The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09

duty on wool lumber aud all other ar
ticles classed as raw materials. Indeed.
he exclaimed. lit leaves us naked with
out argument
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) also opposed the
amendment in an incisiye speech. lie
agreed with Mr.. Vest that the Republl-
cans would support the amendment III
the hope of creating diSsension III the
Democratic party and added that they
also would support il for the purpose OF
securing an excuse for increased com
pensa tory duties on cotton manufactures.
He argued THAT the small importations
could not affect the price of the entire
domestic crop and said that the duty
would only add to the price of cotton
goods Mr. Jones said the cotton grow
ers would not be misled and deceived by
| a proposition so palpably thin as this
Mr.. Bacon argued briefly that if posi-
tivenesS of assertion and vehemence were
to control in this subject then the Sen
ator from Missouri (VeSD would have his
views prevail.
But the Senate was forum of argu-
ment and no Senator was to be put down
by the mere vehcmence of the Senator
from Missouri, however long and emil
nent his services might be.
point over frequent Interruptions the
hast one coming from Mr.. Caffery. Il
think the Senator has enough to do TO
answer the questions addressed to him
yesterday by the Senator from Massa-
chusettS as to sugar." answered Mr..
Bacon sharply. The Senator went on to
say that the Objectionable feature of the
tariff in the past had been its sectional
ism and its discrimination of one part of
the country against the other. But the
Democratic platform recognizing reve-
nue. tariff. insisted that it be free from
sectional benefits and that there be per-
feet equality in burden or benefit. This
was the only ''new evangcl' to which
the Senator from Missouri had referred
Mr. Gray asked if Mr. Bacon believed
in tariff for revenue only?
Mr. Bacon answered that he believed
in a tariff for revenue" but not for Il
tariff for revenue only He insisted that
the tariff platform of the Chicago con-
ventaon did not contemplate revenue
duties which utterly ignored questions of
Justice in the duties towards sections or
classes. He insisted that the funda-
menal principle of the Democratic party
was to restrict the tariff to revenue pur-
poses and in imposing it for that purpose
TO give equal benefits and equal burdens
to all sections. In closing. Mr.. Bacon re-
ferred to statements that his tariff views
were shaped by the interests of his own
State. He was not. he said, Indifferent
to the fact that his people might be bene-
fitted or injured by the characer Of the
rates imposed. As it was recognized that
the country was to have a revenue tariff
BILL he intended to see to it that his
State received an equal share of its
benefits for. in the words of the Bible,
the man who does not care for his own
household is worse than an infdel.
Mr.. Stewart (Nev.) created amusement
by declaring that the hair splitting and
distinction beween a revenue tariff and a
protective tariff was all ''tweede-dee
and tweedle-dum.' He had followed
this subject for thirty years and he did
not understand this new language re-
lating to the tariff. The Georgia Senator
Bacon was right, Mr.. Stewart said,
in seeing that his State should receive
the same benefits as other sections.
What are we here for:'' asked Mr.
| Stewart, vehemently.
.'To get the Offices" suggested some
Senator jocularly, in stage whisper
NO not all of us" continued Mr.. Stew
| art. I'VE are here to represent our con-
stituents and see that our States have
| equal rights under the tariff and all other
| Elws.' Mr.. Stewart insisted that it was
| time the raw materials of the South and
| West received equal benefits with the
| manufactured products of New England.
| The discussion had evidently aroused
much feeling and this was given express
sion soon after Mr.. Caffery began speak
| ing. He said the position of Mr.. Bacon
| had been clearly exposed as one favorable
| to protect interests of his own State, with
revenue as mere incident.
| How about Sugar. inquired Mr.. Ba-
| con, mockingly.
| Very deliberately Mr. Caffery answered
| "Twice the Senator declined to answer
| my questions and now | decline peremp-
| torily to yield
| Il accept that status between u.s. an
swered Mr. Bacon.
"You made the status yourself" said
Mr. Caffery.
'It is very great deprivation" con-
| tinued Mr.. Bacon in mOcking tones, "but
/ will endeavor to bear it with equanim-
| ity."
Mr.. Caffery was soon interrupted with
another inquiry as to Sugar, this time
from Mr.. McLaurin Dem. s. c.. The
galleries were much amused and MIR.
| Caffery said: 81 see that the bad prece-
dent set by the Senator from Massachu-
setts (Hoar) to put me in hole, is being
followed by my associates ON this side
of the Chamber"
| Before you are out Of the hole,' inter
| jected Mr.. Hoar.
| The vote was then taken on Mr.. Ba-
| cons amendment placing raw cotton In
the bill at 20 per cent ad valorem. There
was great interest in the vote as it be-
gam 1t resulted yeas AZ, nays 49,
| Paragraphs 226 to 22S inclusive (Maca-
roni, oats and oatmeaD were agreed to as
reported.
| When the rice paragraph (229) was
reached Mr.. Allen Pop. Neb.), took oc-
casion to speak sarcastically of the differ
| ences among Democratic Senators as to
| what constituted Democratic doctrine.
These Senators, he said, should go into
caucus and endeavor to arrange some
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