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than under the present law. He said the
agricultural schedule ought to be known as
the fraud schedule" as 1t was designed
to be deceptive to the farmers
In connection with Mr.. Chilton's discus
sion of the agricultural schedule Mr.. Till
man was drawn into vehement argument
on the benefit Of an export bounty on agri-
cultural products. The South Carolina
senator declared that the imposition Of
such bounty was the most effective
means of destroying the entire protective
system, for If the farmer got one drop Of
blood in his mouth he would want to
swallow the whole carcass and it would
end in a scramble overturning the whole
system.
Proceeding, Mr.. Chiffon took up the
Democratic position on free raw material,
urging that raw wool and other raw
products were entitled to exactly the same
consideration as manufactured wooden
goods, but neither of them should be bene-
fitted as against the interests of the whole
people. He did not believe the people Of
Texas could be helped by a protective sys-
tenn as a whole or in detail. A tariff on
wool would, he believed, take more money
out of their pockets than it would put in
them and the same was true of hides and
lumber. Mr.. Chiffon said he would not hold
out to his constituents the delusive hope
that they were to receive a part of the
benefits of protection. If they had reached
the conclusion that il was time to Join in
the general scramble for protection then
they should send a Republican in his place.
Mr.. Chiffon spoke for more than two hours
and received many congratulations as he
closed his remarks.
JONES CRITICISES THE BILL.
Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, followed in crit
icsm Of the bill in detail. He asserted there
had been no fair and free conference, but
a mere outward formality of conference
which the Senate out of self-respect ought
to repudiate by rejecting the report The
senator referred to the full meeting of the
conferees, Democrats and Republicans, and
related the futile efforts of the Democratic
conferees to secure a hearing. Mr.. Jones
asserted that 1t was the first time in the
history of the country that such arbitrary
action had been taken by a conference
committee.
vote it down." suggested Mr. Allison.
The report is mere recommendation 10
+ yes" declared Mr. Jones, 1.-The Senate
owes it to its dignity to reject the report y
Mr.. Aldrich, one of the Republican con-
ferees, interrupted to state that the course
of this conference committee was the same
that every conference committee followed.
In the tariff contest of 1894, the Demo
cratic conferees were together six weeks
and the Republican confereeS were not IN
Vited in and knew nothing of what was 60
ing on Mr. Aldrich declared that Republic
an senators were responsible FOR the pend
ing bill and it was not to be expected that
amendments by Democratic conferees
would be engrafted on the bill
Mr.. Jones insisted that the course or the
Republican conferees mad been eXceptlonal
and arbitrary. The senator turned his at
tentiOn to the various schedules, cOmpar-
ing the rates with the opening statement
by MI Aldrich that the rates were to be
moderate and conservative. In particular he
argued that each change in the rates on
sugar had given added benefits to the
trust.
At one stage Mr.. Aldrich interrupted to
say that the average of rates was below
that of the law of 1890 Referring to Mr..
JonesS criticisms on the sugar Schedule,
he said that his personal views were favor
able to free sugar, as they had always been
and he would so vote If there was oppor-
tunitv But the demands for revenue made
that out of the question. He insisted also
that Mr.. Jones's figures on the differentials
of the sugar schedule were erroneous.
Mr. Jones maintained that there was
about four times as much margin to the
sugar refiners under the conference report
as in the present law. rms, ne sala, us
closed why there was so much anxiety IN
rushing the bill through the, conference and
the House.
vote against the conference report al
though he expected that the bill in its pa es-
ent form, with all it's iniquities, would be-
| come a law Its iniquities would make it
I difficult to repeal. as the faVOrs 1t gave,
! brought ii such tremendous strength that
the Republican party would be able TO col
lect a fund Of twenty, forty or fifty mill
lions if they needed it in order TO carry
an election. He believed however, that the
contest of the future was not on the tariff
but between Republican institutions and
plutocracy. The senator closed with the
declaration that when he left the Repub-
Hcan party he left it for good and the
caucus dictation in behalf of this iniquit-
tous bill" had amply justified his action
Shortly before O'Clock Mr.. Teller was
about to begin speech He yielded, how
ever, to Mr.. Allison, who made the hrst
movement towards bringing the debate to
The House joint resolution was passed re-
duesting the President to make investiga-
| ton as to the exclusion of America tobacco
| from foreign countries under the Reggie con-
At o'clock the Senate held an executive
session and then adjourned