Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-10
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June 10.
SENATE.

The Senate began work at II a. m.
to-day, and the tariff bill was taken up
as soon as the routine business was out
of the way.
MIR. Tillman took the floor on the
pending amendment of Mr.. Cannon
providing an export bounty on agrcul-
tural products. He said the tariff de-
bate had disclosed q nebulous condi.
tion in the minds of Senators. "The re-
publican Senators sat quietly, apparent
ly controlled by the caucus, refusing to
discuss the iniquities of the bill and
unanimously voting for the exactions
in behalf of trusts and monopolies.
On the other hand, the democrats are
in period of transition. They don't
know where they're at. The older,
more experienced, proclaim their al
legiance to the old time honored doc
trines. We had an impassioned speech
yesterday (by Mr.. Mills) in behalf of
the Walker tariff principles, brought
forward at this late day as democratic
doctrine. Secession, notification and
other Issues which have passed out Of
the minds of men might as we'll be
brought here. The tariff is merely a
question of policy, as to how the gov
eminent will raise its revenue. The
farmer stood, his skinny, bony hand
outstretched, asking this export bounty
to overcome the robbery of the present
system, and yet Senators sat in stony
silence expecting this idiotic farmer,
with the mortgage gnawing on
his home, not to know that
they refuse to give him relief"
Referring TO any bill, not giving ade-
quate relief to farmers, Mr.. Tillman
exclaimed: II am prepared to throw
some rocks that will stagger some of
you men," While the South had
labored under the ban of secession, pay
ing billions as result of its attempt to
secede, it was still face to face with the
demand of the horse-leach, crying,
more, more, more. This section and
| the agricultural interests always had
been at the mercy of tariff bills which
found their genesis in the benefits con-
ferred on New England.
When he referred at one point to
the Chicago platform declaration on
the tariff, Mr.. Vest said he voted in
the Chicago convention amid great up
roar and confusion for the long, and in
part nebulous platform. He never
knew until it had come out here that
the word "only" had been left out Of
the declaration for tariff for revc-
nue." "If 1 had known it," proceeded
Mr.. Vest, II would have risen in my
place and moved to insert it, for it is
the creed of the democratic party"
Mr.. Tillman turned to the democrats
:, and said they now had chance, with
the votes Of few republican Senators
mot lost to all sense of shame and de-
cency,n to give some measure of relief
to the farmers. Democratic Senators
had spoken of "new evangel," he
said, and they, instead Of offering the
cardinal democratic principle of equal
ity, gave the Sodom apple of tariff for
revenue only" to their constituents.
You are holding the telescope with
the big end to your eye, and at the
little end you see the legend, tariff for
revenue only instead of that great doc
trine of democracy, equal rights for all,
special privileges for none." He ar
raigned republican Senators for the in.
equalities of their legislation and for
"keepiDg Cuba under the heel of Wey-
ler." They claimed, he said, to be fol-
lowers of Lincoln, ''but you are I'm.
worthy to tie the shoe latches of that
great man." The democratic Sena-
tors claimed to be followers OF
Jefferson, while they were aban-
doning Jeherson's cardinal prin-
ciple of equal rights to the people.
Mr.. Allen and others spoke in favor
of an export bounty.
The Cannon amendment was defeat
ed, yeas 10, nays SO.
The affirmative vote was given by
Messrs. Allen, Butler, Stewart, Harris
and Heitfeld, populists Cannon, Man.
tie and Pettigrew, silver republicans
Roach and Tillman, democrats.
Mr.. Tillman announced that his COL
league (Mr. McLaurin) would have
voted for the amendment.
This closed the consideration of the
cereal paragraphs of the agricultural
schedule, and the sugar schedule was
taken up.
Mr.. Pettigrew gave notice that he
would offer his amendment to admit
free of duty goods made by trusts, in
connection with the schedule.
The original amendments of the Sen
ate committee were withdrawn by Mr..
Allison without objection. The House
provisions were then taken up, the
proviso relating to the Hawaiian ISL
ands going over.
Mr.. Allison, then moved an amend
ment striking out $4,000 and insert.
ing $780, the duty on refined sugars.
Mr.. Jones was recognized for
speech on the general fea-
lures of the sugar schedule. The
Senator had before him small bot
ties showing the various grades of su-
gar, raw and refined. He asserted that
the new sugar proposition would in
crease the profits Of the sugar refners
in every point. If that was the purpose
of the managers of the bill they should
let it be known. He was in favor of
tax on sugar but he believed that it
should be made as light as possible and
should give no special benefit to any
body by the way in which the duty was
arranged.
Mr.. Jones concluded at 80 o'clock
and Mr.. Vest took the floor to speak
on the sugar schedule.
HOUSE.
James T. Lloyd, who was recently
elected to succeed the late Representa-
tive Giles, of the first Missouri district,