Connecticut western news., 1897-05-27
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
THE SENATE NOW TAKES UP THE
 AMENDED DlNGLEY BILL.

Chairman Aldrich States the Republican
 Position-Mr. Vest Outlines the Demo-
 cratic Opposition-NIr. Cannon Gives the
 si1verites' Views.
 Washington, May 26.-The debate on the tariff bill began with crowded gal leries, a large attendance of senators and the tariff leaders of the house.
 The Republican side of the floor show sd an almost solid representation, there being but three or four vacant seats The Democrats also attended in force, and the scattered seats of the Populists were occupied, with but one exception. MT. Dingley, chairman of the ways and means committee and author of the house bill, took a seat immediately be- side MT. Aldrich and listened attentive ly. Other Republican members of the ways and means committee and Rep resentative Simpson of the Populist con- tingent occupied the rear lounges. Speaker Reed was not present.
 MT. Aldrich spoke for almost an hour and a quarter, adopting an easy con versational style. His speech was the official utterance of the finance commit tee and in sense the Republican side of the chamber. Without making in- vidious distinctions between the two bills, MT. Aldrich clearly stated as the belief of the finance committee that the house bill would not yield revenue ade- quate for the needs of the government.
 Vest States Democratic Position.
 Mir. Vest of Missouri, one of the Dem ocratic members of the finance com mittee, followed with a statement In opposition 10 the bill He spoke of the futility of piling up taxes on an over burdened people when there was ball. ance of s129, 900, 900 in the treasury.
 He criticised the schedules in detail, declaring that some of them were de- signed to be prohibltive. He severely attacked the increase in the lead duty. declaring 1t was for the benefit of the "cormorants" of monopoly and against the people.
 MT Cannon of Utah, Silver Repub- lican, closed the debate for the day by urging that the protection should be so distributed as to aid the farmer.
 Mir. Pettigrew presented the amend ment, of which he has heretofore given notice, that when articles are manu- factured by a trust articles of such character imported from abroad shall be free of duty. He said he would ask us COnSlQeTaIlOu 1HlHleOldtely dLLcT lilS committee amendments.
 MT. Mallory, the new senator from Florida, was sworn in and took his seat.
 Amendment Offered by silverites.
 Senator Cannon of Utah offered the following as an amendment to the tar- fir bill: And from and after 60 days from the passage of this act there shall be paid out of any moneys In the treas ury not otherwise appropriated to any exporter of wheat or wheat flour, rye or rye flour, corn, ground or unground, cotton. hops or tobacco produced wholly In the United States and exported by sea from any port in the United States to any port of other country the follow ing bounty by way of an equalization to agriculture of the benefits of this act to encourage the industries of the United States-to wit, 10 cents per bushel on wheat, 50 cents per barrel on wheat flour, 10 cents per bushel on rye, 50 cents per barrel on rye flour, cents per bushel on corn 10 cents per cental on corn, ground; 1 cent per pound on cotton, cents per pound on hops, ! cents per pound on tobacco-and all shall be made upon negotiable vouch- CTS issued by the collector of customs at the port of clearance upon presenta- tion at the treasury or any subtreasury of the United States, and the secretary of the treasury Is hereby charged with making and enforcing such regulations as may be necessary for the full pro- lection of the exporters and of the gov ernment according to the true intent and meaning of this law
 This amendment is a result of a con- ference of Silver Republicans, Populists and some Democrats and may be said | to represent the sentiments of the ele- | ment in the senate which puts silver above all other subjects of legislation. Senator Pettigrew offened an amend | ment to the tariff bill providing for the abrogation of the Hawaiian reciprocity | treaty, as follows: