The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-20
either Bynum or Wilson. Wilson then said
he had no further statement to make and
the subject WAS dronned

either Bynum or Wilson. Wilson then said
he had no further statement to make and
the subject was dropped.
The house then proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the tariff bill, the pending
amendment being that offered by Funston,
Of Kansas, striking from the metal schedule
the proviso that silver ore and all other
ores containing lead shall pay a duty of *
cents per pound on the lead contained
| therein.
Frank, OF Missouri. regretted that the
| amendment emanated from the republican
side. and opposed it. Hopkins, of Illinois,
contended that the importation Of Mexican
ores was blessing to American miners as
we'll as working men engaged in smelling
In the name of American labor he protested
against the proviso which would control
the output of American mines. Crane, o1
Texas, said that the silver proviso wa,
illustrative of the logical sequence of pro
lection. namely: the prohibition Of impor
tation. The adoption of the proviso in tn,
bill meant ruin to frontier towns and in.
calculable injury to American capital in
vested in Mexico.
Dubois, of IDAHO, objected to Hopkins
posing US the representative of the miner,
from representatives of the miner. The
amendment struck blow not only at the
miner but at silver producers.
Perklns, OF Kansas, protested against the
amendment as putting the American mi ner
n N composition with Mexican .workmen.
ment lwas in the interest Of the
Mexican miner, and would ruin
Clunie, of California, and Bartine, of Ne.
vada, also opposed the amendment vigor-
1us!y: 1t was then rejected, 90 to 126.
Hopkins. Cutcheoh, Mason, Rutterworth,
Kelly, Post, Adams, Gear and Morrill,
voting in the affirmative, and Clunie in the
negative. Hopkins offered an amendment
providing that on ore containing silver and
lead there shall be n duty of half cent a
pound on the lead contained therein. Lost,
The amendment offered Saturday by Nc
hlnley, to the internal revenue bill, was
adopted. as were also number of other
Mchlnley amendments regarding the to-
bacco and snuff tax. Among them was one
that the internal taxes on smoking and
manuiactured tobacco and snuff be four
tenths pound. reducing the taxes on cigar
manufacturers from $500 to $1OO. Hen
derson, of Iowa, spoke in favor of restoring
the present internal tax on tobacco, and of
fered an amendment to that effect.
tucker, of Virginia, offered and advo-
Gated an amendment aboiishing the tax ON
TOBACCO. Kerr, of Iowa, favored the repeal
system system: of monopoly in the
the tax on these articles has been more
demoralizing to the people than any other
tax imposed. Mckinley said the committee
had not abolished the tax on tobacco be-
cause the country needed the money. and
because it was not necessar:: to abolish il
IN order to preserve the protective system,
fuckers amendment was rejected, 81 to
ll8, Atkinson, McComas, Kerr, Lehlbach,
Ewart, Waddell, Brown of PENNSYLVANIA,
and Mendel voting with the democrats, and
Heard, Williams Of Illinois, Owens of Ohio,
Henderson's amendment was also rejected.
36 to- 118. Henderson offered another
amendment restoring the present case duty
on wool and woolens. Pending vote, the
committee rose and the house adjourned.