The herald., 1897-04-01

4 law T. " oNid be by the cooperation or an
snt.-ecil andard majority in the SEN
ate TIE spver Republicans of the Unit
] cd sfates ne said. favored adequate pro-
lection. RE thought some of the Demo-
, c..ts had made mistake in emphasize
| ing the tariff issue. 1t was not battle
of the shedules; it was the battle of the
standards.
Pierce, Democrat, of Tennessee, repu-
| dated the Democrats on his side who
were selfishly seeking protection for
| themselves. Whether it. was mica in
North Carolina, bauxite in Georgia, su-
gar in Louisiana or cotton throughout
| the south"
| Walden Smith, Republican of Michi-
! gan, protested because opportunity had
not been accorded to amend the bill In
any of its schedules, Notwithstanding
| the, assurance sgiven at the opening o.
| the debate. But he was protectionist
and would vote for the bill.
| The debate was suspended for few
| minutes while the committee rose for
| the purpose of allowing King or Titan to
take the oath of office.
Allen, Democrat Of Missouri stirred
up a controversy by his statement that
| the bill placed binding twine on the free
| list and cotton ties on the dutiable i'st.
But the south, he said did not want any
| of the pork
DolIiver explained that there was a
duty on binding twine as against Can
ada, our only competitor in this article.
Cotton ties had been placed on the duti-
able list, he said, because it had been
demonstrated that the protection OF our
manufacturers lowered the price of cot
ton ties.
Johnson, Republican OF Indian, de-
clared that the bill was not the result
of careful, painstaking deliberations of
the house, because there had been no
time given to go over 1t by sections and
make amendments. "If this bill was
to become a law in the precise terms in
which it will pass the house 1 would not
hesitate TO give it my support" he said,
"but because 1 believe the senate will
make it consistent protection meas
ure propose to vote for it,
One of the features of the closing hour
of the debate was a brief speech by
White, Republican of North Carolina.
Tie OILY COlOl6Q fndl III the lUuSc, III
commendation of the bill.
Messrs. Smith of Kentucky (Dem.),
Wilson (Dem.) of South Carolina. Ma
han and Clarks (Dems) of Missouri,
W. A. Stone of Pennsylvania (Rep),
Curtis of Iowa (Rep), made brief re-
marks. AS the hour for voting arrived
the excitement increased. Fifteen min
utes before o'clock, Mr. McMillin was
recognized for five minutes to close the
debate for his side. He briefly reviewed
the extraordinary methods by which
the bill was being brought to vote. He
charged that amendments were cut off
because the leaders of the majority
feared they might be crushed by their
own cohorts.
Il defy you now" he said, "to give
us an opportunity to amend the sugar
schedule which was framed to protect
the biggest trust in the country. And
today you crown the infamy of the bill
by making it retroactive
Mr.. McMillin concluded by having
read at the clerks desk the words of
Speaker Reed, then in the opposition on
the occasion of the passage of the VIII
son law.
with those words" said he, II let
the bill go forth to the just execration Of
a robbed and outraged people" Demo
cratic applause)
Mr.. Dingley then took the floor and
closed the debate in a ten minutes
speech In calm words he spoke of the
extraordinary circumstances which pro-
duced the exigency which congress had
been called in extra session to meet. The
ways and means committee had labored
faithfully for months to adjust duties
to present conditions. There might be
some little dissatisfaction with rates
He assured his colleagues and the coun-
try that he felt confident that the bill
would accomplish the purpose for which
it was framed. When the hammer fell
at exactly o'clock the Republicans gave
the leader a ringing round of applause,
which was taken up by the galleries.
1t continued for several minutes. The
debate being at an end, the committee
rose and the bill and pending amend
ments were reported to the house by Mr..
Sherman.
Mr.. Bailey demanded a separate vote
on the amendment fixing tomorrow as
the date on which the bill shall go into
effect. The other amendments were
adopted in gross, with only formal op- |
position
A roll call was demanded on the ex-
cepted amendment, and it was adopted !
by a vote of 200 to 40 The combined |
opposition of Democrats, Populists and |
Free Silverites voted against the |
except Mr.. Newlands OF !
Nevada, Silver Republican, who voted |
for it, and Messrs Hartman of Montana,
Silver; Jones, fusionist, of Washington;
Martin of North Carolina. Popuist; |
Shafroth of Colorado, Populist; Shufordyl
of North Carolina, Populist and Stroud |
of North Carolina, Populist, who dig
not vote. The bill was then ordered ID |
be read a third time. after which Mt. |
Dockery of Missouri. Democrat offered |
the motion for the minority to recomnhit |
the bill with instructions.
The motion was in the form of reso- |
luton, as follows:
Resolved. That the bill. H B. 3f9, be |
recommitted to the committee on ways |
and means, with instructions to report |
the same back to the house with amenAe |
ments placing upon the free list all ar,
ticles manufactured, produced or con-
trolled by any combination or organi-