The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31
TARIFF VOTE TODAY
AT THREE O'CLOCK THE FIRST
ROLL CALL WILL BE IN
ORDER.
PARTY FEELING RAN HIGH.
POLITICS FREELY INJECTED INTO
THE LAST DAY FOR GEN
ERAL DEBATE.
ONE REVOLT AMONG REPUBLICANS.
Free Hides the Subject of a Vigor.
Gus Speech From Mr.. Hepburn,
of Iowa.


feeling ran high during the last day Of
the tariff debate in the house. Po-
htical speeches were wedged in at
every opportunity, and there was con-
slant maneuvering for political adj
vantage. The opposition directed their
efforts, as far as possible toward STIR
ring up dissention on the Republican
side, but they succeeded only in ex-
posing a single instance Of revolt to-
day. That was on the subject of free
hides. The Democrats pressed the
question of a duty on hides for the
benefit of the farmer with such vigor
that Mr.. Hepburn, an Iowa Republican
was drawn into the debate and made
strong plea for dutiable hides. He
demanded that the house be given an
opportunity to vote on this question
and declared that every Western Re
publican was in favor of it Mr.. Can
non Qll.) also gave qualified indorse-
ment to this demand. The Republican
leaders defended their bill today with
vigor.
The ways and means committee held
the floor with their amendments from
~ IN the morning to 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. About thirty-f1ve were Of
Tered and adopted. Among them was
one admitting, free Of duty, books
scientific apparatus. charts, maps. etc. -
Tor scientific and educational purposes
After that, five more pages Of the bill
were read, making twenty pages in
all OF the 1872 pages Of the bill. To-
morrow the bill will be open for amend
ment until 1 o'clock-an attempt to
extend the debate having failed-after
winch an hour on a side will be al.
lowed to close. The voting will begin
at O'Clock.
The Democrats display a good deal
or anxiety today to get In an amend
ment to strike out the differential on
sugar, but they probably will be frus-
trated In this. The only motion they
may be able to secure a vote on. is one
70 recommit with instructions. This
motion has been prepared in the shape
OF resolution and is the Dockery
amendment to suspend the duty on
articles whose prices are controlled
py trusts or cnr7l4ir4o ti7na Even this
motion may be held to be out of or
der under the special order. There
is some talk Of a number Of Republi-
can votes being cast against the bill
but after investigation it seems prob
able that those who may be dissa tfsfied
with particular provisions Of the bill
VIII line up on the final vote and there
VIII be no break in the Republican
ranks.
among the amendments adopted
We're the following; Paper not special
~ provided for, rs per cent ad valorem:
mats, bonnets, etc, unbleached. IL Der
htHanhQ6
duty on brushes uniform at 40 per cent;
qualifying the duty on crude tartar.
dutlable at l cent per pound. so as to
provide that such tartar must not con-
tain more than so per cent Of bitartrat e
OF potash; striking out paragraph 382
1NIng duties on Oriental Berlin and
similar rugs; to change the phrase
oIogy of the embroidered glove sched-
ule TO meet recent decision of the
board of general appraisers. Another
amendment provided that no gloves
larger than size 6 should be classed as
children's gloves.
Mr.. Cannon 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 a spirit
OF give and take, and he was frank to
say he thought there could we'll be a
duty on hides, as the impression was
deeply grounded in the West that a
duty on hides would raise the price
of cattle 81 a head
Mr.. Slayden Dem, Tex) expressed
qualification that the dormant Repub-
hcan conscience had been awakened in
spots. He proceeded to argue that a
duty on hides would be of practical
benefit to the cattle raisers Of the plains
of Texas, Kansas and the Dakotas.
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep., Io) then came
forward with a vehement speech in
favor of a duty on hides. He declared
that the wool interests dwarfed in con-
trast with the vast cattle interests Of
the country. Iowa was more interested
in hides than wool He demanded that
the ways and means committee allow
the sense of the house to be taken on
this question and affirmed with great
posftiveness that every Republican
from the West favored q duty on hides
I'VE insist" he shouted that the tan
ming and leather industries of New
York, Pennsylvania and New England
should not be allowed to stif1e the de-
nlandS Of the West" Democratic APP
plause.)
Mr.. Brucker Dem, Mich) denounced
the duty Of 81 on lumber as robbery.
The lumber barons were permitted 10
GO into Canada and have their lumber
sawed by the cheap labor there. 1t
was free trade in labor and protection
for the manufactures
The amendment increasing the rate
on horses and mules to those of the
act Of 1890 was adopted.
This completed the committee amend