The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-01
NO SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS.

tnat Hke privileges are not TO be granted 30
any other country. because if other coun-
tries are still left free to send in their
manufactured goods, made from fres ra "
material, on the same terms that ours are
admitted, we will stand in the markets of
South America precisely as we stand now
unable TO compete with Germany, France
or England. This so-called reciprocity
contemplates nothing of that sort.
Senator Blair-Then you do not antici-
pate any substantial benefit either to the
farmer or the manufacturer
Senator Carlisle do not regard the
proposition as mere political device to
appease. as far as possible. an indignant
public sentiment and to check for the time
being the rising cloud of opposition to this
extreme policy of protection.
Senator Gray asked Mr.. Carlisle to state
from the imposition Of duties on sugar,
coffee and tea, and Senator Carlisle stated
1t as $50, 700. .000-s25, ,0O0, 900 for sugar,
Sl7, 200 900 for coffee and g., SOC, 900 for tea
Senator Carlisle spoke for nearly three
hours, and at the close of his speech some of
his statements and figures were challenged
by Senator Aldrich.
ALLISON DEFENDS THE BILL.
Senator Allison also criticised several of
Senator Carlisle's statements and denied
their accur aoy. The senator from Ken
buOhys uo Sdlu, ndu T6pT6S6nUeu LDe CONFER
ence bill as only diminishing revenue some
S2,O00,000 He Senator Allison) differed
from him absolutely as to the effect of the
bill, and gave it as his belief that ID would
reduce the revenues to the amount Of be-
tween $4,000. 900 and $45 5000, 600 On the
question of tin plates he expressed the be-
lief that within five years from this time
the United States would produce substan-
italy all the tin plate consumed here, and
haya Of
less price than they had paid for
the last ten years. He under
stood that since the bill had passed the
Senate several tin plate factories had been
established in the United States.
During suspension of the debate confer
ence reports were presented and agreed to
upon the bill to transfer the signal service to
the agricultural department and upon sew
erel other bills of less general interest.
The concurrent resolution from the
House directing the clerk of the House to
have the tariff bill enrolled with the para
graphs consecutively numbered, was laid
before the Senate, and Senator Aldrich
moved to amend it by directing the clerk to
engross two paragraphs (352 and 362) in a
certain corrected manner as agreed TO in
conference Those paragraphs apply to
binding twine and to collars and cuffs.
INGALLS, GROWS SARCASTIC.
upon the resolution and amendment and
the circumstances which brought them
about, and suggested that concurrent reso-
luton had better be left open as q kind
Of basket clause, to take In whatever other
errors might be discovered. The resolution
was allowed to lie over for the present. and
the debate on the tariff bill was resumed
by Senators Gray, Higgins. and Stewart
Then Senator Aldrion closed the discus
sion. He congratulated the Senate and
country upon the approaching close of the
long and wearlsome struggle over the tariff
bill. The discussion had been unusually
prolonged. because it was the first time in
the history Of tariff legislation that a tariff
bill had been discussed in all its items in the
House.
Senator German asked Senator Aldrich
to favor the Senate and the country with a
6 satement of the effect of the conference bill
on the revenues.
Senator Aldrich said that 1t would roduce
the revenues about S8, ,2S0, 600 below the
amount that the Senate bill would reduce
it.
Senator German said he would like lit
tie fuller statement than that.
Senator Aldrich replied thai the princi-
pal reduction made in conference was on
the tobacco and the special taxes for retail
dealers. He added that the rate of taxation
or goods imported in 1888 was 45 l3 per
cent, and that the amount OF importations
being the same, the rate under the confer
ence bill would be A. 26, as against go per
cent, as asserted by Senator Carlisle.
REPUBLICANS SLIP THE PARTY HALTER.
At the close of Senator Aldrich's remarks
the Senate proceeded to vote by yeas and
nays on the conference report. The first
break in the party ranks las made when
Senator Paddock's name was called He
ia ha Will ofnr
Eustis, but as Senator Eustis would have
voted no, he would vote no. The next break
came Immediately after, when Senator
Pettigrew's name was called. He said that
he was paired with Senator Call, but as
Senator Call would have voted no, he would
vote no. The third and last break was
when Senator Plumb, after all the other
senators had voted, stood up, and, his name
having been called, voted no.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL
The final result was announced, yeas 80,
nays 81, as follows:
YEAs-Sepators Aldrich. Allen, Allison, Blair
Dixon. Edmunds, Evarts, Frye. Hale. Hawley,
Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones of Nevada, Mcmillan,
Manderson, Mitchell, Moody. Pierce, Platt
so%eT wsSa a~ye ~
NAYs--Senators sBarbour, Bate, Blackburn,
Biodgett, Butler, Carlisle, Cockrell, Coke, Col.
quit. Daniel, Gorman, Gray Hampton, Harris,
Hearst Kenna, Morgan, Paddock. Pasco. Petit
grew, Plumb. Pugh, Ransom, Reagan, voor-
hees Walthall and Wilson Of Maryland-H.
The following pairs were announced:
Senators Teller and Berry, Dolph and Brown
Farwell and Payne, Quay and Faulkner, Morrill,
and VancA, Davis and Gibson. Hscock and
Jones of Arkansas, Higgins and McPherson
Squire and George, Turpie and Washburn. Vest
and Stanford.
In addition to the above pairs Senators
Call and Eustis were paired with Senators
Pettigrew and Paddock, who voted in the
negative.
So the conference report was agreed to,
and now the tariff bill needs only the sigma
lures of the presiding officers of both
houses and of the President of the United
States.
The concurrent resolution, with amend
ments offered to it, to correct the enroll
ment Of the tariff bill was agreed TO.
The Senate then had a brief executive
session, and after the doors were reopened
the House bill TO set apart certain tract of
land in California as a forest reservation
was reported and passed, AID the Senate
then adjourned
In the House.
In the House this morning the Senate bill
was passed for the protection of actual set
tiers on public lands in Florida on which
deposits Of phosphates have since been dis
covered.