El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-25
He Made a Sarcastic Talk on
the Tariff Bill.
MUCH LAUGHTER.
The House has Spent the Day in Speech
Making, and Many Funny Incidents Oc-
curred.-Dingley and Bailey Will Close
the Discussion on the Last Day

fourth and last day of general debate
on the tariff bill in the house brought
forth a request at the opening of the
session this morning by Bailey of Tex
as. for an extension of two hours of the
debate. Mr.. Bailey stated he had been
under treatment for sore thrO1t and
it would be impossible for him to oc-
cupy floor for an hour today. Payne,
of New York objected to the request.
discussion in fifteen minute speech
against the bill. "Champ' Clark.
democrat of Missouri, made one OF his
characteristic spec ches against the bill.
He said: AS an American citizen and
in sympathy with the people whom he
represented, he was dead against the
bill: as democratic pol tician he would
rejoice in its pas age for it would COM
p+l every merchant every time he made
sale acr. s5 his counter TO make q
democratic speech to the pure asers.
Unlass the senate radically amended
the bill the democrats would have One
hundred M jority in the house in the
next congress and in 1900 they would
elect pre- sident. The people thus again
coming to their own.
Mr. CLARK sa d that Ordinarily he
was a peaceable man. but charges had
been made on the other side in the
cour>e of this debate that made him
regret the law against manslaughter
could not be temporarily suspend. d.
Il ,ughter.) Wh-n an able man like
Hopk in-. of Illinois, and brill ant
man like DJiliver, of Iowa, assert that
the Wilson bill is a free trade measure,
it is an outrage against common sense,
truth a d decency. l do not copcede
TO any protectionist the right 10 define
what free trade means. Clark ridiculed
the charges la d on agricultural pro-
ducts, as erting it was impossible TO
g We d farmer any protec iun on his
produces. He mad great fun of the
iuty of two Cents per gallon on milk.
I'D ike to see gallon of Canadian
milk" said he, ''by the time it got
down into Jerry Simpsons district in
kapsss: it would set bogs' teeth on
edge if offered to them for swill."
The free list offered him
a fine opportuni y for aiding his sar-
casm.
MIR. Clark said the session would be
greatly relieved If the repu ublicsn lead
srs would turn their attention TO the
of expend itures instead of ad-
ling to peoples burdens. Cut the
army in two," he advised. "Nobody in
,he cou2t1y seems to have any use for
.hess kcept George NJ. Pullman
md the4alman Palace Car company.
Abolish the diplomatic corps, it has
mental. [ can pick upa newspaper cor
in the gallery there, send
lim TO Europe and warrant he will find
more in week about the situation of
affairs than the whole diplomatic corps
now and next Christmas. !!
Laughter.) And finally repeal civil |
service law and save every dollar of
and costs" tAppiause).
Mr.. Mag uire, democrat of California, |
md Mr.. Gum, populist of Idaho, offer.
ed a bill, asse erting that it was fallacious
20 assume that protective tariff would !
produce period of prosperity.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween Mr.. Dingiey and Mr.. Bailey |
that the two hours pr eceding the vot
On the tariff bill next Wednesday be |
divided between the two gentlemen
named when they will close for their
u e. The house will be asked to concur
in this agreement.
Mr.. Tawney, a member of the COM
mittee of ways and meals, replied to
tie criticisms of MIR. Gum, defending
the action of the committee. "The
duty laid on lead in silver ore," he said
"was ote cent d pound and yet gen.