Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-03-28

same wages paid at the North. The &
that the iron. coal and lime were %
side by side in the South constr
advantage. y
Mr. Ddlzel asserted that iro. .as
being made and coal being mineG FEN
nessee by convict labor. The store system
prevailed. also, in Tennessee.
Mr.. McMillin denied that the script sys-
tenn prevailed in Tennessee. All the pro-
lection Pennsylvania could pile up. he said
would not save the Pennsylvania indus
try. t. was the South. he said which was
driving Pennsylvania out of the market.
eve have only just begun" said he. eve
propose 20 make it hot for YOU. not only in
iron. but I'm cotton manufacture. and We
won't ask government aid either" (Dem-
ocratic applause)
Mr.. Dalzell declared that the South
did not compete with Pennsylvania.
Only forge or foundry iron was prOduc-
ed in the South, and only Bessemer
iron was used in the North.
Mr. Johnson, (Rep., Indiana), and Mr.
Diugley called attention to the slow
progress which was being made with
the bill. Only nine pages were covered
yesterday. and four hours of work had
advanced the consideration of the bill
only two pages up to this time to-day
The House. Mr. Dingley said, was
wasting its time in irrelevant discus
sion.
Mr.. Dockery in reply said it could not
be expected that the opposition would
not aSsail this bill in every feature. He
suggested that the time be extended so
that the bill could be adequately consid-
cred.
The little debate served to expedite
matters somewhat, and the clerk pro-
ceeded with the reading of the bill. \
committee amendment 70 place a duty
of three cents per pound on chlOrate Of
soda was agreed to.
Mr.. Newlands. (Silverite. Nevada,
after delivering some remarks in favor
of increases on several articles, warned
the allied forces" of silver as he termed
them, that they must allow the widest
divergence of views on the tariff and
other questions if they were to live in
harmony.
Once we can organize the friends Of
silver" said he. "seven-tenths Of the
people of the United States will be with
us"
Mr.. Mohany. CRep.. New York;, and
Mr. Lentz. (Dem.. Ohio. got into a
political discussion which aroused con-
siderable party rancor. In the course
Of his remarks Mr.. LentZ denOUncss
Cleveland as the agent and political
bejfell1w OF the Republicans. and when
tauCtod with the fact that he had HIM
s-'f been a gold bug" he said he glo-
ried i'm the fact that he graduated
from the class of gold fools into that
of "si yer crauks."
He argued that every high tariff agi-
tatiOl was an invitation to the hOrdes of
Europe 20 come here and produced some
figures % show that immigration had
been largely increased after the enact
ment of the Mckinley law and decreas-
ed after the enactment Of the Wilson
law. Mr. Nahany. speaking Of Nr.
eUtZ's avCw7l JbaJ ne Lad once been
o gold fOOl' and was now a "s'iver
crank created a laugh by asking what
could be expected from such miscege-
nation. He also caused laugh at Mr..
Lentz's expense by charging that he
had stood shoulder to shoulder with
Mr.. Cleveland until the moment Of his
nomination for Congress.
At Ais p. m, after completing six
pages Of the bill, the House adjourned
until Monday.