The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-09
VOTING ON THE TARIFF.
THE SENATE NOW DIsPOsING OF
THE AMENDMENTS.

Sugar Section Occupies Considerable
Time.
WASHINGTON, Sept SIN the Senate
debate on the bill to be limited to thirty
minutes for any senator on any one subject.
Changes OF amendments in the bill re-
ported by Mr.. Aldrich from the finance
committee were made as follows:
Adding to paragraph SO the words, "And
white paint containing zinc, but not con-
tanning lead"
Making the duty on phosphorus para
graph $40 80 per cent. ad valorem, instead
Of 10 cents per pound.
Inserting in paragraph Is, relating to
medicinal preparations the words, cor in
the preparation of which alcohol is used"
Making paragraph 132 read, Boiler
plates Of iron or steel and other plate iron
not thinned," etc.
Making paragraph 21S read, white pine
shingles 20 cents per thousand all others 80
cents per thousand"
Making paragraph 211 read, "Chair cane
or reeds wrought or manufactured from
rattans or reeds, and whether round, square
or in any other shape"
PLUMB's TAX ON SPIRITS.
Mr.. Plumb offered an amendment of
which he had given notice Aug. 30 Inn
posing a tax of 81 % per gallon on distilled
spirits. He said that he offered it because
he believed that it would be necessary to
have the additional revenue, which would
be thus provided 1921, sos, 900 to meet the
requirements of the government.
After discussion, Mr.. Plumb modified the
amendment by making it apply to all
whisky hereafter produced or withdrawn
from bond. A vote was taken and the amend
ment was rejected by II yeas to 80 nays, as
follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Berry, Cameron, Casey, Col
quit, Dolph, Edmunds, Ingalls,, Jones of Arkan-
sas, Henderson, Mitchell, Paddock, Pasco,
Pierce, Plumb, Reagan, Teller and Washburn-
Il.
NAYs-Messrs Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Bar
bour, Bate, Blackburn, Butler, Carlisle, Chan
dler, Coke, Dawes, Dixon, Eustis Evarts. Faulk-
ner, Frye, Gibson. German, Hale, Higgins,
Hiscock, Hoar, Jones of Nevada, McMillin,
Morgan, PIatt, Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Sawyer.
Sherman, Spooner Stewart Stockbridge, Vance,
Vest, Walthall and Wilson of Iowa-39.
Mr.. Vance moved to reduce the duty on
card clothing (paragraph 1853 from 5 to 2
cents per square foot. The motion was re-
jected.
THE SUGAR SECTION.
The sugar section was then taken up. the
immediate subject under consideration
to paragraph 223, imposing duties on all
sugars above No. 13 Dutch standard.
Mr.. Sherman argued against the amend
ment and in favor of the House PROPOSE
ton, which would allow all sugars under
No. 16 Dutch standard Qncluding good
qualities of brown sugar, largely used by
the people, to come in free of duty.
The amendment was agreed to by vote
Of 80 yeas to IL nays, as follows:
D.. ID.Ax
Blackburn Butler, Cameron. Carlisle Casey,
Chandler. Dawes, Dixon, Edmunds, Eustis,
Evarts, Faulkner, Frye, Gibson, Gray, Hale,
Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls, Mcmillan,
Manderson, Morgan, Paddock, Pasco, Platt,
Plumb, Quay, Reagan, Sawyer, Stewart, Stock
bridge, Vance, Washburn and Wilson of Indi-
ana-39
NAYs-Messrs Allison, Berry, Cockrell, Gull
lom, MITCHELL Pugh, Sherman, Spooner, Teller,
Vest, Walthall and Wilson of Iowa-12
The next vote was on the Senate amend
ment to the same paragraph, duty on sugar
above No. 16 six-tenthS of l per cent. per
pound instead of four-tenths las in the
House bilD.
Mr.. Allison opposed the committee amend
ment and favored the House proposition.
The amendment was agreed to by 30 yeas
to % nays.
QUAY's AMENDMENT.
Mr.. QUAY offered the amendment pro-
posed by him on Aug. l fixing the duties
between No. Is and No. 16 at three-tenths
of cent per pound, between No. 10 and No
20 at slx-tentbs and above No. 20 at cent
Mr.. Quay's amendment was rejected.
The proviso in paragraph 223, that, in
case of an export duty imposed by any
country, sugars from that country shall be
subject to duties under the law, was with
drawn by the finance committee, after its
effect had been explained.
The finance committee amendment to in
clude maple sugar among those for which a
bounty is to be paid, was agreed to by a
vote of 30 yeas TO % nays.
Mr.. Frye offered an amendment giving a
bounty of l cent a pound on sugar ex-
tracted from imported molasses. The
amendment was defeated without division
after long time consumed in its discussion.
Mr.. Manderson offered an amendment for
the admission, free Of duty, of machinery
for the manufacture of sugar and for the
refunding of duties collected on such
machinery since Jan. l, 1890.
Mr. Eustis moved to amend the amend
ment SO as to extend it to machinery for
sorghum sugar.
GAVE RISE TO DISCUSSION.
The amendment gave rise to good deal
of discussion, the two Louisiana senators
asserting that cane sugar and beet sugar
machinery were precisely the same; the two
Nebraska senator's asserting the contrary
idea, and Messrs. Higgins and Evarts
asserting that there was no necessity for the
amendment, as the great machine shops of
the country were quite competent to pro-
duce the machinery.
Mr.. Reagan complained of the exhibition
of sectionalism in the bill, illustrated in the
pending amendment, and in the high duties
imposed on cotton ties, while binding twine
was put on the free list But it was useless,
he said to expect Justice
Mr.. Blair reproved Mr.. Reagan for his
imputations upon the northern people and
upon the government to which he owed his
life. The senator from Texas, Mr.. Blair
said, was Indulging in whine, when he
ought to be shouting mis- thaukfulness.
GoRMAN ENDORSES THE CHARGE.
Mr.. German said hat the assertion that
the south was Disseminated against in the
tariff bill was true IN every line, and he
thought that Mr. Blair's taunt about the
generosity Of the government in sDaripg the
lives of the southern senators was not
manly aud was not one that might be ex-
pected from him. And now tbe republican
senators advocated free machinery from
Austria, and confined that provision to
machinery TO be used in the northwest, re-
fusing 1t TO the south.
Without coming to a vote, Mr.. Aldrlch
said he would try and have all the amend
ments voted on tonight SO as to have the
bill at the stage of third reading tomorrow
morning. He also gave notice that ne