Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-06-05
CONGRESSIONAL
Tariff on Wool Discussed.
Nominations b. the President
Considered.

2 21ClEer ~ Batter 01 uls resolution
. aa5e-d tbe Constitution ~ a. u zivs
congress tie pyEsf 70 iup1sc i1c1us
t4Ue-.
Mantle vas rec1E1iz4d ard zd-
dres--l TIE =enate i1 tao hours. He
sai5 that t5zre lad been D. Opp5r-
tgnify 81 presenting tie wc0lzrDuers'
side Dftle en1tsntiO- o. the 0thar
5-zDsI of congress. f0r the reason
that Y451E tD tie trief tia.e al
iDSed fDr DEBATE. tie vol schedule
p nzd 1eTe- y5el Te4cned 10 that Jldy.
lie Dr=-=D'e1 fully aoi supported
with Numerous tables and statistics
the No3l growers side ~ the cptrJ-
versy.zud showed the enormous i1zses
s1-taioed 0y the vol yrJNers b. tie
depreciatiyu u the value - sheep and
aD1l during the past six years. He
declared tHlt - reasJn 81 the euor-
nous impDrtations in anticipation d
the enactment u tariff law. the
wOyl grower would not receive much
benefit from protective tariff Tor
four years ~ come.
( He asserted that whenever the tar
Z 10 law j. u De enacted. the powerful
manufacturing interests of the
country are always on the grounds
pursuing their interests. while farm
I er, and wODl-grOwers fare an Isolated
and scattered class from the nature Il
their vocation. and are thus lacking
in effective organization. hence had
not received their just share of pro-
lection.
A great majority Of the wOOlgrOwers
u the country are ProtectiOnists and
republicans: most n them are beliey-
ers in the free coinage Of gold and sill
yer: but the question Of protection
and free coinage having been divided
in the last campaign, the wODlgrOwers
accepting the pledge contained in the
republican national platform in favor /.
Of "ample protection for wool" and 4
believing protection TO be a para
mount issue, cast their votes in the .
doubtful states for Mckinley and 1
elected him.
The taflff bill as it passed the .
house as now amended by the sena te 4
utterly fails to meet the expectations /
Of the WOOlgrOwers, and Is regarded /
by them largely as repudiaton Of the
republican pledge.
The wool growers Of the country, he
continued, were indignant over this
treatment, and he warned the RebuD-
licans that they must change the
rates or they would lose the
support Of this numerous element in (
the ensuing campaigns. He asserted
that the Mckinley law had not af-
forded necessary protection 10 wool
growers, and quoted statistics 10
prove his assertion, lie quoted Al
dfich's statement that the proposed :
senate rates would give from 10 to 20
per cent more protection to the wool /
growers than they had ever received e
under any former tariff, and produced :
statistics TO show that the promised /
rates were much lower, instead Of be- S
ng higher.
Senator Butler, in speech on the
ncome tax, referred 10 the indecent" a
taste with which the polling bill was q
Urged Immediately after the decision =
# the United States supreme court
gainst the antitrust law.
Cullom, chairman Of the Interstate
Ommerce commission, resented this
tatement saying the pooling bill was
ot being pressed with indecent haste.
nd that such a statement was a mis-
representation OF facts.
Chillon, a member of the interstate
ommerce commission ia turn diff
cred with Chairman Cullom, and
aid the pooling bill had not been
,riously urged till after the recent =.
ecision Of the supreme court.
At 2:50 consideration on the tariff 81
III was resumed. v,
NOMINATIONS. II
The president sent the following r.
TO the senate: Law ii
nee Townsend, OF Pennsylvania, Iii
mister OF Portugal; Ellis III. Rob- -
Is, OF New York, treasurer OF the n,
nited States, Conare n Jorden, OF ar
ew York, assistant treasurer of the OF
uited States, at New York, ~
AGREED. sli
The senate committee on territories
reed 10 favorable report on the to
OF M. A. Otero TO be gov e ca
nor Of New Mexico. r
SIGNED ny TIE PRESIDENT. fol
The president has signed the sundry th
II. ne
CoRBETT's CASE. =
The senate committee on privileges ID,
d elections made and effort 90 dis DR.
sc OF the claim Of II. w. Corbett TO Gu
g vacant senatorial seat from Ore. n
n. Hoar moved resolution in tine brc
favorable TO seating Cor paj
II lnt Pptfug eallad affanffov a. | hir