The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-19

| being disposed of. The debate drifted
into political channels, Senators Bacon,
| Vest, Jones (Ark) and Tillman taking
| part in an exposition of Democratic
doctrine on the tariff 1t led to sew
eral lively exchanges, during which the
cleaning Of political dirty linen" was
| frequently referred to. Mr.. Tillman's
remarks were made with his char
acteristic vehemence, and at one point
he frankly stated, concerning the
tariff, that, if there was to be stealing,
! he wanted his share for South Gallo
| lima. Late in the day Mr.. Morgan pro-
| posed a sweeping amendment to place
| a 10 per cent ad Valorem duty on all
articles now in the free list with few
| stated exceptions. In supporting the
| amendment Mr.. Morgan called atten-
| ton to the singular fact that the in
come tax feature of the Wilson bill is
not repeated and can be enforced by
a change in the personnel of the SUI
preme court of the United States.
The consideration of the tariff bill
was then resumed, at schedule J, re-
lating to fax, hemp, and jute and
manufactures thereof. Mr.. Vest (Mo.)
made a. test contest at the outset, NOV
ing to strike out the first paragraph,
flax straw, at S. per ton. He said the
| whole fax schedule was based on the
idea that we could produce the fax,
but he denied this. Ireland was the
only country in which the fax for
linen could be successfully produced,
| and he declared that the Minnesota
flax had not proved satisfactory. The
| amendment was rejected, 1928, MI.
McEnery voting with the Republicans.
Mr.. Allison Qo) in charge Of the
bill, withdrew the senate amendment
| on flax, not hacked or dressed, leav-
ing the house rate of one cent per
pound stand. He also withdrew the
committee amendment on dressed fax,
leaving the house rate of cents.
1T is evident" remarked Mr. Jones,
(Ark.) that all the committee reduc-
tons are to be abandoned, and the
chair might as well move to accept the
higher house rates in bulk
Mr. Davis (Minn.) said the flax pro-
duction of the Northwest was de-
monstrated success. He presented
samples of the article produced in Min
nesota, Michigan and the Dakotas
Mr. PettigreW IS. d. declared that
| the proposed rates ought to be doubled,
as an encouragement to the flourish
ing fax industry Of the Northwest.
He derided the result of placing duty
on raw cotton. Southern senators had
done this to keep out Egyptian cotton
and yet the New England manutac-
turer had been given compensatory
duty to bring in Egyptian cotton. So
that declared the senator, all that was
oh n Re-
| publicans break up the solid South.
This brought a response from Mr..
| Bacon (Ga) who took the lead in the
contest for a duty on raw cotton. He
| did not believe the cotton manufac-
| turer should receive compensatory
duty to offset the duty on raw cotton,
as the manufacturer already had
ample protection.
Mr. Allison INTERCEPTED the remark
| that the committee hoped before the
| senate was through with the bill that
a just equilibrium would be estab-
lished.
Mr. Bacon had some sharp and good
natured sparring with Mr.. Jones and
| Mr.. Vest over their position that tariff
rates should be limited to revenue pur-
poses. And yet, he said, these senators
believed in compensatory duties to the
| revenue, but were purely an additional
| manufacturer which were not based on
protection. Nj. Vest Immediately de-
/ clared his opposition to compensatory
! duties.
| Mr.. Jones said that ne opposed a
| tax on raw materials, but when such
| a tax was imposed then the manufac-
| turer was bound tc have q compen-
| sation.
There was an exciting interruption
when Mr.. Brown criticised the posi-
| ton Of some Of his associates not IA
|
| terials. Mr.. Vest sprang to his feet,
! and, with great vehemence, claimed:
This is very delectable to Republican
senators. Their hearts are cheered,
and / can see their eyes gleam." He
had refrained thus far, he said, from
exposing Democratic discords, but
since the senator from Georgia had
gone into this lavatory for washing
| Democratic dirty linen" he (VesO
would ask his associates few ques-
! tons Mr. Vest was about to put
| series of sharp interrogatOries, but Mr.
Bacon demurred. He did not like the
! idea, he said, of being put on the wit
ness stand by his Democratic associates
| and being put through a course of cat
! egorical questions.
Mr.. Vest, whose manner had been in
| tensely earnest, said the questioning
had been undertaken in no offensive
way. do you believe" he asked Sin
| government, economically admins
| tered?"
II do" responded Mr.. Bacon.
"Then how" persisted Mr.. Vest, can
i the Georgia senator reconcile his posi-
ton with the fact that an idle surplus
OF millions is now in the treasury. Why
should there be more revenue?"
IF I had my way" proceeded Mr..
I! Bacon, There would be no tariff bill
| The senator (Vest) remarks that since
there is to be q tariff bill I want my
share. l utterly repudiate that sug-
gestion. 1 have no sympathy with the
cry that, If the treasury is to be looted,
I want my share. But I declare that,
if any revenue bill is passed, it ought to
be equaliZed in its benefits
Mr.. Tillman Is. c. here came in to
call the attention Of his Democratic
brethren" to the rates they had given
in the Wilson bill to certain raw ma
terials. If this was fraud. then the
! present contest over taxing raw mate
rial was merely as to the amount of
the fraud. Then Mr.. Tilman added
"And [ say plainly, if we are to have
this stealing, / want my share for
| South Carolina There was a momen-
tary sensation over the vehemence of
Mr. Tillmans remark.
Mr.. Berry (Ark.) deplored the divi-
sious on the Democratic side and said
he had hoped that whatever the divi-