The evening world., 1894-05-26
''''Jongratulates Mr.. German on
Leading Both Sides of
4 the Chamber.
MILLS AND iRBY WITH HIM.
liew York Senator Again Urges
~
New Rules and Prompt
Action.
By Associated Press.)

nthree minutes were spent waiting for a
quorum in the Senate this morning.
For the first time since Mr.. Harris was
placed in charge of the Tariff bill he
was not in his seat. The delay in Sc
curing a quorum shut out the considera-
ton Of the Hawaiian resolution.
At 10. 80 the tariff debate was resumed.
Tn, paragraphs passed over yesterday
were taken UP. The first was 156, relat-
Ing to tie duty on wheels of iron or
steel. car and locomotive wheels. &C.
The original Jones amendment in
creased the rate in the House bill from
30 to 40 per cent. ad valorem. To-day
Mr.. Vest moved to substitute a specific
rate OF / IA cents per pound. The Nc
Kinley rate Is 21-2 cents per pound.
Mr.. Quay supported the Vest amend
ment as preferable to an ad valorem
duty 1t was agreed to.
The lead paragraph was then taken
up.
The House bill made lead ore and Lead
dross dutiable at Is per cent. ad valorem
Supon the lead contained therein, and
nnclasslfed silver lead ores as silver ores,
Lwhere the silver contents exceeded in
value the lead contents. and admitted
them free Of duty.
'AS ihoiiSS
made lead ore dutiable at three-quarters
6of one cent per pound, and made silver
flead ores dutiable at the same rate on
Ithe lead contents, according to sample
(Which was accepted by Mr.. Jones', liking
Commercially adopted in the United
States.
I. MIR. shoup Rep. Idaho made quite an
ella borate argument in favor of duty on
. "a rDantifarnts lead ore DOfnU la rDalv tntn
the extent of the silver lead ore industry
in Idaho and other mining States and
TERRITORIES OF the West.
West could not compete with the peon
labor of Mexico, and said that II silver
lead ore We're admitted free Of duty from
Mexico almost every lead mine in the
Urited States would he closed.
Mr.; shoup concluded at i2lc, after
Something of a furry followed when
Well understood that be Purpossd a Wig,
began by moving. to place lead ore and
argentiferous lead ore on the free list;
the Is 5hs m Tes mr. only Aidr f isw su seestSfs th he
a wanted a 2 Pull senate aaDeI to witness the New
associates. The electric bells brought
iiftv-hve Senator's into the Chamber.
Mr.. Hill made his argument in a quiet:
e.en-tempered manner, although at
times he threw both energy and feeling
into his words. He would not detain the
Senate long. he said: He realized, as
sity for eerly action on this bill: The
country was anxious and eager. While
the bill wal not satisfa ctory to him, and
had not be n satisfactory to him since
IL was reported, he was now and always
had been in favor of its prompt DISPOSE
ton.
in order to facilitate action because he
believed that the best way &c, facilitate
aston TO wa as tho to t fiys ft the taR min5ot THY nn rnf
vo's instead OF depending upon the ca
pr ee and whims OF the minority.
rested upon him. He regretted that. a
few Senators OH his side, very few, he
was glad to say. were opposed to adopt
disposed to criticise, them: They acted
according to their ideas of public duty:
He acted according to his. He thought
II was idle for his party associates to
criticise their friends on the other side
OF the political aisle for exercising their
privileges. under the liberia, rules OF the
Senate. when they refused to apply the
remedy hat was open to them. They
Uhe Republicansl were pursuing the
same course the Democrats pursued IN
Thc remedy for this condition of affairs
lay ia proceedine in a prompt. plain
manly fashion hnd ss to re hafGrel tb bee bill TT'eS Was
not sa satisfactory to him. 1t was not sat
isfactory to other Democrats In the
ChnmhPr. anu II me EDtIal'i .iol
land mir. Gorman), the other day. in
tended to have 1t inferred that there
was Democratic unity on this bill he
had exceeded his authority. The bill
would not be satisfactory to him as long
as 1t contained one remnant or the poP.
ulistic income tax; sun; he thought II
It. but to modify and perfect IT.
MIR. Hill proceeded to explain that he
had voted asa I'M h Mr; se'' 6e aid moT NOT
desire to kill the measure before 1t was
fully considered and an honest enort
w Voted pt the ot meqe day sS to mo place iron ore on
the free list. The vote stood solitary
and alone, as far as nem moe y 0se s
that the motion he now made would be
carried. But 1t ought not to require any m,
argument to convince a pemo &C tbe
free list. TIL Democratic party STOOD
pledged to II Lead ore was a raw ma a.
terial, and the party was committed 10
Mir. Hill, in conclusion, declared that
he proposed to be consistent with himself
in his advocacy of free raw materials,
and he proposed to place those who were
not so on record.
Mr., Vest, in reply, explained that the
that the question of a duty on lead ore
was a question between the miners ana
the smelters representnG the LEAD "a I rUm,
mittee had discriminated in favor OF the
miners. ~ -,
Senators, oU Dspo is' Tie Do' 6prder A Fiyen, Mr..
Dubois criticised senator HIll for his
chs rnpionship OF the White Lead Trust
and the smelling, combine, which he said
benefted by free cad ore. and spoke OF
the action OF the Finance Committee in
providing for a duty on this article, and
Tor sampllng and assaying ores at the
mort OF entry as a generous act. which
the people interested thought 1t appre-
Gated,
Su-ve OF the Committee on this article
- importation as q discrimination
rFa.Hst the rest.
tha auna,dmant would reRult I'm the