The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-01
READY FOR A VOTE.
The Discussion on the Dingley
Bill About Over.
MANY POLITICAL SPEECHES MADE.
An Attempt Made to Extend the Debate
but n Was Lost-Hides on the Free
List Causes Some Debate-wm Vote
on the Bill To-day.

ling ran high during the last day or the
tariff debate in the house. Political
speeches were wedged in at every op.
portunity and there was constant ma
noeuvering for political advantage.
The opposition directed their efforts as
far as possible toward stirring up dis.
sensions on the Republican side, but
they succeeded only in exposing a sin.
gle instance of revolt That was on the
subject of free hides. The Democrats
pressed the question Of duty on hides
for the benefit of the farmer with such
vigor that Mr.. Hepburn (Rep., la was
drawn into the debate, and made a
strong plea for dutiable hides. He de-
manded that the house be given an op.
portunity to vote on this question, and
declared that every western Republi-
can was in favor Of it, Mr.. Cannon
Oils also gave qualified endorsement
to this demand. The Republican lead.
ers defended their bill with vigor.
The ways and means committee held
the floor with their amendments for six
hours. About 30 were offered and
adopted. Among them was one ad.
mitting, free of duty, "books, scientific
apparatus, charts, maps, etc." for
scientific and educational purposes.
After that five more pages of the bill
were read, making 20 pages in all Of the
162 pages of the bill.
The bill was open for amendment un-
til / o'clock today. an attempt to ex.
tend the debate having failed, after
which an hour on side will be allowed
to close. The voting will begin at 3
o'clock The Democrats displayed a
| nf n n
amendment to strike out the dlfferen-
tial on sugar, but they probably will be
frustrated in this. The only motion
they may be able to secure vote on is
one to reCominit with instructions.
This nation has been prepared in the
shape of resolution, and is the Dock
cry amendment to suspend the duty on
articles whose prices are controlled by
trusts or combinations. Even this
motion may be held to be out of order
under the special order. There is some
talk of number of Republican votes
being cast against the bill, but after in
vestigation it seems probable that those
who may be dissatisfied with particular
provisions of the bill will! line up on
the final vote, and there will be no
break in the Republican ranks.
Among the amendments adopted
were the following:
Paper not specially provided for, 25
per cent ad valorem; hats, bOnnets,
etc, unbleached, 10 per cent, bleached,
20 per cent; making the duty on brushes
uniform at 40 per cent; safety fuses, 80
per cent qualifying the duty on crude
tartar dutiable at ! cent per pound so
as to provide that such tartar must not
contain more than 90 per cent OF bitar.
trate of potash striking out paragraph
3S2 fixing duties on Orienal, Berlin and
similar rugs (Mr. Dingley explained
that the effect of this amendment was
to restore the duties of the act of 1890
on carpets) to change the phraseology
of the embroidered glove schedule to
meet a recent decision of the board of
general appraisers. Another amend
ment provided that no gloves larger
than size should be Classe as chill.
drens' gloves
Mr.. Cannon rep, Tls.) prefaced his
remarks with the declaration that he
was for the pending bill. He was not
pleased with all its features. He never
had been pleased with any revenue
bill. He appreciated that there must
be spirit of give and take, and he was
frank to say ne thought there could
we'll be duty on hides, as the impress
sion was deeply grounded in the west
that duty on hides would raise the
price on cattle 81 head.
Mr. Slayden Dem, Tex.) expressed
qualification that the dormant Republi-
can conscience had been awakened in
spots He proceeded to argue that q
duty ON hides would be of practical
benefit to the cattle raisers of the plains
of Texas, Kansas and the Dakotas.
Mr.. Bell Pop, COLI warned the Re-
publicans that if they passed this bill,
containing high duties, without impos.
ing at least a revenue duty on hides,
distinctly product of the farm, they
would regret it. Why should the wool
men of a few states be so generously
dealt with and the cattle raiser denied
anything?
Mr.. Dingley defended the action of
the committee, saying that we could
tan hides with our cheap material for
the foreign market. Weighing the bal
, ance of advantages, the committee de.
cided against a duty on hides,
Our tanning industry, he said, was
adjusted to free hides, aud it was de-
cided that duty on hides would not be
| of advantage to the farmer, and would
/ be distinct disadvantage to our export
J trade.
Mr. Hepburn (Rep., la then came
! forward with vehement speech in
/ favor of a duty ON hides Mr. Hep
burn declared that the wool interests
dWarfed in contrast with the vast cattle
interests of the country. Iowa was
more interested in hides than wool. ShC
) marketed annually $3,000,O00 worth o.
] hides and not 10 per cent Of tina
> amount of wool. He demanded tina
! the ways and means committee allow
. the sense OF the house to be taken OI
this question, and affirmed, with grea
t positiveness, that every Republican
l from the west favored duty on hides
"We insist" he shouted, "that thu
! tanning and leather industries of New
. York, Pennsylvania and New Englanr
! should not be- allowed to stitie the de
mands of the west" democratic ap
plause.
. Mr.. Dockery contributed to the con
Q troversy over hides the statement tina
5 "you were notified by a member of tn
. senate, then representative on thi
? floor, (Mr. Lodge), that if hides wer
not left on the free list Massachusett
+ would defeat the bill"
Q Mr.. Norton Dem, o. made viciou
assault on the majority. Instead OF dc
: nouncing Mr.. Cleveland on every occG
4. sion, he said, tie other side ought TO b
. down on their knees at the feet Of hi
a ''perspiring obesity s"h pOnderous Dol
I uei Oslty," thanking him for the oppor
Q tunity he had given them to again "ro
4 the people.
A An amendment rating steel string
g for musical instruments at 40 per cent
t. one putting boiling cloths Tor millinl
purposes at % per cent CfI~e under Nc
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