The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-17
BREEZY TARIFF SPEECHES
SENATOR MILLS ARRAIGNED THE
HILL AND THE ATTITUDE OF
CERTAIN DEMOCRATS.
MORE ABOUT CHICAGO PLATFORM
II Developed That Th"'
"OnIy, Was Left Ont OF the
Tariff Plank Purposeiy-ho''
Page Disposed o.

Washington, June III ne NeHcf huie
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, chairman Oh ,ne
finance committee, was in the senat w
day after an illness OF some weehs. A..
Ailon Of Nebraska was agreed to nation
alizinp the transmississippi exposition. 10
he held mt Omaha, and requesting tne
president TO invite foreign nations 10 par
ticipate. , ,,o,oro1
snbicct was agreed to, suspendlng the I'M
migration and Chinese exclusion laws so
ms TO permit foreign labor to take charge
of foreign exhibits mt the transnisslssippi
exposition. .oe An ,,,os ro.
sumed at 1915 p. m. e..
No mention was made az 10 the time
of taking up the sugar schedule, ana the
debate proceeded on the AGRICULTURAL
schedule :.
On the rice paragraph, Mr.. Allison, IN
charge of the bill, withdrew the commit
tee amendments reducing the house rates,
thus leaving the house rates standing
Mr.. Mills of Texas moved to strike out
the entire rice paragraph and substitute
a new one placing n uniform duty OF 4O
per cent nd valorem on all grades OF
rice. Rejected, 10 to 40
Five emocrats-Bacon, Clay, Nc
Emery, McLaurin and T1llman-and four
populists-Allen, Butler, Heitfeld and
Stewart-voted with the republicans in
the negative. The rice paragraph was
then agreed TO as IL came from the house.
Rye and rye -four was agreed to as re-
ported.
Paragraph 231, on tapioca, had been
struck out by the senate. On the ques-
ton of agreeing to this change, Mr.. Raw
.f 4. A., he. 10 Mr.
Vests statement Of yesterday that "a
new eyangel' of democratic doctrine was
being proclaimed by certain democratic
senators. Mr. Rawlns said he had been
u member of the committee on resolutions
and platform at the Chicago convention
presenting that tariff clause, which had
been under discussion. 1t was on his
motion that II was agreed to.
Mr.. Lindsay of Kentucky interrupted
to ask Mr.. Rawlins, since he presented
the tariff clause, why the good old demo-
nue." came TO be omitted Was Il an in
territorial omission? Mr.. Lindsay asked.
~ think not" responded Mr.. Rawlins
81 can throw some light on that sub
ject," said Mr.. Tillman, who was also
member of the committee on platform Mt
the Chicago convention. 1T was omitted
purposely after discussion"
Mr. Rawlins reviewed the course of the
democratic party in early tariff legisla-
ton. The essential principle of this was
that all burdens and benefits should he
borne equally. This was no new evangel,
no vile reptile or rattlesnakc, as Mr..
Vest had characterized it, and there was
no need Of any democratic senator in
voking the Almighty agninst such doe
trlne. 1t came to democratic senator's
pure and undefiled from the democratic
fathers and he would support IL.
Mr.. Mills of Texas spoke on the gem
eral features of the bill. For two months.
he said, the congressional committees
mad sought to adjust and readjust and
readJust again the tariff law in the inter-
est OF a monstrous trust fund which this
bill is intended to raise. He came, he
said, to speak for the forgotten man."
the tax payer from whose labor and
sweat was to be wrung by legislative
rapine this vast fund for distribution
among favored benefciaries. Here was
u bill of confiscation, he declared, propos-
ing to take the property of those who
were not favortes, "the forgotten man."
who is laboring in the streets and fields.
And yet when an explanation was asked
for the exorbitant rates of this bill. no
answer was given save what are you
going to do about itY"
Mr. Mills warned those ON the other
side Of the chamber to remember that
Biblical injunction, For all these things
God will bring you into judgment"
The process of framing this bill pro-
ceeded against the fundamental principle
or the Anglo-SaXon doctrine that every
man shall have hearing. But there was
Il tribunal whose doors always stood omen.
and before that tribunal the projectors of
this bill would be summoned. In 1890 n
slInllar act had fallen like the bubonic
plague on the country and the tribunal of
the people had put the republican party
in quarantine.
Mr.. Mills referred to the effort mt past
democratic national conventions to lead
II away from its fundamental opposition
to protective tariff and to make il
walk bhndfolded into the republican
parry us the advocate of class legislation"
cratic national convention of 1899 over
an nnequivocal democratic declaration on
the tarif. Turning to the democratic SEN
a!ors who voted for duty on cotton, Mr..
Miils showed how the delegations from
Georgia, South Carolina and Utah had
supported unequvocal declarations in the |
national convention against a protective
tariff,
MIR. Mills then turned his attention to
INV u"ush'eTS OF mlll1OnalrpS. "fattpnpu
IKE heifers' and sent abroad in quest of
titles. When the vast fortunes had been
built up by unjust taxation, then, he said,
these daughters We're put on the market.
hawked and peddled, sold for princesses, |
ducheSses, countesses and marchionesses
and all other cesses.' And here was CON
gress legislating the money to nav for these |
trips abroad. If the American people ac- |
cepted this condition then they were not |
worthy of self-government.
Mr.. Mills gave tables showing the vast |
fortunes of few individuals who were.
he said, TO receive the benefits of this bill. |
After reviewing many state and national |
democratic platforms, Mr.. Mills declared |!
that a man could not be democrat who |
did not support the doctrine that tariff |
must be limited to revenue only. But a
new doctrine of democracy was now pro- |
claimed, inviting democratic senator's into /
the camp Of the enemy to sing hosanna to /
the monstrous bounties of this bill. But |
fortunately, the senator said, there was |
no Elishas here to smite democrats with |
such blindness. Mr.. Mills closed with an |
ominous prediction that the abandonment |
Of the democratic simplicity would bring
forth out of the dark some historian to /
write the chapter on decline and fall of |
the American people"
The senate amendment was then agreed |
TO, striking out the house provision on
tapioca.
Mr. Vest moved to strike out the para
graph placing a duty on wheat of cents