The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-27
lIIL NAKESATARIFF TALK
R Moves to Put Lead Ore on the
Free List.

-, For Early Action on the Bill.
% wants the Rules Amended So
~,o+ the Majority Can Fix a Time
Gov Vote-He Denies That the
. 1anoorats Are United on the Meas
ure.
Washington, May 26.-Nearly all of
.,o morning half hour in the Senate was
",De before a quorum of senators ap-
Nsoored in the hall, so the reading of yes
!.,dav,s Journal was dispensed with. At
,og0 O'Clock the Vice President laid
,bo tariff bill before the Senate,
and Mr.. Vest, on behalf of the
s1opce committee, moved an amend
,osnt TO paragraph l56, which had
bosn reserved yesterday. The House bill
n rut a dutv of 80 per cent. ad valorem on
nvbeels or parts thereof, made of iron
or steel. and steel rod wheels for railroad
r,rnoses " etc. The amendment was to
make the duty one-fourth of cent a
nonnd. with the same provision as in the
svisting law. The amendment was, after
discussion, agreed to.
The next paragraph taken up was No.
,e5 as to lead ore and lead dross. The
House bill placed duty Of Is per cent.
sd yalorem on lead ore and lead dross,
with proviso that one in which the
value of silver shall be greater than the
lead shall be considered silver ores. The
amendment reported by the finance COM
4 mittee is to substitute for the House para
graph one placing a duty of three-quar-
ters of a cent per pound on lead ore and
n lead dross, with proviso that silver ore
and all others shall pay duty of three
quarters of a cent per pound on the lead
contained therein.
n Mr. Dubois, rep, of Idaho, offered an
II amendment to add the following words:
The method of sampling and assaying to
n be that usually adopted for commercial
N purposes by public sampling works in the
u United States"
MIR. Jones accepted the amendment,
saying that the treasury department APP
proved it.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Shoup, rep, of Idaho, moved to
amend by making the duty - cents a
NJ pound, and he argued in support of the
amendment. MIR. Shoup's argument was
4 one which he had prepared in advance.
Its reading lasted until 1910 o'clock.
II HILL MOVES TO PUT 1T ON THE FREE LIST.
Then Mr. Hill moved to put lead ore on
the free list. AS he was about to address
i the Senate, Mr.. Aldrich called attention
70 the absence of quorum. The roll was
h called, and lfty-hve senators answered.
Then Mr.. Hill took the floor and said:
n u do not intend to delay the Senate very
long in the discussion of this motion. l
realize, as keenly as any other senator
II this chamber, the necessity of
country demands it. The country ex-
N poets il. While the bill is not salts
factory to me, and has not been since
II was reported to this body, / am now,
* ana nave always been in favor of its
M prompt disposition. / have favored an
amendment Of the rules for the purpose
o. 1acllltatng action, and l am in favor
0l that amendment of the rules now.
Inc responsibility for delay in the dispo-
Sltlon OF the bill, cannot be placed upon
ne There are a few senator's on the
democratic side, very few, l think, who
nave manifested an gnwillingness to pur-
Sue The direct, and, in my judgment,
only method whereby prompt action
can be secured. 1t is idle for us, on this
slCe OF the cham Der, to criticlse our
friends on the other side id the course
my are taking. They are simply exer-
yyEiSng lhe privileges permitted under the
Ayeral rules Of this body. The remedy,
n order to secure prompt action, is not
"a " Soldlng either side of the chamber,
ol' oy proceeding in plain, manly fash
. .yA re-arrange the rules of the body so
;,a taa. u tae date may be fixed by the major
~ 1oF Ihe taking of vote.
THE DEMOCRATS DIVIDED.
RI ISaid, moment ago, that this bill. in
Nj Il.SpIesent shape, is not satisfactory TO me
!. Is not satisfactory to other democrats
w yniS side of this chamber. If the dis
SclgulShed senator from Maryland, Mr.
GOlmau, intended to have it inferred.
,t ,LOu ms remarks the other day, that
s1gre was unity on this side of the cham
uyL IN laYor of this bill, in It's present
shape, he exceeded his authority in
muAHE mat statement. This kill is not.
aaI cannot be. satisfactory to me so long
Tou T,tt contains any remnant of that popu-
r 'Ss.C uyome tax, in relation to which |
F,''Stu1eu (, my views short time ago
the duty of every democrat
s@slo @ not TO SEEK to defeat this bill
au", ar IL Is our duty to modify it, to
Tbea TIneaq IL, TO change it, to perfect it,
Ia Ia Is What we are endeavoring to do
so", voted against the motion of the
o,rlIF o,tr-1.oF from Colorado Mr. Teller. the
yoto yctet uay TO table this bill. l could not
n rSG S'g " liable 1t, and thereby to kill it,,
sja' SIlS we are engaged in the duty of con
81 sboII5I ana amending it. We, therefore,
1'o..U e1oa. proceed until the end, in the
sbo 70 make this bill as perfect as pos
XII tab', voted against that motion to
To,! aCe' snail vote against a similar
a.yin ao,ion Let the bill he consid-
Fl pnti amended, modified and changed
NJ mi bTin IL is made the best possible
n ,'r rr. voted the other day
NJ lRP,'dce IRON ore on the free list. did so
n ss,',|IS ana alone, so far as democratic
81 nara n-'Ils ,l are concerned. / do not antici-
IA mado 'uaI .i'.II the motion which / have now
III SIM r9o %lIl be carried in the Senate. as
X siTH.uat .uat the vote may be somewhat
pot t,'ar ,o. 10 That of the other day. 1t ought
n crati' require any argument in a demo-
II iis senate to convince this body that
"a list ~ - GuIy TO put lead ore on the free
# We ana ~ VI. Is our duty thus to vote because
N Mr. t+iS tP+itSSuged to take that course"
Fl Garlic Ili then recalled speech of Mr..
81 action % IA IA favor of free lead ore, the
Iast .'on aa1 Oh the House of Representatives in
M Isl tIIusress to put lead ore on the free
N IN 81 fue .ue1ocratic platform at Chicago
81 frst pIor rI. OF free raw materials. and the
Il The ri9rt ..iS of the finance committee on
a the frad frlli /. OIL in which lead ore was on
ii ton 80 '.u! 5lSt, and he closed with the ques-
n inmato.Mshy this change in front. not on
'r'al things, but on vital things2"
4, VEST OPPOSES HILLS MOTION.