Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-18
PULLMAN HAS 4 NEWSCHEME He Voted for a Duty on Raw
 Cotton
IN ORDER TO LOAD THE BILL
As Heavily as Possible, so that the Masses Might Get Thoroughly Disgusted-Sul-
 ger Jumps on Weyler with Both Feet.


 greater progress today on the tariff bill than any day since the debate opened. Two en.ire schedules covering twenty pages, were compelled, namely: Sched- ules H, on spirits, win-s and beverages, and schedule I, on manufactured cotton goods. This brings the senate to the flaso seed, with the irnportlnIt wool schedule standing. next. The portion of the bill passed today is substantially the same as thai reported, the committee changes being unimportant, while the opposition amendments. of MT. Jones, of Arkansas, and MT. Vest were systematically re- jected by ma jorfties varying from to 10.
 Mr. Allison secured i.he addition of new paragraph to the cotton schedule with a view to compensating the cotton manufacturers of the receni. action of the senate in putting raw cotton on the d'i- able list, Irvine paragraph led to some discussion. That on champagne ana O. CT sparkling win;s was agreed to as re porItaed. The committee paragraph on still wines was perfected by striking out the provision for an additional duty Of. cen s oAn each bottle or jug and the substitution of a provision that the filled bdIiles or jugs shall pay the same duty as if empty. The paragraph on cherry juice, etc, was modified by the commit tee to include the house provisions con taining no alcohol or not more than IS per cent. of alcohol, and thus agreed.
 The first paragraph of the cotton man. ufactures schedule, cotton thread ana yarn, was contested by MT. Jones, of Ar kanuass He spoke at length on the abil- i y of the Am :rican' cotton manufacturer to compete against the foreign producers without high duties.
 MT. Mills, of Texas, declared that every xF aifNr could be manufactured in American fac tories if thS elements of cotton productioia dyes, machines, etc, were not so heayi- 1y -axed.
 MT. Vest commended republican sena-
 IS to- the, views of. James G. Blaine. he greatest aporitle, on protection that
 yer lived in The United States" ex- press3d in 1881, that ibhere was no reason why the American cotton manufacturer could not compete with England for the cotton production of the world.
 The debate, although on the first par agraph of the cotton schedule took wide range, covering lthe entire cotton sched- ule.
 Mir McLaurin, of South Carolina. called attention, to the division of democratic senator's on certain fdti.ies including cot ton, and defended his course as In line with the democratic principles and the Chicago platform. M asfts -
 MT. Joneti, of Arkansas offered an amendment in the nature of tes on the entire cotton schedule, proposing the VII son rates on cotton thread and yarns. Rejec ed-20 to 30.
 MT. McEnery, of Louisiana, voted with the republicans in the negative
 The demOcra tdc, senators, Bacon, Clay, McLaurinl and Tillmany who had voted for duty on raw cotton, were in the affirmative on this motion to reduce the ate on manufactured cotton. After this uq ha cotton schedules. paragraphs being agreed to as reported. When the para graph relating to cotton cloth from 200 to 300 threads to the square inch,. and exceeding 300 threads, was reached. MT. Jones moved to substitute the Wilson rates, which were about half cent a yard less. This brought out speech from MT. Butler, of North Carolina, against the bill as class measure. Jones' amendment on cotton cloths was reject ed, IS to 27 MT. Vest stated as to the item of hose, shorts, drawers, etc, that the heavy duties were imposed on the low grade of goods used by the poor. Amend mentS proposed by him and MT. Jones embodying the Wilson rates were reject ed That on stockings was defeated, 23 to 31. -asas s
 MT. Allison proposed new paragraph, 319h, with a view to meeting the duty heretofore imposed on raw cotton He said the duty on raw cotton, if it. remain ed in the bill, would probably require an entire overhaulng of the cotton sched- ule at later stage. The additional par agraph provides that on all cotton yarns finer than No. 10 single, and the goods thereof, the duty shall be 10 per cent in addition to the rates of the cotton schedule
 MT. Vest said this was a direct result of the action in placing a duty on raw cotton. It was a part of the inter-de pendent trust of the protective system.
 MT. Vest declared that at the outset MT. Aldrich had said the committee amendments reduced the house rates, ! while under the influence of caucus these reductions were being abandoned and the house rate accepted.
 MT. Allison answered that history was itself, and he recalled amid the trouble over the Wilson bill debate. .,5
 MT. Tillman. of South Carolina, said he was one of the democrats voting for a duty on raw cotton. He vowed he want- ed the bill loaded as heavily as possible, so as to disgust the people and have them turn you out.
 If his democratic associates could. get any consolation by tWitting him for vot- ing for his section in this general game of grab" we'll and good. AS to the re- publican senator's he warned them that no tariff bill would bring prosperity which gave compensatory duties to the mdnuIdCluTerS out Ol lHc pOchetS Ol tHe people.
 MT. Alison's new paragraph paving the way for compensatory rates on ac- count of placing a duty on raw cotton was agreed to, yeas S5, nays 26. The vote was party one, five democrats, Bacon Clay, McI.aurin, McEnery and Tillman, voting in the negative with their associ- ateS.
 This completed the cotton schedule and the senate was up to schedule J, flax, hemp and jute and manufactures thereof. It was now. 4:15, and as excep- tionally rapid, progress had been made, MT. Allison agreed to lay aside the bill.s
 An executive session was held before 
 HOUSE.
 The house was in session an hour and a half today, most of the time being taken up with roll calls.
 MT. Sulzer, democrat, of New York, succeeded in injecting into the proceed ings brief speech dn favor of Cuba. in which he denounced Weyler as a thief and murderer.
 The bill for the relief of the residents of Greer county. Oklahoma, was passed
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