Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-12
TARIFF TINKERING.
The Senate Debate Drags
Slowly Along.
Sherman Is Impatient to Get
Through and Go Home.
Teller Wants Fair Discussion If 1t
Takes All Summer.
The Kansas Senators Continue Their
Opposition to the Senate Measure.
House Proceedings.
Associated Press Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, August 1l.-In the sem
ate today after routine business, the
tariff bill was taken up, the pending
question being Plumb's amendment to
reduce the additional duty on iron or
steel hoops cut to lengths of bailing pur-
poses from two-tenths to one-tenth of
cent per pound. The amendment was
rejected, three Republicans, Ingalls,,
Paddock and Plumbvoting in the affirm
ative.
Mcpherson moved to amend the para
graph by making the duty on iron or
steelshoops five per cent ad valorem in
stead of one cent, one and one-tenth
cents, and one and three-tenth cents per
pound.
Sherman spoke of the little progress
that was being made with the bill,
Nearly three weeks, he said, had been
spent upon it, and not one-fifth of it
had been disposed of. Unless the
senators on the other side would be
satisfied with one vote upon question,
and would then go right along, the
senate would have to continue in per-
petual session. He did not wish to see
any change in the rules of the senate if
it could be avoided. If the other side
would forego the needless repetition of
amendments, and of yea and nay votes,
the senators might soon see daylight and
soon be able to go to their respective
homes. The bill had passed the house
and been considered by the senate
finance committee, it's general outlook
being on the scale of the protective
tariff. Even the high protective tariff
Republican senators did not deny that.
1t was tariff that would:protect Ameri-
can industries and build up nearly all
the industries that could be employed in
this country. 1t was pretty high pro-
tective tariff, and there were points in it
which he .would be willing to Weld.
Still, it had been reduced in several i'm
portant particulars below ;,the bill passed
the senate two years ago. 1t seemed
that the senate ought make more
progress with the bill.
Vest said the senator from Ohio had
stated that the bill was acceptable to
his side of the chamber. The record
did not show that to be fact on the
other hand the most aggressive attacks
made upon the bill had come from that
side of the chamber, and from the state
that had given the largest majority for
theRepublican party in the last election.
The record would also show that pro-
portionately larger number of Demo
cratic senators responded every time the
roll had been called. He gave notice
that every item in the bill would be dis
cussed, if necessary, unless it was pre-
vented by force applied in some sort of
fashion.
The discussion having turned on sepa-
rate farming property a statement was
read by Vest as to business depression
in some OF the best farming counties in
Pennsylvania, and Cameron remarked
that while the statement was correct,
the tariff was not, in his opinion, the
cause of it; the cause was the demone-
tization of silver in 1873. Ever since
that act the price of land and farm pro-
duce had decreased. Since the passage
of the silver bill prices had risen some
20 per cent.
Teller said that as to the question of
haste in passing the bill, he was not dis
posed to deny its opponents fair and free
discussion. He was willing to stay and
discuss the tariff question or allow it to
be discussed, because he believed the
American people wanted to know wheth-
er the bill was proper revision of the
tariff.
Finally vote was reached on Nc
Pherson's amendment, and it was re-
jected without division.
The paragraph relating to timed plate
having been reached, Vest said it was
bold, naked attempt by Pittsburg manu-
facturers to create another monopoly in
their own interests against the consum-
ers OF the United States. He moved to
reduce the rate 2-10 cents per pound,
to one cent, the present duty.
Edmunds asked leave to offer an order
to be printed, and to go over. 1t is to
the effect that during consideration
of the tariff bill, no senator shall speak
more than once, and not longer than 5
minutes, on or in respect OF any one
item, or any one amendment, without
leave of the senate such leave is to be
granted or denied without debate, and
without any other motion or proceeding,
except such as relate to procuring quo
rum. The unit bill shall be gone through
with, to the point of it's third reading,
No general motion in relation to it,
other than to take it up, is to be in or
der All appeals are to be determined
at once and without debate.
ludlly TuulunUS WlCQureW Cne OTueT,
saying he would present it again to-
morrow.
A conference was ordered on the In
dian appropriation bill, and Dawes,
Plumb and Call were appointed con-
ferees.
Allison, from the committee on ap-
propriations reported, with amend
ments, the house bill for an additional
clerical force in the pension Office, and
gave notice that he would, some time
tomorrow, ask the senate to consider it.
Adjourned.
House Proceedings.
In the House today, after brief de-
bate, the conference report on the sun
dry civil appropriations bill was agreed
to and further conference was ordered
upon the amendments still in dispute.
The house then proceeded to consid-
Grafton of the conference repost on the
sundry civil appropriation bill. After
some debate, in the course of which
Dockery predicted a deficiency of be-
tween $40, ,000, 900 and $28, ,0O0, 900 in the
revenue of the government during the