Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-05
The Senate Getting on With the
Tariff Bill.
SEVERAL MUCH MIXED VOTES.
The Arkansas Contest Occupies
the Time of the House.
BRE EcKENRlDCE IN HIS oWN:DEFENSE.
BRECKENRIDGE IN HIS oWN:DEFENsE.
SENATE.

the tariff bill was taken up and the considera-
tion Of the free list was proceeded with.
Mr.. Vance moved to strike out the proviso in
paragraph 457, relating to animals imported
specially for breeding purposes. The proviso
requires the animals to be pure blooded, Of
recognized breed, with record Of pedigree. &c.
The motion was defeated-yeas, %; nays, 34
The House bill to authorize the contraction
OF a bridge across the Savannah river by the
Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway Company
was reported and placed on the calendar.
The Senate went back lin the consideration
OF the tariff bilD to paragraph 434, relating to
gloves, which MIR. Plumb had yesterday moved
to amend by striking out the additional rate on
mems gloves. The motion was defeated-yeas,
22 nays 30-Mr. Plumb being the only repub-
lican who voted yea.
THE FREE LIST.
The consideration Of the free list was re-
sumed
MIR. Quay moved to insert in the free list
wild animals intended for geological collec-
tions, for scientific and educational purposes,
and not for sale or profit. He made the mo-
ton, he said, at the suggestion Of the Philadel-
phia Geological Society.
Mr. Aldrich said there was no objection to it.
The motion was agreed to.
On motion OF MIR. Henderson, ''art educa-
tional stops, composed of glass and metal IAN
in the free list.
FREE BOOKS.
MIR. Hoar moved to insert in paragraph 4S9
(allowing the free importation of books for
colleges, educational and religious societies,
&c. ) the words, "or by any college, academy
school or seminary Of learning in the United
States in its own behalf or in behalf Of any of
its professors or teachers" Agreed to.
Paragraph 500 was amended 30 rs to read:
Common blue clay, in casts, suitable only for
the manufacture of crucibles."
ARTICLES OF LUXURY"
Mr.. Vance moved to strike out of the free
list common palm leaf FANS on the ground
that they were an article of luxury. As he
made the motion he was using actively one Of
those "articles Of luxury"
do you call palm leaf fan an article OF
luxury!" MIR. Aldrich asked with an astonIshed
air.
II should say not this morning." Mr. Gray
interposed.
Mr.. Vance replied, 'as the table ware from
which ate my breakfast this morning, and
which is taxed heavily"
The motion was defeated.
TAILoRs AND DUDES
Mr.. Vance moved to strike out paragraph
5i0-"fashion plates"-on the ground that they
were for the use Of tailors and dudes. De-
feated.
Paragraph 545. putting fish on the free list,
was laid aside without action in the absence Of
Mr.. Sherman, who had an interest in tho SUBJ
ject
Mr.. Vance moved to strike out of the free
list currants ind dates.
Mr.. Aldrich opposed the motion and said
that 1t showed how Senators on the other side
were making new departure. The motion
was rejected.
BINDISG Tw1yr
Mr.. Davis moved to insert binding twine on
the free list and Mr. Vance moved to amend
the amendment by adding cotton bagging.
Mr.. Vance's motion was defeated-yeas, 49,:
nays, 26-Mr. Paddock being the only republi-
can who voted ave-
The question recurring on Mr.. Davis amend
ment MIR. Barry said he would vote for it not
withstandlng the hostile vote cast by republi-
can Senators No argument could be made in
favor OF free binding twine that did not apply
as strongly to free cotton baggng. He was as
tonished that republican Senators who favored
the one should vote against the other. He re-
garded that vote as an unfair discrimination
against the southern section.
MIR. Vance said that he had waited for reply
from republican Senators to Mr.. Berrys re-
marks. but ne had waited in vain. If he were
In their position he also would maintain
ELOQUENT SILENCE.
He was going to vote for Mr.. Davis PROPOSE
tion in order to show the other side the differ
ence between democrat who pursued princi-
pie and a republican who went for all that was
IN sight. Laughter .
Mr.. Carlisle pointed out the inconsistency of
senators i'll voting for free binding twine and
against free cotton bagging. Tho two articles
were made of the same materials and those ma
terials were on the free list
Mr.. Washburn agreed that there was no
parallel between the two cases. Binding twine
was made exclusively of ssal grass and MANILA
(on which there was no duty), while cotton
oaGging was made largely OF jute, OH which
there was n high duty.
Mr.. Iurpie could see no possible defense for
imposing a duty either ON binding twine or on
cotton bagSng, unless it were the necessity of
preserving the symmetry of the bill-a SYM
metry OF IL rapine and spoilation.
MR. SHERMAN ARGUED AGAINST MN. DAVIS
AMENDMENT,
on the ground that if binding twine and cotton
bagging were left to American compe tition the
rcsul: woull be to establish lower prices. That
was his deliberate judgment. As to combina-
tions. he said that whenever it was shown to
the satisfaction of n competent court that there
was trust" in any article to put ND p-ices
he would be in favor of putting that article on
the free list, but he did not regard an associa-
tion OF men to buy the foreign raw materiaI as
within the meaning Of the mischief Of trust
oohcn ihiA.J kepiicu W MI. oueTu1uQ ana
said that while that Senator always professed
his desire to suppress trusts he never voted in
support OF his professions
AIR. Evart5 said that he had no difficulty in
drawing a distinction between binding twine
and cotton bagging. Tho unity of tho system
OF protection was to be finally controlled by the
questions Of symmetry and OF practical value
to como from tho wide distribution of the great
multitude OF interests subject TO that system.
He did not think that any harm was to come TO
the farmers BY maintaining for the manufactur
ers Of binding twine tho proposition that the
labor was to be done on this side OF the water
and not on the other side.
Mr. ALDRICH CoNTRADicrKD
a statement made by Mr.. Jones as to trust in
cotton bagging and asserted that there was not
now and never had been such trust There
had been in 1888 o combination Of three or
four persons who made contract for the en-
tire cotton bagging product but that was not
q trust 1t was simply an attempt to corner
the market and it had only existed for one sea-
son.
Mr.. Gibson denounced the sectionalism and
selfshness OF the bill
''KS6RossrNo."
Mr.. Gray said that the description given by
Mr.. Aldrich OF the attempt to corner cotton
bagging was the common law offense known as
''engrossing," and that the remedy against 1t