Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-18
TIRED OF TARIFF.
MURPHY, RESOLUTION PASSED
And tho senate Deem, It Advisable 10
ADJOURN al the Earliest Date
Possible.

wAsnINGroN, Aug. 1s.-when
Senator Harris's resolution Tor the ap.
rolntmeut Of White, California, to the
vacancy Ia the huance committee wss
laid before the senate At 1915, Man.
deuon explained that Ihe opposition
yrstetiay contained no r,il .ctlon on
Waite.
Hlll coucurfed with Mandorson and
expressed the hope that the resolution
would to passed. II was then adopted
without division.
Muphy's resolution declaring
agaiu.t further iarifi legislation went
.vrr temporarily at the request Of
GIfman.
Tho resolution Of Gray, instruc,lng
the huanoo committee to report back
the iroo sugar bill, with an amendment
90 atg!su cut the eighth diilsr-utini on
refined sugar, was laid before tho sen.
ate
Mandorson offered an amendment
instfuutiug the committee 70 report an
amendment providing Tor the sugar
bounty 0fthe existing Law,
Gray demanded division and
Mufphy's resolution was adopted.
Vice President Stevenson held that
tho vote should be first taken on Man
uefson's amendment instfuCting the
committee 70 report back the amen j.
ment 10 the Tree sugar blll, prOvldlng
Tor the Mckinley bounty on raw do.
nestle sugars. The two Louisiana
senators anu three PopulislB voted Ia
favor VI the Manders0n amendment.
10 WIS catried-2l to 20.
Tho point u no quorum being raised,
tne roll WAS again callul. Tue call
developed the presence u nny.iour
luuatOts, eleven more than quorum.
Al the request Of German aud Gray,
the Mandefsou resolution was temper.
urily laid aside.
Murphy then called up the resolution
declaring against further tauu legl-la.
ton this session. Murphy offered an
nmsudment 10 the resolution declaring
u 10 be the sense VI tho senate that no
further tarln legislation should be con.
sidurvd this session, and that It was
advisable 10 adjourn ~ the earliest pos
slblu moment
The vote IN detail was a. follows!
Ycas-Alleu, Aidtloh, blanchard,
Catitoy, Carey, Chandler, Cullom,
Davis, Dolph, Gallinger, Gibson, Cor.
luaB, J0ncg (Ncv.), Kyle, Maudefson,
Mitcnsli (Ofu.), Mufpny, Patton, Pef-
fer, PutligteW, Plat, Pugh, Quay,
Roach. Sh0up, smith, Stewart. Total
IS.
Nays - Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Coekfeli, Coke, Faulkner, George,
Harris, HunsOn, Jafyis, Lindsay,
Ransom, rurpic, Vest, Villas, White.
Total, 10.
Much confusion followed the al.
nounCement, IN the midst Of which
Lindsay offered a resolution declaring
II the sense Of the Senate that Con.
gress do not adjourn until a bill hiss
been passed dlscontinuing any duty on
refined sugar which would operate for
the bonent OF tho sugar trust. Hu
Hsk0d for Immediate consideration.
MAudvfsOn moved 20 amend the
resolution ~ M 10 instruct the finance
committee 10 report back the amount
OF profit 10 be derived ny the whisky
trust from the tarlti hiil now In the
bands Of thu President.
sherman reversed the plumbers Of
tie Democrats N the general ConIuct
Ut the long lafil fyht. The fcbuli, he
said, was that from iiity 10 Que hun.
dfud important errors would DO found
IN the bill as II would be- signed
by the President. Already several OF
great Importance had been discovered.
One, providing Tor the free eHtTy Of
alcohol used Ia arts, would, n uucgt-
Tecied, cost the government twenty or
thirty millions Of revenue annually.
Huar, the author OF the amendment,
Sherman asserted, had not expected
that II would be- accepted.
AZ no voting quorum could be OBJ
tainel tho Senate went into executive
session without considering the House
bill 20 repeal Iho provision of the tariff
law oXempting alcohol used In the arts
from tax.