The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-03-26
THE FOUR DAYS
DEBATE ENDED
Tariff Bill Kill Now BE Discussed IN
the House Under Fiye Minute Role.
DALzELL TAKES UP THE FIGHT
Defends tina Bill and Trusts Doiass Ia the
Seaste Chamber Intsrustioaal Bimetal-
Iism iioar CROSS raeetious.

Washington, March 25.-The four
days general debate 10 the house on
the 'DIngley bill closed tonight. Be
ginning tomorrow the bill will be open
for debate under the nve-minute rule
until next Wednesday. when the vote
will be taken. Bailey. the opposition
leader. who was TO have closed the
general debate for his side today. was
unable to make his speech. owing 10
sore throat, and mutual arrange-
ment was made for an hour'o debate
on each side Just before the final vote
is taken.
Speechmaldng today was not OF
very lively order. but the crowds In
the galleries continue. Five members
OF the ways and means committee
spoke today-Tawney. DaIzell. Russell,
Payne and Stone. Other speakers AZ
the session were Talbot. Clark. Ma
guire. Gum, Cox. McRae, Grow. Slmp-
son. Curtis. Burke. Lentz. colson. HAw-
ley. Darmond and Fitzgerald.
Da4zell reviewed the results Of the
Wilson and Mckinley laws and de-
nounced the ad valorem system a.
giving opportunity for immense under
valuation. Idle men and women
busy soup houses and starvation" had
marked the period Of the Wilson bill
He ridiculed the statement OF the
minority that II offered no substitute
for the bill because 1t had had no
time to prepare one. and inquired II
the democrats expected the country
would be willing 10 have them air
their theories at a cost Of million
day. He defended the bill on the
charge that II fostered trusts. The
political economy OF Adam Smith has
long since been relegated where Il
belongs, he said THE Industrial world
has been reyolutionized by the intro
duction of the factory system. IL Is
no longer a single farmer or Gslngle
mechanic. but aggregations Of wealth
necessary to engage in vast enterprises
which are recognized by the laws Of
every state" He would not say there
were not abuses incidental to the sys-
tenn but in free trade England there
were more monstrous trusts than In
the United States. and he cited the
English steel rail trust and read from
an English paper concerning the new
combination OF armament manufac-
turers. The cry about trusts was an
exhibition of ignorance Of economic
conditions
IN THE SENATE.
washington. March 25.-In the senate
today the discussion over the creden-
tials of Henderson of Florida brought
out the statement from Hoar. acting
chairman of the committee on priv-
leges and elections, that the action
on the pending election cases was de-
layed by the uncertainty as to the
committee organization in the senate
Stewart said the general feeling was
that the senate was capricious in its
action on these cases, and that there
should be some definite settlement Of
the whole subject
Spooner suggested that the question
had already been elaborately argued
and settled both ways
1.-The inference from that sugges-
tion," pursued Stewart. lis that We
vote on these cases according TO our
political convictions,
The manner of settling this is by
means Of an international agreement
for the free coinage of silver" re-
marked Hoar, facetiously. When that
Is accomplished the senator from Ne
vada will have no further objections"
BIMETALLISM.
Washington, March Ex-senator
wolcott who has interested himself
in international bimetallism, expressed
the opinion today that the recent ac
tion in Japan in attempting to de-
preciate silver would hasten interna-
tional action to restore the equality
of the two metals.