The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-20

any UruSU Or COmDluo, oLN -..~ao-<
nominated in 1890 he would again support
him. o.. 4.
Mr.. Grosvenor, Republican OF OHIO m
terrupted Mr.. Kelly to say that une IN,
crease of the duty on lead ore was sPiaoou
in the Senate bill by Popullst senator's
and held in the bill by the Popuils's on
the conference committee. c ~
. Mr.. Kelley challenged MIR. drosVenor "
name the Senators. ,r.ao ), 70.
1.-The two Senators from NEVADA re-
piled Mr.. Grosyenor.
II was not aware that Nevada had more
than one Populist Senator at most' saiu
Mr.. Kelly.
"No man who votes for the sugar trust
is a Populst' y
Mr.. Lewis asked Mr.. Grosvenor whether
it was not fact that the duties on Wnlte
lead gave the lead trust So, 100000 OF pro-
lection.
81 do not know and 1 do not care, re-
piled Mr.. Grosvenor, smiling
"I know the latter was true, re-
sponded Mr. Lewis with his deponalre
air: 1.-THE Republican party does not
cratic laughter.)
The House then at 6 p. m took 2 recess
| until s p. m. under the agreement maoe
earlier in the day.
| At 8 when the night session begun,
the galleries were crowded many ladies'
being present, Mr.. Dingley stated at the
outset that he hoped to secure vote py
ten o'clock.
MIR. Bailey said ten o'clock was too
early, but he thought the vote could pe
taken by eleven. He would not, however,
make definite agreement on the vote.
Thereupon Mr.. Dingley gave notice that
he would move the previous question not
| later than eleven CLOCK.
In the galleries were many dist1n- 1T !.
guished personages of both sexes. The
Republicans still pursued the tactics
they had adopted during the day session.
None of them claimed the floor and the
minority were compelled to put forward
| their speakers. These continued their
assaults on the Republican breastworks,
but not a shot was fired in return. There
fore, after Mr.. Mcdowell of Ohio and Mr..
Berry of Kentucky, both Democrats, had
made brief speeches, Mr.. Bailey, the
Democratic leader, who had been reserv-
| ing his speech for the close, took the
floor. He made a carefully prepared ar
gument dealing more with the general
principles involved than with details.
| just before the close of Mr. Bailey's re-
marks the most sensational incident Of
the Edebate occurred. Hen hadi been
| assailing the doctrine of free raw materi-
ais as a comparative innovation in the
Democratic creed. In order to demon
strate that it was product of Cleveland
ism, he sent to the clerks desk and had
read an extract from a newspaper, COM
menting on the fact that in the 49th Con-
gress, Mills. then a member of the House,
Mr.. Mcmillan of Tennessee, and two 9th.
er Democratic members of the ways and
means committee had voted against free
wool. Mr.. Mcmillan jumped to his feet
and demanded to know whether it was
charged that he had voted against free
wool.
ssWm. Il. Morrison told me SO with his
own lips,'' replied Mr.. Bailey, facing
Mr.. Mcmillan, whose face was flushed.
mot only that, but he said both you and
Senator Mills voted against some reduc-
| tions in the metal schedule.
tSince the gentlemen has seen fit to
attack my record and to nisrepresent
me, " began Mr.: Mcmillan, but Mr., Bailey
quickly disclaimed any purpose of at
| tacking his record.
81 desire to commend your action
| them" said he.
The disclaimer being accepted, Mr.. Nc
MILAN hotly asked in turn why Mr..
Bailey had voted in the ways and means
committee against the woolen schedule
of the present law when it was offered
as a substitute for the high rate in the
pending measure.
| Mr.. Bailey replied that never as long
as he was in Congress would he vote for
| SO per cent duties on woolen goods and
no duties on raw wool.
| "How could the gentleman from Ten
nessee, I" he continued, "vote for free
wool in the face of the Chicago platform
which he helped to defend?"
1.-THE Chicago platform did not take
the back track on the principle of tariff
| for revenue only" replied Mr.. Mcmillan.
"I'll prove that it did" cried Mr..
Bailey. Is Mr.. Robertson of Louisiana
in the House, ~ he-asked, looking about
him. But Mr.. Robertson was not present
I the Chicago platform did not return to
the ''old Democratic thory." He said
| the present Democratic organization
sought to rescue the party from those
who were wrecking it.
| Mr.. Bailey spoke for about two hours
and half.
Mr.. Mcmillan, Democrat of Tennessee,
who had 20 minutes of his hour remain.
! ing, consumed that time in denouncing
| the sugar schedule. Any statement from
any quarter that he had ever advocated
a duty on wool, Mr.. Mcmillan declared,
was unjust to him and incorrect. He
| had been consistent,
Moreover, Mr. Mcmillan in turn, delved
| into Mr.. Baileys past, and pointed out
l
| had voted for free coal, free iron ore, free
barbed wire, free sugar and even free wool
| in the SD Congress.
| Mr.. Bailey got the floor after Mr.. Nc.
MILAN finished long enough to say that
when he cast the votes referred to by Mr.
Mcmillan, the endorsed doctrine of his
party was free raw material, and as a
loyal Democrat he supported its plat.
| form declarations. He now held COM
mission from the Democracy to oppose
that doctrine and he should do SO.
IT was now after II o'clock. Mr.. Payne
and Mr. Dingley successfully took the
floor for some closing remarks. The
former devoted his time to defense Of
the sugar schedule. He figured out a
differential in favor of the refiner in the
! present law at the prices prevailing in
1894 of 50 Ia cent per 100 pounds. Taking
| Mr.. Swanson's illustration of the 90 de-
grees sugars, Mr.. Payne figured on the
basis of the amount of raw sugar unre
fined (114 Ia pounds), that the refnel
under the present law had differentia
of .314 per 100 pounds, against .173 OF
differential in the proposed schedule.
Mr DinO1pv Onaplv avoxyaI that fhe