The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-22
But One Republican. Coleman, of
Louisiana, Votes Against the
Mckinley Bill.
The Party Lash Brings All the
Other Dissenters Back
Into Line.
McKinley's sCabbaee Head Dill~ Now
Goes to the senate-People Taxed to
Reduce the Revenue,

seem to be trying to outvie each other il
creating noise, rather than to give any in
telli9ent consideration to the tariff bill. II
was impossible to understand what was beins
said, the applause, laughter and cries Of
louder" drowning the voices of the speak
ers. No respect was given to the rules, nc
attention was paid to the recognition OF
the chairman, and uproar was the order OF
the hour. At noon the committee rose and
reported the bill to the house.
The previous question on the enpross
ment and third reading of the bill and
amendments was ordered by vote of yeas
161, nays I43. Coleman, of Louisiana. and
Featherstone, of Arkansas, were the onlv
republicans voting in the negative. Adams.
OF Illinois, and Butterworth, of Ohio, re-
framed from voting. The house is now
committee Of the whole.
Inc committee amendment to restore
!ute yarns from thirty per cent. as in the
Dill, to thlrty-fve per cent, the present
rate, was rejected; yeas 113, nays IA. The
erect IS to reduce the duty five per cent. by
taxing advantage of misprint in the bill.
and is the first democratic victory 90 far.
When the house first met this morning
and went into committee of the whole on
the tariff. Baker, of New York, offered an
amendment providing that all articles on
Importation into the United States, whether
embraced In the free list or otherwise, shall
pay no less rate of duty than imposed by
the country of export on like articles ex-
ported into the United States
butterWorth opposed the amendment,
and said he regretted that there was no op-
portunity to ascertain the concensus of
opinion on his own side of the house of
crushing this bill. democratic applause.
The committee of the whole has to proceed
along the line of the bill for number of
days. The gentlemen in the committee ON
ways and means had taken the floor and
held it with amendments until nearly the
last hour, SO that amendments which other
gentlemen might desire to submit could
not nave the consideration necessary to
deter nine what the concensus of opinion
was. It was not fixed that the ark Of the
reput lean covenant was committed to a
few, nd he regretted that there had not
been hat conference which would enable
tne ~ MIXERS to prune the bill.
Brewer, of Michigan. said the time for
debate had been frittered away by the
other side. He was in favor of the bill
because it was carrying out the pledges
made to the American people. [Ap-
plause1.
All this time the house was in the great
est confusion. in the midst of which the
hour of noon arrived. The committee arose
and reported the bill back to the house.
MCKINLEY demanded the previous uues- |
ton on the bill and amendments. The |
democrats demanded the yeas and nays and
the previous question was ordered; yeas 161,
The amendments were then read in de-
tail. The first amendment, on which a sep
arate vote was demanded, was on changing
the phraseology of the tin plate clause it |
was adopted by the narrow margin of, yeas
l5O, nays l49. The next vote was equally
nnCn hy1k
victorious. The amendment fixing the
duty on jute yarn at 45 per cent being
yeas l43, nays ia, The dnt1
as fixed by the bill is 30 per cent.
The next amendment is that bringing
hussla camel's hair into class 3 of the
l43 nays 13S. The amendment providing
hat the duty on woOlen and worsted warns.
Valued at not more than 80 cents per pound,
shall be two and a half times the duty on
lnwashed wool, If first class, and IS per
'ent az yaiorem, was rejected-yeas i37,
lays l4S. The bill now fixes the duty at
vice the duty on unwashed wool of the first
lass and 30 per cent ad valorem.
An amendment providing that on woolen
md worsted goods, and all manufactures of
WOOL and worsted not otherwise provided
or. valued ut not more than 80 cents per
oound, there shall be imposed duty three
lines the duty imposed ON a pound of nm
Washed wool. first class, and 40 per cent
ID valorem, was rejected--yeas l43. nays
A. This leaves duty at twice the duty on
!nwashed wool and 40 per cent ad valorem.
The republicans who voted with the demo-
rats on the wool and worsted goods and
arm amendments were: Anderson of Kan
as, ComstOck, DOlliyer, Dunnell. Feather.
tone, Flick, Henderson of Iowa, Kerr Of
owa, Lacey, Lind, Struble, Sweeney and
'aylor of Illinois.
An amendment imposing a duty of fiftv
er cent. ad valorem on all manufactures az
llk, not specially provided for, providing {.
hat all such manufactures, of which wool OF [
air OF camel. goat, or other like animals.
J component material, shall be classi. {
ed as manufactured wool, was agreed to,
cas- LIS, nays 142. c
The vinegar amendment adopted last
light IN committee of the whole was adopt- r
4. yeas 124, nays 3S. t
This was the last amendment, and the i
ngrossment and third reading of the bill
aving been ordered, Carlisle offered the c
allowing amendment: O
Resolved, That the pending bill be recon- t
lifted to the committee on ways and means t
18th instructions to report it back to the e
ouse at the earliest possible day 80 amended S
J to reduce the revenues of the governments b
= reducing the burdens of taxation on the b
eople, instead of reducing the duties by G.
aposlng prohibitory rates Of taxation unon Z
nported goods. Democratic applause. / h
efeated. lao to 164. Republican applause ii
Inc Dill was then passed, yeas 164, nays G.
REPUBLICANS DISAGREE.
mes and Farwell Interpret the Platform