Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-08-06
Washin9ton Standard
BEARDED THE LION.
REPRESENTATIVE LEWIS DOWNS
A REPUBLICAN KNIGHT.
The Ohio Champion of the Trust
Party Knocked Out In u Single
ROund-He Is Lief: Speeches., for
Once In His Life, TO the Utter
Dismay of His Party AxsOCiates.

of the conference report On the tariff
bill in the House, although time was
offered them on the minority side, but
they courteously yielded to older mem
bers who wished to have as much time
as possible in order to record their
protests. Lewis, however, scored an
other success by a contest of wit with
Grosvenor, which wound up by quick
retort by the Washington member
that took the Ohio Republican cham
pion off his feet. Grosvenor, for the
first time in his life was nonplusscd,
and could make no answer. He sat
down amid great applause and shouts
of laughter Oh the Democratic side of
the House.
The controversy started over the
lead ore schedule. Kelley, of South
Dakota, Populist, had been speaking
and General Grosvenor thought he
saw chance to get in slap at the
Populist party and Immediately
jumped to take advantage of it.
"The tariff on lead in ore, and upon
pig lead" said Mr.. Grosvenor, sis
doubtless little higher in this bill
than great many members of this
House would have fixed it, if they had
had exactly their way about it. In
the bill as passed by the House, the
duty on lead in the ore was one cent a
pound and the duty was correspond
ingly advanced upon the finished
product. But if the gentleman will
carefully examine the proceedings OF
the Senate, he will discover that, at
the demand of the Peoples party, the
increase was made in that body; and
it was held in the bill by the vigorous
protest and the advocacy of the mem.
Der of the Peoples party on the con-
ference committee" Mr.. Kelley inn
mediately demanded that Mr.. Grosve-
nor say what States those members of
the Peoples party he spoke of came
from. General Grosvenor was not in
clined to particularize and at first said
they were from the Northwest. Finally
he owned up that he had reference to
the two Senators from Nevada, whom
he termed "Populists."
elf I understand the matter" re-
turned Mr.. Kelley, Nevada has hardly
one Populist Senator, certainly not
more than one" "She has two" in
sisted Mr.. Grosvenor. GAS 1 under
stand it" promptly replied Mr.. Kelley,
a man who votes for the sugar trust is
not a very good Populist, and one of
those Senators voted for the sugar
schedule"
BalH0d on the proposition, Mr..
Grosvenor took up another. az think
the gentleman will find," said he,
that this increase is also supported by
the Senators from Montana, one OF
whom, believe, has declared himself
to be Populist, or at least is voting
with that party.
"I never heard of it," said Mr..
Kelley. 81 wish to say in this con-
nection," said General Grosvenor,
"that do not hold myself RESPONSE
bic for what anybody is, politically,
who is in this opposition"
"Then," retorted Mr.. Kelley, "you
should not make accusations concern
ing something you know nothing
about"
Now General Grosvenor always
prides himself ON having the last
word. II have to place them some
where" he insisted. It is very easy
to say that man is not Populist, or
is not anything. That is one of the
easiest things to say. But you will
find that the increase on lead ore was
put into the bill originally on the de-
mand of the Senators from the North
western States-the States now largely
represented by Populist Senators and
was held in the bill at their demand
in the Conference Committee. That
is all I have to say about it,"
Then the General was about to
take his seat with an air of perfect
dissatisfaction at his explanation,
when Mr.. Lewis arose.
"Will the gentleman allow me to
interrupt him with question:" he
asked. II have made q calculation
along the line of classifications en-
bodied in this bill, and according to
the best ability could bring to bear,
figure that under the duties fixed by
the conference, white lead will yield
three and one-half millions net-what
may be called protection-to the lead
trust annually. Will the gentleman
from Ohio inform me whether the
calculation is fairly correct or not, in
his Judgment"
Grosvenor was nonplused for an
answer. Finally he parted the ques.
ton, Yankee fashion, "Well, does the
gentleman say it is?"
According to my best ability it is
correct" replied Lewis; "but if the
gentleman from Ohio indicates that
1t is not correct-although l had in
tended to publicly make the state
ment-I will Withhold it and revise nv
figures"
off the gentleman says it is cor.
rect" said Mr.. Grosvenor, al am will