The Portland daily press., 1897-07-21

| resolution either by itself or during the
etarlH debate If this became essential. Ii
was not an orderly practice, but, said Mr..
Morgan, when men were tied up and
lashed over the back they were not dis
posed to stand on the niceties Of pro-
| ceoure. 1t was more important, he said,
TO save $50, 900, 900 by the Union Pacific
resolution than to pass the tariff bill :
Mr.. Allison mildly suggested that there
was no disposition to cut off all reasonable
consideration of the report. 1t was too
important, however, to give way to other
questions that might be brought forward.
| Inc conference report was then read in
ueta1l. When the first clause was read,
VT. Jones of Arkansas made an earnest
| protest against proceeding on the techni-
cal report without an intelligent explana-
tlon on its meaning.
1t was due to the American people he
declared, that some explanation be given.
The reading of the lengthy conference
report then proceeded rapidly. There
We're frequent inquiries by Mr.. Jones
and brief explanations from Mr.. Allison,
put these did not cause material delay.
seven pages of the printed report, cover
ing 5H pages of the bill were disposed in
| the first half hour.
When the item of window glass was
reached Mr.. Jones read telegram just
received from leading glass dealers Of
New York, saying the restoration of the
lent OF 40 per cent on this article which
would be prohibitory and would stop all
revenue from this source. The lumber
amendment led to an animated debate
MT Teller and MIR. Vest contended that
the " rate on white pine and the retail
atory clause against Canadian logs in
effect permitted double tax. Mr. Teller
declared that tho yyho1a
| celved in the interests of few mill men
OF Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin
by which they would be enabled to raise
the price of pine $3 to 81 per thousand.
Mr.. Pettigrew of South Dakota, severe
~ criticized the conference amendment,
making personal references to the Michi-
gan senator's. He said the SO was designed
to benefit few men who own what
standing pine there is in Michigan, Wis
consin and Minnesota. One Michigan
lumberman was worth $40, 900 and
was prominent in Republican politics.
He is the man who manipulated the
election of Senators in Michigan, asserted
Mr.. Pettigrew. This condition made the
lumber amendment an important one to
''the Michigan machine" he said. This
one lumberman's S10,000,000 counted
against the influence and votes of 10000
men of ordinary means. The conference
report ought to be rejected on this one
lumber item. 1t was full of tricks, he
said.
Commenting on a newspaper clipping
as to gathering of lumbermen in Mr..
Burrows's room, Mr.. Pettigrew said it
showed that the pine amendment would
take over Sc, 900, 600 out of the pockets of
the people and put in the pockets of this
little group of lumbermen gathered in
Burrows's room. While the bill was full
of tricks, Mr.. Pettigrew asserted that the
lumber rate was one of the worst and
most barefaced tricks of the whole bill
The debate was fruitless of result and
the reading of the bill proceeded until
the amendments to the sugar schedule
were reached.
Mr.. Vest said this was the storm centre
of the bill and he asked Mr.. Allison if he
House conferees that the House differen-
| tial and the general features of the House
schedule had been preserved
Mr.. Allison responded with an eXplana-
| tiontory statement which was interrupted
| by frequent questions. He said the
general effect of the amendment was as
stated by the House conferees. The Sem
ate had provided 1.95 on refined sugars,
where the House gave 1875, making the
| Senate differential one fifth instead of
| one-eighth. The House provision was
now restored and that differential re-
tained.
1t was beyond question, Mr.. Vest said,
| that the conference amendment was in
the interest of the trust. There had been
| much beating of drums over the House
| victory and the speaker of the House was
pictured as the Ajax of the House. But
| in fact the House had suffered defeat.
The House conferees had come out of the
engagement not only Without arms, but
without their baggage. And what added
to the sting of defeat was that they did
| not seem to know they were beaten.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas said he would
hereafter show that the differential be-
tween raw and refined sugar is not only
almost as much in the conference report
| in the Senate schedule, but that in gen
eral there had been an absolute surrender
by the House on vital points.
Mr.. White of California presented tables
| showing that instead of the House hav-
| ing gained victory on the sugar sched-
ule th Q reduction from the Senate differ
ential was trifling. They showed also,
he said, that on refined sugar made from
sugar testing less than So degrees, the
amount of protection given to the trust,
instead of being less is greater under the
schedule agreed to in conference than un-
der either the House bill or the Senate
mo wonder the market trembled and
brought forth increased rates on sugar
stock" remarked Mr. White.
| The formal reading of the report then
proceeded. When the amendments restor-
| ing cotton bagging and cotton ties to the
| dutiable list were reached, there was a
sharp protest from Senators Jones, But
Ter, Tillman and Bacon. Mr.. Tillman
expressed his indignation at the section
alism which had inspired the conference
committee. He gave notice to Southern
senators that if they stand by him they
could hold the Senate in session until
next December rather than submit to this
change.
Mr.. Bacon characterized the restoration
of cotton ties and cotton bagging to the
dutiable list as indefensible favoritism
of the North against the South.
Replying to the suggestion of Mr.. Till
man, Mr.. Butler said he stood ready to
join in any movement to hold the Senate
| in session for week or longer, to pre-
vent the consummation of this iniquity
against the South.
TT will tell the Senator" called back
Mr. Tillman, "that I am negotiating
| with the senator from Pennsylvania,
(Mr. Quay), for the speech by which he
| stopped the last tariff debate and may
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