authoritative manner that the wool duty of 1867 should be restored at the beginning of this Congress. It was not the campaign clatter of irresponsible politicians, it was the voice and the utterances of the leaders of the party in the State supported by the leaders of the party in other States.

"MR. DUNN. Who are they?

sought by every means in their power to prevent this wrong from being inflicted on you. Trust the Democratic party in this matter; it has promised to and will give you relief.'

"Will you ignore these promises, so authoritatively made, and deny the great farming class this muchneeded legislation?

"I am earnestly and heartily for this bill, and sincerely hope the House will give it the requisite number of votes to insure its adoption, and thus demon. strate its purpose to carefully guard and protect the American wool raised by the American farmer against the foreign competitor whose product is prepared for the market by a cheap labor-so cheap and illy paid that no farmer in the United States can or will enter with it the field of competition. Our farmers who have contributed so largely to the wealth and progress of this nation are justly entitled to the relief they ask." How the Democrats in Congress contemptuously broke those pledges to the woolgrowers-The vote.

"MR. MCKINLEY. Why, the whole Democratic party. I hold in my hand a pamphlet issued by the authority of the Ohio State Central Democratic Committee, in which they said that if Mr. Hoadly was elected Governor of Ohio that this Congress, which fortunately was Democratic (as they declared), on the very first days of its session should wipe out the iniquity inflicted on the wool-growers by the Republicans of the last Congress. The people heard and believed these party assurances, and thousands of wool-growers who had always theretofore voted otherwise voted the Democratic ticket, transferred the entire political power of the State from the control of the Republican to that of the Democratic Party, captured the execu tive and both branches of the Legislature, and elected a United States Senator. And now that you have gathered the fruit of their faith and your promises, the farmers and wool-growers of the State demand and At the conclusion of the brief discussion, have a right to demand that you make good your the motion to take up and pass this rightpledges and keep faith with those who acted upon your assurances. You have secured the prize of vic-eous measure of protection and relief was tory- party success-now step up and keep your lost by 119 yeas to 126 nays, as follows: promises. [Applause on the Republican side of the House.] Do I make this too strong? Let me read you what your party said last September, and you will say that if they were dealing fair and honorably with the people then, they have a right to expect the prompt passage of the bill:

"The election of Hoadly, on the other hand, means the triumph of the Democrats and the success of their objects, of which the unconditional restoration of the duty on wool entire is one of the most important. This triumph will create a most irresistible sentiment throughout the nation in favor of the wool-growers, and when Congress meets next winter (it is, fortu. nately, Democratic in the House) the strength of public opinion will be so great that the President will not dare resist it, and he will readily sign any measure brought forward for relief. The consequence will be that farmers will be able to retain their flocks and go on with the profitable production of wool. The election of a Democratic Legislature insures the election of a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio and largely increases the chances of having a Democratic majority in the United States Senate, and in that event the Democratic party will be in a situation to redeem its promise made to the wool-growers of Ohio in its State platform. Farmers of Ohio, can you trust the party that has in our national Legislature outraged and robbed you at the bidding of the capitalists of New England? Is there any hope for you from such a party, who have thus deliberately sacrificed your dearest and best interest? The party that created this great wrong cannot be trusted to give you relief. The Democrats in Congress were your friends. They

YEAS Messrs. Anderson, Atkinson, Bayne, Belford, Bisbee, Boyle, Brainerd, Breitung, F. B. Brewer, J. H. Brewer, T. M. Browne, W. W. Brown, Calkins, J. M. Campbell, Cannon, Chace, Connolly, Converse, W. W. Culbertson, Cullen, Cutcheon, Dibrell, Duncan, Eldredge, Ellwood, Ermentrout, Everhart, Fiedler, Findlay, Funston, George, E. Gibson, Glascock, Goff, Guenther, Hanback, Harmer, Hart, H. H. Hatch, Haynes, T. J. Henderson, Henley, Hepburn, G. W. Hewitt, W. D. Hill, Hitt, Holmes, Holton, Hooper, Hopkins, Horr, Houk, Howey, C. Hunt, Jeffords, Jordan, Kasson, Keifer, Kelley, Ketcham, Lacey, McKinley, Millard, Morey, Morrill, Murray, Mutchler, Laird, Lawrence, Le Fevre, McComas, McCormick, Nicholls, Nutting, C. O'Neill, D. R. Paige, Parker, Patton, Payne, Payson, S. J. Peelle, Perkins, Peters, W. W. Phelps, Poland, Price, Randall, G. W. Ray, J. S. Robinson, Rosecrans, Rowell, Russell, Ryan, Shelley, C. R. Skinner, Smalls, Snyder, Spriggs, Stephenson, Stevens, J. W. Stewart, Storm, D. H. Sumner, E. B. Taylor, J. D. Taylor, Tillman, Tully, Valentine, Wakefield, A. J. Warner, Weaver, Weller, Wemple, J. D. White, Wilkins, J. Wilson, W. L. Wilson, J. Winans, YORK-119.

