The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-13

marks. which were warmly applauded,
MIR. Pendleton, dem, OF West Virginia,
addressed the committee in favor OF the
bill The chairman stated in explanation
of his action. in recognizing two demo-
Gratis in succession. that he had an under
standing with some members on the re-
publican side of the House and IL was
agreed that those infavor Of the bill
should be allowed to speak first, after
which they would be replied to by those
opposed to the bill.
PAYNE ATTACKS TIE BILL.
Mr.. Pendleton spoke half an hour, and
was succeeded by Mr.. Payne, rep, OF
New York, a member of the ways and
means committee, to whom unlimited
time was granted. Mr. Payne made
strong attack upon the bill as a sectional
measure, referring to the cut Of duties on
northern agricultural products, while
southern staples were protected. be IN
stanced the 81 per cent. duty on southern
rice and the high duty on southern lum-
Der. The democratic principle of local
tariff, he declared, had asserted Itself.
The annual hay crop of this country,
said Mr. Payne, is worth $4,000 900, the
cotton crop S305, 0000O0, and yet so i'm
portant was the crop in the eyes Of the
committee that they put cotton ties on the
free list and made a special provision Tor
rebate on cotton bagging that applies to
III ObuSI IllCAC III bliG NNlAOAC bAAAs ny
had totally overlooked the question Of
free ties for bailing the farmers hay.
A CLOSING THRUST.
Said Mr.. Payne in conclusion: "You
may IN mock heroism, brave the working
mans anger. and vote for this bill, bid
ding adieu to public life. But you cannot
In after years escape the contemplation OF
your work. l want you gentlemen 10
amend this bill, only as suits your own
sweet wills. Put all the direct and war
taxes upon it you choose, nix IL even TO suit
the Ohio free trader, who was 50 vocifer
opsly applauded by you. Then, when you
have perfected it. l shall stand ready 10
vote to strike out its enacting clause that
iE may remain as a monument to your folly.
shall do this to save the present law,
which gave US the three most prosperous
years of our national life. | shall 90 this
because the bill will encourage fraud and
perjury, will drive the honest importer
from business, will put direct, offensive,
and inc uisitorial tax upon our people, Will
give gratuity to the foreign sugar pro-
Queer, without farthing of benefit to the
country, will foster the interest of sec
tions at the expense of others, will i'm
poverish our farmer, destroy his wool in
dpstry, leave him defenseless against the
tobacco of Sumatra, give his market for
barley to Canada, for hops to Germany;
cripple by reduction of their purchasing
power the consumer of his vegetables his
poultry, his dairy products, his small
fruits, rum his home market; and be-
cause it will tend to reduce labor to the
level of its foreign impoverished rival,
will stop many wheel, put out many
forge, bring poverty and want to Ameri-
can homes, sap the manhood of American
cities and continue the blight of poverty
and want and hunger and cold, which has
recently overtaken the people of coun-
try, one year ago the busiest, the most
prosperous, the most progressive, the
happiest and the most independent the
world ever saw"
AS Mr. Payne concluded his speech a
wave Of applause rolled over the republi-
can side of the chamber AS the day had
worn on the galleries filled up, and close
attention was given and much interest
manifested by the occupants of the gal
leries in the speeches made on both sides.
SIMPSON NOT SATISFIED.
Mr.. Simpson, of Kansas, was given the
floor, and started out by saying that he
would have to cOndense three hour
speech into one hour
Mr.. Wilson, the manager of the bill,
said that he understood that Mr.. Simp-
son was the only member of his party TO
speak. and asked that his time be ex-
tended half an hour; but objection was
made.
MIR. Simson said that while he intended
TO vote for this bill there were many pro-
positions in it that did no meet with his
approval, but inasmuch as it was a rob
Der tariff at least 20 per cent lower
than the Mckinley bill, he should have
to support it. 81 am not one of those"
he said, that ever hoped, or believed
that the Democratic party would be able,
when the tnall test came, to carry out
its pledges to the people to
rid the NJ tho rohbo1.
tariff. That party like the repub-
lican, is under the control of the money
power, as was shown when they marched
along under the same umbrella to have
themselves counted against the free coin
age OF silver So now, the two wings
would be compelled to act together when
a question came up, involving again the
interest of the money power The Peo-
pies party stands to-day pledged to the
principle of free trade; and in the dis
cussion Mr.. Simpson said he should speak
from the standpoint of free trader
THE WOOL SCHEDULE.
In the course of his attack upon the
protected wool industry, Mr.. Simpson
gave an object lesson of what he called
the result of protection of the wooden in
dustry, which the gentleman from Michi-
gan, Mr.. Burrows, had asserted, kept our
European shoddy. He had walked along
that portion of themarket place of Wash
ington, where the farmers took the stand
to sell their products at first hands. At
ter investigation he selected an average
Dvercoat, which he showed in the House.
which had been bought year ago for
kl0.50 and which had become so rotten
that it fell to pieces in rags in his angry
hands, as he became wrought up in in in
aignation. Loud applause greeted his
eloquent object lesson.
Mr.. Simpson had bought the happy
farmer new coat at the same price as
the old one, and which, said Mr.. Simpson,
would last just about as long.
SIMPSON LOUDLY APPLAUDED.
Mr.. Simpsons time expired at O'Clock,
and as he resumed his seat, he was re-
warded with burst of applause, exceed
ing any which had yet been bestowed
upon speaker.
The next three speakers were all OBJ
posed to the Wilson bill and all repub-
leans. They were Messrs. Daniels OF
New York, Mcdowell of PENNSYLVANIA
and Meikleiohn of Nebraska.
At $50 o'clock the House took a recess
until o'clock this evening. The follow.
ing members will speak on the Wilson bill
tomorrow: Messrs. Turner of Georgia
Grosvenor, rep, Of Ohio; Cochran, dem.
If New York; Picker, of South Dakota
Montgomery, dem. of Kentucky; Taylor
rep, of Tennessee; Price, dem, of Louis.
lana; Doolittle, rep, of Washington, and