The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-26
Five Minute Tariff Pop-Guns
Unrls Mex Wednesday.
VOTE THEN ON THE BILL
HAILBY. OF TEXAS, WILL Flkf
THE LAST SHOT.
TUE cRoss.FiRes YESTERDAY
Only 20 Minutes Given TO 'he o''
Democrats Representing 4Oo'ooo
Constitue OF Boston
Agairs st the Bill.

co,st;,uents.-Press Of Boston
Against the Bill.
Washington, d. c., March 2o.-Ihe
four days general debate in the Rouse
,>, the Dincley tariff bill closed to-h'sh''
por;,,;nr tomorrow the bill VIII pe
amen for amendment under the hVe "hii'-
ute rule until next Wednesday wheh Inv
vote will be taken.
Mr.. Bailey, of Texas. the opposiooh
le,der who was to close the general oe-
h.to for his side to-day, was unapie u
,,.Le his speech owing to severe sore
throat. and mutual agreement
made for an hours debate on sioe !r,. 1"s'
,.ofora tho final vote was taken. Inc
1oh.te will consequently close IN pia|e
as oratorv The speech-making to-uas
,,,o.s not of a very lively order, bur the
crowds in the galleries continued.
Mr. Talbert, Dem.. S. CO, opened ,he
debate He talked a great deal apou' Tue
robber Barons.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN fAfH"
Mr.. Champ Clark. Dem., MOI Sno
toI,owad him. said as n Democratic poii-
tician, he rejoiced in the passage VI .ne
nending bill. because after 1t nad D1c'n.s
4 law every store-keepe- "ouio o- "
,;gad 70 make a Democratic spaech ese,'
i'm. ~. made a sale. The passage OF tp''
hill, he said, would give the De'ioe "'S
100 majority in the next Congress.
Hftor acme brief remarks by Mr.. ha'
.,,,;ra Uem.. California;, AMI Mr.. Gunn,
poDnlist. Idaho), Mr.. Tiwney, CKep.,
Miami. a member of the ways anu o
Means committee, took the aoor Tor ~
minutes ...s
M Tawney searched the attitude OF
.h. two parties on the subject or inc
tariff to show how steadfastiy the he.
nuhiicans had clung to protection ana
how the Democrats had backed and hiied
in the national platforms.
SIMPSON KNOCKS THE SOCKS.
Mr.. Simpson Populist, Kansas, enter
tertained the House for few minutes.
He read from Mr.. McKinley's speech III
the Minneapolis convention, the deciara'
ton that the foreigner paid the tax.
This statement, he said, was ridiculous.
He devoted some time to criticism OF
the agricultural schedule. he SAID ne
was himself farmer who farmed farms'
not the farmers. If the Republicans de-
sired to do something for the farmers,
why. he asked, had they left hides ou
the free list? Mr.. Simpson announced
himself free trader.
Mr.. Cox, Dem., Tenn.), and Mr.. Nc
Rae, Dem., Arkansas), following the
latter. ridiculed the idea that prosperity
had existed under the Mckinley law, 0;
would exist under the Dingley bill, II
it became law.
Mr.. Grow, (Rep., PENN, the venerable
ex-Speaker, made a general speech ia
favor of the theory of protection. Mr.
Curtis, Rep., Kansas), defended the as-
ricultural schedule Of the bill. He de-
precated attacks by the West upon the
East.
Mr.. Burke Dem., Tex.), said the bill
should be entitled, "A bill to build up
trusts and corporate influences and OPP
press the agricultural people of the
United States"
100000 VOTERS GAGGED:
Mr.. Lentz (Rem., Ohio, protested, be-
cause but twenty minutes were given
to the six Ohio Democrats representing
100000 persons who had voted for Will
liam J. Bryan democratic applause).
Mr.. Dalzell (Rep., PENN, reviewed
the results of the Wilson and Mckinley
bills. and denounced the ad valorem sys-
TEN of the first as giving opportunity for
immense undervaluations.
Mr.. ColsOn tRep., KyD, argued in favor
of 4 higher duty ON camel coal. He said
IL the issue in Kentucky had been free
silver alone Kentucy's vote would have
gone to Bryan.
Mr.. Russell Rep., Conn.,, member Of
the Ways and Means committee, devoted
some time to replying to recent struct-
ures PASSED upon Mr.. Edward Atkinson,
Of Boston.
Mr.. Steele Rep., 1nd.), also a member
of the Ways and Means committee, gave
it as his opinion that the pending meas
ure was the most complete tariff bill
ever framed. not only because OF the du-
ties imposed but because of the superb
method provided for the collection OF
those duties.
He believed in protection, he said,
but he had no sympathy with those in
the South, or any other section who did
not believe in protecting themselves.
Mr.. Hawley Rep., Tex.), treated the
House to an argument in favor OF protec-
ton from the standpoint OF the lone
star State, and was literally applauded
by his party colleagues.
DeARMOND PICKS HIS FLINT.
Mr.. DeArmond Dem., Mo-, charged
that the real purpose of the Republicans
was to pile up surplus in the Treasury
which could be used to lookup the green
backs and Treasury notes and thus con-
tract the currency that the people in
desperation would eventually be forced to
accept one of their schemes for the ag-
gr-rd2ement Of the National banks.
Couldn't the surplus be used to pay