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Show THE TARIFF BILL. The lion'c of ReprtstntatlTr, has a Long Dlsetutlon on Ihe Jlrasor-f. DUTIES OF NATIONAL SUPERVISORS SUPER-VISORS OF ELECTIONS. The PiciSe Short Line From Nebraska Neb-raska to Salt Lake tllj. THE TROUBLE AMONG THE CHICAGO MINERS. A "kiln? Illinois Architect Tnrns np Iu Salt Lake. Buucl- canlt' Divorce. Dy Tele-rana to tie Mwa.l TlIETAItlll I1IL.L, 1 Lenctny DUeusslon In the lfone or llrpre-tentatlTe. WASinaTO, May 8. The Senate Sen-ate took up the House bill providing for the classification of worsteds, and debated It at length. At -o'clock the question on the order of business came up and it was decided de-cided to consider the w oisted bill to a conclusion and then tike up thu appropriation bills. The silver bill was made unfinished business for Monday at 2 o'clock. The pension appropriation bllhap-propriatiug bllhap-propriatiug for tho next fiscal 3 car $97,000,761, was taken up. The amendment offered b, Sherman aud Washburn to increase tiie nunib-r of pension agents from eighteen and tw enty to tw enty-ono gave rise to a long discussion. As tho vote disclosed dis-closed the absence of a quorum, the Senate adjourned. House. Wasiii.sgto.v. May S. Aftir the reading of the Journal, the Houe went Intocommiltteof the wholeon the tariff bill. Dockcry (Me.) said tliat In the last cauiioign the republican tarty claimed that the farmers would be benefited by protection, jet, after a republican victory, the depression in agriculture is greater than ever. This depression followed-the great protective victor. It was not a temi-orary condition tliat the country coun-try had to deal with. Farm prices had not recovered sinco the ionic flS73. The constant tendency In the west had besn downward since that time. He then I roceeded to argue that it was not iu the power of any fctrifl to raise the price of any agricultural product unless it could be shown that it was brought into competition with the foreign articl.-. lnstcidof having to meet competition on our own soil, tlie American farmers cxportisi their own produce Id supply sup-ply thu agricultural deficiency of the Kuropcau countries. Morse inquired whether the farmers farm-ers did not have to compete with the farmers of Canada. DOCKERV BEI'I.IEO that the question revealed another injustice of the tariff system. The Western farmer had no competition, competi-tion, but the effect of a tariffon agricultural ag-ricultural produiU was detrimental to the farmers of tlie Kast. Kggs, with a duty of 5 cents adozen, were brought from C inada to Ne York, liecause it wastheaiier to -ay the duly on eggs than to pay railroad rates from the West to the Kast. Therefore, tlie tariff gave no benefit to the farmer of the Wct and taxed thu Eastern farmer to the extent of the duty. Dockcry then submitted nn argument argu-ment In favor of free wool and n reduction re-duction of the duty on manufactured products. In his State there were 1,000,000 more people than sheep, and, between tlie people and the sheep, his si mpathy was with the rjeople. Discussing the sulject of trusts, as conntctcd with thu tirifl, h- denounced de-nounced the drrss-ed beef monopoly of Chicago as having plundered the farmers of tho w "est by unscrupulous cxactiens. I f the farmer was tJ be rellcred, If the mortgage was to le taken oft his farm, the government mut speedily reverse its policy In regard to foreign trade. If the government gov-ernment would unshackle our genius, unhampir our enterprises, unfetter our resources, we would BOON OUTSTRIP CaU.fl. Burrows (Mich.) said the republicans republi-cans would reduce the surplus by one theory, tho democrat by another, and it w as tills conflict of theories which prevented the remedy reme-dy being applied. In the campaign of 1SSS the two theories were presented pre-sented to ttjjR American people, and afterafulrdcl-ate on the platform and in the press a verd'etwa rendered ren-dered In favor of the republican theory, a verdict so pronouueed as to wrest the Presidency and the popular branch of Congress from tho democratic patty; In the measure the committeeon ways and means hid presented it sought to encourage the jwpular verdict ver-dict and to erystalizo it Into law. The dcmocratlcfpartyi was again going belore the tuple with an appeal tliat they reverse their verdict. The democratic party favored a tarifl for revenue; tlie reiublican party favored a tariff for protection and revenue not incidental, inci-dental, not accidental, but Intentional. Inten-tional. A tariff for revenue only was n step towards free trade and the republican party was against it, Applauc The bill was Intended as a measure of protection from the 1 nactlng clause to tho closing tu"!