Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-02
And Thereby Considerably Surprises
the Senate Finance Committee.
AN IMMEDIATE SUGAR BOUNTY REPEAL
Separate Votes on Severa! Tariff
Amendments Taken.
BRIEF HOUSE SESS SION

directing the Secretary of War to communi-
cate fully and in detail the military expcdi-
tions against hostile Indians since 1850.
The resolution went over.
Mr.. Call (Fla) offered resolution for the
appointment of joint committee of five
members of the House and Senate to in
quire into the cause of the existing Pullman
strike, the justice of the demands If the
workingmen, etc. and to report by bill, or
otherwise, ana Mr.. Kyle SD offered the
resolution, indorsed by President Debs of
the A. Il. L. and General Sccretary-treasur-
er Hayes of the knights of Labor, looking
to the protection of strikers from federal
interference, except to insure the trarspor-
tation of United States mails, and deciar-
ing that the detachment of Pullman or
other pa-lor or sleeping cars from a train
shall not constitute an offense against the
United States. Both resolutions. under the
rule. went over Until tomorrow
On motion of Mr.. CockreIi tMo), a bill
authorizing the construction OF a bridge
across the Mississippi river at Lexington
MO, was passed; also, on motion of MIR
" ashburn Alinn.), a House Joint resolu-
ton calling upon the Secretary OF War for
reports relating to the improvement of the
Minnesota river.
Separate Votes Demanded.
AT 1890 the Senate entered upon the four
| teenth week of the consideration of the
tariff bill 1t was decided to take the vote
on all pending amendments, as reported
from the committee Of the whole in bulk,
| except such as a separate vote was de-
| manded upon by Senators.
Mr.. Sherman (Ohio) thereupon asked for
a separate vote on the amendments TO the
wool and woolen schedule, Mr. Hale CMe)
the wood schedule and the paragraph plac-
Ing lumber on the free list, Mr.. Kyle IS. ID
the sugar schedule and the manufactures
OF tobacco. Mr.. Frye tMe) the lumber
schedule. Mr.. Gallinger On. HI hay and
Mr.. Lodge tMass) cocoa mating.
Mr.. Chandler IN. HI reserved separate
votes on the date when the bill is to so
into effect. the duties on borax and bora cic
acid, lead products. sponges iron ore barb
ed wire, lead ore, rice. the spirits and wine
schedule, collars and cuffs, the silk and
| SILK goods schedule COAL the income tax.
books and the provision relating to the
repeal OF the reciprocity provision.
Mr.. Frye suggested naively that Mr..
Chandler ought to reserve the whole bill
Mr. Washourn tMinn. reserved a separate
| vote on barley, Mr.. PETER tKan.), cast
iron vessels, cutlery. cotton cloth. cotton
| bagging leather and sugar: Mr.. Manderson,
the sugar schedule; Mr.. Pettigrew IN. d.,
raw wool; Mr.. Perkins tCal). boracic acid;
Mr. Allen (Neb), substitute for sugar
| schedule and paragraphs placing works OF
art and ferfcing wire on fee list; Mr.,
| Blanchard Ua). buriaps; Mr. White CALI
paragraphs placing bags on the free list.
ettit MAY. and also the right to offer an
tAiiSaaihedt placing certain kind of tannin
on the free list.
Amendments by the Committee.
