The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-01
A VOTE AGAINST OPTIONS
THE SENATE PASSES THE BILL
BY A MAJORITY OF II.

the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S1.-The Senate
passed the anti-option bill this afternoon by
IL majority, which was much less than the
estimate of it's friends. Chairman Hatch Of
the House committee on agriculture, fear
ing that il be stops to fight the amendments
to the bill which be does not like it will fail,
proposes to move, II Speaker Crisp will REQ
ognize him, concurrence in the action Of the
Senate in the hope that he can get the bill
through the House and 60 the President
without any loss of time If he succeeds in
getting a speedy vote In the House the bill
will probably pass OF course its
opponents will do all they can to prevent
this. If 1t goes to the President it is still an
open question whether he will sign it or
veto it. Several republican senators
friendly to the bill have sounded the Presi-
dent, and report that he will sign it.
A VETO ALSO CLAIMED.
On the other hand Its opponents claim
that he win veto it, although they do not
claim to have sounded him on the subject
OF course, the President knows that the
bill is pure buncombe, but so did the forty
senators who voted for it to-day, and 80
do the majority of the members
of the House who will probably vote for il
tomorrow II they have a chance. If it
had not been for the pressure brought to
bear through the farmers by the millers
the bill would not have mad one vote Ia the
Senate. Senator Vest had the courage to
publicly repudiate in a manly speech
which touched everybody. Even the in
structions of the House of Represent tatives
OF his state and other senator's voted their
~ hn ,,1, g
farmers In their states. but forty senators
succumbed to the unreasonable demands
made on them.
AsYNoPsIs OF THE BILL.
The first section defines the word Ton
tions" to mean contract OF agreement for
the right OF privilege 80 deliver at a future
time, or within designated period, Of any
articles mentioned in section 8.
The second section defines futures" to
mean contract or agreement to sell and
deliver, at future time, or within desig-
mated period, any OF such articles when the
party 80 contracting was not the owner of
such articles, or had not agreed for right
to their possession. The act, how
ever, is not to apply to any con-
tract to supply national, state or
municipal governments with any of such
articles; nor TO contracts by farmers and
planters for future delivery; nor to agree
Lu6npo " Idf Ut uellNeT DHTb Oh the DTOQUCE
of land es compensation for its use or as
compensation for work OF labor done or to
be done on the same; nor to agreements
with farmers or planters to furnish such
articles for use or consumption, provided
that such contracts or agreements shall not
be made or settled for any board of trade
or exchange.
The third section specifies the articles TO
which the bill ts to apply as cotton raw or
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rye, barley, pork, lard and bacon.
The fourth section imposes special taxes
as follows: Dealers in 'options" or futures, -
at 81, 600 year license fee, and cents per
pound on cotton, hops, pork, lard or bacon,
and 20 cents bushel on grain.
Sections 5 to IA relate to the details for
enforcing the tax; and section Is provides
that the act shall take effect on July l, 1893.
DETAILS OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-In the Senate
to-day Mr.. Mills credentials for his second
term were presented.
Mr. Harris reported back from the COM
mittee on epidemic diseases the House quar-
Rntiue bill with a substitute, being the bill
passed by the Senate some time ago with
the appropriation section omitted. Mr..
Harris explanation Of its omission was that
under the House rules bill or an amend
ment containing an appropriation would
have that delay and obstruction avoided.
BE asked to have the substitute agreed to
now, and to have g conference ordered.
At Mr.. Hills request the bill went over
until tomorrow.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH HAWAII.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Chandler requesting the President TO enter
into negotiations with the representatives of
the provisional government of Hawaii was
laid before the Senate, and Mr.. Chandler
explained his motives for Offering it. He
had not intended, he said, that 1t should be
acted on without consideration by the COM
mttGee on foreign relations. and lie had in-
tended yesterday to move its reference to
that committee. It had occurred to him.
however, that it would be wise for congress
to initiate action on the subject He
thought 10 due to the commissioners who
were now on their way 60 Washington that
a full and complete statement should be
made to them of the American policy, and
that congress should be prepared to state
fully and frankly the position of the United
States with reference TO Hawan TO such
foreign governments as might take an in
terest in the question. He moved reference
of the resolution to the committee on for
eign relations.
THE ANTI-OPTION BILL TAKEN UP.
Mr.. Dolph gave it as his opinion that the
time QAO arrived IOT a VIGIL Q0un6Q.
gresHive American policy and he proceeded
TO read long statement of the population,
trade and commerce of the Hawaiian
islands. Before he had concluded the reso-
luton was laid aside without action, the
anti-oplion bill was taken up and the hour
for taking the vote to-day was prolonged
on the George substitute from l to o'clock
p. m, and on the bill itself from 2 to 4
o'clock p. m.
At 3:15 O'Clock the discussion on the bill
closed and voting began. The first vote was
on the amendment offered by Mr. Villas to
strike out of the George substitute the
words "option and futures as herein before
defined, are hereby declared TO be obstruc-
tions TO and restraints upon commerce
among the states and with foreign
countries, and to be illegal and void" The
vote was, yeas, 81; nays, SO; so the amend
ment was defeated.
The next vote was on the George substi-
tute, which proposed to declare the busi-
ness Of options and futures an obstacle to
and restraint upon commerce, and to be
illegal and void 1t was rejected. Yeas,
l9r nays, 81.
The question was then on the passage Of
the bill. Explanations Of the reasons why
they felt compelled 20 vote against the bill
were given by Messrs. Harris, Berry, Bate,
Vance, Butler and Vest.
Several other amendments we're pre-
sented and all were rejected. some without
division.