St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-20
THE TARIFF WAR is RAGING
J0HNSON'S FREE RAIL AMENDMENT
BEATEN.
ONE MORE WEEK OF DEBATE.

Protection Dalzell, Of Pittsburg,
Attempted TO Weaken Free
Trade Johnson's Position-the
Latter Makes Humorous Re-
Wilson. Springer and Hall
OF Minnesota Take Part.
WASHIN GToN, Jan. 19.-The house Is
making slow progress with the amend
ments to the tariff bill. Only one week
more remains, and less than twenty
amendments to ABOUT one thousand
paragraphs have been disposed Of. The
argument between Mr.. Johnson and
Mr.. Dalzell over the proposition to put
steel rGilS OH the free list was continued
today. When the vote came the amend
ment was defeated, but only about 40
Democrats voted with their colleagues
of the committee, while 70 voted with
johnson and the radicals. At the OPEN
ing session of the house the report of the
committee on elections in favor of
O,Neil, the Democratic contestant III
the contested election case of O'Neil
versus Joy, was presented and ordered
printed. The consideration of the tariff
bill was then resumed, the pending
amendment being that of Mr.. Johnson
Dem. o. to place steel rails on the
free list. Before Mr.. Dalzell was
recognized TO proceed with his speech
begun yesterday, Mr.. Wilson asked
unanimous consent that three hours be
set aside next Monday for the consid-
Grafton of the amendments to the sugar
schedule. This was agreed to.
Mr.. DalZell began by recapitulating
the charges he had made against MI.
johnson. He had shown, he said. that
Mr.. johnson manufactured certain
kinds of
STREET RAILWAY RAILS,
behind the protection of 100 patents, and
wanted railway rails to go on the free
list; that he coerced his employees in the
face OF winter and starvation into ac-
cepting wages one-third cash and two
thirds scrip; that he made all untrue
statement and had altered the stenog-
rapher's notes, and lastly the scrip had
been hawked about the streets of Johns
town, and had been bought in at dis
count by relative of Mr.. johnson be-
fore it was redeemed at par.
johnson replied to Dalzell in semi
humorous vein. He said lie had notified
DalZell that he was going 10 attack the
steel pool, Sc that he might be prepared;
but Instead of making defense, he
made a personal attack upon him John
SOM.
He (Johnson) did not claim to be
philanthropIst. The gentleman had
been so hard pressed, continued Mr..
Johnson, that he had logged in his
wicked partner, Arthur j. MoXham.
Mir. MoXham, although not naturaliZed
citizen, said he, when the flood at Johns
town left 1900 people in the water and
5000 drowned, was chosen dictator.
He fed the living and buried the dead.
Applause.
1t was also true that he had purchased
all engine iii England because he could
not get one here till five months after the
English manufacturer had agreed to de-
liver it. In those five months he had
paid out S175,00 in wages. The pur-
chase Of that engine mad benefited
AMERICAN LABOR.
The other personalities had been
brought into this controversy by the
eloquent advocate of the steel rail trust
10 cloud the argument. In all serious
ness he declared that this steel rail pool
was only typical of other protected
trusts, the existence of some of Which
was perhaps not so easy to prove as this.
In concluding, he appealed TO all DEM
ocratS to destroy these vampires that
were sucking the life blood from the
people.
Mr. Bland Dem.. MOI declared that
free rails would enable many roads to
repair their roads and take many out Of
the hands of receivers.
Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the COM
mittee, took position against Mr.
Johnson. He and many other Demo-,
Gratis had no doubt sympathiZed with
much that Mr.. johnson had said but
they could not afford to go off en- great
question like this at half-cock. There
we're, he declared, no friends of the
steel rail trust among those who framed
this schedule. The steel rail schedule
had been dealt with in the same spirit
of fairness as that of others had been.
In conclusion. Chairman Wilson
urged upon his Democratic colleagues
the necessity of preserving the whole
scheme of the bill.
Messrs. Cannon Kep., Ill.), Wagner
(Rep., Pa.) and Adams Rep., Pa az
gued against the johnson amendment.
Mr.. Dunn Oem., Pa.) said Mr.. john
son was mighty good fellow person
ally, but an unsafe and erratic leader to
follow. He was opposed emphatically
TO his free trade doctrines. lie did not
/ want the tail of the Democratic party
TO WAC THE DOG.
Mr.. Hopkins (Rep., HID offered an
amendment to the amendment to re-
| store the existing rates on steel rails.
| This was lost without division. The
vote was then taken on Mr.. Johnson's
! free rail amendment. which was defeat
| ed by vote of 100 to 70.
Mr.. Henderson (Rep., Io.) was then
recognized to offer the agricultural
schedule of the Mckinley law as sub
stitute for that of the Wilson bill.
Mr.. Bull rep, Io.) followed with a
discussion of the effect on the agricult-
ural schedule on his state. This pre-
cipitated long discussion with MIR.
Springer, who produced statistics and
figures to prove that protection for the
| farmer was sham and fraud.
Mr.. Loud (Rep., Cal.) devoted a few
minutes to the proposed fruit schedule,
| which, he said, had ruined the raisin
| and prune industry of California.
Mr.. Walker (Rep., Mass.) interrupted
with what he claimed was privileged
| matter. 1t proved TO Oe an inquiry as
to why the five Democratic members oil
| the ways and means committee who
had made speeches refused to print
those speeches IN The Record.
Mr.. Reed-Those speeches have been
hauled up for repair.
Mr.. Wagner (Rep., Pa spoke of the
manner i'll which American ships wen,
III ballast to Nova Scotia and came back
heavily laden with agricultural products
of Canada.
The rest of the afternoon was con
sumed in further discussion of the Hen
de:son amendment. These who tool
part were Messrs. McMillin, Springer
Bowers, Hayes; Hall (Minn }, Kinley
and Clark, of Missouri.
The house then took recess until {
O'Clock.
At the night session set apart for gen
eral debate Mr.. Bell Pop, COLI spoke
in favor of the bill. although it did no
go far enough to suit him: MI Shaw