The evening world., 1894-06-18
A FREE COAL DEFEAT.
Senate Rejects the Amendment
offered by Mr.. Hill
New York Senator Reserves His
Rights on the Final vo:e.
Good Knows Whnt tho Bill VIII
Bc Like When II Passes the SENATE"

tDy Associated frcSrl
WASHINGTON, June lS.-The Senate.
after some routine morning business. to-
day, entered on the twelfth week OF the
tariff debate. The temperature was
swelterlng when the Vice-Presidcnt
called the upper house OF Congress to
order at 10 O'Clock, the mercury stand
ing at 81 In the chamber
At the request of Mr.. Platt the two
paragraphs, US and 299, of the silk schcd-
ule, passed over Saturday, were again
passed over to-day, and Schedule NJ,
pulp, papers and books" was taken up.
MIR. Frye Rep.. Me) offered n protest
against the first paragraph OF the sched-
ule placing n duty Of 10 per cent. on me
chanically ground wood pulp and chemi-
cal wood pulp. blcaChed or ground. He
proposed an amendment to substitute
equivalent specific rates. $3.50 per ton on
wood pulp mechanically ground chemi-
cal wood pulp. unbleahed. S per ton.
and bleached, $3.50 per ton.
In connection with this paragraph,
Mr. Vest arose to deny what he called
"a vicious and outrageous attack" made
sotne time ago by a certain Eastern
nSewsbapef ,o on Mr Jones an and ,,1u himself;
wood pulp they had been Influenced by
prominent Democratic leaders, one OF
whom had been member of the Cab
inet( Mr. Whitney,. who were repre-
sented as having invested extensively
In Canadian wood-pulp mills.
Mr.. Fry's amendment was rejected-20
to 2S.
The rate on sheathing paper and roof
Ing felt was fixed at 10 per cent; on
printing paper, unsized. sized. suitable
Tor books and newspapers, at Ii per cent.
(an Increase from the House rate on un-
sized paper from IL to Is per cent?; on
copying paper, fltering paper. tissue pa
per. sensltizcd paper, sc, 30 per cent ian
Increase of per cent. from the House
rate; parchment papers. cardboards.
photograph and autograph albums. Who'll
ly or parity manufactured, 80 per cent.
lithographic prints. 27 per cent. litho-
graphic labels. 45 per cent; blouse rate
70 per cent; paper sednyclopes,, ed - per per
books, 20 per. cent; hooks. including
pamphlets and enEravings, photographs $,
etchings. rs per cent; playing cards, lC
per "ma 50 paSeT eer mo-. d
cially provided fer, 90 per cent
paragraph, and the Senate Immediately
The following rates were fixed without
debate Hair, pencils and feather
busters, 30 per cent; brooms. 20 pei
cent; button forms, 10 per cent agate
buttons, one cen, per ne and Ii pc,
cent; ivory buttons. glass. bone anC
horn. S5 per cent: shoe buttons. 25 pei
cent.
1t was not until coal was reached. that
bin placed coal on the free list. The
Finance Committee amendment placed
duty Of 40 cents per ton on bituminous
coal and shale. Is cents on slack ant
culm. and 10 per cent ad valorem OF
coke
agraph. Mr.. Hin and Mr.. PETER jumped
to their feet The New York Senator
was recognized. and he sent to tn
clerks desk an amendment to !relegat,
list. He made n speech In support o.
free coal and the redemption OF Demo
cratic pledges
The debate on the coal schedule grew
quite sharp between Senators Vest, Al
drich Chandler and Hill, The New
Yorker took occasion to deny In EN-
phatic terms the right OF any Senator
to say how he stood on this bill ano
scored Senator Vest for impugning hi
motives. Referring to Senator Vest'i
testimony before the Sugar Committee
Mr.. Hill insisted that he had beei
placed In false position. as II demand
Ing duty on sugar He had no
said one word on that occasion befor
the Finance Committee. nor had h
ever asked any member for n duty oil
sugar.
The debate was continued by Messrs
Fanlkner, SQUIRE peTklns and Lodge, ,,a
ne vote On VT III. "io,'o" ~ P PA.
yeas !. nays 81 Messrs Allen, Hans
brough Hill, Irby. Kyle. PETER an
Washburn voted aye.
Senator I'M said he reserved the righ
to vote for or against the Tariff bill
when | see what II Is AS Il finality
He passionately exclaimed: God know
what the bill will he like. when 1t passe
this Senate and comes out of confer
ence. God knows how many more es
tortions and concessions Will be wrun
from the unwilling hands of the Com
mittee."