The Portland daily press., 1897-06-08

doctrine that he could not see the strength
OF an argument for q revenue duty.
| II favor a duty on sugar" said he,
elnphatically, ''because the duty goes in
to the treasury of the United States. You
favor protection on articles which enables
the manufacturers of those articles to put
the equivalent of the duty in their own
pocket
Mr.. Bacon and Mr. Caffery had a
sharp exchange and seemed about to sub
| side but Senator Hoar evidently did not
desire that. Again he made some rather
sarcastic references to Mr.. Caffery's in
consistency, describing him as free
trader who cries always sugar,
sugar" sugar, and who, when the
| Wilson bill was before the Senate was so
doubtful of what that bill would do for
sugar that he voted ''aye' on the sugar
schedule and mo- on the final passage
Of the bill, and then changed to "yea. -
THE free trade Senator from
louisiana he continued, ''finds only
one exception to the application of his
theory-sugar; and the free trade Senator
from Georgia another xception-lumber." :"
| Mr. Bacon protested at being termed a
| free trader. He favored duty on all raw
materials.
''All raw materials that compete with
the products of Georgia. remarked Mr.
| Hoar amid laughter. The Massachusetts
Senator proceeded to point out articles
which various Senators of the opposition
seemed to desire to have protected.
If we could commit the framing of
tariff bill to the free trade Senators who
are conducting the debate on the other
side" said he, "if we shut our eyes,
opened our mouths and voted for it, after
its passage, we would discover that every
amply protected. Laughter.) That S
what they did before; that's what they
would do now. Morally there is great
deal of human nature in Democrats"
The merriment was so great as Mr.
Hoar concluded that Senator Burrows,
who was in the chair, was compelled to
suppress it with his gavel
| Mr.. Bacon sought to counter on his
New England adversary, by asking if in
any bill SO framed he would insist on
| free hides for Massachusetts.
Mr.. Hoar replied that if the bill was such
a measure as the present oness appeared to
be, he would be inclined to defer to the
opinion OF his colleagues on one particu-
| lar item.
Hides" continued Mr.. Hoar, "are not
produced for themselves alone. If you
put duty of one percent per pound on a
hide weighing sixty pounds that would
be worth sixty cents on an animal worth
$60-one per cent. I think tariff of one
per cent as a matter of protection is an
4
my colleagues that was right I should
yield my individual convictions"
| After Mr.. Caffery had made the state
ment that he had no apologies to make
for his vote on the Vision bill, the debate
became desultory
| Mr.. Spooner called attention to the re-
markable nature of Mr.. Vests amend
ment which proposed to exclude white
pine from the general duty 50 on lumber.
Why should the lumber interests of
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin he
dealt this blow.
Mr.. Vest disclaimed any intention OF
discriminating. He opposed the duty on
all classes Of lumber, but had specified
white pine in his amendment because
white pine went to the heart of the con-
troversy. The amendment of Mr.. Allen,
he said, proposed to put all lumber on the
free list.
Mr.. Vest said he would be willing to
withdraw his amendment and take the
yeas and nays on Mr.. Allens amend
ment. All he wanted, he said, was test
vote on free lumber.
| MIR. Spooner expressed his willingness
to agree to this, whereupon Mr.. Vest de-
clined to withdraw his amendment to put
white pine on the free list.
Mr.. Gray said he wanted to equalize the
i conditions Of the consumers and said it
if people along the northern tier of states
were to be stayed and prevented from
crossing the imaginary line which separ-
ated them from Canada.
Mr.. Hale remarked that Mr.. Gray was
talking like free trader, The latter ac.
cepted the term. He said he had nc
prejudice against the word ''free'' or the
word freedom.
4 ssWhy do you draw the line at the free
coinage of silver, asked Mr.. Tillman.
The Senate and galleries roared.
| "The protection Senator from South
Carolina takes up the sword of the Sena
tor from Nevada (Stewart) during his alb
sence'' replied Mr.. Gray.
Mr.. Rawlins said that the time for the
Democrats to have stood together was six
months ago-now it was too late and op-
position to a bill that was sure to pass
was futile.
Mr.. Rawlins's speech brought Mr.
Caffery to his feet with the declaration
tina t there was no reason why the Demo
Gratis who had objected to the Chicago
platform on the money question should
keep their mouths closed on the enormities
OF the present tariff bill.
Mr.. Vests amendment to except white
pine lumber from the SO rate was lost, q
to 3S. The negative vote included eight
Democrats, viz: Bacon and Clay Of
OooI Sld, hCEuGIy Vi IIOuloleblitb 1uCIduIIl
and Tillman of South Carolina, Martin
OF Virginia, Rawlins of Utah and White
of California. neidfelt, Populist Of
Idaho, who has been voting with the
Democrats voted 10. Carter, Republican
Of Montana, voted yes and Quay, Repub
lican of Pennsylvania, was paired for the
amendment. Allen of Nebraska, Harris
Of Kansas and Kyle of South Dakota
Populists, voted yes, and Cannon of Utah
and Mantle of Montana, silver Republi
cans, voted yea.
Mr.. Allison offered new paragraph
which was agreed to, placing duty or
boxes for fruit at thirty per cent ad valo
rem. When such boxes are exported they
may be reimported at one-half the rate.
The House rate on manufactures ol
osier or willow, of fifty per cent, was re-
sto red
The lumber paragraph as whole, was
then agreed to; also the paragraph OF
clapboards, shingles and chair cane, here
tofore passed over.
Mr.. Allen then moved to substitute the
provisions of the Wilson bill for the entire
umber schedule Rejected, q to 81.
This disposed of the wood schedule ant
again brought the Senate up to the sugal
| schedule