The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-25
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
IT WILL BE CLDsED TO-DAY WIN
SPEtCHEs BT PROMINENT MEN.
The Arbitration Treaty Considered by tho
senate Two Bills Introduced In ke-
gard to tn. civil Service Law.

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general debate upon the tariff bill. The
principal speeches of the day were those
of Johnson. Of North Dakota; Grosvenor'
OF Ohio. and Evans. Of Kentucky, Repub-
lean members Of The Committee on Ways
ana Means in favor OF the bill. and of
Mcmillan, Of Tennessee. the Oldest Demo-
cratic member against IT,
Other speakers were: Fox ,Dem' OF
Mississippi. Sims Dem. of Tennessee,
Williams Dem. Of Mississippi, Terry
Dem. OF Arkansas. Saycrs Dem OF
rexas) and Maddox Dem. of Georgial
against the bill. and by Adams tRep. OF
Pennsylvania. ard Walker (kep. OF Mas
sachuscttsJ in favor Of II.
The general dcbste will be closed to-
morrow when Russell. OF Connecticut
Dalzeil OF Pennsylvania. Steele, OF IN
diana. and Payne. Of New YORK, kepuo-
ncan members Of the Committee on ways
and Means, and Bailey. OF Texas inc
Democratic leader. will speak. Inc Il'-
ter makes the formal closing for the
minority. and Mr.. Payne for the major
itv. Besides these Hepburn Rep. OF In
diana) and Richardson Dem. OF Ienles-
seq Will speak.
MIR. Brownlow Rep. Of Tennessee IN
troduced in the House a bill establishing
a Department Of Commerce, Labor ana
Manufactures. its head is TO be a CaDinet
officer and the necessary clerical force Is
provided for.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. Livingston dem. OF Georgian N"s
the first speaker at tO-nights session, ana
INDUCED in "A half hours oroiejt against
the tariff bill. The tariff that "ould pear
equally upon all sections OF me country
and treat all interests alike, ne talj, al
"a Ifraff
efited manufacturers at the expense o. me
masses. Mr.. Brundige dem. 81 Alhah-
sas) spoke against the bill, ana MT. IiWh-
well (OhiO). BelfOrd (New YORK;. hlli
Parker (New Jersey, all Repupi;a'la' II
Mr.. Castle pop. and Dem. Of California;
attacked the bill most vigorously. me
proper title OF the monsirosiiy, rs nc
designated 1t, should be- III ms 3IlNlOi';
ITO foster trusts and 10 pauperZa ana
peOnze the agricultural laborers or ne
United States" The primary OBJECT OF
the bill. he said was neither TO raise rev
enue nor 10 encourage the industries OF
the United States but was desisrc1 by
its authors for the express purpose OF
enabling the powerful trusts 70 SIAM up
the people of the country and 10 leSal!y
ALA HENRY.
eve are to-day" Mr.. Castle said, in
the TRANSITIONAL stage. passing from a re-
publican into the most odious torm OF
government known in history m"neycd
Oligarchy. Rome. in her decline, had her
Cataline. America has her Hdahd. Tap
plause and hisses)
Mr.. Brown (Rep. Of Ohio said 1t was
not necessary to hold a long session cf
Congress TO execute the commission
placed in its hands by the passage o. me
tariff bill. In the opposition to IL, ne stuu,
We see the final struggles of another lost
cat The new member as wei as the
old could see, and did see, in this stGus-
gle the old contest between the two dlt-
fcrcnt systems OF labor.
Saying that he should vote for the h'U,
Mr.. Kerr (Rep. of OhiOl criticised ne re-
ciprocity system as being, in MS OPINION
fatally defective. The concessions pro-
posed in the scheme. he says. were 80
Insignificant compared 9Th what We must
ask in exchange that any nation negotiat-
ing with us Tor them would be without
either dignity or sense lie urs-d NE
substitution FOR the provisions OF Tie Dlli
the reciprocity section Of the Mckinley
bill. born in the brain Of James q. Blaine.
The last speech of the evening was de-
livercd by Mr.. Ollssted rep Of Penn'yl-
Vania) in support of the bill, who aG-
dressed six representatives on the noOr
and a score of visitors in the galleries.
At II O'Clock the committee rose ana
the House adjourned.
In The senate
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March A-The
Senate spent nearly half an hour in open
session to-day. the remainder Of the time
being given to the consideration of the
arbitration treaty behind closed doors.
The agricultural appropriation bill-One
of the four money bills that failed at the
last session-was reported back In the
shape in which it passed the House last
week, and was placed on the calendar. 1t
will be acted on at an early day.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The attack uDOn the civil service law
and It's administration. which distinguish
ed yesterdays proceedings. was followed
up to-day by the Introduction Of two
blls-one by Mr.. Allen pop. OF Nebraska,
for the repeal and annulment OF the law
and OF all executive orders issued under il;
and the other by Mr.. Pritchard CRep. Of
North Carolina, chairman Of the Com
mittee on Civil Service and Retrenchment.
modifying it in its application 10 the
Government Printing Office.
A bill prohibiting the exhibition In
Washington Of kinetescope pictures Of
prize fights and the transportation OF
materials therefor. was introduced by
Mr. Hoar Rep. OF Massachusetts). and
was referred to the judiciary Committee.
At i. NJ. the Senate adjourned until
tomorrow.
While in executive session the Senate
confirmed the nominations Of Binger
Hermann. OF oregon. to be Commissioner
Of the General Land Office. and Ernest
{. Iimme, of Wisconsin, to be Auditor of
the State Department.
VOTE on TREATY.
An agreement was reached in executive
ses sion this afternoon on an hour for
voting on the amendments TO the gonor-
al treaty OF arbitration between the Uni
ted States and Great Brtlin ut consent
10 an agreement for the final vote was
refused. At o'clock next Wednesday the
vote will be taken on the amendments
then pending and the treaty in it's then
shape is to be printed for the use of the
Senate the next day.
At o'clock on Thursday following the
vote is to be taken lpon all amend
ments that may be offered in the mean
time. and this will be the last OF the
votes on proposed amendments. From
that time the debate will proceed on the
treaty proper. Senator Davis made a
persistent effort to secure an agreement
for an hour for the final vote. but was
confronted with objections that made
such an agreement impossible. Ii is
thought however, that with all amend
Inents out of the way the final vote can
not long 5e postponed. What the Ulti-
mate outcome will be can hardly be fore
Swallowed. The opponents OF the treaty
profess TO have the requisite thirty votes
necessary 10 compass the defeat of the
treaty. and say they have several of the
new senators on their list The questions
asked by these new senators indicate a
lively interest in the convention and an
endeavor 10 understand the situation