Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-03-26
TALK ON TARIFF.
Argument in the House For and
\ Against Revision.
VIEWS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS.
The Civil Service Law IL Severely
y Denounced in the ssnate-Tur-
pie on Popular Election
of Senators.

Washington, March 24.-The second
days debate Oh the tariff bill was some.
thing of an improvement over that Of
the first day, although Mr.. Dockery's
statement early in the day was and is
correct that up to this time the debate
compared to those which have preceded
IT within the present decade, is tams
end uninteresting. The event Of the
day was the speech OF Mr.. Dolliye,
(rep., la.). He held the attention of the
whole house, republicans and democrats
alike, for over an hour, and kept his
hearers laughing nearly from start to
finish by his humorous descriptions OF
the effects of free trade or tariff for
revenue laws. His eloquent periods In
advocacy and defense Of the protective
tariff policy aroused his political as
soclates to high state of enthusiasm.
Other speeches in favor OF the bill
were made by Messrs. Gibson (rep.,
Tenn.), Lacy (rep., LAY, Newlands (sil.,
Col), the latter of whom spoke from the
standpoint of an opponent of the re-
publican party's financial policy, but
nm advocate of protection. A full meas
ure of prosperity he claimed would
never be restored to the country until
the old-time parity of silver with gold
was reestablished.
Mr.. Newlands illustrated his remark.
by map showing the distribution of
the various forms of money among the
nations of the world. This showed, he
said, that the United States, Great
Britain, France, Germany and Russia,
held three-quarters Of all the gold In
existence.
MIR. Lacey defended Mr.. Cleveland
against the criticisms of democrats for
sending troops to Chicago to put down
railroad riots of 1894 and argued that
there was nothing upon which to base
the charges against the supreme court
Tor making its decision in the income
tax case, and that no basis whatever ex-
listed for the proposition that the defeat
OF that tax was responsible for the
present deficit in revenues.
The speeches in opposition to the bill
were made by Mr.. Dockery (de1n. MOI,
who attacked the agricultural schedule
particularly; MIR. McLaurin dem, s.
Co., who denounced tariff on cotton
and rice and announced his opposition
to the policy of free raw material; Mr..
Swanson (dem., Va.), who agreed with
Mr.. Newlands that the rehabilitation of
silver as basic money was an essential
prerequisite TO prosperity. and Mr.
Cochran (dem., Mo.), who contended
that the reason why factories ceased
operations was because the people had
no money with which to buy their
products.
The senate joint resolution appropri-
ating $4,000 to enable the secretary of
war to purchase tents for the houseless
victims of the Mississippi river food WIS
agreed to.
AT live o clock recess was taken until
eight o'clock, the evening session to
be occupied on the tariff bill.
+. Evening Session.
The first address of the evening WIS
that of Mr.. Howard (pop., Ala.). He
said he would vote for the bill because
he believed in the broad, patriotic prin-
ciple of protection to American indus.
try.
Mr.. Adamson (dem., Ga.) followed in
opposition to the bill, speaking 'as one
of the six and half million alleged
anarchists who voted last full for hon
est money, honest taxation a.d honest
government" he said the proceedings
of this congress afforded much interest,
1t but little satisfaction. 1.-THE novel
method of legislating entirely by ma
chinery, unless its results happily dis
appoint our expectations, will demand
the insertion of new plank in our next
platform to denounce legislation by
machinery as well as government by in
Junction"
Mr.. Kelly (pop., s. d. denounced the
bill as specimen of "robber" protec-
ton.
The last speech was by Mr.. CIartIy
(dem., Ky.), who devoted himself to the
exposition of an amendment he pro-
posed to offer to the bill by which
American tobacco could be admitted in
the ordinary channels of trade to the
countries in Europe, which now dsbar
1t from entrance except under condi-
tions that practically prevent its sale.
I At 1880 the committee rose, and the
house adjourned until to-day.