The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-24
A CHECK IN THE PROGRESS-LESS
THAN A PAGE DISPOSED OF
YESTERDAY.
DEMOCRATIC DIRTY Linen WASHED
MIR. Vest Sharply Criticised Certain
Southern Senator's Who Want
Their Share of the Plumber.
TilIman Warmly Replied.

Arkansas and Tillman taking part in an
exposition of democratic doctrine on the
tariff. 1t led to several lively exchanges
during which the cleaning of dirty linen
was frequently referred to.
4. Late in the day Mr.. Morgan proposed
!%&Teeping amendment to place 10 per
~ ad valorem duty on all articles now
J. E..s12fthe free list, with a few stated excep-
Z TONS In supporting the amendment, Mr..
Morgan called attention to the singular
fact that the income tax feature of the
Wilson bill is not repealed and can be en-
forced by change in the personnel of
the supreme court of the United States.
In the senate today bills were passed
for public buildings at Cleveland o.. to
cost $3.50, 1000, and at McKeesport, Pa,
to cost 100000.
Owing to the interest in the Hawaiian
annexation question, Mr.. Davis of Min
nesota secured an agreement for the print
ing of 5000 copies of the treaty and
other documents.
The consideration of the tariff bill was
then resumed, at schedule J, relating to
flax, hemp and jute, and manufactures
thereof.
Mr.. Vest of Missouri made test con-
test at the outset, moving to strike out
the first paragraph, flax straw, at So per
ton. He said the whole flax schedule was
based ON the idea that we could produce
the flax, but he denied this.
Ireland was the only country in which
the flax for linen could be successfully
produced, and he declared that the Min
nesota flax had not proven satisfactory.
The amendment was rejected, Is to %,
Mr.. McEnery voting with the republicans.
Mr.. Allison of Iowa, in charge of the
bill, withdrew the senate amendment on
flax, not hacked or dressed, leaving the
house rate of 1 cent per pound standing.
lAHe also withdrew the committee amend
Aent on dressed flax, leaving the house
3e of cents.
DpTIt is evident" remarked Mr.. Jones of
4 Arkansas that all the committee reduc-
tons are to be abandoned and the chair
man might as well move to accept the
higher house rates in bulk"
Further criticising the flax paragraph,
Mr. Vest ironically referred to that era
of prosperity which had been Officially
and enthusiastically announced" in re-
cent prayer by the chaplain of the SEN
ate, "an emissary of providence"
Mr.. Pettigrew of South Dakota derided
the result of placing duty on raw cot
ton. Southern senators had done this to
keep out Egyptian cotton, and yet the
New England manufacturer had been
given a compensatory duty to bring in
EGYPTIAN cotton. So that declared the
senator, all that was accomplished was
to help eastern republicans break up the
solid SOUTH
Bacon of Georgia, who took the lead in
the contest for duty on raw cotton. He
did not believe the cotton manufacturers
should receive compensatory duty to off
set the duty on raw cotton, as the man
ufacturer already had ample protection.
There was fragrant discrimination, he
said between raw products of the farm
ers of the south and those of the north
the cotton bagging and cottons ties used
by the south being taxed while the bind
ing Irvine used by the north was free.
Mr.. Allison explained that before the
senate was through with the bill just
equilibrium would be established.
Mr.. Bacon had some sharp and good
sparring with Mr.. Jones and Vest over
their position that tariff rates should be
limited to revenue purposes. And yet,
he said, these senators believed in COM
pensatOry duties to the manufacturer
which were not based on revenue but
were purely additional protection.
Mr.. Vest declared his opposition to
compensatory duties
Mr.. Jones said he opposed a tax on raw
N-Toterials, but when such tax was i'm
Nj, then the manufacturer was bound
M We compensation.
!, W II was an exciting interruption
AN, MIR. Bacon criticised the position
" Me of his associates in not favoring
k~.sx.Tvenue duty on raw materials
y Mr. Vest sprang to his feet, and with
p great vehemence exclaimed: This is
very delectable to republican senator's.
Their hearts are cheered and l can see
thir eyes gleam."
He had refrained thus far, he said,
from exposing democratic discords, but
since the senator from Georgia had gone
into this lavatory for washing demo-
cratic dirty linen" he Vest would ask
his associates few questions. Mr.. Vest
rogatories, but Mr.. Bacon demurred. He
did not like the idea, he said, of being
nut on the witness stand by his demo-
cratic associates and being put through
a course of categorical questions.
Mr.. Vest disclaimed any offense in his
questions.
ton limited to the needs of the govern
ment economically administered"
II do" responded Mr.. Bacon.
Then how, persisted Mr.. Vest, could
the Georgia senator reconcile his position
with the fact that an idle surplus of mil
lions was now in the treasury? Why
should there be more revenue!
"If had my way" responded Mr..
Bacon "there would be no tariff bill. The
senator Vest remarks that since there
Is to be tariff bill want my share. l
utterly repudiate that suggestion. have
no sympathy with the cry that If the thu
Rut 7 declare that if any revenue bill is
passed it ought to be equalized in its ben
\ Here Mr.. Silliman of South Carolina
-ose to call attention of his democratic
NJ ,ethren'' to the rates they had given in
NJ Wilson bill to certain raw materials.