The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-20

WASHINGTON. June 15.-In the SEN
ate today Mr.. Stewart secured unanimous
| consent for the passage of his bill to
amend the chapter of the revised statutes
relating to mineral lands and mining re-
sources.
When the tariff bill was laid before the
senate Mr. Dolph took the floor and re-
summed the speech he was making against
free wool when the senate adjourned last
| night. Some observa tons about silver
made by Mr.. Dolph Brought Mr.. Stewart
to his feet in reply. He entered upon a
free silver argument for half an hour, and
then Mr.. Carey made a final protest
against placing wool on the free list.
Mir Kyle defined his position on the SUBJ
ject of free wool.
The first vote on wool was taken
at 8 o'clock on Mr.. Tellers motion to re-
store the Mckinley rate on wool. Lost
% to 81. A party vote, Mr.. Stewart vot-
ing yea and PETER and other populists
| nay.
Conferences between democratic and
republican leaders on the question of
| progress on the wool schedule have been
| barren of results. The republicans are
strenuous in the demand for concessions.
! which democrats are not prepared to
grant. The threat &c fiHhuster is heard
in republican quarters, but even with a
| resort to that the leaders have no hope
that they will be able to- gain a point.
Some dependence has been placed upon
Senators Kyle and Allen ultimately vot-
ing with the republicans, but since the
speech of Mr.. Kyle today that has been
| seen to be futile. The uItimatum of the
| democratic leaders is that free wool and
the income tax must be in the tariff bill.
The margin by which the democrats hold
the senate is so narrow, however, that
| they scarcely dare resort to arbitrary
measures to force a vote.
The vote on the democratic side on the
| wool schedule originated IN the PROPOSE
ton to change the paragraph on WOmen'S
and children's goods so as to make GO
cents per pound value the dividing line
between the rates of 40 cents and so
| cents ad valOrem instead of 81 as pro-
vided in the Jones compromise amend
ment, but even that action was not
taken without more or less objection, and
now that the question has been re-
opened they are manifesting a DISPOSE
ton TO even oppose the original comprO-
mise and to demand the restoration Of
the house rate. They contend that with
wool on the free list there is no longer
| reason for anything like a compensatory
duty on wooden manufactures. They are
holding out very persistently and the
tariff managers confess that the result
of the various conferences cannot yet be
outlined.
The republicans, on the other hand,
| are holding out sdffly for even a greater
| concession than the finance committee
| has shown a disposition TO grant.
Mr.. PETER offered some notifications
to his proposed amendment for a duty
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| levies a duty on first-class wool of II
cents he proposed a duty Of cents; in
| the place of the Mckinley rate of u
| cents on second class-wool he proposed
/ to change to cents. Wool of the third
| class worth 13 cents or less, is to pay
Is per cent. duty ad YalQrem, and worth
| over Is cents is TO pay p per cent, bear
! ing in place of the Mckinley rates of 80
| per cent. and 80 per cent.
A discussion followed in which Messrs.
| Morrill,, CullOm, Vest, Sherman and Ale
| rich took part Mr.. Teller offered as a
| substitute for Mr.. PETERS amendment
| the Mckinley classification and rates, II
| cents on first-class wool, u cents on sec
| ond-class, 3S per cent. on Ihird-class wool
valued at Is cents per pound or less, and
| so per cent. on third-class wool valued at
| over Is cents.
The substitute was defeated by a strict
| party votes to 37-Messrs. Allen. Kyle
and PETER, pOpulistS, voting with the
| democrats against it and Mr. Stewart
| (Nev) in favor Of it,
| Mr. Powers, a republican of Montana,
| offered another substitute fixing the
rates at and cents, respectively, on
| first and second-class woods and % per
| cent and 80 per cent. ad Valorem on
| third-class woods. 1t was defeated-29
to 81 The vote then required on Mr..
| PETERS amendment, which reduced the
/ Mckinley rates an average of about 80
/ per cent.
| The three populists changed front on
/ this amendment and voted with the re-
publicans in favor of it, but the demo-
| cratic lines were unbroken and the
| amendment was lost-33 to 80.
| Mr.. Hill refrained from voting. Mr.
| Irby was paired against the amendment
| clerks desk and read, increasing from
| Is per cent, as it is now in the bill, to 80
| per cent. the duty on wool in the form
/ of stubbing waste, rowing waste. mingo
| shoddy, noits or other waste product.
The vice-president announced that it
was offered by Mr.. Sherman-lost %
! TO "a.
Mr. PETER then offerd an amendment
| to place all articles of manufactures
| composed wholly or in part of wool, hair
| of the goat, camel, or alpaca. on the free
| list. After some discussion of this
/ amendment, at O'clock on Mr. Cock
| rell's motion, the bill providing for the
| deficiency i'm the appropriation for the
! government printing office, was passed
/ and then at 6:1O the senate went into
executive session and ten miutes later ad-
| journed.
| WILL BE INDICTED.
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