Mr.. Jones (Ark) then, In behalf of the
committee, reserved the right to offer
amendments fixing all the dates in the bill
and also offered the following amendment
all of which were agreed to without de-
bate:
more than enc pint TO tlree-QCarters of a
cent per pound and on walls holding not
more than one pint and not less tnan one
fourth of a pint to Is Ger is per pound; ON
cast polished plate glass not exceeding "a
by " inchea square, from ~ to - - cents
per sBquareg foot: on hemp and jute carpets
and baggmEs, from cents per square yard
to 70 per oeht ad valorem; on burlaps. from
13 per cent .to ~ per cent ad vaiorem; on
laces, nettings, edged embroideries, COM
posed Of vegetable fiber. not specially pro-
vided for, from ~ per cent to 5J per cent ad
valorem. On docks. mungo. garnetted waste
the duty was left at 10 per cent, and on
rowing, roptng or tops the duty was in
creased from 10 per cent to - per cent: on
ready made clothing valued at above 81. 50
per pound the rate was increased from As
per cent to 50 per cent, below Sl.50 the rate
was allowed to stand at IS per cent; on
aubusson, administer, moouette, saxony
wilton. tournay, brussels, velvet and tapes
try carpets the rates were increased from
b per cent to 40 per cent: on tapestry brus-
sells. from 35 to AZ 1-2 per cent: on treble
ingram, reduced from So per cent to 32 IL
per cent; on dice, draughts, chessmen, bill
Hard and pool balls, &c. the House rate go
per cent? was restored, and new para
graph was inserted making tooth picks Of
vegetable products dutiable at 35 per cent
ad valorem. The remaining amendments to
the bill, made in committee of the whole on
which separate vote had not been de-
manded, were then agreed to without d.
vision. and the Senate took up the excepted
paragraphs.
Vote on Iron Ore.
Mr.. Hill said few words to protest
against what he called this torn and tat
tered Mckinley bill, for that is about all it
is" This was preliminary to a vote on the
iron ore amendment. Mr.. Hill demanded
the yeas and nays Messrs Allen, Hill.
Irby. Kyle and PETER were the only Sena-
tors who voted against agreeing to the COM
mittee amendment placing 40 cents q ton
duty on iron ore. The vote stood 80
The following amendments, on which sep
arate votes had been demanded, We're agreed
to: Eight-tenths of one cent on cast iron
vessels, the duties on penknives, -, IL per
cent on cut rails. 10 per cent on sponges.
When the Senate amendment placing
three-fourths of one cent per pound on
argentiferous lead ore was reached Mr.
Hill demanded the yeas and nays, but the
republicans Joined with the democrats and
the amendment was agreed to. d3-i. Messrs.
lrby, Hill and Mills voting against ii.
Mr. Hale, when the wood schedule was
reached. made a vigorous protest against
placing planed and finished lumber on the
free list He referred to Mr. Chambers
charge that this transfer to the free list
had been made as the price of Mr. Aliens
vote. Messrs. Frye of Maine, Mcmillan of
Michigan and Squire of Washington Joined
in the protest. The amendment was agreed
to.
Mr. Manderson of Nebraska offered as a
substitute for paragraph Isl of the sugar
schedule an amendment contin ling in force
until 1905 the cents bounty provisions of
the Mckinley act
Mr.. Hill Wins a Sugar Vote.
MIR. Hill of New York moved to have the
repeal of the sugar bounty take effect i'm
medately on the passage Of the act instead
of January l, 1895. Considerable excite nent
attended the taking Of the vote on Mr..
Hills motion. The finance committee suf-
fered a defeat and the motion was carried.
3o-32. The detailed vote was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrch Allison, Chandler. Coke.
Cullom, Davis. Dixon. Dolph. Dubois Frye
Gaiinger, George. Hale. Hawley Hill Hoar
Irby, Jones tNevadal, Lodge, Mcmillan,
Manderson Mitchell Oregon), Patton Pef-
fer, Perkins, Pettigrew Platt, Power Pugh,
Quay, Sherman. Shoup, Squire. Teller
Washburn-S5.
Nays-Allen, Bate. Blackburn. Blanchard
Caffery, Camden Cockrell, Faulkner Glib.
son, Gordon, German, Harris, Hunton. Jar
Wis, Jones ArkansasD. Kyle. Lindsay. Nc
Laurin, Martin, Mills, Morgan, Murphy.
Pesco, Ransom, Roach, Smith, Turpie. Vest
Villas. Voorhees, Walsh, white-3o
The democrats voting for the motion were