Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-04-04

repealed by strict party vote, aud i
is probable that this legislation ha,
the entire approval of the democratic
party, and the approval of larg,
portion Of the populst and republi
can parties. On the Hawaiian ques
ton the action of congress has beer
confined to a declaration in opposi
ton to annexation, and this declara
ton doubtless expresses the opinion
OF a very large majority OF the demo
Gratis and populIsts, and Of a respect
able majority of the republicans. The
FIfty.third congress has repealed the
sugar bounty and its action will b.
supported unanimously by the demo
crpts aud popuIists, The Fifty. third
congress repealed the Mckinley law
aud inaugnrated tariff reform. and in
80 doing it has gratlfrd considera-
BILE majority Of the American people.
The Wilson bill as it passed the
house, WAS eminently satisfactory to
the democratic party, and received
the support of all the popuIist repre-.
sentatives. II placed upon the free
list, wool, lumber, coal. iron ore, salt,
sugar aud blnding.twine; it made re-
ductons On tue various scedules az
follows Il give the rates az the bill
was reported from the committee hut
they were not changed materially in
the housed
Metals aud manufacturers thereof
from So 80 to 35 80 per cent; lobac
co aud manufacturers theTeof-from
III 92tu 915S per cent; agricultural
products and provisions from 33 80
to q 81 per cent; spirits, wines, etc. -
from $3.50 to 6069 per cent; cotton
manufactures from 55 % to 38.45
per cent; flax, hemp, etc.-from $500
to 30.51 per cent; wool and manufac
turers thereof from 1856 to 1878
per cent; silk and silk goods-from
50 Sc to as Ii per cent; pulp, paper
and books-from % 35 to 1910 per
cent; sundries-from 2734 to 2348
per cent.
When the bill reached the senate
many of the rates were increased.
There were two reasons for this. In
the first place, the democrats had on
ly narrow majority in the senate,
and there were about q half-dozen
senator's who insisted upon higher
duties upon certain articles before
they would support the hill. Having
the balance Of power they were thus
enabled to dictate terms and other
democratic senators we're thus COM
PEELED to yield, or surrender all hope
of reforming the tariff. The protec.
tionists had another advantage in the
fact that the rules OF the senate per.
NIT deliberation even to the superla-
tive degree. Some one has said, and
very appropriately, that in the house
it is difficult to get bill up for con-
slderAtlon, while in the senate it is
difficult to get done considering a
bill. At any rate it is possible under
the rules to continue debate for an
indefinite period, and anyone who can
an opposition can force a
compromise on most questions. Mr..
Quay, by delivering speech on the
plan was able to force an
acceptance Of high rates upon several
articles in which he took an interest,
aud the senate is yet undecided
whether the undellvered sections of
the speech we're really argument or
bundle Of papers used for bluff
The important charges made by the
senate were really the rates fixed for
manufactured goods, but public dis
cussion turned upon the duties upon
iron ore, coal and sugar. The senate
restored about one. half of the McKin-
ley duty on iron ore and coal, and
placed an ad valorem duty of forty
per cent on sugar with q differential
IF one-eighth OF cent in favor Of
refined sugar and an additional duty
If one tenth of a cent on sugar i'm
ported from bounty-paying countries.
The bill was 10 conference about q
month, aud during this time the su-
gar scedule, the iron ore scedule and
he coal scedule we're the matters in
dispute. 1t was during this contest
between the senate and the house that
be president wrote bis letter ar
the senate and insisting up
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