Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-14

disaster of the democrats of the house, ths
 overthrow of the republican house after the
 passage Of that Mckinley bill of 1S90.
 After criticising MT. Reed for not dis
 cussing the question at issue he proceeded
 to point out some of the good features oi
 the senate bill-free wool, free lumber,
 free hemp, etc., and the reductions in the
 general schedules.
 The duties in the chemical schedule ot
 the senate bill about to be adopted, he said,
 were reduced from 30 per cent to 24 per
 per cent, earth and eurthenware from ol
 per cent to 35 per cent, metals and metal
 manufactures from 53 to 36 per cent. wood
 aud wood manufactures rom 3l to 23 psr
 csut, tobacco 117 to 105 per cent, cotton Do
 ,o 43 per cent, flax, hemp and lute, 40 to
 Al per cent, wool and woolens 93 to 43 per
 cent, silk aud silk manufactures 5S to 46
 per cent, pulp and paper B to 20 per ceut,
 sundries from 26 to "A per cent; total reduce
 tion, from 58 per cent to 3S per cent.
 MT. McMillin euiogized other features,
 including extensions of the free list and
 especially the principle involved in the in-
 come tax provision, which taxed not what
 people consumed, but what they had.
 Mir. Wilson then yielded a few minutes to MT. Pence of Color ado, the leader of the
 populists, who said that the populists had thought and think still that the contest over the tariff between the two old parties
 was good deal of mock conf ct and
 sham battle. MT. Cochran of New York, who was given the closest alton ton by the expectant galleries, and was at times enthusiastically applauded from each side of the chamber as his sledge- hammer blows were dealt at the Mckinley law or the senate bill, fol- lowed.
 MT. Cochran was deeply in earnest and his protest against the consummatlon or this tariff Legislation recalled his famous speech of protest at the Chicago conven- tion.
 MT. Tarsney, democrat, of Missouri, fol- lowed in bitter attack on the senate bill. He said the highest authority in the demo- cratic party had stigmatiZed the bill as filled with pertidy and dishonor.
 '.In this characterization heartily con | cur,p said MT. Tarsney, "and thus feel- | ing, it would be personal dishonor to me | to vote on this bill ,and shall not do SO. .' l There was hearty republican applause 1 at the Announcement of MT. Tarsney, | which was the moro significant in view of his membership on the ways and means committee.
 MT. Crisp closed the debate. After he | had done so MT. Wilson arose and cor | rected a statement he had made in his l opening speech to the effect that S10O,- | COG, ,000 worth of raw sugar had been pur- | the passage of the sugar schedule of the | senate bill. He had been mistaken; he | afterwards learned the trust had pur- | chased AS ,000 tons.
 "How much is that in dollars and I cents?'' called a member.
 "About $25, ,O00, ,0O0,' replied MT. Me- Millin.
 In concluding, MT. Wilson said this was | not time for democratic enthusiasm. It | was plain democratic necessity. But if the democratic party was to live, if 1t did live, | it would not lay down its weapons until it had made it impossible in this country to l lay burdens on one class of our citizens for the enrichment of another. MT. Wilson then demanded vote on the
 resolution. The yeas and nays were ordered aud not voting three. The democrats who l voted against the motion were: Messrs. | Cochran of New York, Covert of New
 York, Davey of Louisiana, Dumphy oi | New York, Everett of Massachusetts, Cor.
 man of Michigan, Hendrix of New York, | Johnson of Ohio, Meyer of Louisiana, | Price of Louisiana, Tarsney of Missouri {, Warner of New York. The populists
 voted for the motion. 1 During the afternoon there were many senators present, and most of them re- | mained until the bill passed. Among them
 were Messrs. Brice, Gray, Chandler, Davis, l Coke and Palmer.
 Mr. Wilson then immediately rose and 1 offered the first of the separate free list 1 bills in accordance with the resolution
 adopted by the caucus. It provided for the | free admission upon its passage of bitumi-
 nous coal, shale, slack and coke.
 The vote upon the bill by tellers was 73 10 | 47. MT. Reed raised the point of no quo | rum and MT. Wilson demanded the yeas l and nays. The bill was passed: Yeas 160, nays 1C4, answering as present l. l Twenty one democrats voted against the l bill, as follows:
 l Messrs Alderson of W est Virginia, Bank l head of Alabama, Boatner of Louisiana, Burns of Missouri, Grain of Texas, Davey of Louisiana, Denson of Alabama, Ed munds of Virginis,. Eppes of Virginia, l Kribbs of Pennsylvania, McKaig of Mary | land, Oates of Alabama, Reilly of Penn l sylvania, Robbins of Ala abama, Swanson of l Virginia, Tyler of Virginia, Wise of Vir- | ginia, Weadock of Michigan, Wheeler oi | Alabama, Wolverton of Pennsylvania. l MT. Haugen of Wisconsin was the only 1 republican voting aye.
 | The free iron ore bill was next on the | programme. It passed-Yeas 163, nays | lO2. The democrats voting against it were: | Messrs. Aderson of West Virginia, Bank | head of Alabama, Beltzhoover of Pennsyl- | vania Boatner of Louisiana, Davey of | Louisiana, Denson of Alabama, Eimunds 1 of Virginia, Meyer of Louisiana, Oates ol l Alabama, Price of Louisiana, Reilly oi l Pennsylvania, Robbins of Alabama, Rob l ertson of Louisiana, Swanson of Virginia, l Weadock of Michigan, Wheeler of Ala
 bama, Wise of Virginia.
 | The barbed wire bill passed promptly l yaes 187, nays 1S4.
 Free sugar passed-yeas 274, nays Hand 1 the house at 10: :25 o'clock adjourned until ] Wednesday next.
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