The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-23


TO Mr.. Quay.
The Pennsylvania senator sat down and
shook his head.
Mr.. Foraker referred in general terms
to the agreement until asked by Mr.. Bur-
rows TO specify the agreement Then Mr..
Foraker said: we understood that II third
class woods were given a specific duty then
the secured third-class woods should have
the triple. duty, Just as first and second
class WOODS have triple duty. We did not
suppose there was any dissent from that.
Everybody acquiesCed in ii when consulted
in regard to it. and our agreement was
made with that distinct understanding;
Now, for the first time, we are notified
there is objection TO It,"
Mr.. Platt, of Connecticut, here arose and
declared that the finance committee had
never heard Of this proposition.
suggest that the senator ana near OF
forgotten il. | carried ii to the committee
room, and the senator himself (Platt wrote
it down with blue pencil in his copy OF the
tariff bill. The senator from Iowa CMr
Alison) also wrote 1t in his copy he
added that some twenty senators were
present at the time, ana every item OF the
agreement was gone over and written down
in the bills of Mr.. Allison and Mr.. Platt.
Thus reminded Mr. Plat said he would
modify his statement. There a meet
ing at which certain suggestions were pre-
sented as TO what was wanted but these
Mr.. Foraker asserted that Mr.. Allison had
asserted that in case SPECIFIC rates n,et, We're ,
placed on third-clasS wool the duties on
secured woods would be tripled.
Mr.. Penrose took part in the debate 70
briefly state that the agreement which the
senator from Ohio said existed could not
have been. as he and Mr.. Foraker had been
up until after midnight last night trying
to adjust differences.
last night was not on third-class WOOL but
another matter.
Mr.. Hale's effort to calm the disturbance
by suggesting a postponement III order 10
secure united action seemed about to quiet
the storm when Mr. Vest smilingly arose
and said Il object"
Attention was now directed to the Missou-
ri senator. who spoke in ironical terms.
Il have had novel experience to-day. ne
began. For the first time in my lie L
have been accorded the privilege or listen
ing to deliberations of Republican eau
GUS.
LET me say interposed Mr.. Allison,
'tthat the question of wool was never dis
cussed before the Republican caucus.
VEST GROWS SARCASTIC.
Mr. Vest gave a derisive shrug of his
shoulders, and proceeded. The Senate had
just heard. he said, from an eminent Re-
publican senator (Foraker that twenty
Republican senator's were present during
the consideration of a certain agreement,
formal and written, so that the statute OF
frauds would not apply against it.
but not signed by the party charged"
interjected Mr.. Foraker, lightly, referring
to the legal figure of speech used by Mr..
Vest
Senators had heard, also, Mr.. Vest went
on, that their Republican brothers were to-
gether until the wee sma hours of last
night in a fruitless effort to harmonize And
now. he proceeded, I'VE hear from the great
pacificator from Maine (Hale), appealing
for peace, but / have so often heard his
assurances that peace prevailed in Cuba
that | am inclined to doubt him now.
Just as prosperity was IN sight, Mr.. Vest
went on ironically, just as the sunshine
was Illuminating the land, the Senate was
asked to stop in the consideration Of the
tariff bill and wait while the Republican
senator's held a caucus. demand tnat
the public business proceed, exclaimed Mr..
Vest IF Republican senators cannot
agree, then let them retire and confer. But
do not halt the business of the Senate
and the country while the Republican sena-
tors reach agreement as to who shall
have the greatest part of the swag."
Mr. Teller followed Mr.. Vest in opposition
to any postponement of the bill. lie re-
ferred to the many delays in maturing the
bill. He had supposed there was an agree
ment among Republican senators toward
united action, although, he added, not be-
ing a member of the Republican caucus he
was not conversant with its secrets. Mr..
Teller dwelt at some length upon the ante
election promise that the passage OF the
tariff bill was to result in the certain pros
perity of the country. He referred TO a re-
cent utterance of the President indicating
his confidence that the enactment of the
bin into law would have this effect and said
he wished this could be so; yet, he did
not believe the bill would accomplish this
benign result. He could not assent to the
idea, which was implied, that all the coun-
try was suffering for was n more taxation ton
the effect predicted for it, certainly ii was
not fair for those who have the bill in
charge to ask any delay in its consldera-
tion. Mr.. Teller referred to the interest of
the Western senators in the rates on wool.
If the bill he said, could not be perfected
in committee or caucus the bill must be
acted on in the Senate. AS for himself, he
was anxious to see the bill pass, but he
tain Objectionable elements were eliminated
from it. He desired that the bill should
become a law in the precise shape favored
by the administration in order that there
might be no mistake as to the efficacy of
the remedy proposed for the depressed con-
dition of the country's business affairs. In
conclusion Mr. Teller said the wool sched-
ule contained about all there was in the
bill for the West. He did not believe the
schedule was fair one.
MANTLE QUOTES BRET IARTE.
Mr. Mantle asserted the bill to be full
of loopholes and snares for the unwary and
said that the situation was fifty described
by Bret Harte's lines:
And the cards, they were stocked
In way that / grieVe
And my feelings were shocked
At the state of his sleeve.
Which were stuffed full Of aces and bow
ers,
And the same with intent ITO deceive"
Mr. Allison then offered an amendment re-
quiring secured wool of the third class to
pay three times the duty of unsecured wool
Of that class. Mr.. Allison stated that the
amendment was made to meet the objec-
ton raised by senators on the floor of the
Senate to-day.
A debate ensued which was largely tech
nical in character relating to the effect
of securing as compared TO washing, the
shrinkage entailed, etc, in which Messrs.
Gray, Warren, Mantle Stewart and Jones
of Arkansas participated.
Mr. Jones said he had estimated that free
raw wool and 40 per cent. average rate
on manufactured Woolens would save to the
people of the country $50, 900 900 every year.
And yet this schedule placed the wool rates
higher than ever. making the most iniqui-
tous burden of taxation ever conceived.
There We're several Tits between Jr. Jones
and Mr. Hoar, in the course of which Mr.
Hoar said the opposition TO this bill was
the same old opposition that had always
been .exerted against the protective system.
That issue had been submitted to the
American people and a decree had been
given in such unmistakable language that
no more than three opponents of free trade
were left in the Senate
Mr.. Warren spoke briefly on some OF the
"glaring misstatements against the BILL
THE CHANGES.
Before the vote was taken Mr., Allison
yielded to appeals and specified all changes
contemplated by the committee throughout
the schedule. These in addition to the pro-
posed changes on first and second-class
woods, are as folows No change in Para
graph 357 on third-class wool No change
in Paragraph 35S. a substitute modifying
Paragraph 359 modification of Para
graph 36) making the rates 80 cents on top
waste % cents on shOddy and 20 cents on
other waste. No change in Paragraphs 36l