Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-09

objectionable feature of the tariff in the past had, been it's sectionalism and its uiscriIni pa ton Of one part of the coun- try against the other. But the demo- era tic platform recognizing a revenue tarim Insisted that 1t be free from sec tional benefits and that there be perfect equaHty in burden or in benefit. This . was tue only thew evangelicare to which the Senator from Missouri had referred. E v Mr.5 Gray asked MT. Bacon if he be- lteVed in "a tariff for revenue only.
 MT. Bacon Answered that he believed in a tariff for revenue" but not for tfreYenne only" He insisted that the Chicago platform did not contemplate a < tafiff for revenue only ignoring the rights E of sections T He insisted that zlze funda- mental principle Of the democratic party was to restrict the tariff to revenue pur- poses and In Imposing 1t for that purpose to give equal benefits and equal burdens ;tosaffsections. In closing MT. Bacon re- ferred to the statements that his tariff views were shaped by the interests of his own state. He was not, he said. in different to the fact that his people might bel benefited or injured by the charac- ter of the rates imposed. As it was rec pgniZed that the country was to have the revenue tariff bill, he intended to sec to it that his state receive an equal snare of is benefits for in the words of the Bi- dJe the man who does not carry for his household is worse than an infidel. je MfgI Stewart, of Nevada, created F agitis eneht By declaring that the hair asplftting idistinctions between tariff uforlrevenue only and one for protection | was oneo between tweedledum and tWee- dledee. He had followed this subject, but he did not understand this new lan- guage relating to the tariff.
 EAeThe Georgia senator, said MT. stewart, was right in declaring that his state fshou7dahave the same rights as others.
 t.YYhat.kare+ we here for?' asked MT Stewart vehemently.
 | aTo get the offices" exclaimed some senator in a stage whisper. ,., lp 'sfSo, not all of us," continued MT. stew 1art.ts'we are here to represent our con stituents. and. see that our states nave equal rights under the tariff and all other laws" .f.ss<f.
 the raw materials of the south and West received, equal benefits with the other prodtttts of New England.
 iTf7e diacnssion had evidently aroused | much feeling among senal.ors, anu Inas was given expression soon ar CT MT. tai- fery began to speak He said the posi- ,tfon, of, MT. Bacon had been clearly ex- pGsse,dy as Sne favorable ito protection TOT interests of his own state. with revenue as a mere fnSfdsfit.
 VI. How abotfe sugar." inquired MT. Ba- o1Ng mockingly. {, NeBy saeriberately MT. Caffery answered: teYester6ay the senator declined to an sWer my questions and now decline per blem4ttotly to yield.'
 |epttE acceptst4ralt 9.a.u ;" answered MT. Ii You made the status yourself" said
 tt'It is a very great deprivation" con- tinued MT Bacon, in mocking tones, "but Iywill endeavor to bear it with equanlm- -.r,Ma.. Caffery was soon interrupted wi5h ,5x1t as tta This lime from Mir McIlaurin, democrat, of South Carolina. The galleries were much amused. and MT. Caffery said:
 T see fthat the bad precedents of the strwtor from Massachuselt. s CHoar) to put me in a hole is bsing followed by my associates on this side of the chamber" "
 Before you are out of the hole." inter jecited Mir. Hear.
 Tbe vote was then taken on MT. Bacon's amerdmenk placing raw cotton on 'lhe bill at 20 per cenI-. ad valorem. There was great interest when it was found that the republican, lsenalors voted in the af- r firmatiVe z -di5i iresulted--yeas 42, nays 19. \ Paragraphs 226 to 22S, inclusive-mac cnr0ni, oats and oatmeal-were agreed to as reported. When the rice paragraph, 229, was reached, MT. Allen, populist, of Nebraska took occasion to speak sarcas- .ticalHy of the difference among democrat ic lserSaltors as to what constituted demo- cratic doctrine. These senators, he said, should go irto ca ucus and endeavor TO arrange some Nine of action on which they could proceed together. ThroughouIt this discussions the Tendency on the demo- cratic side, he said, was to abandon the tenets S,f democracy and adopt the plan of every man for himself and the devil take .tIhe hindmost.
 MT. sAIliscln stated stat the house rates on rice won1dibe raised, but the para graph went over without final action. At 5:25 the senate went tnl.o executive