The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-30
A TARIFF REMNANT DAY.
The Committee Of the Whole Winds
Up Its Work.

House the Latter Part of Next
Week-A Lively skirmish on the
Anti-Reciprocity Section.
Washington, June 29.-To-day was GER
tainly remnant day in the Senate. All
the odds and ends of the tariff bill were
Jumped and disposed of in short order, II
is out of the committed of the whole, how
ever, and after nearly three months it
kneels before the Senate proper 1t seems
lifetime since it left the House, totter-
ing from Mr.. Wilson, its father, and look
ing to the country fearless and full of
hope Its road has been hard one to
travel since then. 1t has been buffeted
and cutfed, torn and bartered for until
now it is a nameless ereaton-n0 name
save that which comes with the stigma
OF compromise fatherless and despised,
Its sores are many, but it is to be
wounded still further. 1t will be whacked
at in the Senate possibly for another
week, though Mr.. Aldrich promises to re-
lease it from the Senate prison house by
Tuesday. But Mr.. Aldrich's promises
are easily broken by Messrs. Chandler
and Hoar. Another week and Speaker
Crisp says it will be in the arms of its
original progenitor and friends
Senator Walsh says it will get to the
House by Thursday.
The members of the House believe that
in conference it will be rejuvenated and
baptised again with the name of the
West Virginia congressman who will
stand his ground and send it forth to the
country as the Wilson bill.
THE DAY IN THE SENATE.
(By the Southern Associated Press.)
Washington, June 29.-In the Senate
to-day, the reading of the journal having
been dispensed with, the House joint
resolution extending for thirty days the
appropriations for the support of the
government was taken up, and in the
absence of Mir. Hoar, who had interposed
objections on Wednesday and Thursday
referred to the committee on appropria-
tions, and without a moments delay,
was reported back by Mr.. Cockrell,
chairman of the committee, read and
without any objection passed
CHARGES OF THE PULLMANs.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
ouSfuldu N1itCblHR al Injury lubO bH0
charges for the use of seats. berths and
sections in the Pullman sleeping and par
lor cars was laid before the Senate and
agreed to,
The House bill to define and establish
the units of electrical measure, was taken
from the calendar and passed with some
verbal amendments.
AT 80 o'clock the tariff bill was taken
up, the question being on section 104,
abrogating the reciprocity treaties.
Mr.. Hale moved to strike out the sec
tion, but yielded to MIR. Vest to modify it
on the part of the finance committee,
which he did by inserting a proviso that
nothing contained in the section should
be held to abrogate such reciprocity or
commercial arrangements between the
United States aud foreign countries, ex-
cept where such arrangements are incon-
sistent with the provisions Of the act.
THE TAX ON ALCOHOL.
The discussion on this question was
temporarily suspended, in order to per-
NIT Mr. Hoar to offer an amendment to
section a. which would allow alcohol
used in the arts and manufactures to be
free from tax, under rules to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury,
and under promise, that if found to be
impracticable, he would afterward vote
with the committee to reject it. The
amendment was agreed to, with the con-
sent of the finance committee.
The discussion as to the abrogation of
reciprocity arrangements was resumed,
and was participated in by Messrs. Allison
and Sherman, in opposition to the section,
and by MIR. Vest in defense and explana-
ton of it, One of the points made by
him was that the absolute repeal of sec
tlon of the Mckinley act was to take
away from the President in the future all
the authority which he possessed under
that section.
OBJECT OF THE SECTION.
Mr. Higgins-Is it the senator's propo-
sition that in the future the power to
make reciprocal conventions will be left
to the treaty-making power-the Presi-
dent and Senate - and taken from the
President alone?
Mr. Vest-That is the object.
Mr. Vests modification was agreed to
without division.
Mr.. Hale moved to strike out the whole
section and the motion was rejected
yeas "a, nays "a, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Chandler, Cullom,
Davis, Dolph, Frye, Gallinger, Hale, Haw-
ley, Higgins, Hoar, Mcmillan, Henderson.
Mitchell of oregon. Patton. PETER, Perkins
PettIerew Proctor, Quay. Sherman, Shoup
Teller and Washourn-M.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bate. Berry, Black
Durn, BlancQaTu, bFlCe, COEkFGll.
Coke Daniel, Faulkner, George, Gibson, Cor.
man Gray, Harris, Irby JARVIS, Jones OF Ar
Kansas Kyle, Lindsay, Mills, Morgan, Muir
ply Pasco, Pugh, Ransom, Roach Turpic,
Vest, Villas Voorhees, Walsh and White-3i.
EFFECT OF THE SECTION.
Section 1O4 now repeats the third sec
ton of the Mckinley act, and provides
that nothing herein contained shall be
held to abrogate, or in any way affect
such reciprocal commercial arrangements
as have been heretofore made and now
exist between the United States and for
eipn countries, except where such ar
rangements are inconsistent with the
provisions Of this act
A communication from the Secretary of
State, informing the Senate, at the re-
Quest of the French ambassador, that a
religious service in memory of the late
president of the French republic would
be held at st. Matthew's church, Wash
ington. next Sundayat IL m, was laid be-
fore the Senate, and 1t was resolved, on
motion Of MIR. Hoar, that the Senate shall
attend such service.
A DUTY on FOREIGNERS.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the tariff bill, aud Mr.. PETER moved to
insert an additional section levying duty
of $50 on every foreigner coming by steam
or sail vessel to any port within the
United States, and on every alien immi-
giant crossing the border line between
the United States ana contiguous nations.
MIR. Platt suggested the insertion Of the
words ..to engage in any industrial occu-