In 1891 the tariff was made more protectionist.
The tariff system of Germany, however, at the beginning of the 10th century, remained definitely Protectionist.
There being no choice by the people, and the House of Representatives having elected Adams, Clay was accused by Jackson and his friends of making a corrupt bargain whereby, in payment of his vote and influence Ifis career as a Protectionist.
The protectionist system gained in favour on the expiry of the commercial treaty with France in 1892, as it could now be extended to articles of industry.
The elections of 1890, when the metropolis returned free traders and Liberals to the Second Chamber, certainly effected a change in the latter, as the representatives of the towns and the old " Landtmanna " party joined issue and established a free-trade majority in the chamber, but in the combined meetings of the two chambers the compact protectionist majority in the First Chamber turned the scale.