The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-26
THE WINONA MAN FINALLY CASTS
ASIDE THE CROWN OF
GLORY
GIVEN BY A CHICAGO PAPER.
DECLARES HE HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH SECTION 22 AS FINALLY
REPORTED.
STILL HE WAS IN FAVOR OF 1T.
What the Congressman Has to Say
About the Strange Bit of
Legislation.

out yesterday. He talked. The day
before he wouldn't say anything about
his connection with section % Of the
new tariff law which, as explained in
the G l o b e Of yesterday, is regarded
as one of the most telling blows the
commercial interests of the Northwest
has received providing Secretary Gage
puts the construction on it which the
Eastern trunk lines and Chicago job
bers hope for. When, however, he
read in the G o b e what a representa-
tive st. Paul jobber had to say "if''
the Winona man were responsible for
section %, he thought it time to say
something. When Chicago paper of
few days ago was printing two col
umn pictures of Congressman Tawney
and telling its readers that mo man
in Minnesota is bigger today than Con-
gresham Tawney," the Winona states
man, it was noticed, wasn't rushing
into print to say that he was not en-
titled to be so considered by the Chi
cago merchants and the trunk lines.
All the pretty detail about his early
career, which the G o b e didn't print
yesterday in reproducing part of what
the Chicago paper had to say about
him, he allowed to stand without a
murmur. He seemed willing to have
the outside world believe that "Min-
nesota claims him and is proud of him. -
But when some Of the people of Min
neSota came to express themselves as
to what should be done with Congress-
man Tawney, eff he were responsible
for the section, it was too much, and
he was forced to repudiate the Chicago
papers eulogy and to say that he had
nothing to do with the passage of sec
ton 22, or at least nothing more than
any other man who voted for it. If
the congressman's statement, how
ever, is as misleading as that part re-
latfng to Mr.. Young, 1t is believed that
Congressman Tawney's explanation
does not explain. He says Mr.. Young
accused him Of it's authorship, whereas
he will see by reading his Globe once
more that Mr.. Young accused him of
nothing, but did soy that eff he were
the author of the section he ought to
be tarred and feathered. After explain
ing that he did not deny the author
ship of the section in question earlier
because he knew it was false and he
wanted to investigate the matter. Mr..
Tawney said yesterday:
Section % of the Dingley bill, as it
was reported to the house by the ways
and means committee, and as it passed
the house, made the discriminating 10
per cent duty applicable only to goods
when Imported in foreign vessels. In
the form in which it was thus passed
by the house l did perhaps as much
as any one to secure it's adoption, be-
cause I am in favor of encouraging
the American merchant marine. That
the matter may be fully understood
by the public, will quote the section
as 1t was originally reported by our
committee:
Section 22-That discriminating duty of 10
per centum ad valorem in addition to the
duties imposed by law, shall be levied col
lected and paid on all goods wares or mer-
chandise which shall be imported in vessels
not of the United States but this discrimi-
mating duty shall not apply to goods, wares
and merchandise which shall be imported in
vessels not of the United States, entitled by
treaty or any act of congress, to be entered
in the ports of the United States on the pay
ment of the same duties as shall then be paid
on goods, wares and merchandise imported
in vessels of the United States.
''The senate amended the section by
striking out the words or any act of
congress- which gave the committee on
conference complete jurisdiction of the
entire section. 1t was then redrafted
and adopted by the conference COM
mittee in the following form:
Section 22-That discriminating duty of 10
per centum ad valorem, in addition to the
duties by law, shall be levied, collected and
paid on all goods, wares or merchandise
which shall be imported in vessels not of the
United States or which being the production
or manufacture of any foreign country not
contiguous to the United States, shall come
into the United States from such contiguous
country but this discriminating duty shall
not apply to goods, wares or merchandise
which shall be imported by vessels not of the
United States, entitled at the time of such
importation by treaty or convention to be
entered in the ports of the United States on
payment of the same duties as shall then be
payable on goods, wares and merchandise i'm
ported in vessels of the United States nor to
such foreign products or manufactures as
shall be imported from such contiguous coun-
tries in the usual course Of strictly retail
trade.
1T is unnecessary for me to say that
I was not a member of the conference
committee, and therefore could not
have had anything to do with the
adoption of this section by the COM
mittee. That I had nothing to do with
the drafting of it, or presenting it to
the committee, or to any member Of
the committee, must be very evident to
any man who has any knowledge of the
secrecy with which the proceedings of
the conference committee were con-
Quoted, or the way in which not only
members of the ways and means COM
mittee not on the conference commit
tee, but also members of the house.
were excluded from all intercourse or
any opportunity Of even conversing
with the members of the conference
committee.
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