams
silk sewed, make, color, trimming and
wear guaranteed TO give satisfaction. On
the other side, he exhibited an English
made suit of clothes which cost Sl6.75,
and which any clothing man would say
was worth 40 per cent. less than the
American suit he wore, Applause on the
republican side.
This incident gave rise to a running de-
bate, which was taken part in by Messrs.
Simpson, Bailey, Springer and others,
and the applause see-sawed between the
democratic and republican sides with the
even swing Of q pendulum.
COCHRAN TAKES THE FLOOR.
AT / so o'clock the time of MIR. Gros-
venor expired and Bourke Cochran was
recognized. Mr.. Cochran said he had
consented to speak partly because he did
not believe he would retard the passage
of the bill by so doing, and partly in the
hope that some of his remarks might lead
to some counter assertions from the re-
publicans. Objection had been made to
the bill on the ground that it would
not raise enough revenue for the
use of the government. The objec-
tion presupposed that the reduction Of