The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-31
RUSHING 1T THROUGH
The Tariff Bill to Pass the House
To-Day on Schedule Tina.
ARBITRARY RULES PREVAIL
Earnest Demands for a Duty on
Hides In the Interests OF the
West Denied by the In
exorable Dlngley.

/ tarin debate in the house. Political
speeches We're wedged In at every op-
portunity and there was constant
maneuvering for political advantage.
The opposition directed its efforts to-
wards stirring up dissension ON the
republican side, but that side only ex-
posed single instance of revolt to-
day. That was ON the subject OF free
hides. The democrats pressed the re-
publicans for duty on hides for the
farmer with such vigor that Hepburn
was drawn into the debate and made a
! strong plea for a duty on hides. He
! demanded that the house be given an
opportunity to vote on this question
and declared that every western repub-
| lican was in favor OF IL. Cannon of
Illinois also gave a qualified endorse
ment to this demand.
The republican leaders defended
their bill to-day with vigor. The ways
and means committee held the floor
/ with their amendments from 10 In the
morning to In the afternoon. About
80 were offered and adopted. Among
/ them was one admitting free of duty
books. scientific apparatus, charts,
I maps. etc." for scientific and educa-
tional purposes. After that Ave more
pages of the bin were read. making 20
pages in all Of the g. pages of the hill.
! Tomorrow will he open for amend
ment until | o'clock. an attempt to ex-
! tend the debate having failed. after
which an hour a side will be allowed to
close. The voting will begin at )
/ o'clock. The democrats displayed "a
/ deal of anxiety to-day to get i'm an
amendment to strike out the differen-
| tial on sugar. but they probably will
be frustrated in this. The only motion
| they may be able to secure a vote on
! is one TO recommit with instructions,
! This motion has been prepared in the
/ shape of resolution, and is the amend
I ment to suspend the duty on articles
whose prices are controlled by trusts
| or combinations. Even this motion
may he held to be out OF order under
! the special order.
] There is some talk of a number of re-
| publican votes being east against the
/ bill. but nothing definite Ia known.
/ Cannon. republican of Illinois, prefaced
! his remarks with the declaration that
| he was for the pending bill He was
not pleased with all its features. He
never had been pleased with any reve-
nue. bill. He appreciated that there
must be a spirit of give and take and
he was frank to say he thought there
could well be a duty on hides, as the
/ impression was deeply grounded in the
West that a duty on hides would raise
| the price of cattle 81 a head.
| SIaydon. democrat of Texas. ex-
pressed qualification that the dormant
| republican conscience has been awak-
/ ened i'm spots. He proceeded to argue
that duty on hides would be of prac-
! tjcaI benefit To cattle raisers of the
plaius of Texas Kansas and the Da-
kotas. Bell populist OF Colorado,
warned the Republicans that II they
passed this bin, containing high duties.
| without imposing mt least revenue
4 duty on hides. they would regret Il,
WHY should the wool men of few
states he so eraciously dealt with and
the cattle raisers denied anythingP
Dinelev defended the action of the
| ,ommittee saving that when the act of
,sao was being nrenared The present
occunant of tbe white house made n
very exbaus,ive Investigation of the
.uhiec, and found first thai the preat I
hady ~ hides nrnduced in this country
vas a hvNnroduc, from the s,auuhter
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