The Topeka state journal., 1897-06-25
Says Republican Senators Are
Forced to Keep Still
TO PASS THE MEASURE
Caffery Of Louisiana, Scores the
Democratic Senators
For DenOuncing PIunder and
Joining the Plunderers.


Of the senate throughout yesterday. 1t
was day Of constant roll calls and of
crOSs-fre debate on the effect of the du-
ties in advancing rates. Many amend
ments We're proposed to reduce the
rates but these were rejected by decis-
i've majorities. Less than five pages
We're disposed Of during the day carry
ing the senate through paragraph 80
the first of the paragraphs relating TO
carpets.
During the day Mr.. Caffery, Ga.),
spoke at length against the protection
system and severely arraigned those
Democratic senators who had voted for
duties on wool and other raw materials.
Mr.. Caffery said: Sir. we hear sen
ators on this floor belonging to the
Democratic party stating four PROPOSE
tlOnS. First, that the doctrine of free
raw material is not Democratic; sec
Ond, that If one article is dutied, all
ought TO be; third, that if protection is
going the rounds Democrats might as
well get the benefits of it by asking
protection for their home industries;
fourth, that there is no principle in
Volved in tariff bill, but merely a
question of schedules
MI CaHeTy examined each of these
propositions, pointing out what he re
garded as their fallacies Veteran
Democrats who We're born and will die
with the Democratic faith in their
them. They looked upon them as an
eIIOrt 10 cruelty their creed and like
me Christian who embraces the image
or MS crucihed Saviour as the last hour
or mortality approaches, so will they
embrace and cling to, with a love and
fa1th which no sOphlstry can destroy.
1t IS possible" said he, that we de-
nOunce pIunder, only to ioin the plum
derers; that we point to the straight
and honest path of Democratic duty
and then tread the primrose path of Re-
hat 7IOI-1,
and Join the sinners
Concerning sugar, Mr.. Caffery said it
mad been admitted that the duty was
Iof the purpose of protecting beet sugar
and not cane sugar. Mr. Cafferv smoke
for two hours, summing up as follows:
Il believe in a tariff on Iuxuries, I be-
lfeVe IN excise taxes. I believe in an in
come tax. I believe in a tariff on i'm
ports, placed so as to put money in the
comers of the government and not of
individuals. I do not believe in nv-o-
lection, save for the purpose ~ 1ro-
tect1ng each citizen in the enjoyment of
legal, and natural rights -
IN the course Of. the discussion on
wool which was then taken up. Mr.
White (Cal), asked Mr.. Allison if it
was true that there was a 12 months
supply Of raw wool in the country.
MI Allison replied that he had re-
celFed letters stating this to be the
case. Acting on this statement Mr.
Jones moved to postpone for II months
the operation of the specific duty Ds-o
Vided in paragraph 364 When Mr. Raw
Inns (Utah) asked Mr.. PIatt if the Re
publican doctrine was that the foreign
er paid the tax. the Connecticut senator
courteously asked to be excused from
replying, because, said he. senator's who
We're amply able to uphold the Reuublj
can ooctrlne Of protective tariff were
compelled to sit silent in order to Sc
cure the passage of the tariff hill within,
a reasona BILE time
Mr.. Allen took occasion to criticfse SEN
atOrS for debating like school hoxs on
technicalities of the bill. It was non
sense to sit here day after day and dis
cuss this bill He wanted to see it
passed as speedily as possible, that it
might be exposed as the gigantic fail
ure OF the age" Mr.. Jones' amendment
to postpone the operation of the duty 12
months was rejected. Mr.. Jones offered
amendments in several forms to the
pehdlng paragraph, but finally it was
adopted as reported, emitting ''slxirted"
in designating unwashed wool.
On paragraph 365 blankets and fan
nelS, formal changes were made in ac-
cordance with the previous notice of
Mr.. Allison.
In paragraph 366 women's and child
ren's dress goods. cotton warp, the
square yard on goods valued at not
more than IS cents a yard and 715
cents on those valued above Is cents a
yard and so per cent advalorem.
On wOmen's and childreh's dress
goods, wholly or in part wool, the rate
was increased from to 1O75 per yard
and so per cent adValOrem.
Mr.. Gray remarked that these heavy
rates demanded an explanation, to
which Mr.. Allison stated that they were
due first to the compensation required
to the increased duty on raw wool and
second to the desire to encourage Amer
lean industries at the expense of the
foreign makers. Mr. Gray exhibited
samples of henriettaS SergeS and other
woTnen's dress goods, pointing out that
the cost on some would be advanced
from 25 to 81 cents a yard, others from
Is to 20 per cent a yard, etc, or from
S1,00 to $500 on every ordinary house
dress.
Mr. Warren of wyoming answered
that Yankee ingenuity could produce
the goods exhibited by Mr.. Gray quite
as well as the foreign factory and that
competition among the American man
ufacturers would keep down the price
to the consumers. He also spoke of the
decrease of the number of sheep under
the Wilson bill.
IF the American people submit to
these outrageous rates at the polls" re-
sponded Mr.. Gray, then there are more
sheep than I supposed"
In paragraph 368, ready-made cloth
ing, shawIs etc, the first provision, in
cla5ding felts not wove was restored.
The rate of duty was changed from
Az to four times the duty on unwash-
ed wool and the advalorem was chang
ed from so to 55 per cent.
In paragraph 369 weddings, gorings,
suspenders, fringes, etc, the specific
and the adva1orem to SO per cent.
In paragraph $40, relating 90 Aubus-
SON. Administer, naOquette and chenille
carpets, the specific rate was changed
from so to 621z per square yard. The
advaIorem being left a 40 per cent The
bill was then laid aside. paragraph $40
having been completed.
A message was received from the
| house of representa- tives announcing the
| death of Representative Cooke Of Hin
| ois. resolutions of regret were passed
land a committee of five senator's Mason