The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-26
And UphOlds the Agricultural
Tariff Schedule.
MIR. FOSTERS RECORD
While Secretary of the Treas.
ury Under Harrison
Is Held Up to the Light by
Gaines of Tennessee.

until next Wednesday, when the vote
viii be taken Mr.. Bailey of Texas,
the opposition leader, who was to have
closed the general debate for his side,
was unable to make his speech owing
to sore throat, and a mutual arrange
ment was made for an hours debate on
each side just before the final vote is
taken.
The speechmaking was not of a very
lively order. but the crowds in the gal
leries continued. Five members of the
Ways and means committee spoke.
Messrs- Tawney (Rep., Mimi, Dalzell
(Rep., Pa.), Russell (Rep., Comm,
Payne (Rep., N. 70. and Steele (Rep..
Ind.)
Messrs- Talbert Oem., S. c.. Clark
(Dem., MOI, Mcguire Dem., Cal),
Gum Pop.. Idaho), Cox (Dem., TENN,
McRae (Dem.. Ark. Grow (Rep.. Pa.),
Kan.), Burke Dem. Tex.), Lentz
Oem., o., Colson (Rep., Ky.), Hawley
(Rep., Tex), Dearmond (Dem., MO-
and Fitzgerald (Dem., Mass.).
Mr. Cox CDem., TENN and Mr.. Nc
Rae (Dem., Ark.) followed. The latter
ridiculed the idea that prosperity had
existed under the Mckinley law or
would exist under the Dingley bill if it
Mr.. Grow (Rep., Pa.) the venerable
ex-speaker, made a general speech in
favor of the theory of protection. The
latest Democratic cry of more money
Gus. The Democratic administration
had demonstrated it's lack of states
manship by being unable to keep out
of the poor house.
Mr. Curtis (Rep., Kan.) defended the
agricultural schedule of the bill. He
deprecated attacks by the west upon
the east.
Mr. Burke Dem., Tex) said the bill
should be entitled "a bill to build up
trusts and corporate influences and OPP
press the agricultural people of the
United States.''
Mr.. Lentz Dem., o. protested be-
cause but twenty minutes were given
to the six Ohio Democrats, represent
ing 400, 900 persons who had voted for
William j. Bryan. Democratic APP
plauSe.)
Mr.. Dalzen (Rep., PAP reviewed the
results of the Wilson and Mckinley
bills and denounced the ad valorem
system as giving opportunity for i'm
mense undervaluations. Idle men
and women, busy soup houses and
starvation had marked the period of
the Wilson bill. He ridiculed the state
ment in the report of the Democratic
minority that 1t Onered no SUBSTITUTE
for the bill because it had not had time
to prepare one, and inquired if the
Democrats expected the country would
be willing to have them air their theo-
ries at the cost of one million day.
If the bill raised the maximum amount
calculated by the chairman of the COM
mittee il would not yield too much to
pay the interest anu pTlnClPlO VI JULIUS
issued, to resist the attempt made on
the nations life by the Democratic
party and the bonds issued to make
good the deficit incurred during the last
administration. Referring to the tin
plate industry, he commended that the
fall in prices at Liverpool after the en-
actment of the Mckinley law proved
the theory that the foreigner paid the
duties The law giving rebates on tin
plate when exported was justifable I'M
der the old system, but was not under
the new because it amounted to a
bounty to the WEIGH manufacturer to
compete with the home manufacturer
so it was abandoned.
He would not say there were not
abuses incidental to the system, Dut IN
free trade England there We're more
monstrous trusts than the United States
knew anything about, and cited for
example the English steel rail trust
and read from an English paper con-
corning a new combination OF the great
armament manufacturers.
Mr. Colson (Rep., Ky.) argued in
favor of a higher duty on camel coal.
He said if the issue in Kentucky had
been free silver alone, kentuckyS vote
would have gone for Bryan.
Mr.. Steele (Rep., Ind), member OF
the ways and means committee, gave
it as his opinion that the pending meas
ure was the most complete tariff Dill
ever framed, not only because of the
duties imposed, but because of the Su-
perb method provided for the collec-
ton of the duties.
While discussing the reduction of the
duty on cattle in the present law, Mr..
Simpson, (POp., kan.) asked II 1t was
not a fact that the price of cattle had
| increased since the reduction of the
1T is not a fact" replied Mr.. Steele.
81 insist that it is said Mr.. Simp-
What are known as 'stockers' are
third higher than they were three
or four years ago"
Mr. Hawley. (Rep., Texas). treated
| the house to an argument in favor OF
| Lone Star state and was literally APP
| plauded by his party colleagues.
At o'clock. Mr.. Bailey of Texas, was
| recognized TO close the general debate
| for the opposition, but he stated that
his voice was in no condition to speak
and an arrangement had been reached
with Mr.. Dingley. by which the house
would be asked to modify the special
| order so a. to allow an hour to each side
| to close after the conclusion of the five
minute debate next Wednesday.
| Mr.. De Almond, (Dem., MOD, charg-
ed that the real purpose of the Repub-
| licans was to pile up surplus in the
trea sury which could be used to lock
| up the greenbackS and treasury notes
| and thus so contract the currency that
| the people, in desperation would event
| schemes for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
| national banks.
! Couldn't the surplus be used to pay
| off the $3.50 000, 900 of bonded indebted
| ness contracted by a Democratic ad-
| ministration," asked Mr.. Milliken, (Rep.
| AIaine).
| 1T was not Democratic administra-
| ton" replied Mr.. De Almond, 1T was
| an administration unfortunately placed
| in power by the Democratic party but
| it issued bonds in defiance of that party
and with the connIvance of gentlemen.
| the like of which are represented by my
| friend from Maine