The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-20

er." retorted MT. Bailey, sarcastically. It has gone up $6 share since the agreement was reported"
 At this point MT. Johnson, (Rep.' lnd') appealed to Mir. Dingley to per mt two days for debate. The demo- crats warmly applauded MT. Johnson.
 All efrorts to reach an agreement nav Ing failed Mr. Dingley with the state inent that he would confer with Bailey later, opened his speech on the confer- ence report. The figures and details Of the explanation of the changes were very dry, but the house gave him close attention. He took up each schedule, explaining in detail the changes made and following closely the formal state ment given out by the committee. As to the surrender on the item of cyanide or potassium he said it had been most unwillingly accorded by the house and only after the most positive insistence by the senate conferees.
 Concerning the sugar schedule MT. Dingley read from the official state ment, adding brief comments. By the new arrangements about S2000, 900 in- crease af revenue would be realized, as the increase had been placed on raw sugars at the point where revenue would be received and at the same time the beet sugar industry will receive substantial benefit.
 MT. Dingley expressed regret that the senate had not allowed the retroactive clause of the bill to stand, at least un- til the bill was about to become law. Had it remained in the bill, he said, S25,OO0,OO0 of revenue would have been saved to the treasury.
 When MT. Dingley referred to the elimination of the stamp tax MT. Todd asked him if he then confessed" that they had abandoned the idea of taxing the stock gamblers of Wall street. Not at all' replied Mir Dingley. "We discovered that the sales on Wall street could not be followed No record is kept. The machinery of collection would be too complex"
 MT Cookery aroused the democrats by interjecting remark about the sudden increase in the value of sugar stock in anticipation of the enactment | of the proposed sugar schedule. As to | the question of revnue to be raised by | the bill, MT. Dingley pointed out the | difficulty resulting from the large an- ticipatory importations. The bill next year he calculated, would raise $255,- 000,o00, $75 5,00O0 900 more than the present law. Over S40,000,000 had been lost in l this years inlportatfons of wool and sugar and other things, the duty on
 which was raised In the bill, so that he calculated that the bill this year would raise s1S5, 0O0 MT. Dingley declared that there was no doubt that 1 the revenue produced by the bill would
 not only be ample to meet the expen- ,ditures of the government but allow a 1 republican administration to be In
 again to pay off the principal of the public debt, which had been increased l by the late administration.
 F In conclusion Mir Dingley received
 round after round of applause from his | republican colleagues
 The house adjourned at o'clock to
 meet again in the evening.
 l At o'clock when the night session
 began the galleries were crowded, many
 ladies being present. MT. Dingley stat | ed at the outset that he hoped to se-
 cure a vote by 10 o'clock. MT. Bailey
 said 10 o'clock was too early, but he
 thought the vote could be taken by Il.
 He would not, however make definite I IDingley gave notice that he would move the previous question not later than Il | o'clock.
 In the galleries were many distin- guished personages of both sexes The
 republicans still pursued the tactics
 they had adopted during the day ses-
 sion. One of them claimed the floor
 and the minority were compelled to put l oy~d hat
 tinued their assaults on the republican
 breastworks, but not a shot was fired in
 return. Therefore, after McDowell and
 MT. Berry of Kentucky. both democrats,
 had made brief speeches, MT. Bailey,
 the democratic leader who had been re-
 serving his speech for the close, took
 the floor. He made a carefully pre-
 pared argument, dealing more with the
 general principles involved than with
 details Time and again during the prog
 ress of his remarks the democrats were
 aroused by his eloquence to high
 pitch of enthusiasm.
 MT. Bailey spoke for about two
 hours and half. His operation was
 enthusiastically greeted and he was warmly congratulated. MT. McMillin
 dem., of Tennessee, who had twenty | minutes OI ms nOur remaining, con-
 sumed that time in denpuncing the sugar schedule which, he said had ad- ded s12000,000 to the price of sugar certificates to-day and in reply to MT
 Bailey's remarks about his record Any
 statement from any quarter that he hat ever advocated duty on wool, Mir Me
 Millin declared was unjust to him anG incorrect. He had been consistent After further debate, MT. Dingley shortly after Il o'clock, arose and de manded the previous question on the
 adoption of the conference report Vainly Mir Johnson, rep, of Indiana tried to ask MT. Dingley question while the question was being put ant several times he called "Mr Speaker" |" but was not recognized. The demand was sustained by viva voce and the vote on the adoption of the report fol lowed by yeas and nays.
 Considerable excitement occurred while the vote was being taken. Wher : the speaker announced the vote 1855 aye 118 noes, the republicans broke int, , loud cheers. The house then at 12:15 a } m. took recess until Wednesday. Broken Wire Tumbles. } Shortly after Il o'clock last night tn city hall fire bell struck 52, but the de | o,-ty di1