NAYS Messrs. G. E. Adams, Aiken, Alexander, Bagley, Ballentine, Barbour, Barksdale, Beach, Bennet, Bland, Blount, Breckinridge, Buchanan, Buckner, Burnes, Cabell, A. J. Caldwell, F. Camp. bell, Carleton, Cassidy, Clardy, Clay, Cobb, Cosgrove, Covington, S. S. Cox, W. R. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culber son, Dargan, L. H. Davis, R. T. Davis, Deuster, Dibble, Dockery, Dorsheimer, Dowd, Dunn, Eaton, J. H. Evins, Forney, Fyan, Graves, Greenleaf, Halsell, N. J. Hammond, Hancock, W. H. Hatch, Hemphill, D. B. Henderson, Herbert, Hoblitzell, Holman, Houseman, Hurd, Hutchins, James, B. W. Jones, J. H. Jones, J. K. Jones, J. T. Jones, King, Kleiner, Lanham, E. T. Lewis, Long, Lore, Lovering, Lowry, LYMAN, McMillin, Matson, Maybury, J. F. Miller, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrison, Morse, Moulton, Muldrow, Murphy, Neece, Nelson, R. A. Pierce, S. W. Peel, Pryor, Pusey, Rankin, Reagan, Reese, Riggs, T. A. Robertson, Rockwell, J. H. Rogers, W. F. Rogers, Scales, Seymour, Shaw, O. R. Singleton, T. G. Skinner, Springer, C. Stewart, Stockslager, Strait, Struble, Talbott, J. M. Taylor, P. B. Thompson, Throckmorton, H. G. Turner, O. Turner, Vance, T. J. Ward, R. Warner, Wellborn, M. White, Whiting, T. Williams, A. S. Willis, E. B. Winans, Wolford, T. J. Wood, Woodward, Yaple, C. Young-126.

Analysis of the above vote shows that while 79 Republicans voted to restore the duties, to 10 Republicans who voted against it, only 39 Democrats voted to restore the duties, to 109 Democrats who disregarded all their pledges and voted against such restoration.

PART XVIII.

Statistics of the American Wool-growing Interest.
[Compiled, 1884, by Statistician J. R. Dodge, Department of Agriculture.]
Number of Sheep Flocks in the States and Territories.*

* Exclusive of those on public-land ranches.

a Exclusive of spring lambs. b Estimated.

c Spring clip of 1880. d Not including the following items, the result of special investigation: Texas and California fall clip of sheep reported on farms, 13,000,000 pounds; wool of other (ranch) sheep, 34,000,000 pounds; pulled wool and fleece of slaughtered sheep,

Text of the Morrison Tariff Bill of and sixty-one, commonly called the Morrill tariff.'

PART XVIII.

Statistics of the American Wool-growing Interest.
[Compiled, 1884, by Statistician J. R. Dodge, Department of Agriculture.]
Number of Sheep Flocks in the States and Territories.*

*Exclusive of those on public-land ranches.

a Exclusive of spring lambs. b Estimated.

e Spring clip of 1880. d Not including the following items, the result of special investigation: Texas and California fall clip of sheep reported on farms, 13,000,000 pounds; wool of other (ranch) sheep, 34,000,000 pounds; pulled wool and fleece of slaughtered sheep,

PART XIX.

standing Treasury notes, to authorize a loan, to regulate and fix the duties on imports, and for other purposes,' approved March second, eighteen hundred

Text of the Morrison Tariff Bill of and sixty-one, commonly called the Morrill tariff.'

1884, and votes thereon.

And when under existing law any of said articles are grouped together and made dutiable at one rate, then

The notorious horizontal reduction "Mor-nothing in this act shall operate to reduce the duty

rison Bill" of 1884, which was reported by Mr. Morrison, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, to the Democratic House of Representatives, March 11, 1884,

was in these words:

taxes.

"A bill to reduce import duties and war-tariff "Be it enacted, etc., That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in lieu of the duties and rates of duty imposed by law on the importation of the goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in the several schedules of An act to reduce internal-revenue taxation, and for other purposes,' approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty. three, and hereinafter enumerated, there shall be lev. ied, collected, and paid, the following rates of duty upon said articles severally, that is to say:

"On all the articles mentioned in Schedule I, cotton and cotton goods, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally, and none of the above cotton goods shall pay a higher rate of duty than forty per centum ad valorem.

