The record-union., 1897-07-20

uuly on Wnlch was raised in the bill,
so that he calculated that the bill this
year would raise $1S5, 100000.
Dingley declared that there was no
doubt that the avenue would not only
be ample to meet the expenditures of
the Government, but allow Repub-
llcan administration to begin again to
pay off the principal Of the public debt,
which had been increased by the late
administration.
In concluding, Dingley received round
after round of applause from his Re-
publican colleagues by predicting as a
result of the enactment of this bill a
rise of prices and a restoration of pros
perity.
Wheeler Oem) of Alabama opened
the debate for the Democrats. CRITICS.
ing the bill as the most vicious and
burdensome ever imposed on the Amer
lean people.
Swanson (Dem) of Virginia, a MEM
be of the Ways and Means Committee.
to whom Wheeler yielded a portion of
his time, devoted his attention to as
sailing the sugar schedule agreed upon
by the conferrees.
Lacey CRep.) of Iowa asked Swanson
whether the trust had not made great
profits in 1894 by anticipatory impor-
tatlons, just as the trust probably
would make great profits now Their
profits We're estimated at $4,000. 600
Might not this account for the in
creased value of the stock? he asked.
If the trust was to make $4,000. 900
out of anticipatory importations,
Swanson rpplia6
differential
We cannot prevent anticipatory i'm
portations,' said Lacey.
You could do what Secretary Gage
recommends, replied Swanson. You
could place an internal revenue tax on
the sugar which has been imported. If
you want to strike a blow at the trust.
why don't you follow the advice of vour
Secretary of the Treasury"
one of the greatest demonstrat tions
OF the debate occurred when Lanman
tDem.) OF Texas, who followed. paid a
tribute to William j. Bryan. The
Democrats cheered for several minutes
and many of the spectators Joined in
the demonstration
Kelly Pop) of North Dakota thought
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placed in the bill it's most dangerous
fangs would have been drawn.
GrCsvenor (R.) of Ohio interr11nted
Kelly to say that the increase of the
duty on lead ore was placed in the
Senate bill by Populist Senators. and
held in the bill by Populists on the Con-
ference Committee
Lewis asked Grosvenor whether If
was not a fact that duties on white
lead gave the lead trust s., 5O0.O 600 of
protection.
L do not know, and I do not care"
replied Grosvenor, smiling
l knew the latter was true" re-
sponded Lewis. with his most debonair
air. The Republican party does not
care What outrage it commits"
The House then, at 6 p. m, took a re-
cess until p. M, under the agreement
made early in the day
At O'Clock, when the night session
began, the galleries We're crowded,
many ladies being present.
Dingley stated at the outset that he
hoped to secure vote by 10 O'Clock.
Bailey said 10 o'clock was too early.
but he thought the vote could be taken
- ~ OiONh' Lie WOOlQ HOl, HOW
ever, make a definite agreement on the
vote.
Thereupon Dingley gave notice that
he would move the previous question
not later than IL o'clock
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. There
fore, after Mcdowell of Ohio and Berry
of Kentucky, both Democrats, made
brief speeches, Bailey, the Democratic
leader, who had been reserving his
speech for the close, took the floor. He
made a carefully prepared argument,
dealing more with the general princi-
pies involved than with details Time
and again during the progress of his
remarks the Democrats were aroused
by his eloquence to d high pitch of
just before the close of Bailey's re-
marks the most sensational incident of
the debate occurred. He had been as
sailing the doctrine of free raw ma
terialS as a comparative innovation in
the Democratic creed. In order to DEM
OlIS dIe lildl IL w DIS plOuuCL Ol
Clevelandism, he sent to the Clerks
desk and had read an extract from a
commenting on the fact that
in the Forty ninth Congress Senator
Mills, then a member of the House;
McMiIlin of Tennessee and two other
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee had voted against free wool.
McMillin jumped to his feet and de-
manded to know whether it was
charged that he had voted against free
wool.
William E. Morrison told me so with
his own lips" replied Bailey, facing
McMillin, whose face was flushed. Not
only that, but he said you and Senator
Mills voted against some reductions in
the metal schedules
"Since the gentleman has seen fit to
attack my record and to misrepresent
me- began McMillin, but Bailey
quickly disclaimed any purpose of at
tacking him. Il desire to commend
your action then" said he.
The disclaimer being accepted, Nc
Millin hotly asked in turn why Bailey
had voted in the Ways and Means
against the wooden schedule
Of the present law when it was offered
as a substitute for the high rates in
the pending measure.
A wave of applause ran over the
Democratic side at this question, but it
was drowned in a perfect storm of
applause of approval that greeted
Bailey's reply that never as long as he
was in Cogress would he vote for 30
per cent on woolen goods and no duties
on raw woods. The Republicans and
the galleries joined in the demonstra-
ton.