New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-20
THE TARIFF BILL IN THE SENATE.

THE TARIFF BILL IN THE SENATE.
,,,, o,,ro,,,~ .vrSpMryrs TO TIE METAL sCHED-
TIE MODIFIED AND ADoPTED-TIME "ASlED
BY The DEMOCRATS.
IBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE'l
w.suxGrnN Feb 19.-At midnight to-llHhv
the Senate Is still in session discussing INC IAN
hill. with no immediate prospect OF adJourn"'u"' "
and with the fate of the bill quite as doubt ds
was when the discussion began SIX weeks ago. 1 "0
Sherman amendments to the metal scheu"e CAV
II 4 three hours debate at the opening OF 1ue u"S
session. 1t was limited upon the hepuolc'n . s'uV
toapexplapation IN of the provisions and their enec'
if adopted and short representation OF thei sreV
importance to the industrial interests upon '"1
Democratic side Mr.. Beck whose temper seeihe"
sxcentiorally unamlab BILE and who interpreted every
reference to the length of the debate as personal "
himself, made a number of halt hour speeches Vi
very peprery flavor, defending his own record anu
ressnting the assumed allegation that he was an op
structionist go
senator Mcpherson proposed notifications OF tne
Sherman amendments and supported them III 'en-
nerate speech Hlsmodiications were opposed by Sen
a+or sherman but were adopted The Sherman
omandmepts thus modified were passed IN the fol-
lowing form:
Steel ingots cogged ingots blooms and slabs by Tha
ever process ale. die blocks or blanks olesS @ aS
aud "a anered or beveled bars bands. hoops Ips, anu
sneets all gau-es and widths plates OF an isf op
and widths steamer crank ana otnSl 7h'aSs niston
fda. eGast p1Ressed sheared stamped shapes or
Of Steel and iron. punched or not R PGncnsG IN Lsrs
hammer mods OF swager steel gun nclaS escnons ho5
and soapes of dry sand, loa or ron el1 t erwise
speciay provided Tor in this act valu al cents per
pound less, 40 per ceutun al Ya0Tem; aooH" on
pound ami moi above cents, "a cents per pouhu'
valued above cents per pound, 3A cents per po'nu'
The division, with the exception of the votes OF
Senators Mcpherson and Van Wyck, was upon
party lines, the Republicans supporting and the
Democrats opposing the amendment. In TINS form
itls not satisfactory to Senator sherman ana those
who stood will him in defence of the iron ana steer
interests but 1t is so far in advance OF Tue
hu 10 il stood before that there
is reason to believe they will vote for tue Dill.
After the metal schedule was disposed oil series OF
amendments offered in good faith were successiyely
d,scnssed and defeated. and by o'clock the neces-
cory work upon the bill was all finished, and vote
might have been taken if the Democrats had Deen
willing ~, lor hoyoycr
h,ch scanned TO have no other purpose than to con-
ANNE time aud thus defeat the bill by holdihg
nnul there should be less than quorum
cd action should be impossible. AS soon as TINS
nnrpo,e became developed Senator Morrill, made a
nrotest which brought on spirited discussion, OF
rather dispute, in relation TO the Time whlcn nau
been consumed by Senators of either pohtical party
Tn defiance of the ainest facts 1t was charged oy
Senator Cockrell that Senators Morrill,, sherman
and Aldrch had consumed greater portion
of the time of the Senate in the
debate upon the pending bill than all
the others. Without taking INTO account the fact
that the Senators named, beng members of the FL
nance Committee were called upon in all cases OF
debate to explain whatever was not fully under
stood il can be proved that single DeIuocralc
Senator not member OF the Finance committee,
has consumed more time than the three hameu
together Mr. Aldrich made this point IN reply 10
Senator Cockrell and oddly enough, Senator Mcr-
can who had not been named by the Senator from
Pbcde Island. arose and defended himself,
declaring that free speech was one OF the rights Oh
Senator OF the United states
Senator Brown moved that salt be placed upon
the free list motion which no one believed had
tie emotest chance of passage. He made speech
in support of it and 1t was defeated Senator Nor
gan then moved that the entire tariff portion OF the
bill be stricken out and scheme of horizon
tai reduction be substituted, providing
that from July l. 1888, to July
1854, the rates of duties shall be 80 pei
cent of the present rate and from July l. 1884 to
JnIy I. 1885 the rate shall be rs per cent of the
nr-sent RATE Mr. Morgan made speech in support
of his amendment after which the Chair ruled that
all amendments to perfect the text OF the
bill would take precedence OF motion t'
strike out, and the amendment was tempottaal
Iv LAID aside. Senator vance thei
moved an amendment to the revenue
sections of the bI of the natrre OF su1stlln'e o
a large norton of the laws which pIOVlde me ma
cb1nerv for collecting the revenue. me anehulnIh
nroylded that 40 stOreke~pers should be provided
fop dstiIlerles making less than thirty gallons %
ybiskev day but that such establishments shouiI =
simply be required 10 take out license' pm t t
lie made political speeen, se'oine ioi'n anocia
committee into the operations OF C1bI,na ln.eIIIa
revenue collectors OF S SoI,n ,Id cnocisi CoI"
IIttee. combatted aud refuted his statements.
senator Cameron Of tbo PonGsyiyInsina csgcI aior
made short speech oo,ait bS me hi IIfl'D to tI,
FINANCE Committee, with instructlons to report i
hack Tomorrow stripped of its tariit features. I'M nm
Shirh had preceded it had been disposed of.
At half-past IL Senator Bayard made propost
tion that ali debate cease at o'clock to-norrow
soI snd that vote upon The bill and amendments be
taEen ~ that hour Senator Sherman said ina
he wished m Soud to react "dt ea a that s0 he bad dis
nbareed his dufy unless he offered an amendment tt
the wool schedule as nstructed Dy fe5otnon % M l o.
his State Ing hgG'"'a,e 1 DEBATE S Tou it, and coui(
take that tomorrow. Senator Frye SAID that
motion increasing the tarlfl upon woSl aud maxi
range the entire wool schedule ana 70 mdh t5
necessary q series of amendments 10 th
entire wool schedule. Senator Edmundss caIe, he,
attention to the fact that 100 speeches na,
been made upon the Democratic SIDE @ sinc
January 8 on the bill and a grea
many upon Gno the Repn6ean sverS%odv SI%s mus
have unlimited time TO discuss ever
possible proposition" Now, acg,Ia. having h9' ,%
eight weeks, the Senator from Delaware pro
posed that al debate should be cut of ana ,h IN
Senate should "gO II blind" upon the whole SUP
iect He himself had not CONSUMED more than three
yyninutes upon the bill but before 1t disposed
he had something To say and should say it. There
Tore he objected to the arrangement. AS IL coul'
only be enforced by unanimous consent, the subJec
was dropped ILL,
motion was lost by vote Of to "A. Senate