Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-28
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Cannon Stir
UpYeSterday's Unpleasantness Again
THE LARD BILL Is PASSED
Senate Adopts the Bate Resolution
and Takes Up the Tariff.
RECIPROCITY AMENDMENTS TO 1T.
SENATE.

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Cherokee nation was reported and placed on
| the calendar.
Mr.. Blair introduced, at the request of the
Wage Workers Political Alliance of Washing
ton. bill for the publication of periodical to
| be called the Congressmen's Quarterly, and 1t
| was referred to the committee on printing.
THE LAFAYETTE MONUMENT RESOLUTION.
| The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Bate. for the suspension of the work in erect
ing the Lafayette statue on the site selected in
Lafayette Square was taken up, and Mr..
Evarts, on The part of the library committee,
| stated reasons why, in his opinion. the resolu-
tion should not be agreed to and the work
should be completed.
After the statement of the confidential and
| friendly relations between Washington and
Lafayette and a description of the mobile
| esplanade" on the north front of the White
| House, with its prospective statues. Mr.. Evarts
said that Lafayette could not occupy any other
| than a central and superior ste upon it. He
was the hero for the whole country and for all
time, SO long as American independence would
| last.
| TENNESSEE OBJECTS.
Mr. Harris said that while his colleague,
himself and the people of Tennessee were
ready to honor the memory of Lafayette, they
felt that it was hardly respectful to the memory
| OF Andrew Jackson that the statue erected in
] honor OF his memory should be removed from
the place which it had occupied for nearly
forty years-hardy respectful, either, to OBJ
| scure 1t by the erection of a monument d-
| rectly between it and Pennsylvania avenue
| the great thoroughfare Of the city; directly
| between it and the White House occupied for
| eight years by Andrew jackson.
| Mr. Hale moved the postponement of the
| resolution till Wednesday, the 10th Of Septem-
Der, the Senate having committed itself unani-
| mously to the consideration of but one bus-
ness (the tariff bill until it shall have been dis
posed Of and he gave notice that while the tariff
| bill Is pending he would move to postpone or
lay on the table any resolution except such as
would be adopted by unanimous consent He
withdrew his motion, and asked unanimous
| consent that the vote on the resolution shall be
| taken at IL o'clock or before.
| Unanimous consent was given
MR.. sPooNER NOT SATISFIED WITH THE SITE
Mr. Spooner admitted that the site selected
was not the best, and in view of the objections
! made by the Senator from Tennessee he
| thought that it ought not to be insist ed upon.
He would be actuated by the same tee lings it,
| instead Of the equestrian statue OF jackson,
there stood statue of VIM. H. Seward or OF
Charles Summer, and il the New York Senators
or the Massachusetts Senators objected to Its
| being obscured by the statue to Lafayette or
| any other soldier or statesman.
Mr.. Bates FINAL APPEAL.
Mr.. Bate modified his resolution so as to
direct the selection Of another site for the
Lafayette statue and argued in favor of its
adoption. He asked whether Andrew Jackson
had become so Objectionable to his country
| men that his statue had to be hid
away from the public gaze. Had his fea-
| lures become SO unseemly that they must be
| veled from public view like those of the
| prophet OF khorassan? Let another place, he
| said. eligible, attractive and appropriate be
| selected for Lafayette and let the jackson
statue In its unique posture, guarded by cap
tured cannon, remain as an object lesson to all
| future occupants of the White House.
THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
The vote was taken and the resolution was
| adopted.
The conference report on the railroad land
forfeiture bill was presented and ordered
| printed.
Mr.. Morgan suggested that instead of having
| action taken on the conference report tomor-
row. it should lie over till after the tariff bill
was out of the way. He thought il likely to
lead to considerable debate
Mr.. Plumb said he wou. ,let the report lie
over for the present-perhaps until the tariff
bill should be disposed Of
House bill authorizing the construction of
| railroad bridges across the Red River of the
North, Llrle 1ennesse river at Niles Ferry.
Tenn, and the Green and Barren rivers. KY.
were reported and placed ON the calendar
| RECIPROCITY AMENDMENTS TO THE TARIFF BILL
The tariff bill was then taken up. Mr.
Aldrich from the finance committee. gave
notice Of two amendments he would offer to
the bill and which were read for information.
One of the amendments is in the shape of a
new section, stating that the exemptions from
duty OF coffee, molasses, tea and hides
| arc made with view to secure re-
ciprocal trade with countries producing
those articles, and it authorizes the President
to suspend by proclamation, the provisions of
law for the free introduction Of sugar. molasses
coffee, tea and hides-the product of countries
whose laws may be reciprocally unequal
and unjust. The duties Oh sugar are
| to be fixed as under existing law:
the duty on coffee is to be 8 cents
pound; on tea, 10 cents pound, and on
hides, IL cents pound. Tho second amend
ment is u proviso to the first paragraph and it
subjects fish to a duty Of only IL cents pound
when exported from or the product of any
country wherever, and only so long as, Ameri-
can fishing vessels shall be admitted into all
Qnciuding baitl and to land fish for shipment,
in bond, to the United States without restraint.
RELATING TO RICE
The consideration OF the bill was resumed at
paragraph 246 (page 56), relating to rice-the
amendments reported by the finance commit
tee being to reduce the duty on cleaned rice
from 2 to ~ cents a pound, on unceaned
| rice from ~ to / cent pound,
and on rice -four, rice meal and broken
rice from Is to cent per pound.
In the course of an argument against the re-
| duction OF the duty on rice Mr.. Vest adverted
again to the sale of agricultural implements
in South America at one-half the price that
the same implements are sold to the American
farmer. The plough which was sold to the
American farmer for $lS was sold to the South
American farmer for %. In proof Of that fact
| Mr.. Vest produced the advertising papers in
English and Spanish and had also read a COM
municaton on that subject in yesterdays New
| York World
| Mr.. Vest also read a letter 70 himself from Mr..
| I. E. Wilson, one of the editors of the World.
| stating that the firm of L. s. Allen d Co. re-
fused to sell to the domestic subscribers of the
| World at the same discounts at which the orders
| from the foreign subscribers of the World were
hiled, and that the same thing was true as to tho
Ann Arbor Manufacturing Company and other
| firms
In conclusion. Mr.. Vest spoke Of the un-
/ friendly commercial relations of France
and England toward tho United States
on account of the tariff war against all
the world. and referred to Mr.. McKinley's
| speech on his denomination few days ago,
in which he said that because the tariff bill did
not please Englishmen il ought to please Amer
| leans A more narrow-minded, bigoted, parti-
san statement, Mr.. Vest asserted, could not
possibly be made.
FOR RECIPROCITY WITH BRITAIN.
He had no respect for the stasesnanship