The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
-,pIFF BILL IN TROUBLE.
, REPUBLICAN MEMBERS
81 DISSATISFIED WITH 1T.

and a Half Wasted Mt the
Al ,nr of the Session Owing to
of n Quorum-TwO Repubh-
,,.,uhers From Massachusetts
st Against the High Rates of
,,,uosed in the WOODEN and
c.,ton Schedules.
-,..-,ineton, March 29.-Mr. Richardson
nessee objected to the approval of
% Journal or the transaction of busi-
Inc -bsr the House was called to or
5av because of the absence of
oei call of the roll sustained Mr..
r.. .scond roll call showed the presence
Quorum, and at n:1O the journal was
..ored and the reading Of the tariff
az ~..rr,ed. In making the announce
" Of the vote, Speaker Reed said: THE
homes that members will find it con-
ont with their private engagements
l, present when the House meets. We
80 already lost an hour and ten min
....s today because members have not
,s.r attentive to their duties"
rrl,s rfTn
.,,nlican members of the House with the
-s.1ulos of the tariff bill was manifested
,,, when Messrs. Mccall and Lover
~ Massachusetts, protested against
~ high rates of duty imposed IN '1he
lien and cotton schedules. Inc former
VII if was the wooden schedule in the
eqs,inIev bill that had caused the reac-
~ against the protective system, result
n
ms he House, the Senate and the
ossi5encv. Mr.. Lowering declared that
r,a7,Ifa cturers of Massachusetts did
w want the high rates, but asked tariff
VA would stand. They believed in pro-
lion hut did not want to be smothered
~ lis embrace. The statements of these
r,sn,bers were warmly applauded by the
democrats
-, lTessrs Grosvenor of Ohio, Russell of
Connecticut and Dingley of Maine. The
t,rrner said the wooden schedule was re-
-'roduction of that of the Mckinley law,
ri,rder rhe operation of which that indus
IRA, reached its highest degree Of prosper
nv Mr.. Russell called attention to the
fact that the committee on ways and
means had agreed to increase the duty on
combed cotton at the request of Mr.. Low
eriDg. and he thought it came with bad
grace from the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts to criticise the high rates of du-
ties MI. Dingley said that no one, not
even the critics themselves, believed thai
The cotton industry could thrive without
the duties carried in the bill. If the pro
lection afforded the wool manufacturers
was too high, it was because the duty
on wool had been placed too high, for the
compensatory duty given the manufac-
turer in the bill was exactly the same as
that in the Mckinley and Wilson bills.
Another republican outbreak was thai
by Mr.. Johnson of Indiana, who wanted
to amend some schedules which he sale
were not likely to be reached, because OF
the irrevelant debate. He so persisted in
talking despite the commands of the
chairman, Ont. Sherman, rep.) that the
committee rose and the chairman reported
that the committee did so in order thai
the rules of the House might be enforced
The speaker said that irrevelant debate
was inevitable and that the basis of or
der was the recognition of the authority
Of the presiding officer.
Mr. johnson disclaimed any intention o.
being unruly, and without specific actor
the House went into committee agan.
Members of the committee on ways anC
means, under the provisions of the specia
order, took control of the bill, and M
amendments were offered during. the day
except those that had been acted upon bl
them The changes were generally o
slight Importance.
At sos o'clock the committee rose, an,
the House passed the Senate joint resolu
ton making Immediately available $4,000
for the protection of the lower Mississippi
with an amendment carrying some of tn
more pressing items in the deficiency bill
passed week before last. The House a
rs O'Clock adjourned