The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-17
nINGLEY BILL ALREADY DEAD.
,ToRs BOLDLY ADMIT THAT 1T
CANNOT BE PASSED.

,,nG and With No Intention of
.ssing It--AIIusiOn Made During
40 Debate to Frauds and COrrup-
TN at the Recent Presidential
n Election.
,,.,sbington. Dec. 16.-A very interesting
n ,nnortant discussion upon the resolu-
If Mr.. Allen, pop, of Nebraska, to
Fl .ro M the Dingley bill for consideration
Tho senate was started to-day by Mr..
.l..t and was participated in by Senators
n.n Chandler, Galhnger, Frye, Hale,
"A rich sherman, Teller, Mills and Cor
man.
=, the course of the debate more than
=. auusion was made to frauds and cor
cotton at the late presidential election,
4 ~ Mr. Teller remarked pointedly that he
NOT certain that his candidate Cdr.
Drysn) had been defeated.
~ allen questioned whether any differ
10 could be pointed out between the po-
.,,caI principles of the republican party,
w Of Mr. Cleveland; and said jocularly
.hat fine President and the republican par
~ would have to be tagged in order to
snabIe a person to distinguish the one
M from the other
h
Ri .oouiescence on both sides of the cham
49, in the fact that the Dingley bill could
.ot nossibly be passed at the present ses-
"a s,on and that the enactment of new
n .arif bill would have to go over to new
session of congress, to be convened as
II early as possible
n disn;aced the regular order, the immigra-
n tion bill. at the expiration of the morning
n Sonr Senators Teller, and German were
H he last two to come in the debate, and the
n ones to bring it to a head.
n Air Teller declared positively that it
81 had been we'll known if every republican
b senator voted for the Dingley bill, it would
n have still lacked one of a majority, and
Ell that it was the merest pretence for any
bodv to say that he had expected that
Fl MI to become a law 1t had not been in
reduced to be passed, and was not fit
N bnI TO pass. The republican party, he
M continued was about TO come into pow
~ He would not be tempted now to eX-
4 nress an opinion as to how it had Sc
r. cured that power. Some other time he
# would probably do so. 1t was coming
into power with the promise and pledge
M n the American people that the distress
Fl cd condition of affairs which had existed
for many years would disappear with the
canning in of the republican party. If the
# ara of confidence had struck the coun-
S trv he (Alr. Teller had failed to observe
II The republican party had a duty to
do to the American people, and it would
not do it by talking about the Dingley
Fl hin unless it said to the country that
RI tbat was the bill which it wanted. He de-
Jared emphatically that the Dingley bill
n would never become a law, and that there
mas not a man on the floor who did not
II know it. Why, therefore, he asked,
Il should the Senate spend time over it,
Mr. Chandler remarked with a point of
. sarcasm that republican senators had not
n begun the discussion, but that it had been
Il gotten I'D by the senator from Nebraska,
N Mr.. Allen, who had tried, with the sena-
II Tor from Colorado, to elect Mr.. Bryan.
and | am not sure" Mr.. Teller broke
in. that we did not elect him." Oaugh-
teri
Mr. Teller repeated his assertion that
the Dingley bill had not been introduced
to be passed, and that it was understood
when 1t was introduced that 1t could not
be passed! 1t was introduced for a politi-
cal purpose, and to gain political ad-
vantage.
Mr.. Hale, rep, of Maine, said that it had
a never occurred to him that the D1ngiey
bill was not to be passed in an honest
fashion, and for an honest purpose, if re-
publican senator's could do it,
Mr.. Teller asserted that the Dingley Dill
was a political movement to distract the
attention of the American people from the
financial question.
Fl Mr. German, dem, of Maryland agreed
n with Mr.. Teller in the last statement and
said that the Dingley bill, even if it had
become a law, would not have improved
the condition of the treasury and that it
"A was unjust and unequal. 1.-THE presiden-
"a tial election" he added, has passed. The
combinations of men and interests made
f In that campaign are now matters of his
tory. Republican senators have not the
power to pass such a monstrosity as the
Dingley bill. You have no time or incli-
nation to remodel it and make it a repub-
lcan measure, and 1t is trifiing with the
business interests of the country to hold
out a hope, by continuous debate here,
4 that some action will be taken on the bill,
when everybody knows that action is i'm
possible"
Mr.. Hale expressed the hope that the
Senate and the country would take notice,
from the statements made by Senators
German and Teller of the difficulties I'M
der which the republican party in the
Senate labored. There was no use in fight
ing for a bill, the passage of which was
clearly impossible. He agreed with Mr..
German in saying that 1t would be Tne
II business of the republicans at an early ses-
sion Of congressman the earlier the bet
Ter, to take up the whole tariff subject
ana secure protective measure, modef-
ate in its term, but sufficient to give reve-
nue. to the government and to properly
protect American industries.
Mr. Gorman-You have succeeded-I will
not say how-in having the responsibility.
But you know that you cannot accom-
plsh anything substantial at this session
OF congress. You ought, therefore, 70
stop this discussion, and prevent the up
turning Of the business interests of the
Il country.
Mr.. Platt, rep, of Connecticut--The SEN
stor from Maryland is quite right We
never had had a chance to pass the Ding
ley bill in the Senate, and we have less
enance now that ever.
Mr.. Sherman--I am inclined to think
mat. In view of the statements as to the
lmpossibility of passing the Dingley bill
mat we ought not to waste any more time
about it. We are not disposed to attempt
impossibilities.
That was the last word of the import
ant discussion, and the Senate, after a
snort executive session, adjourned until
tomorrow
Before the debate on the Dingley bill be-
gan the Senate passed the pension appro-
priaton bill, without amendment-the only
VII OF general interest acted upon.
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