The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-02
TILLhAN And CHANDLER.
THESE TWO SENATOR'S ENLIyEN
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
The New Enelander Attempts to POKE Fun
at tho South Carolina Senator. but No H..
ing is Made OFF Him -Iillman Explains
His Record a Clev e1andite-A Tedious
Day on the Tariff Bill-Lead and Mica
Schedules Disposed of.

committee since the present congress
| assembled. 1t took half an hour to
| read the list of private pension bills
| When it was concluded Senator Nor
| gan commented on the fact that the
men and women named in these bills
| must wait for relief, owing to the in
| activity on the part 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 in ses-
| sion, asserted Senator Morgan. The
| lawyers of the country would look into
| this question, and there was a great
deal of trouble ahead over this question
| of congress being in session.
| The tariff bill was then taken up and
paragraph 1S9, relating to watch move
| ments, clocks, etc, perfected by strik-
| ing out the clauses on watches and on
| jewels for making watches and confin-
| ing the paragraph to those articles not
| made Of china, porcelain, etc.
Pineapples were changed to cents
| per cubic foot in barrels and packages
| and 81 per 1000 in bulk. i.
Senator Vest asked what climatic or
| sanitary reason justified this heavy
duty.
Senator Allison responded that Flor
| ida produced pineapples, and great
pressure had been brought to bear for
adequate protection.
where did the pressure come from?"
| asked Senator Bacon, Of Georgia.
| Il cannot give specifications re-
| sponded Senator Allison, but I will
say it comes from both sides of this
| chamber"
The Florida senators, Mallory and
PascO, democrats, explained the recent
developments of the pineapple industry
| in Florida, which led Senator Gray, of
| Delaware, to say in an animated re-
spOnse that it would have been better
had Florida lands been left on primeval
| simplicity if their use for raising pine
apples was to be followed by a tax
| on the bulk Of the people.
Senator Pasco urged that Florida
| fruits should receive the same benefits
as those of the north.
Senator Vest moved to reduce the
| rate on pineapples to 20 per cent. ad
| valOrem-rejected.
Lead ore and lead in pigs We're then
| considered, Senator Allen, of Nebraska,
| speaking a length against the commit
| tee rates. A vote was then taken on
duty on lead ore IL cents a pound. and
| it was agreed tO--30 to % and the lead
| ore paragraph was agreed to as re-
! ported.
| On paragraph $50, relating to lead in
! pigs, etc, the rate was increased from
to "a cents pound, the duty of 212
| cents on lead in sheets, ETC., being re-
| tanned.
| A substitute for paragraph 1872 (mica)
| was agreed to, viz: manufactured
| mica, 5 cents per pound and 20 per
| cent ad valorem.
| Gypsum was changed. making the
| duty on the crude article 81 per ton,
| and in that form went over at Senator
| Buffers request.
| Senator Tilman, of South Carolina,
| was then recognized for a speech in
| support of the following amendments
| to the bill:
That there shall be collected a head
| tax of 500 on all migrants coming to
the United States by land or water.
| THAT it shall be a misdemeanOr,
punishable by fine or imprisonment, for
| any alien who does not intend to be-
| come an American citizen, or who re-
| tains his citizenship in a foreign coun-
| try, to enter the United States for the
| purpose of engaging in any mechanical
| trade or manual labor within the bOr-
| ders thereof.
| provided that this section and the
one Immediately preceding shall only
| remain in force until silver shall be
admitted to our mints for coinage at
! the ratio of 16 to 1 on the same
| condition with gOld.''
| Senator Tillman spoke of the rapid
| spread of pauperism, as shown by the
| statistics of the jails and prisons. It
was time, he said, to keep platform
promises, to do something for labor,
-
| migrants annually arriving and to
| place a value on American citizenship.
! ITO sell it at 500 q head" suggested
| Senator Chandler, ironically.
J "Oh; if the senator wants colloquy
| with me he can have it before I get
| through answered Senator Tillman.
| Senator Tillman spoke of the miser-
| able condition of the coal miners of
| Pennsylvania and read from official re-
! ports saying many Of the miners were
| compelled to live like beasts and
| this exclaimed Senator Tillman. de-
| risively, when senators were framing
| their laws for the protection of Ameri-
| can labor and American industry
Senator Quay remarked that the re-
| port from which Senator Tillman read
| was made by a republican committee,
| appointed by a republican legislature.
| And 1 am asking a republican con-
| gress to protect these people against
competition declared Senator Till
| man. will you do it? Dare you do it t?
Or will you be satisfied with giving Ia
bor lip service?" He gave the extent of
| the slum element in New York. Bal
timore, Chicago and other cities and
| said that showed where the big repub-
lican majorities came from last year.
| The senator dealt more in statistics
| than usual. although he added the
| characteristic vehemence of voice and
| gesture to his remarks. He closed with
| a gloomy prediction that if the tide
| Of immigration was not turned back
| the country would be torn by reyolu-
ton and bloodshed and a repetition of
| the Paris commune.
| Senator Chandler briefly responded 10
| the South Carolina senator and asked
Why il was that the immigration bill