Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-23
THE SENATE TARIFF BILL.
Passed In that Body by q Vote Of 81
to 30-Am endments Adopted.

The Senate tariff bill has, 90 far as the Senate
10 concerned, been disposed of, and there Il
nowhere happier crowd of legislators than
the Senators who have been wrestling day and
night with the great question of tariff, and
who hsve at last thrown Of the burden which
has weighed them down for so long. Yestsr.
day was busy day in the Senate. There were
large number Of amendments offered, and up
70 the hour offs O'Clock they were debated. On
motion OF Mr.. Sherman, proviso,
OF INTEREST TO AMERICAN FIsHERMEN,
was adopted. 1t provides that fresh fish caugh,
oy American fishermen in the high seas or in
the open waters between Canada and the
United States shall not be classed as importa-
lions, and shall not, therefore, be subject to
me duty OF half-a-cent per pound Mr.. Eustis
ouered amendments looking to reduction OF
duty from ~ to N cents per pound on sugar
graded between Nos 16 and 20, Dutch stand
ard, and on all above No. 20 from to "a cents
per pound. These amendments were rejected,
and two democrats-Mr. Colquitt, Of Georgia,
ana Mr.. Gibson, OF Louisiana-
VOTED WITH WITH THE REPUBLICANS.
Mr.. Reagan made an effort to have inserted in
the bill clause providing for the imposition
and collection Of graduated income tax, but
he failed. Mr.. Stanford was more fortunate
section, and it regulates the importation of
spirits and reduces the internal revenue taxes
on grape wines and brandies to s cents per gal
lon. The section is identical with the bill
making grape brandy free for the fertilization
OF sweet wines for expectation, reported by
finance committee Of the Forty-ninth Con-
gress and which was passed by the Senate.
MR. CALL CUT OFF.
When o'clock arrived Mr.. Call had the floor,
and was Offering amendments to the proposed
rates Of duty on wines, and quite naturally he
desired to say something about the amend
ments. He made no speeches, however, for
Senator Ingalls, after q short, sharp contest,
insisted upon the carrying out of the unani-
nous agreement that all debate should cease
at 8 o'clock. Shutting off his oratory did not
stop Mr.. Call in the mhtter Of offering amend
ments. As soon as one was Knocked down he
set up another, and SO it went on until the
amendments had all been voted out of sight
A vote upon Mr.. Saulsbury's new section, pro-
viding for the confscation by the government
OF all profits OF corporations in excess of 10
per cent, defeated the proposition. On one
amendment, reducing the duty on hoop-iron
NR. PLUMB VOTED WITH THE DEMOCRATS.
Mr.. Brown offered several amendments to in
crease the duty on rice, but none of them were
accepted. A new rice section increasing the
duty was, however, inserted in the bill upon
motion Of Mr.. Aldrich
Mr.. Plumb endeavored to secure the impo-
sition OF a Is per cent ad valorem duty on raw
unmanufactured silk, but he was in a minority.
He succeeded, though, in getting an adminis-
trstive section adopted which provides for the
ESTABLISHMENT OF CUSTOMS COMMISSION.
The commission is to have its headquarters at
the Treasury department, and is to consist of
five experts, not more than three Of them to
be Of one political party, and the salary of each
Is to be $7, 800 per annum and travelling ex-
penses.
On Mr. Allison's amendment making an in
lemons, and lines, there was almost unanimity,
only seven democrats voting against it.
THE VOTE PASSING THE BILL.
1t was after o'clock when the bill was read
the third time. Mr.. Harris called for the yeas
and nays upon its passage, and President Pro
Tempore Ingalls, few minutes later an
nounced the result-yeas, 80; nays, 80, as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Blair, Bowen, Cameron,
Chace, Chandler. Cullom, Davis, Dawes,
Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Farwell, Frye, Haw-
ley, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones (Nev. }, Man.
derson, Mitchell, Morrill, Paddock, Palmer,
Plat, Plumb, Quay. Sherman, Spooner, Stock
bridge, Teller, Wilson 0owa)-s2
Nays-Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Brown, But
Ter. Call. Cockrell. Coke, Colquitt, Daniel,
Eustis, Faulkner, George, Gibson, German,
Gray, Harris, Jones (Ark.), Morgan, Pasco,
Payne, Pugh, Ransom, Reagan, Turpie, Vance,
Vest, Voorhees,, Walthsll, Wilson (Md. 80
Absent-Allison, Beck, Blodgett, Hale,
Hampton, Hearst, Kenns, Mcpherson, Riddle
berger, sabin, Salisbury, Sawyer, Stanford,
Stewart-A.