The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-10
It's Purpose to Create a Monstrous
Trust Fund for the Benefit
of the Few.
NOT MUCH PROGRESS ON THE MEASURE.
The Greater Part of the Day i'm the Senate
Devoted to Spirited and Sharp Partisan
Observation-Disclosures Export Bounties
Proposed by Mr.. Cannon.

WASHINGTON, June 9-The senate
had a period of tariff speeches today
and as result little progress was
made on the bill Mr.. Rawlins Utah)
and Mr.. Mills CTex) discussed the Dem
ocratic attitude on the tariff from their
respective standpoints. Mr.. Rawlins
was member of the platform commit
tee of the Chicago convention and pro-
posed the tariff plank which was adopt
ed Mr.. Mills severely arraigned the
bill as a class measure, designed to
build up vast fund~for distribution
among the beneficiaries of the bill and
at the expense of the forgotten man.
the taxpayer.
Later in the day Mr.. Cannon Utah)
proposed an amendment placing an ex-
port bounty on agricultural products.
He spoke two hours on the need of Civ
ing the farmer d share of the benefits
Of the tariff. Mr.. Butler On. c. also
spoke in favor of giving the farmer
equal benefits with other classes under
the bill. Only half a page Of the bill
| covering four brief and comparatively
unimportant paragraphs (229 and 233)
were disposed of during the day. The
session will begin at IL a. m. tomor-
row.
Consideration of the tariff bill was
resumed at 1915 p. m. No mention was
made of taking up the sugar schedule,
! and the debate proceeded on the agri-
cultural schedule. On the rice para
graph, Mr.. Allison, in charge of the
bill, withdrew the committee amend
ments reducing the house rates, thus
leaving the house rates stand. Mr..
Mills (Tex) moved to strike out the
entire rice paragraph, and substitute a
new one, placing a uniform duty of 40
per cent ad valorem on all grades of
rice. Rejected-yeas, 10; nays, 40. Five
Democrats-Bacon Clay McEnery, Nc
Laurin and Tillman-and four Popu-
lists-Allen, Butler, Heitfeld and Stew
art-vOted with the Republicans in the
negative. The rice paragraph was then
agreed to as it came from the house.
Rye and rye flour 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..
Rawlins Utah) took the floor to an
swer Mr.. Vests statement yesterday
that "a new evangel' of Democratic
doctrine was being proclaimed by GER
tain Democratic senators. Mr.. Raw
Inns said he had been a member of the
committee on resolutions and platform
at the Chicago convention. present
/ ing that tariff clause which had been
under discussion. 1t was on his mo-
| ton that it was agreed tS
Mr.. Lindsay Ky) platform in hand,
| interrupted to ask Mr.. Rawlins, since
he presented the tariff clause, why tsle
good, old Democratic word only
after tariff for revenue came to be
omitted. Was it an Intentional onlis>
sion, Mr.. Lindsay asked.
II think not" responded Mr.. Raw
Inns
II can throw some light on that sub
ject,'' said Mr.. Tillman, who was also
a member of the committee on platform
| at the Chicago convention. 1T was
! omitted purposely after discussion.
! Mr.. Rawlins reviewed the course of
! the Democratic party in early tariff
! legislation. The essential principle of
! this was that all the burdens and bene-
fits should be borne equally. This was
/ no new evangel, no vile reptile or rat
! tlesnake, as Mr. Vest had character
| lied it, and there was no need OF any
| Democratic senator invoking the Al
mighty against such doctrine. 1t came
| to Democratic senators pure and un-
! defiled from the Democratic fathers
/ and he would support it.
Mr.. Mills Dem., Tex.) spoke on the
general features of the bill. For two
months, he said, the congressional COM
mittees had sought to adjust and re-
/ adjust again the tariff law in the in
terest of mOnstrous trust fund. which
this bill is intended to raise. He came,
/ he said, to speak for the forgotten
man." the taxpayer, from whose labor
and sweat was to be wrung, by legis-
! lative rapine this vast fund for dis
! tribution among favored beneficiaries.
Here was a bill Of confiscation. he de-
! clared, proposing to take the property
! of those who were not favoriteS, the
/ forgotten man." who is laboring in
! the streets and fields. And yet, when
an explanation was asked for the eX-
! horbitant rates of this bill, no answer
! was given. save: What are you going
! to do about it.
/ Mr.. Mills referred to the efforts at
! past Democratic national conventions
I to lead the party away from its funda-
] mental opposition to protective taflff
and to make it walk blindfOlded into
the Republican party as the advocate
of class legislation" He spoke of the
contest in the Democratic national
convention Of 1892, over an uneeuivocal
J Democratic declaration on the tariff.
! Turning to the Democratic senators
who had voted yesterday for a duty on
cotton, Mr. Mills showed how the dele
| cation of Georgia, South Carolina and
| Utah had supported unequivocal dec
| larations in national conventions
against protective tariff
Mr. Mills then turned his attention
to the daughters of millionaires "fatted
like heifers" and sent abroad in quest
of titles. When vast fortunes had been
built up by unjust taxation, then, he
said, these daughters were put on the
market, hawked and peddled, sold for
princesses and duchesses and coun-
tesses and marchionesses and all other
'cesses.' And here was congress leg
islating the money to pay for these
trips abroad. If the American people
accepted the condition then they were
not worthy of government
Mr.. Mills gave tables showing the
vast fortunes of few individuals who
were, he said, to receive the benefits