Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-20

quickly elselaimed any purpose of at
tacking him.
Il des Re to co nmen1 you ac ion t'-en,''
said he. the disclaimer beng accepted
Mr.. McMiiin asked in turn Why Mr.
Bailey had voted in the ways and means
committee against the wozisn schedule
of the present law, Who offered a sub
stitute for the hig7 .Stes in the pending
measure.
A wave Of applause wzrt ever the DEM
ocratic side at this question, but ii was
drowned in the perfect storm of approval
tn gre Nn r j ey's re that ne er
as Ions a. he was IN congress would h
vote for 30 per cent. duties On wooden
goods and no duty on rz=T VOL.
The republicans and galleries joired in
this demonstration.
How could the gentleman from Ten
nessee," he continued. when the applsu-e
subsided, vote for free wool in the face
Of the Chicago platform which he helped
The Chicago plat = did not take the
back track On the .Saeiple of tariff for
r-venue only Iesfz@ !e1 Mr. MeM.l!in.
I'm prove that y a. cried Mr.. Bailey.
rs Mr.. RobertY = of Louisiana, in the
house,. f he as . 10 king abeut him
Mr.. Bailey pr Aded to argue that the
Chicago plat , did return to the old
theory He q i thep .essat demceratic
the party 1s;Sre making no recruits the
wreckers/ eo1 deserted It.
MoreoVe YNr. MeMillin in turn delv=d
into Mr. Bailey's past, and pointed out
occasions when the Lone Star statesman
had voa-d for free coal. free iron ore. free
barbed wire, free sugar and even free
wool, in the Fifty-seoa1i ee-gross.
Mr. MdMillin's comment On the incon-
sistency of Mr. Baileys frea wool vo.e
caused much m rriment
In cOnla11SiO1. h nn n led n hn dpmO1-
racy to so into the battle again with its
banners bearing the old mo- oes.
Mr.. Bailey got The floor, after Mr. Nc
Millin finished, long enough to say hat
when he caft h votes referred to by Mr..
MdMillin the .rd3rgsed doctrine of his
party was free raw material ard as g 10y
al democrat he supported lis platform
declarations. He now held commission
from the democracy to oppose that doc
trine, ard he should do 50.
1t was now aftlr IL o'c,ccS. Mr.. Payne
and Mr.. Dingley succet sive1y took he
floor for some closing remark1 The
former devoted his time TO a defense of
the sugar schedule He figured out a
differential in favor of ,lle refiner in the
present law at the prices prevailing In
1894 at 52h per 100 Taking Mr.. Swan
sons Illustration of the 81 degree sugar,
Mr.. Payne figured on the basis of the
amoun. of raw sugar refined Q14b
pounds) That the refner und r the pres
ent law had . dfferenti'l Of .314 per 100
pounds, against 173 of differential in he
proposed schedule.
Mr.. Dingley openly avowed that the
schedule gave slight additional protec-
ton to refined sugar. but at the same
time 1t raised raw material all along the
line. Trusts, he said could not be eradi-
Gated by epithets. The way to br ak
down the trusts, he said. is TO estabish a
beet sugar factory in every congres. 10. al
district In the county and make comp t.
tion. That Is the way tn c'ip the wings
CT the trust. Uong and ioud republican
applause)
Mr.. Payne had great deal of fun at
the expense of the dern oerat'a adere VIII
were Growing over their orthodoxy. tn ir
views were dia metrically opposed. but
had had the authority of democi ate
platform.
When Mr.. Payne took his seat Mr.
Dingley arose amid a storm of cheers 4
demanded the previous question on the
adoption of the confere nee report.
Mr.. Johnston, repu blican. of Indiana
tried to ask Mr. Dingley a qussti IN white
the question was being put. Several
times he called MIR. Speaker" but was
not recognized.
The demand was sustained by viva
vocs Vci.e and the vote on the adnntion
of the report followed by ayes an1 rays
Considerable excitement occurred VII IL
the vote was being taken. When III,
sps aker announced the vote 1S9 ayes. lis
noes the republicans broke into loud
cheers.
The house then II 12:17 a. M took a re-
CESS until Wednesday