| Show X mach ach talk little work washington june 9 the senate had a period of naiff speeches today and as a result little progress was made on the bill mr rawlins of utah ard and mr mills of texas discussed the democratic attitude on the tariff from their respective standpoints mr rawlins was a member of the platform committee of the chicago 0 convention milven tion and proposed the tariff plank which was adopted lie ile held that the vote lie he and several other democratic senators had cast for duties on cotton and other agricultural products was justified by that platform and by the traditions of the party mr mills severely arraigned tf the e bill as aa a class wear medi ure cre de designed to build up the vad fund for distribution distri bation among the beneficiaries of the bill and at the expense of the forgotten men 17 tb he e taxpayers lie ile indirectly ariti teed the democratic senators who arlie voted for the amendments to the bill putting a duty on cotton and other articles contending that their ourse was nas a radical departure arrom om the tenets of democracy later in the day mr ir cannon of utah istah proposed an amendment placing an export bounthon boun bounty on agricultural t ul tural products ile he for wo two hours on the need of giving the farmer a share of the benefits of tile the tariff M mr r cutler butler of north carolina also spoke pole in favor of giving the farmer equal benefits other classes under the bill only half a page of the bill cov ering four brief and comparato comparatively acly unimportant paragraphs to 2 33 were disposed of during the day the session will trill be begin in at 11 am tomorrow |
