The Harvard Union held a very spirited debate last evening on the question "Resolved That the general policy outlined in President Cleveland's Message should be adopted by Congress."

Mr. Eliot Norton, L. S., opened the debate for the affirmative. He dwelt on the necessity of equalizing the cost of manufacture at home and abroad, on the necessity of breaking up trusts and pools which tend to keep prices of articles above their value, and on the necessity of remedying the abuses to which the tariff have been subjected.

Mr. C. Hudson, L. S., opened for the negative. Both he and his colleague, Mr. Sanford, showed that a slight decrease in the tariff would increase the revenue while free trade would produce a business panic. The general argument of the negative was in favor of a decrease of the tariff. Mr. Russell Duane, '88, supported Mr. Norton very ably, advocating the free introduction of raw materials and told how in the case of wool a protective tariff established in 1867 had reduced the amount produced yearly by one-half.

The speeches made from the floor were able and to the point. Mr. Sanford closed the debate for the affirmative and Mr. Norton for the negative. The subjects of pig-iron and wool were freely discussed, many citing their personal experience in dealing with these articles. The votes were as follows: On the merits of the question, affirmative, 31; negative, 27; on the merits of the argument, affirmative, 14; negative, 4; on the merits of the principal disputants, affirmative, 29; negative, 39.