The herald., 1897-06-30

r,ale and manufactured products alike.
The committee rates on lead ore Qh
c.nts per pound) were agreed to-S0 to
49,
Messrs. Heitfield, Mantle and Teller
voted with the Republicans in the af-
t,rmative. and Mr.. Allen with the Demo-
Gratis in the negative.
In pig lead the rate was increased
from to 2A cents pound. the duty of
OK cents on lead in sheets, etc., being
retained.
Paragraph ISL (metallfc substances)
was changed as heretofore agreed upon
hv the finance committee, and the sub
stitute for paragraph 1872 (mica) was
agreed to.
Paragraph 27S tallow) was changed
from to q cent per pound, the remain
der of the paragraph being unchanged.
Tillman was then recognized for
speech in support of the following
amendment to the bill:
That there shall be collected head
lax of 800 on all immigrants coming to
the United States by land or water,
nrovided that this section shall only re-
main in force until silver shall be ad-
mitted to our mints for coinage at the
ratIo of 16 to 1, on the same conditions
with gold
Tillman spoke of the rapid spread OF
nauperism. as shown by the statistics
or the tails and prisons. 1t was time,
he said, to keep platform promises, to
do something for labor, to keep back
the half million immigrants arriving
annually. He spoke of the miserable
condition of the coal miners Of Penn
official renOrts
saying many of the miners were COM
pelled to live like beasts. And this,
exclaimed Mr.. Tillman decisively. when
senators are framing their laws for the
protection of American labor and Amer
ican industry.
Quay remarked that the report from
which Tillman read was made by a
Republican committee, appointed by a
Republican legislature.
"And 1 am asking Republican con-
gress to protect these people against
competition declared Tillman. 'Will
you do il? Dare you do it, or will you
be satisfied with giving lip service?'
He gave the extent of the slum ele-
ment in New York, Baltimore, Chicago
and other places and said that showed
where the big Republican majorities
came from last year. He closed with a
gloomy prediction that if the tide of I'M
migration was not turned back the coun-
try would be torn be revolution and
bloodshed and a repetition of the Paris
commune.
Chandler asked why it was that ttY
immigration bill passed by RepubliH
majorities in the last congress had
defeated. Ant.
Because your Republican prYnted
Grover Cleveland, vetoed it,
Tlllman. Totested
Amid the laughter, ChandlS Sdesignat-
against having Mr.. Clevelshe senator
ed as Republican, whflman) had
from South Carolina rs in eIecting
Joined with the Democrat
that president as Oman, while the
Yes" observed Ask forgiveness for
galleries roared, Ko helm me God III
that and promiy
never do 1t agYarp cross-firing, Till
After som@nt was rejected, 8 to 49,
mans ameges in the affirmative were
The threeS and Tilman.
Butter Qay voted for the amendment
Whenl hearty laugh, in which the
there Joined.
senaariff bill was then laid aside, and
20 p. m. the senate adjourned.
aI CONTRIBUTIONS
Ihe senate today confirmed the fol-
wing nominations: Soren Listoe of
Minnesota, consul at Rotterdam Meth
erlands; T. A. Rooseberry of Susanville,
Cal, register of the land office at Su-
also the military and naval
cadets recently graduated.