"On all the articles mentioned in Schedule J, hemp, jute, and flax goods, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally.

"On all the articles mentioned ir. Schedule K, wool and woollens, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally; and none of the above wool and woollens shall pay a higher rate of duty than sixty per centum ad valorem.

"On all the articles mentioned in Schedule C, metals, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally, and none of the articles mentioned in said Schedule C, metals, shall pay a higher rate of duty than fifty per

centum ad valorem.

"On all the articles mentioned in Schedule M, books, papers, etc., eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally.

"On all the articles mentioned in Schedule E, sugar, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally.

"On all the articles mentioned in Schedule F, tobacco, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally.

"On all the articles mentioned in Schedule D, wood and wooden ware, except as hereinafter provided, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally.

"On cast, polished plate glass, unsilvered, exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches square; on green and colored glass bottles, vials, demijohns, and carboys (covered or uncovered), pickle or preserve jars, and other plain, molded or pressed green and colored bottle-glass, not cut, engraved, or painted, and not specially enumerated or provided for in this act; and on all the articles subject to ad valorem duty in Schedule B, earthenware and glassware, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally.

"On all the articles mentioned in Schedule G, provisions, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles sev erally.

"On all the articles mentioned in Schedule N, sundries, other than precious stones, salt, coal, and linseed or flaxseed, eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally.

group was dutiable under said act of March second, below the highest rate at which any article in such eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

"SEC. 2. That on and after the first day of July, duties heretofore imposed on the importation of the eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in lieu of the goods, wares, and merchandise hereinafter in this section specified, there shall be levied, collected, and paid the following rates of duty upon said articles severally, that is to say: On all unpolished cylinder, crown, and common window-glass, on iron or steel sheets or plates, or taggers iron, coated with tin or lead, or with a mix. ture of which these metals is a component part, by the dipping or any other process, and commercially known as tin plates, terne plates, and taggers tin, and on linseed or flaxseed eighty per centum of the several duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles severally.

"SEC. 3. That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in addition to the articles now exempt from duty, the articles enumerated and described in this section, when imported, shall be exempt from duty, that is to say: "Salt, in bags, sacks, barrels, or other packages, or in bulk.

"Coal, slack or culm.

"Coal, bituminous or shale.

"Provided, That this shall not apply to coal imported from the Dominion of Canada until that Gov. ernment shall have exempted from the payment from duty all coal imported into that country from the United States.

"Timber, hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars and in building wharves.

...

Timber, squared or sided, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act.

"Sawed boards, plank, deals, and other lumber of hemlock, whitewood, sycamore, and basswood, and all other articles of sawed lumber.

oar-blocks, gun-blocks, heading-blocks and all like
"Hubs for wheels, posts, last-blocks, wagon-blocks,
blocks or sticks, rough-hewn or sawed only.
"Staves of wood of all kinds.
"Pickets and palings.
"Laths.
"Shingles.

"Pine clapboards.
"Spruce clapboards.

"Wood, unmanufactured, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act."

Vote on the motion to proceed to its consideration - Only 39 Democrats vote "No," while 136 Democrats vote "Aye."

On the 15th of April, 1884, the House being in Committee of the Whole, the Morrison bill being reached, and objection made to its consideration, upon the objection being reported to the House the House directed the committee to proceed with the consideration of said bill, by a vote of 140 yeas to 138 nays (44 Representatives not voting), as follows:

YEAS. Messrs. J. J. Adams, Aiken, Alexander, Anderson, Bagley, Ballentine, Barksdale, Beach, Belmont, Bennett, Blackburn, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Breckinridge, Buchanan, Buckner, Cabell, A. J. Caldwell, A. D. Candler, Carleton, Cassidy, Clardy, Clay, Cobb, Collins, Cosgrove, S. S. Cox, W. R. Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culberson, Davidson, L. II. Davis, Deuster, Dibble, Dibrell, Dockery, Dors "On all the articles mentioned in Schedule A, heimer, Dowd, Dunn, Eldredge, Ellis, J. H. Evins, chemical products, eighty per centum of the several Forney, Garrison, Geddes, Graves, Green, Green. duties and rates of duty now imposed on said articles leaf, Halsell, N. J. Hammond, Hancock, Hardeman, severally: Provided, That nothing in this act shall W. H. Hatch, Hemphill, Herbert, A. S. Hewitt, Hob. operate to reduce the duty above imposed on any litzell, Holman, Ilouseman, Hurd, James, B. W. article below the rate at which said article was dutia-Jones, J. H. Jones, J. K. Jones, J. T. Jones, Jordan,