The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-07-20
HOUSE PASSES THE BILL
Continuous Session Forced Until
the Vote Was Taken.
SCORED BY DEMOCRATS
In the Short Time Allowed Opposition
Leaders Show How the Tariff Has
Been Manipulated In the Inter-
est OF the Sugar Trust.


Washington. July 1s.-The floor of
the house presented an animated ap-
pearance long before the speaker
raped that body Co order. The con-
ference report ON the general deficiency
appropriation bill was adopted.
This out NJ the way. Dinglry arose
aud. holding aloft the report aud a
great mass ~ papers. said. In calm
tones, MIR. speaker ! desire t. pre-
seut the conference report on the tariN
bill' SalVus Of applause from tho re-
publican side greeted this announce
mCnt, An effort was made tn secure an
agreement Tor a vote. Bailey said the
minority desired three days Dut know
ing they could not obtain them. would
be- satisfied with two.
Dingley refused 10 agree 10 this, say
ing: Talk at this time ~ very expen-
sive. IL costs the treasury 100000 a
! day"
Not so expensive as the days you
spent IN arranging this schedule with
the sugar trust" retortei Bailey. amid
a counter round Of applause by his fol-
lowers.
Dingley, In reply. pointed out that
never before in legislative hlsotry had
a tariff bill been in conference So brief
| a time. The Mckinley bill had been In
conference two weeks and the demo-
| Gratis. In 1884, were In conference six
| weeks without reaching an agreement.
THE trouble In 1884," retorted Bailey,
was that We We're trying to run the
democratic party with lot OF mug
wumps In command" daughter and
| applauscJ
Dingley continued his efforts to fix u
time for vote, the republicans dur
ing the discussion crying vote. vote,
vote"
II suggest we wait until sugar stock
goes up little higher" said Bailey
sarcastlcaliy. 1t has gone up 50 a
share since the agreement was re-
! ported"
An efforts to reach an agreement
having failed. Dingley opened his
speech on the conference report. He
took up each schedule, explaining In
detail the changes made and following
closely the formal statements given
out by the committee.
Concerning the sugar schedule. Ding
ley read from the official statement
adding brief comments, BY lhe new
I arrangement about SG,0O0,Od0 lhcreas'
of revenue would he realized. as the In
crease had been placed on raw sugar
at the point where revenue would b.
received and at the same time the bee
sugar industry would receive substan'
tlal benefit, Dingley declared that
there was no doubt that the revenu,
would not only he ample To meet the
Expenditures OF the government. hut al
low republican administration agar
To- begin to pay OF the principal of th'
public debt. which had been incrcasse Z
by the late administration. In conclu
sion Dingley received round after roun,
Of applause from his republican col
leagues by predicting as result OF tf'
enactment of this bill a rise Of price,
and "A restoration Of prosperity.
Wheeler opened the debate for tn
democrats. criticising the bill as tn
most vicious and burdensomc tax eve
imposed on the American people. Ii
particular he discussed the serious ef
fects Of the measure on the laborinl
people and agriculturalists. Wheele
referred To the advance on sugar stool
on the New York market to-day AM
said this was the clearcst evidence o
the benefits conferred ON the suga
trust.
| Swanson, democrat OF Virginia.
member Of the ways and means com
mittee. To whom Wheeler yielded
portion Of his time. devoted his atten
tion to assailing the sugar schedul
agreed upon by the conferees.
He asserted that the proposed schsi
ulc gave sugar double the protection
received under the present law and
had been loudly proclaimed. swanson
said the house conferees had won
brilliant victory over the senate nj
sugar and he had seen In the mornin
papers picture OF the speaker OF IN
house with the sugar trust crushed be
meath his feet. Then he compared tn
two schedules To show that the duty %
refined sugar in the senate schedul
and the new schedule were exactly III
same and he figured out that the trus
would receive dinerential On refine
sugars Of " degrees tthe average q
sugars importedb of cents per hun
dred pounds above the house schedul'
I'VE might b. mistaken here" con
tlnued Swanson. We might not b
able To figure out the complicatt
schedule. but there are those who max
no mistake They are the holders q
. the trusts stock. They know the eifeC
of the intricacios of this schedule. Whe
this bin we reported 10 congress suga
stock was worth sos share To-da
II Is worth si4l. The stock has gon
up ss6 a share since II became evideu
. that this house and this congress In
tended TO give this gratuity TO III
! trust democratic applausel. and sine
, the newspapers have portrayed N
. speaker with his heel on the throat ,
, the trust the stock has gone up <l
share (renewed democratic applause
, one more such victory over the iru.
as this. gentlemen. and the stock wi
go up to 5000" tlaughtsr1
one of the greatest demonstration
, of the debate occurred when Lanhan
democrat of Texas. who followed, pal
tribute to William j. Bryan. tn
democrats chsered for several minute
and many OF the spectators joined
the demonstration.
After prolonged debate, In whlc
Bailey. democrat. made brilliant an
carefully prepared sueeCh. the conf Y
ence report was adopted. at u mtg
utes after midnight by vote of II
To ll5.
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