The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-10
TILLMAN'S TRASH.
The Pitchfork Freak Talks
About the Mortgage
GDaWing the Far
mer's Home.
LATEST BOUNTY GRAB
Speeches in Which the Object
AIMED At Is the Only
Invisible Thing.
LATEST BOUNTY GRAB


ate began work at II A. NJ. today and the
tariff bill was taken up as soon as the
routine business was out of the way. Mr.
sTillman South Carolina) took the floor
on the pending amendment of Mr.. Can
non (Utah) providing an export bounty on
agricultural products. He said he de-
sired the attention of his associates, and
as the attendance was meagre he noted
the absence of a quorum. The call dis
closed "a Senators present, nine more than
quorum, and Mr.. Tillman proceeded.
He said the tariff debate had disclosed
g nebulous condition in the minds of
Senators. The Republican Senators sat
quietly apparently controlled by the
caucus, refusing to discuss the iniquities
of the bill and unanimously voting for
the exactions in behalf Of trusts and
monopolies.
'On the other hand,' proceeded Mr..
Tillman. the Democrats are in a pc
riod of transition. They don't know
where they're at. The older, more expe-
rienced proclaim their allegiance to the
old-tirne honored doctrines. We had an
irpassioned speech yesterday (by Mr..
Mills) in behalf Of the Walker tariff
principles. brought forward at this late
day as Democratic doctrine. Secession,
passed out of the minds of men might
as well be brought here.
THE tariff is merely a question of pol
icy, as to how the government will raise
its revenue. I say without hesitation it
is to the best interest of the American
people that the articles consumed by our
people should be produced by our people.
II that is Republican doctrine, well and
good. If that is not Democratic doc
trine it ought to be-
Mr. Tillman went on to show that diver
sified industries gave diversified means of
labor. AS to the farmers the need was
not for more farmers, but for a tariff
which no longer would rob the far
ners we have. The farmer stood, his
skinny bony hand outstretched asking
this export bounty to overcome the rob-
berry of the present system, and yet
Senators sat in stony silence expecting
this idotic farmer with the mortgage
gnawing on his home, not to know that
they refuse to give him relief.
Ar Filiman yehemently pledged his
word to his colleagues that they would
: not deceive the farmers and that the nine
milton followers of the plow will settle
with YOU at the baliot-box"
Referring to any bill not giving ade-
claii--ed:-'T am prepared to throw some
rocks that will stagger some of you men,
The Senator analyzed the extent of
agricultural interests throughout the
country, jncluding the South, ''the Ish-
maeiite, the section that has had no
rights since the war
While that section had labored under
the ban of secession, paying billions as
result of its attempt to secede it was
still face to face with the demand of
the horse-leach, crying more, more,
more! This section and the agricultural
interests always had been at the mercy
of tariff bills which found their genesis
in the benefits conferred on New Eng
land.
As Mr.. TiIlman spoke the galleries fill
ed in anticipation of q lively time. While
speaking with his usual vehemence of
voice and gesture, the Senator adopted
farmer was receiving the burdens, with
out the benefits, Of the tariff. When he
referred at one point to the Chicago
brought Mr.. Vest to MS feet in explana-
tion. He voted in the Chicago Conven-
ton an amid great uproar Pro o and g confusion +,
nebulous platform. He never knew, ur-
til it had come out here, that the word
tion for tariff for revenue.
..If | had known it" proceeded Mr.
Vest II would have risen in my place
and moved to insert it, for it is the creed
of the Democratic party. And 1 believe
majority of the convention did not
know of the omission as ali our attention
was concentrated on the money issue.''
Proceeding Mr. Tillman turned to his
Democratic associates and said they now
had chance, with the votes Of few
Republican Senators. mot lest to all sense
of shame and decency'' to give some
measure of relief to the farmers. They
would receive little or no benefit from
asked for bread and were given a stone.
The asked some relief and Democratic
Senators set up mummy and Labelled
II !; tariff for revenue only"
sGrcat God such Democracy exclaim-
ed Mr.. Tillmah with dramatic emphasis.
Democratic Senators had spoken Of a
..new eyangel' he said and had twitted
him and others Of leading the Democratic
party into the Republican camp. This
Senators, instead of offering the cardinal
sodom apple of Tariff for revenue only
10 their constituents.
OH are holding the telescope with the
man addressing his associates .and at
the little end you see the legend tariH
for reyenue only,. instead ,sn, of taat grefar far
alt special privileges for none
In conclusion, the Senator said he be-
ege n scnringn on1 tor ths he sou Sc an Re
publican Senators for the Inequalities of
their legslations and for keeping Cuba
he said, to be followers of Lincoln, but
YOU aret unworthy to tie the shoe latchets
of that great man. The Democratic
Senators claimed to be followers OF Jeffer-
son while they were abandoning >Jefier-
sons cardinal principle OF equal rights
Mr.. Allen (Neb.l briefly spoke in favor
OF an export bounty.
Mr.. Perkins (Cal.) announced his readi-
ness to support the export bounty amend
noent If modified so as to conf1ne the
bounty to goods exported in vessels fly
ing the flag of the United States and
documented In custom houses of the
TTnited States He proposed an amend
naent to this effect
There was Some opposition to this from
Mr.. TaIlnlan and Mr. Alien. but Mr.. Can
non author Of the original amendment,
said he was disposed, as q means of se-
eurjng the support of Mr.. Perkins and
ofhers on the Republican side of the
chaSnber to accept this new proposition
ff X i,er cent of the bounty go to the
q q aa1ric1ilturaI exporter and % per cent. to
Mr. Perkins declined 70 accept this sug-
oesfioTl. saying he was not seeking sub
sidx for the vessel men but merely TO
limit the bounty to goods carried IN
American ships ~. ,,au,.,.s.
aid. either accept or reject the amend
Hsf,. Mr Cannon declined to accept the
aTner,drlent and Mr. Perkins thereupons
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