The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-24
rl8IFF DEBATE PROVES TAME
oo,1yER's HUSTOR ALONE GIVES
TT LITTLE sPICINEsS

uoens His Hearers Laughing
Early From start TO Fiyssh by His
Inscriptions ofthe Effects
,rrce Trade and Taiiff for Rev
Laws-Mr. McLalrin of south
-o,ina Advocates. a Tariff ON
oatton and Rice md Announces
w. onposition to the Policy OF
roe RAW Materi1s-He Demands
rree WOOL or Reciprocal Duty
thereon.
lexington. Marh 2S.-The second
~. debate on thetariff bill was some
. 10y of an improvement over that of
!na first day. although MIR. Dockery's
..o.ernent early in the day was, and is
..oo+ that up to this time the debate,
.ored 70 those which have preceded
.t.bip the preset decade, is tame and
uninteresting
IT. event of The day was the speech
~. Dolliver. He held the attention os
tbo whole House, republicans and demo-
- alike for over an hour, and kept
nis hearers Laughing nearly from start
70 finish by his humorous descriptions of
the effects of fire, trade or tariff for rev.
orue laws. His eloquent periods in adj
,.ocacv and defense of the protective tar
,r nolcy aroused his political associates
~ high state of enthusiasm.
O,ber speeches in favor of the bill were
made bv Messrs. Gibson, rep, of Tennes-
soc. Lacey. rep, of Iowa; Newlands, sd
y.arite. of Nsvada; the latter OF whom
a,o,a from the standpoint of an oppon-
ort of the republican party's financial
nolioy but an advocate of protection. A
nm measure of prosperity, he claimed,
+-onId never be restored to the country
until the old-time parity OF silver with
gold was re-sst ablished.
Speeches in opposition to the bill were
made by Mr., Dockery, DEM, of Missouri,
who attacked the agricultural schedule,
narticularly and Mr.. McLaurin, dem, of
South Carolina, who advocated a tariff
on cotton and rice and announced his OPP
poston to TIE policy of free raw material.
He demanded that the cotton planter
should not be plundered by the whole
world while the wheat grower was pro-
teeted against his near neighbor. He
svpressed his purpose of Offering amend
roents placing a duty of 215 cents per
mound on all imported cotton, and cents
ner pound on rice as a matter of simple
justice 10 the south.
The demand for free wool or a recip-
rocal duty thereon by Mr.. McLaurin was
spplauded by the democrats and populists.
N hHe in the course of his speech he was
contrasting the rate and extent of the
growth of the wealth of the manufactur-
ing states north and east as compared
with that of the southern states, Mr..
Linney. rep, of North Carolina, asked him
WHY the people Of the southern states did
not build factories and thus secure the adj
vantage of the eastern and northern states
instead of "cussing" the more fortunate
sections of the country.
The presence of republicans and popu-
lists in those states" answered Mr.. Nc
Laurin, makes it impossible for us to get
money for these Improvements" Oaugh-
ter and applause)
Mr. Swanson, dem, of Virginia, agreed
with Mr.. Newlands that the rehabilitation
of silver as basic money was an essential
prerequisite to prosperity and Mr.. Coch-
ran DEM of Missouri, who conten6ed that
the reason why factories ceased operations
was because the people had no money
with which to buy their products.
The Senate joint resolution appropriate
ing $4,000 to purchase tents for the house
less victims of the Mississippi river flood,
was agreed to. At 5 o'clock recess was
taken until $50 o'clock. A &#k~
The first address of the evening was
that of Mr.. Howard, pop, of Alabama.
lie said he would vote for the bill, be-
cause he believed in the broad, patriotic
principle of protection to American in
dustry.
Mr.. Adamson, dem, of Georgia, follow
ed, in opposition to the bill, speaking "as
one of the $4,000 alleged anarchists who
voted last fall for honest money, honest
taxation and honest government" He
said the proceedings of this congress af-
forded much interest, if but little salts
faction. The novel method of legislat-
ing entirely by machinery, unless its re-
suits happily disappoint our expectations.
will demand the insertion of new plank
in our next platform to denounce Iegisla-
ton by machinery, as well as government
by injunction"
Mr.. Kelly, pop, of South Dakota, de-
nounced the bill as a specimen of rob
ber'' protection.
The last speech was by MIR. Clardy,
dem, of Kentucky who devoted himself
10 the exposition of an amendment he
proposed to offer to the bill by which
American tobacco could be admitted inthe
ordinary channel of trade to the countries
in Europe which now debar it from en-
trance except under conditions that prac-
tcally prevent it's sale.
At 1870 the committee rose, and the
House adjourned until tomorrow.