The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-06-05
The Mckinley Bill in the Senate.

The Mckinley Bill in the Senate.
The Washington Star, of the 30th, has
the following, which indicates that there
is to be a thorough over-hauling by the
Senate of the Mckinley tariff bill as it
passed the House:
The Senate finance committee yesterday began
the consideration of the tariff bill. There W as
a full attendance, and Mr.. Carlisle entered into
the discussion of the bill with earnestness A
proposition BY Senator Sherman was agreed TO
suggesting that the committee take up the bill
by paragraphs and either pass them for future
action or agree to them as they stood in the bill
as it passed the House. The proposition
agreed to with the understanding that any par
agraph whicil agreed to might be recalled
for further action. The consideration of the bill
then be- un.
Tie Chemical schedule is first in the bill. Be
fore entering upon it Mr.. Aldrich suggested that
it would be well to decide whether or not the
committee would agree to recommend free al
cohol in the arts for if it was the opinion of the
committee that this should be done it would
affect tle rates on half the items in the sched-
ule. After some discussion it was voted. not to
recommend free alcohol in the arts The text
of the chemical schedule was then gone over
however, thirteen of the most important were
passed over without action. The committee be
fore adjournng disposed of four of the 1926 pages
Of the bill, ard the question of future meetings
was then raised. \ proposition by Sentor Sher
man to meet Decoration day and continue the
discussion of the bill was disagreed to. He then
advocated daily sessions of ten hours duration
in order to complete the bill to report to
the Senate at the earliest day possible. This
suggestion met with opposition from both Sides
Senator Carlisle said he wished to be perfectly
frank on the subject While perfectly willing to
sit ten hours day he believed it would be waste
Of time. All the time the committee had so far
spent on the bill he believed had been wasted
by reason of the conditions under which it was
proceeding.
Senator Voorhees, said that the place for dis
cussion of the bill was in the Senate and he con-
Cured in the views of Mr. Carlisle. The Repub-
lcan party, he said, wanted tariff bill con-
structed on the lines of protection, the Demo-
cratic party wanted bill on the lines of reve-
nue.. The way to do for the majority of the
committee to agree upon their bill and the mi
nority to do the same, if in their Judgment the
report of a minority measure was deemed adj
visable.
Senator Hiscock proposed that a sub-commit-
tee on each side be pointed to prepare such
schedules as would be advocated by its party
on the floor of the Senate that the Republican
subcommittee as fast as it prepared it's sched-
ules to submit them to the Democratic sub-com
mittee and the latter to do the same with it's
schedules for the Republican subcommittee
The proposition agreed to, Senators Sher-
man and Vance voting in the negative.
The question of giving oral hearings was dis
cussed, but no conclusion reached, SO the previ-
GUS action of the committee adverse to hearings
still stands The changes agreed to in the
chemical schedules were ali reductions proposed
by Republicans and supported by the solid Dem
Ocratic vote and the member making the mo-
ton. None of the changes agreed to were sig
nif1cant or important
Charter Received.
Clifton Forge Review.