-graph. tu"!-graph. Burrows defended the i.b plate, sugar and wool sections. FREE TBA DE JI EAST unrestricted cSmpctltion iinro-strlctcd iinro-strlctcd competition meant chtap goods; competition in cheap goods meant cheap labor; competition in cheap labor meant cheap flesh and blood; competition in cheap flesh and blood was slavery. Cheap clothing and cheap food were of no value if human labor was cheaper rtlll. Aiplause. Free trade meant cheapnesa to the rich and Idle, but longer hourjand harder work to the laborer. In this race for cheapness the republican party did not propose to enter. Whatever might be the caue of tlie present agricultural depression, depres-sion, no one would be bold enough to assert that It was due to the polic which had created a home market capacious enough to consume, exclusive ex-clusive of cotton aud tubacco, 95 per cent of the products of the farm. Whatever might be the remedy for tlie agricultural d-rrea?Ion, one tiling was true it would not be found in tho markets of tho world. "In this bill'said Burrows, "we iiavo sought to reduce the revenues to a basis of the governmental needs without Impairing a single American Ameri-can Industry or di-priving a single laboring man of the products of his toll.'' McMillan (Tenn.) propocd to stretch this bill hia putrid patient upon THE DISSECTING TAsILK. Ill some res'iecls it was like a man, for it was fearfully and wonderfully made. Again, it was bku earth at creation without form and all darkness. There was a. general change from ad valorem to specific duties. The prices of commodities were falling all over tlie world, and this change prevented the consumer 1 from getting the benefit of the reduction. re-duction. The democratic mrty would take Issue witli the republican party on tho new doctrine of Jjn-ties. Jjn-ties. He also denounced the Increased In-creased duty on tin plate. The gentleman on the other side spoke of the victory achieved by the republicans re-publicans in 1SSS. Thit was a victory vic-tory when lW.OOO popular majority was for the democratic candidate. This provoked a political tilt between be-tween Millikan and McMillan, which lasted some time. McMillan then r roceeded to an analysis of the bill, asserting that, aside from the sugar schedule, there was not a schedule In which the dutiea had not been increased. McMillan Mc-Millan predicted w hen the ides of November arrived there would go up from the republican party a wail of defeat. Ba,ne(I'cnua.) was opposed lo any general dbcussiou of the bill. It should be passed speedily. While tliis measure was pending in Congress, Con-gress, the BUSINESS INTERESTS of the country would be in n restless-, uneasy condition, which could only be relieved when the President Presi-dent placed his signature on tlie bill. Referring to thcagricultrral depression, be admitted that insonie parts of the country the couditlon of tho farmers was bad, but ho did not think it fair tliat tlie Inference should be drawn that the farmers of foreign countries w ere In prosperous circumstances. On the contrary, ho asserted that thu foreign farmers were In a much more deplorable condition than thu farmers of tlie United Suites. In the last ten years the farm lands In Kngland, small in area, hid depreciated S 1,000,000,000 In value, while, he asmrte-d, In the whole American Union the value of farm lauds had not depreciated one ceut. He predicted that the next census would show nn increase iu the value of farm country over the value in ISS0. Flower (N. Y.) spoke against the bll laud the IIoue took a recess until un-til S o'clock. At the evening session speeches were delivered liyByiuonds(Conu.), Cooper (Ind.), Klusey (Mo.), Pierce (Tenn.), Stockbridge (Md.), Euloe (Tenn ), btewart ( Tex.), and Brook-shire Brook-shire and Shivcly (Ind.) Tho House then adjourned. |
