The record-union., 1896-12-17
The Enactment Of a New Bill Will Have
to Go Over to the Next Congress.
Debate in the Senate Shows Acquies-
cence in That Fact.
Almost the Entire Session of the
Senate Taken Up in Discussing the
Dingley Bill, Being Participated in
by Vest, AIdrich, Allen, Chandler,
Sherman, Hale, Teller and German.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ia very IN
teresting and important discussion on
Aliens (Pop) resolution to take up the
Dingley bill for consideration in the
Senate was started to-day by Vest CD
of Missouri, and was participated in py
Senators Allen, Chandler and Galllnger
(Reps) of New Hampshire, Frye ana
Hale (Reps) of Maine, Aldrich (R) OF
Rhode Island, Sherman tR) of ONO,
Teller (SiL R) of Colorado and Cor
man Cd of Maryland.
In the course of the debate more than
one allusion was made to frauds ana
corruption at the late Presidential cleo
ton, and Teller remarked polntedly
that he was not certain that his can
didate (Mr. Bryan) had been defeated.
Allen questioned whether any. differ
erce could be pointed out between the
political principles of the Repubncan
party and of Cleveland, and said Jocu-
larly that the President and the Repuo-
licanS would have to be tagged in order
to enable a person to distinguish one
from the other.
The upshot of the debate was COM
plete acquiescence on both sides of the
chamber in the fact that the Dingley
bill could not possibly be passed at the
present session, and that the enactment
of a new tariff bin would have to go
over to a new session of Congress, to be
convened as early as possible.
Five bills authorizing officials of the
United States to accept medals from
foreign Governments were reported by
Sherman (R.) of Ohio, who asked unan-
imouS consent to have them considered
and passed. Objection was made by AL
len (Pop) of Nebraska, and the bills
were placed ON the calendar.
A bill to extend the time for the build
ing of a bridge across the Missouri
River at Lexington, Mo-, was passed.
Mitchell (R) of Oregon introduced a
bill to amend the law which gives pref
eence in civil appointments to men who
served in the war of the rebellion by
extending its provisions to men who.
served in any Indian war He explained
the purpose of the bill, and had it re-
ferred.
The pension appropriation bill was
then taken up, and Gallinger (R) of
New Hampshire, Chairman of the Com
lnittee on Pensions, said he desired to
make some observations touching the
matter of pension frauds. He had been
very much surprised, in listening to
the reading Of the Presidents message,
that that high official had not yet disa-
hused his mind of the idea that pen
sioners were man of raScally tenden
cies, and said that in his judgment
these continued attacks of the Execu
tive on pensioners of the Government
and the Presidents continued assertions
that the roll of pensioners was not "a
roll of honor should cease.
A few brief remarks We're made by
Hawley (R) of Connecticut, and then
the bill was passed without amend
ment
The net sum appropriated for pen
sions exclusive of other expenditures
is $140,000.00o
Vest Cd of Missouri called up Aliens
resolution OF last week for the consid-
Grafton of the Dingley bill, and ad-
dressed the Senate. He characterized
that bill as one Of the most extraordi-
nary ever introduced in Congress. 1t
was extraordinary not only in its pro-
visions. but in the manner of its birth
and inception. The Administration,
protesting that there was no deficit in
the Treasury, had suggested the ne
cessity Of some legislation looking to
relief from financial embarrassment,
and the House of Representatives had
proceeded to the passage of the Ding
ley bill, for which there had been no
Administrative demand but which, on
the contrary, had been pronounced en-
tirely unnecessary. 1t had not been
asked for by the wool interest or by the
iron interest.
Aldrich (R) of Rhode Island, to
whose views and statements in regard
to the duty on tin plate Vest had al
luded, declared that the rates now ex-
1sting under the so-called Wilson Cor
man bin were more protective on the
whole iron and steel schedule than they
had been under the Mckinley Act when
passed, owing TO the changes in busi-
ness which had since taken place
Vest reminded Aldrich that that SEN
ator had insisted on duty of two and
two-tenths cents a pound on tin plate
In the Mckinley Act. and opposed the
reduction OF that rate by one cent a
pound in the Wilson's bill. But under
that reduced rate the domestic produc-
ton OF tin plate had increased enor-
mously, and the price of tin plate had
fallen very much. He had read the
other day In an interview at Canton,
O., In which the President-elect had
accounted for the Increased produc-
ton and the reduced price by ascribing
1t to the use Of natural oil for fuel in
Indiana. The fact was however that
out OF seventy-seven new tin plate fac
tories in the United States. there were
only fine in Indiana. These facts, Vest
asserted, could not be answered ex-
cept by surrender on the part of the
senator from Rhode Island and his as
sociates that the enormous duties in the
Mckinley Act We're not necessary TO
the domestic manufacturers of the
United states. AS to the Dingley BILL
Vest declared that it was clearly i'm
possible of admission. The horizon
tar bill of 1884 had been simplicity it
self compared with it, The Dingley
bill re-enacted the Mckinley Act, and
in order TO determine a rate of duty
under it 1t would be necessary to con-
suit not only the new bill. but the Will
son Act and the Mckinley Act and the
market prices.
Vest turned his attention to the wool