The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-19

bill came to halt in the senate today
less than one page of the flax schedule
being disposed of. The debate drifted
into political channels, Senators Bacon,
Vest, Jones (Ark.) and Tillman taking
part in an exposition of Democratic
doctrine on the tariff. 1t led to sew
eral lively exchanges, during which the
cleaning of political dirty linen" was
frequently referred to. Mr.. TiIlman'S
remarks were made with his char
acteristic vehemence, and at one point
he frankly stated, concerning the
tariff, that, if there was to be stealing,
he wanted his share for South Gallo
lima. Late in the day Mr.. Morgan pro-
posed a sweeping amendment to place
10 per cent ad valorem duty on all
articles now in the free list with few
stated exceptions. In supporting the
amendment Mr.. Morgan called atten-
ton to the singular fact that the in
come tax feature of the Wilson bill is
not repeated and can be enforced by
a change In the personnel of the Su-
preme court of the United States.
The consideration of the tariff bill
was then resumed, at schedule J, re-
manufactures thereof. Mr.. Vest (Mo)
made test contest at the outset, NOV
ing to strike out the first paragraph,
flax straw, at SIS per ton. He said the
whole flax schedule was based on the
idea that we could produce the fax,
but he denied this. Ireland was the
only country in which the fax for
linen could be successfully produced,
and he declared that the Minnesota
flax had not proved satisfactory. The
| amendment was rejected, 1928 MI.
McEnery voting with the Republicans.
Mr. Allison Qo.) in charge Of the
| bill, withdrew the senate amendment
on flax, not hacked or dressed, leav-
| ing the house rate of one cent per
pound stand. He also withdrew the
committee amendment on dressed flax,
| leaving the house rate Of cents.
TT is evident" remarked Mr.. Jones,
| (Ark) that all the committee reduc-
| tions are to be abandoned, and the
chair might as well move to accept the
higher house rates in bulk.
Mr. Davis (Minn.) said the flax pro
duction Of the Northwest was de-
mOnstrated success. He presented
nesota, Michigan and the Dakotas.
Mr.. Pettigrew Is. d. declared that
the proposed rates ought to be doubled,
as an encouragement to the Hourlsh-
ing fax industry Of the Northwest
He derided the result Of placing duty
| on raw cotton. Southern senators had
| done this to keep out Egyptian cotton
and yet the New England manufac-
| turer had been given a compensatory
duty to bring in Egyptian cotton. So
| that, declared the senator, all that was
| accomplished was to help Eastern Re-
publicans break up the solid South.
| This brought a response from Mr..
| Bacon (Ga) who took the lead In the
| contest for a duty on raw cotton. He
| did not believe the cotton manufac-
turer should receive compensatory
| duty to offset the duty on raw cotton
as the manufacturer already had
ample protection.
Mr.. Allison interjected the remark
that the committee hoped before the
senate was through with the bill that
a just equilibrium would be estab-
lished.
Mr.. Bacon had some sharp and good
| natured sparring with Mr.. Jones and
Mr. Vest over their position that tariff
rates should be limited to revenue pur-
poses. And yet, he said, these senators
| believed in compensatory duties to the
revenue, but were purely an additional
manufacturer which were not based on
protection MI Vest immediately de-
clared his opposition to compensatory
duties.
Mr.. Jones said that he opposed a
| tax on raw materials, but when such
| turer was bound tc have q cOmpen-
| sation.
There was an exciting interruption
when Mr.. Brown criticised the posi- =
ton Of some Of his associates not IA
voring a revenue duty on raw ma
ter4als MIR. Vest sprang to his feet,
and, with great vehemence, claimed:
This is very delectable to Republican
| senators. Their hearts are cheered,
and I can see their 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
Democratic dirty lnen,' he WesO
would ask his associates a few ques-
tons Mr.. Vest was about to put a
series of sharp interrogatories, but Mr..
Bacon demurred. He did not like the
| idea, he said, of being put on the wit
ness stand by his Democratic associates
and being put through course of cat
egorical questions.
Mr.. Vest, whose manner had been In
tensely earnest said the questioning
had been undertaken in no offensive
way. do you believe he asked, "in
taxation limited to the needs of the
government, economically admins
tered?"
II do" responded Mr.. Bacon.
"Then how" persisted Mr.. Vest, "can
the Georgia senator reconcile his posi-
ton with the fact that an idle surplus
of millions is now in the treasury. Why
should there be more revenue?"
"If I had my way" proceeded Mr..
Bacon, There would be no tariff bill
The senator (Vest) remarks that since
there is to be q tariff bill want my
share. 1 utterly repudiate that sug-
gestion. l have no sympathy with the
cry that, if the treasury is to be looted
I want my share. But l declare that
if any revenue bill is passed, 1t ought tC
be equalized in it's benefits"
Mr. Tillnan (S. c. here came in t.
call the attention Of his Democratic
brethren" to the rates they had given
in the Wilson bill to certain raw ma
terials If this was fraud, then the
present contest over taxing raw mate
rial was merely as to the amount oil
the fraud Then Mr.. Tilman added
"And l say plainly, If we are to have
this stealing, I want my share fol
South Carolina" There was a momen.
tary sensation over the vehemence O.
| Mr. Tillman's remark.
, Mr.. Berry (ArkJ deplored the divi.
sious on the Democratic side and sale
he had hoped that whatever the divi.
sions might be he would never see 6
Southern Democrat supporting a pro.