The record-union., 1897-03-26
Balance of Time to be Taken Up With
Five-Minute Talks.
Debate Will Close on "Wednesday
Next, When Vote Will be Taken
on the rIeasure - Speech-rIaking
Yesterday Not of a Very Lively
Order-Senate Proceedings.

days general DEBATE III tiIe Iioo'o oii
the Dingley tariff bill closed to-night-
Beginning tomorrow, the debate VIII De
open for debate under the flve-mlnute
rule until next Wednesday, when the
vote will be taken. Bailey OF TeXas,
the opposition leader who was TO nave
closed the general debate for his side
to-day. was unable to make his speech,
owing to a sore throat, and mutual ar
rangement was made for an hours de-
bate on each side just before the final
vote is taken.
The speechmaking to-day was not OF
a very lively order, but the crowds In
the galleries continue.
Five members of the Ways and Means
Committee spoke to-day, Messrs. Taw-
ney (R) of Minnesota, Dalzen (R) Of
Pennsylvania, Russell (R-) of Connec-
ticut, Payne (R.) of New York and Stone
R) of Indiana. The other speakers at
the session were Talbot Cd of South
Carolina, Clark Cd of Missouri, Ma
gure Cd of California, Gum (Pop) OF
Idaho, Cox CD of Tennessee, McRae
Cd of Arkansas, Grow (R) of Pennsyl-
vania, Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas, Cur
It's (R) of Kansas, Burke D) of Texas
Lentz (D.) of Ohio, Colson (R) of Ken
lucky, Hawley (R) of Texas, De Ar
mond CD of Missouri and F1tZgerald
CD of Massachusetts,.
Talbot CD of South Carolina, in the
presence of a scant audience, opened
the debate, and the House then rapidly
filled. Talbot talked a great deal about
robber barons.
Champ Clark Cd Of Missouri, who fol-
lowed, said that as Democratic poll
tician he would rejoice in the passage
of the pending bill because after it had
become a law every storekeeper would
be obliged to make a Democratic speech
every time he made a sale. The passage
of this bill, he said, would give the
Democrats 100 majority in the next
Congress.
After brief remarks by Mcguire
CD of California and Gum Pop) of
Idaho. Tawney R) of Minnesota, a, mem
Der of the Ways and Means Committee,
took the floor for twenty minutes.
Tawney defended the lead schedule
which had been attacked by Gum. The
latter said that he had no criticism to
make of rates. He only asked that they
be collected.
Tawney asserted that the classifica-
duties could not be evaded-
The purpose of the trainers of the
schedule was to give American labor
employment in smelling Mexican and
Canadian ores and at the same time
fully protect the American lead miner.
Mr. Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas enter
tained the House for five minutes. He
read from Major McKinley's speech at
1J.e- <Ia 1kacl
alton that the foreigner paid the tax,
which he ridiculed. The last Congress,
he said, increased the appropriations
$4,000 600, and now according to Nc
Kinleys theory the taxes on foreigners
were to be increased to pay for the ex-
travagance.
The foreigner should be glad, he said,
that the last Congress had not been
two-billion- dollar Congress. If the
taxes of the foreigner could be sufTi-
ciently increased, he observed sarcas-
tically the surplus could be distributed
among our people and every day would
be Sunday here. Uaughter)
He said that he was himself a farm
er. who farmed farms. not farmers. If
the Republicans had desired to do
something practical for the farmers,
why, ne dShtu, lidd ltAtS 4Elb iiiNCo Oii
the free list Simpson announced
himself a free trader.
Cox Dem) of Tennessee and McRae
Dem) of Arkansas followed. The lat
ter ridiculed the idea that prosperity
had existed under Mckinley. or would
exist under the Dingley bill, if il be-
came a law.
Grow (Rep) Of Pennsylvania, the
ar..al
speech in favor of the theory Of pro-
aection. The latest Democratic cry of
more money and less taxes. he said,
was preposterous. The Democratic
Administration had demonstrated its
lack Of craftsmanship by being unable
to keep out Of the poorhouse-
Curtis (Rep) Of Kansas defended the
agricultural schedule Of the bill. He
deprecated attacks by the West upon
the East.
Burke (Dem) of Texas said that the
biK should be entitled "A bill 10 build
up trusts and corporation influences.
and oppress the agricultural people OF
the United States"
Lentz Dem) OF Ohio protested, be-
cause but twenty minutes were given
TO the six Ohio Democrats. represent
ing 100000 people, who had voted for
William ]. Bryan. Democratic APP
plause)
Dalzeu (Rep) of Pennsylvania re-
viewed the results Of the Wilson and
Mckinley laws. and denounced the ad
valorem system as giving opportunity
for immense under-vaiuation Idle
men and women, busy souphouses and
starvation had marked the period OF
the Wilson bill. He ridiculed the state
ment in the report of the Democratic
minority that 1t offered no substitute
for the bill, because it had not time to
prepare one. and inquired If the Dem
ocrats expected that the country Will
be willing to have them air their theo-
ries at a cost of 100000 a day If
this raised the maximum amount cal
culated by the Chairman OF the COM
anittee. it would yield too much to pay
the interest and principal of bonds is
sued to resist the attempt made on the
nations life by the Democratic party
and the bonds issue to make good the
deficit incurred during the last Admin
istration.
Referring to the tin plate industry.
he contended that the fall in prices in
Liverpool after the enactment Of the
Mckinley law proved the theory that
the foreigner paid the duties. The law
giving rebates on tin plate when ex-
ported was justifiable under the OLD
system, but was not under the new. be-