Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
DINGLEY BILL DEAD.


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| that Indiana had only five tin works out
| of seventy-seven in operation.
No said Mr.. Vest, this can be an
| swered only by an absolute surrender of
the senator from Rhode island of the con-
tention that the enormous duties of the
Mckinley law are necessary to the dornes-
| tic industries of the United States.'
The senator asserted that the opium hab-
| 1t had no more deadly hold on its victims
than this advocacy of protection. He ana
| lyzed the results of the wool schedule of
| the present law, showing that many fac
! tories had been established during the year.
a return to the old system as proposed by
| the Dingley BILL means disaster to those
manufacturers of woolens. Why is it,asked
| the senator, that with the balance of trade
| in our favor, and with the gold standard
III force, the country Is in a state of dis
tress?
We were told.'' said he. that with the
election of Mckinley prosperity would
| flood the country like sunshine. Mckinley
was elected, but has the prosperity come?
| VIII the increased prosperity come with
! your tariff bill, adding more taxes to the
burden OF the people and heaping up more
money in the treasury? Will that give the
people the resources to buy either foreign
or domestic goods?
Bryanites Defended.
while 1 may be subjected to the charge
of being lunatic, an anarchist and a re-
! pudlator,' declared Mr.. Vest 4 assert
| that the only relief for the people is TO
! give them more money. If we are lunatics
ana anarchists because we ask for the
opening of the mints to the free coinage of
silver, then over 6,o00,000 American free
| men who voted for William j. BRYAN are
Iunatics and may God help the republic,
But 1t Is vile Slander. The men who sun
| ported that great leader, William ]. Brv-
| an. are as loyal and as intelligent a body
OF men as any in this country. The gold
| standard at the root of this evil is the
WEST monopoly ever conceived in the mind
| OF mortal man.
Inc senator spoke of the recent election
as parody on free institutions. He Was
anxious to see what became of the inyes-
| ugation proposed by the senator from Ne
braska CAllen). He was inclined to be-
| lieve that the senator from New Hann-
| shlre tChandler) was right when he de-
! clared that the st. Louis convention was
| honeycombed with fraud, and that the DEL
| egates there had been bargained for and
| bought. To a question by Mr.. Aldrich as
| TO why it was that the wooden industry
| and ali other industries were asking for
| more protection. Mr.. Vest answered. that
| of course they wanted more protection.
| Like lot of coyotes greedy and FAM
ished. they awaited more bounty. They
would come with the plea: Il subscribed:
| ton
Senator Frye's Reply.
! Mr.. Frye. Republican, said he would pre-
| sent just two points in answer to the Mis-
souri, senator: First. never before in his
| experience had he known time when the
| wool industry was SO dead as 1t is to-day;
| second, leading wool authorities had de-
| clared that one-half of the wooden mills
| were closed. The wool schedule was the
very worst one of all in the present tariff
| law. 1t had resulted in an inundation of
the country with cheap shoddy goods.
Mr.. Vest asked why it was that sixty-five
woolen mills were started in 1895 and only
| forty-hve during one year of the Mckinley
| bill, to which Mr.. Frye responded with a
| question as to why a magnificent mill at
| his home, of great value, had recently sold
at the sacrifice price of $1,000. Mr.. Frye
went on to say that if the DingIey bill
| were not passed, he predicted an enormous
! increase of imports within the next four
months in anticipation of the greater du-
| ties thereafter.
The discussion drifted into technical
| lines, concerning the wool schedule prices
| at various times, etc. There was a burst
| of laughter at one point when Mr. Aldrich
| referred to the position of Mr.. Vest and
| his great leader, Mr.. Cleveland.
My former leader" interposed Mr.. Vest,
| with such vigor on the former" as to
make senators and galleries roar
Mr.. Mitchell, Republican, of Oregon, also
| came into the debate. 1t was a constant
| crossfire of questions. assertions as to
| wool prices and contradictions. Mr.. Vest
| remarked that he was greatly surprised
| to hear senators on the other side talk of
mills being closed now. How could that be,
since Mckinley was elected?
1--WE are living under Democratic laws"
| interjected Mr.. Frye.
Yes, but everybody assumes that the
election of Mr. Mckinley means the return
| to Mckinley tariff rates. The Dingley bill
| Is dead; it reposes in the tomb OF the Cap
ulets. and in its place a bill reviving all
| the old rates is being matured"
| Mr.. Mills, of Texas, said he looked for a
| radical tariff measure in the next congress,
| for the Republicans had the presidency
| and, in his judgment, both branches of con-
| gress beyond much doubt He spoke of
| the shoddy and hair, which was in general
use as wool, as a result of wool protection.
Chandler and Allen.
Mr.. Chandler came forward at this point
| to urge that the immigration bill had the
| right-of-way, but he was soon involved in
| a lively and amusing colloquy with Mr..
| Allen. Mr.. Chandler said that as the Ding
| ley bill was, according to Mr.. Vest, in the
tomb of the Capulets," why was it
| brought forward now? There was no seri-
| Gus purpose by the senators from Nebraska
| or Missouri (Allen and VesD to urge the
| bill to final vote. Did the tomb of the
| Capulets" apply to the senate chamber or
| to the finance committee? asked Mr.. Chand-
Ter. amid laughter. Mr.. Chandler pointed
out that the opposition of the president
must be considered in connection with the
prospects of the Dingley bill. HE is not
my president. although he helped to elect
| my president" added Mr.. Chandler.
| This turned Mr.. Aliens attention to the
| president and he spoke bitterly against the
executive The Republican senators had no
reason to fear Mr.. Clevelands opposition.
"The president is with the Republicans
| on gold monometallism," declared Mr. AL
| len. "I understand he laughs and reJoices
| with Republicans over their mutual vic
| tory this fall. The president of the United
| States is Republican and you would have
| to put tag on his principles and those of
| the Republican party to tell them apart"
| Mr.. Gallinger pressed question to
whether the president would sign a bill!
with a free silver amendment. Il do not
stand near his eXcellency,' answered Mr..
| Allen, land I can not say what he will do.
| He has no party. He had a bare remnant
| of a few thousand votes with him last fall.
| I assume he has gone over body and soul
| to the Republican party"
Senator Sherman Vehement.