The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-10

no Elisha hsrs TO sni,e the Democrats
with blindness.
Mills closed with the osninc=s prediction
tnas sh4 abandonment % Democratic sim
phclfy would hiring forth cus O. the dark
some historian 10 write the chapter ON
me decline ard fall % the great Ame-i-
can republic
Ehs senate amendment was then agreed
10. striking ont the house provision on zap
soca. paragraph I'll
vest moved 10 strike out paragraphs
= and IS, placing a duty on wheat ri
= cents rer bushel and oa wheat -four AZ
% Der cenf- sa ya'orens; rejected. yeas fS.
nays 8. -Four Democrats Bacon, Nc
Emery Aci-aurir ard Tgilusan and twfo
fopusists- Allen and Heitseld voted with
tna Republicans in the negative
TIE paragraphs on wheat and wheat
Tour were then agreed TO.
Cannon of Utah offered n new amend,
n'e'at proposing AZ export bounty on az
racultursl proaascts The text OF the amend
E1enI mas been heref osars gfvep
cannon took the acor. hut yielded a
moment 20 allow T'hurs;on OF Nebraska
10 Present what ne ternsS! some evidences
cf returning prosperity m the share of
Sssfle editorials n Nebraska newspa He-s.
showing a general revival Of business.
as not the Wilson tarlf iaw still on the
books" asked Gray
IL - bat Il IS the expectation Of the
paSsase af the psElssing nea sure replied
Asaiirsian. which .s causing this revival"
AZ fhas posnt Berry. Of Arkansas asked
10 nave read 4 statement recently made by
ex-S0scrnassev General Wanana ker about
the depiorau!e condition Of affairs. CAN
non objected. saying. amid laughter. that
u woasd be cruel inhuEnaE ana unjgisti-
iseie 10 have Mr.. Warsa-naker's statement
INFESTED al this point ot the proceedings.
Lindsay OF Kentucky called attention
10 The money voted by congress ard the
legislature Of Nebraska for the Omaha ex-
posllloa. and that this returning prosper
NV Was coinci9snt with It's expenditure
After some further croSs-f3 firing Cannon
proceeded with his speech He denounced
tae pending measure As grossly and pail
pasay 1ne4uitabie because il compelled the
S~sa o. the products of the soil Ia the low
est market of the world and the purchase
oi manufactured articles in the highest
market. To the original doctrine which
contemplated the pGotesct tion OF uanufacs-
uFers. he stu subscribed. The trouble was
taat agriculture. which at the beginning
Was ready To support the manufacture
struggling for existence. had fallen Tar in
the rear. The only ground upon winch the
doe,r4ne of protection could stand was rhat
IL protected the labor OF this country from
the @oiIlsEe paupeF LABOR OF the world
bai aow tsettla anyone contend fCr protee-
ton 10 ta~ labor OF the shops and mills
and deny il TO the lanor Of me a,slds The
fartnrF competed with the world II this
bill was not just. the country would be
plunged next YEAR into the agony OF a
far.H agitation. IL X Was Just it might
endure.
In answer TO a question by Allen. Cam
non said the amount 20 be paid by the
government in export bounty under his
amendment would be S41,sis5s0. lie argued
<ar ~f-rs
sell his wool and cotton at the low prices
prevailing In the free trade countries OF
the world, while he bought his supplies at
the high rates ot a protected market
Cannon was followed b. Butler CT North
Carolina who spoke against the heavy
burdens the bill placed on the farmer He
favored Cannon's proposition meas
ure that would correct the inequalities OF
the tariff bill. which bore heavily on the
farmer and gave him none of the bene-
tits OF protection.
AT $50 the bill was laid aside and after
agreeing to meet at II o'clock tomorrow,
the senate held an executive session, and
then adjourned.
Amendments to the Bill.
The senate committee IN finance has
agreed upon a number of additional
amendments TO the agricultural schedule,
the most important of them relating TO
fish. The house rate Of l cent per pound
on edible berries, which the committee
originally struck out. Is restored and cram
berries are specifically added at . per
cent. al valorem. The rate on chicory
root was fixed at 2is cents per pound. the
present rate being cents. and the origl-
raj finance committee rate g cents.
The Republican members OF the senate
finance committee Withdrew the amend
ments for an additional tax on beer and
for a duty of 10 cents per pound on tea
The question OF revenues Is giving the
committee considerable concern. II there
should be withdrawal OF the increase on
tobacco. the bill would not meet the needs
as a revenue producer. For this reason
it has been practically determined to make
q bank-cherk Sfan.p tax