The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-07-11
DAYLIGHT IN SIGHT.
The TARIFF BILL OUT OF THE COM
MlTTEE STAGE,

Materially Reduces the Dates on I'M
porte. is Now Yin Of Heicg Passed
by the sensts.
WASHINGTON, June 29.-The read,
ing of the Journal haVing been dispensed
with, the House joint resolution extend
ing for thirty days the appropriations
for The support of the Government was
taken up, and ia the absence Of Mr..
Hoar, who had interposed objections on
Wednesday and Thursday, was referred
to the com nittee on appropriations and
without a moments delay was reported
back by Senator COckrell chairman Of
the committee, read without any objec,
tioh passed.
\ resolution offered yesterda5 by 5 an.
ator Sherman. directing the Inquiry into
the charges for the use OF seats, berths
and sections in the Pullman sleeping aud
parlOr cars, was laid baf3re the Senate
aud agreed 10.
The House bill to detioe and establish
the units Of electrical measure was taken
rom the Calendar and passed with
some verbal amendments.
At 1890 the tariff bill was taken up,
the question being on Section l04
abrogating the reciprocity treaties.
Senator Hale moved to strike out the
section, but yielded to Senator Vest to
modify II on the part Of the faauce COM
mittee, which be did by inserting q pro
viso that nothing contained in the section
should be held to abrogate such reciprocl.
ty or commercial arrangements between
the United States and foreign countries,
except where such arrangements ere ln-
consistent with the provisions OF the
Act.
The discussion on this was temp0rar:-
" suspended in order to permit Senator
Hoar to offe. an amendment to Section
"a, which would allow alcohol used in
the arts and manufactures to be tres
from tax, under rules to be prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury and
under a promise that If found to be i'm
practicable he would afterwards vote
with the committee to reject it. The
amendment was agreed to with the cou-
sent Of the finance committee.
The discussion as to the abrogatiOn
OF the reciprocity arrangement was re-
sumed and was participated IN by Sena.
tors Allison and Sherman in opposition
to the section, and by Senator Vest in
defence and explanation oft. Oae of
the points made by him was that the
absolute repeal ef Section Of the Nc
Kinley Act was to take away from the
President in the future all the authority
which be possessed under that section.
Senator Higgins: "Is it the Senator's
proposition tnat in the future the power
to make reciprocal conventions will be
left to the treaty.making power-the
President and Senate-and taken from
the President alone?"
Senator Vest: "That is the obiect?"
Senator Vets's modification was
agreed to without division.
Senator Hale moved to strike cut the
whole section, and the motion was re-
| liscted-yeas "a, nays "a.
Section 104 now repeals the Sd section
OF the Mckinley Act, and provides that
nothing herein contained shall be held
to abrogate or in any way affect such re.
clprocal commercial engagements as
have been heretofore made and nov ex-
ist between the United States and foreign
countries, except where such arrange.
ments are inconsistent with The poYisions
OF this Act"
4 communication from the Secre'a ary
of State, informing The Senate, at the re-
quest OF the French ambassador, that
religious service in memory of the late
President of the French Republic would
be beld al st. Matthew's Church, Wash
ington, next Sunday at II M was laid
before the Senate, and it was resolved,
on motion of Senator Hoar, that the
Senate shall attend such religious SER
vice.
The Senate resumed consideration Of
the tariff bill, and Senator PETER moved
10 insert all additional section levylng
duty of fifty dollars on every foreigner
coming by steam or sail vessel to any
port within the United States and on
every alien immigrant crossing the
border line between tbs u nited States
and contiguous nations.
Senator Platt suggested the insertion
Of the words "to engage in any indus"
trial occupation" and Senator PETER
accepted the suggestion, saying that the
idea was exactly right and IN accord
ance with his own idea.
Senator Harris arose to move to lay
Senator PeHer's amendment on the
table, but instead he moved to lay The
Senator from Kansas on the table.
Senator PETER gazed over at Senator
Harris with an air of mingled wonder
and reproaca, and the galleries broke
out iuto laughter, il which the Senators
Joined. The Vice President, however,
put the question in the correct form and
the motion to lay Senator Peffer's
amendment on the table was carried,
yeas 4G, nays II. The negative votes
were given by Senators Gallinger. Hlg-
gins, Hoar, Mitchell. Of Oregon, Patton,
PETER, Pekins, Pettigrew, Piatt. Proctor
Shoup ndSquire.
The last section Of the bill, repeating
all the laws and parts Of laws inconsist'
ent with it, was then agreed to, thus
finishing the bill in committee Of the
whole, except as to matters tat had
been reserved.
! Senator Allison moved to amend Sec.
ton 80, one Of the whiskey sections, by
reducing the bonded period from eight
years to four years. Re;ecLed-yeas %,
nays Sc.
A large number of amendments were
offered by Senator Jones, Democrat, OF
Arkansas, on behalf Of the foance com.
mittee, many OF them merely formal,
and none of them important enough to
meet any opposition. All were agreed
to.
All the committee amendments hav.
ing been disposed Ex-senator Hoar ap-
pealed to the finance committee to ad.
NIT paragraph putting a duty OF 10
per cent ad valoren on sea moss or Ice
land moss. He asked 1t in the interest
or few meritorious and hard working
men on the coast Of Massachusetts.
Senator Harris joined in the appeal,
cyd Senator Jones. on behalf OF the Il.