Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-06
MORE HOT SHOrEROM CHANDLER.


MORE HOT SHOT FROM CHANDLER.
Senator Chandler, who is one of the
most honest and aggressive Republi
cans in Congress, had some statements
to make regarding that Interpolation
! in section % of the Mckinley bill,
which gives certain American railroad
corporations the benefits of a ten per
cent. discriminating duty against goods
shipped over the Canadian line. Sena-
tor Frye, of Maine, Immediately took
issues with him as to how the new
clause got into the bill, declaring that
he (Senator Frye knew nothing about
it. Now Senator Chandler in the Bos-
ton Herald comes back at the Maine
Senator.
Senator Frye is a good and conclu-
sive witness that what | say is true"
says Senator Chandler. Il quote Sen
ator Fryes own words: How this
amendment to section % was secured
! know not
Senator Frye seems to mean that
he did not know until after the con-
ference report was adopted on July oath
that the trick clause was in it, If that
is what he does mean, then he certainly
was tricked, because his relation to
the whole subject, as chairman of the
Committee on Commerce, made it i'm
possible that he should not have known
that it was done, unless it was done
surreptitiously as to him and all Sena-
tors and members except the few con-
trlvers of the device. If on the other
hand, Senator Frye did know before
July oath that the thing was done, but
did not know how it was done after
he had failed in his open plan. he omit
ted for the whole week of debate over
the conference report in the Senate to
tell his New England constituents that
the conferees had struck this blow at
New England interests.
las Senator Frye says, the conferees
are all honorable men; of course, they
had the necessary explanatory state
ment written and it was left out by
the blunder Of clerk That is always
the safest ground to take in such
cases.
But whether legislation thus obtain
ed will stay, even nominally, upon the
statute book is doubtful. Moreover.
whether the attorney general will find
that the trickery of legislation must
be enforced until repealed is not vet.
settled. 1t should not take him fifteen
minutes to hold that the contiguous
country clause only applies where there
is no treaty allowing goods to come
without extra duties in ships entering
our seaports; while, if conventions are
necessary to avoid the effect of the
other part Of the trick, it should not
take Secretary Sherman fifteen min
utes to make them with England.
France and Germany, and the collec-
ton of discriminating duties should
await the deliberate action of Con-
gress.''
Now, we bring another Re-
publican witness to bear on this mys-
FERROUS proceeding. Senator Allison
has made statement concerning tbel
lnterpolater words in section % Of th/
new tariff law. Mr.. Allison had char
of the tariff bill in the Senate and q
member of the conference bill to
Senate and explained the che
made. He denies that trickeryl
used in making the important d
IN the language of the discrip
duty section, but the really
part OF his statement is tn
and unequivocal assertion
he individually nor the con
whole understood the sectiI
pleted form to have an
articles imported by raj
Mr.. Allison's statema
other Interpretation I'll
made the changes in
understand the effect
or th1 1e membe