The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-08-12
In the senate.


to-day after routine business the tariff bill
was taken up, the pending question being
Plumbs amendment TO reduce the addi-
tional duty ON iron or steel hoops cut to
lengths of baling purposes from 2-l0 to
LILO cent per pound. The amendment was
rejected, three republicans, Ingalls,, Pad
dock and Plumb voting in the aillrma-
tive.
Mcpherson moved an amendment by
making the duty on iron or steel hoops
80 per cent advalorem instead of lilo
and $40 cents per pound.
Sherman spoke of the little progress
that was being made with the bill. Nearly
three weeks, lie said, lad been spent upon
it, and not one-fifth of it had been dis
posed of. Unless the senators on the
other side he satisfied with one vote upon
the question and would then GO right
along, the senate would have 10 continue
in perpetual session. He did not wish 10
see any change in the rules of the senate
il il could be avoided. IL the other side
would forego needless repetition of
amendments and Of yea and nay votes,
the senators might soon see the daylight
and soon be able to go to their
respective homes. The bill had passed
the house and had been considered by
| the committee of the senate, its general
out line being on the scale of a protective
tariff even of high protective tariff. The
republican senators did not deny that. IL
was tariff that would protect American
| industries and build up nearly all the in
| dustries that could be employed in this
country. Ii was pretty high protective
tariff and there were some points III II
which he would be willing to yield. Still
| !, A., a in .rta Al
particulars by the bill passed by the SEN
| ate two years ago. 1t seemed the senate
ought To make more progress with the
| bill.
Vest said the senator from Ohio had
stated the bill was--acceptable To his side
| of the chamber. The record did not show
| that to be fact. On the other hand the
mostaggressivea attacks that had been made
| on the bill had come from that side of the
chamber and from a state that gave the
largest majority to the republican party
| in the late election. The record would
also show that proportionally larger
number of democratic senators re-
sponded, every time the role had beer
called. He gave notice that every item
| in the bill would be discussed il neces
sary, unless il was prevented by force,ap.
Piled i'm some sort of fashion. The dis.
cussion having turned on the deprecia
tion of farming property, state
ment was read by Vest a'
tol such depreciation in some
of the best farming counties in Pennsyl
vania, and Cameron remarked that while
the statement was correct, the tarili was
not lin his opinlonl the cause OF Il, Its
cause was the decentralization OF silver II
1883. Ever since that time the price OF
land and farmed products had decreased
Since passage OF the silver bill prices had
risen some 70 per cent.
Teller said that as TO the question oI
haste in passing the bill he was not, dis
posed that any of It's opponents should b'
deprived of fair and free discussion. H'
was willing to stay ana discuss III,
tariff question or allow It TO be discussed
because he believed the American people
wanted 10 know whether the bill was
proper revision OF the tarili. Finally
vote was reached on McPherson's amend
ment and il was rejected without re
vision.
The paragraph referring TO tinnet
plate having been reached, Vest said
was naked attempt 10y the PlttsDurI