The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-30
PlTCHFORK TILLMAN AGAIN
He Proposes a Tax Of 500 a Head
on Emigrants.
INTERESTING COLLOQUY WITH
SENATOR CHANDLER.

Tillman Says Cleveland Was Republican
President Posing as the Laboring Mans
Chsmpion-Morgan Again Contends
That tho House Has Not Been in Session
Good Progress on the Tariff sched-
ules.
Washington, June 29.-Several hundred
pension bills were reported to the Senate
today as the result of the first meeting of
the pension committee since the present
Congress assembled. Mr. Gallinger of
New Hampshire. chairman of the COM
mittee, stated that it had been decided to
report favorably all those bills which had
formerly passed either branch of Congress,
or had been favorably considered in COM
mittee. Three general pension bills were
included, two of them amending the law
of 1890, and another referring to proof in
pension cases.
1t took half an hour to read the list of
private pension bills. When it was con-
oluded, Mr.. Morgan of Alabama, COM
mented on the fact that the men and
women named in these bills must wait
for relief, owing to the inactlon of one of
the branches of Congress. At this time
Congress was without the opportunity or
liberty to pass one of these pension bills
Congress was not even inisession, asserted
Mr.. Morgan. The lawyers of the country
would look into this question and there
was great deal of trouble ahead on this
question of Congress being in session.
At first Mr.. Morgan argued the adoption
of a resolution postponing all action on
pension bills until next December, but he
was dissuaded from this, saying his main
desire was to call the attention of pen
Knocked by having bills reported to an in
active Congress.
The tariff bill was then taken up and
paragraph 1S9, relating to watch move
mentS, clocks, etc., perfected, striking
out the clause on watches and on jewels
for making watches, and confining the
paragraph to those articles not made of
china, porcelain, etc.
Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts, answered
that the watch industry had been revolu
tionized by American machinery. We
made watches SO much better and cheap
er that no hand made watch could COM
pete with them. Now the Swiss makers
had bought American machinery and
operated it with comparatively cheap
labor Mr.. Lodge exhibited Swiss watches
which purported to be of American manu-
facture and as such were invading the
American market.
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts,, after re-
viewing the growth of the American
watch industry predicted that the pro-
posed duties would give the American
market better American watches and in
- - -
cent of present prices.
Mr.. Gear Of Iowa showed Japanese
watch purporting to be of American
manufacture, produced by cheap Japanese
labor and selling5for So, while the Ameri-
can watch of the same kind could not be
produced for less than $17.
After further debate the paragraph was
agreed to with the change noted, 36 to 26.
Pineapples were changed to seven cents
per cubic foot in barrels and packages and
81 per thousand in bulk.
Lead ore and lead in pigs were then
considered, Mr.. Allen of Nebraska, speak
ing at length against the committee rates
and Mr. Carter of Montana, defending
them.
Mr.. Vest said this was conflict be-
tween the lead smelters and the lead
in his state. But his vote
would be cast in behalf of the consumer
and not for either of these conflicting in
terests.
If his state expected these interests to
be defended as against those of the people
the great mass Of consumers of lead, then
some one must take his place here. The
Senator said no politics was involved in
this question; his political ambitions had
been gratified and he would not give a
vote, even though two thirds of the people
of Missouri were here asking it, if it
violated his ideas of justice and equity.
Mr.. Vest said he would move later to
reduce the duty on lead ore from 1-2 to
3-4 cents pound. although he would be
glad to go further and see it on the free
list
Mr.. Rawlins, of Utah discussed E..the
general doctrine of the tariff, arguing
chat the first consideration should be the
rising of revenue and equalizing of the
burdens and benefits of the system ON raw
materials and manufactured products
alike. The Senator referred to Democratic
differences on the tariff and in the light
of the Chicago platform protested against
doctrine of free raw materials. The vote
was then taken on the committee amend
ment making the duty on lead ore 1 1-2
cents a pound, and 1t was agreed to, 80 to
20.
Messrs. Heitfeld, Mantle and Teller
voted with the Republicans in the affirlna-
tive and Mr.. Allen with the Democrats in
the negative.
The lead ore paragraph was then agreed
to as reported.
In paragraph 1870, relating to lead in
pigs, ETC., the rate was increased from Q
to 3 1-2 cents per pound, the duty of 2 1-2
cents on lead in sheets, etc., being re-
tanned.
Paragraph 1871, metallic mineral sub
stances, was changed as heretofore agreed
upon by the finance committee
A substitute for paragraph 1872, mica,
was agreed to viz: Unmanufactured mica
five cents per pound and 20 per cent ad
valorem; manufactured ten cents a pound
and 30 per cent ad valorem.
.Gypsllm was changed, making the duty