The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-01
DOLE NOT TO Be DEPOSED.
The Senate Votes in Favor Of Nom
interference in Hawaii.

With Open Doors Goes over Till To-
day-A Resolution for the Arrest of
Correspondent Edwards Also Goes
over-The Tariff Bill Then Given tn g
Floor-sherman Makes a Speech
on 1t.
Washington, May 31.-In the Senate to-
day two resolutions, one offered by Mr..
Hill requiring the Gray select committee
TO sit with open doors, and the other
offered by Mr.. Dolph for the arrest of
Elisha J. Edwards, recalcitrant witness,
and for his presentation at the bar of the
Senate, went over until tomorrow under
the rules.
A resolution reported from the COM
mittee on foreign relations was agreed
to unanimously, declaring that the right
belongs wholly the people of the Ha-
waiian islands to establish and maintain
their own form of government and do
nestle policy; that the United States
ought not in any way to interfere there
with, and that any intervention in the
political affairs of those islands by any
other government would be regarded as
an act unfriendly to the United States.
The vote was taken by yeas and nays,
and the result announced-yeas 81; nays
none.
Mr.. Mills stated that if he had not been
paired he would have voted no, =" not be-
cause he did not recognize the right of
the people of Hawaii to constitute their
own government as they pleased, but the
government of the United States having
overturned the government of Hawaii,
and having put the Hawaiian people I'M
der military power against which they
could not protect themselves, it was its
duty to tear down the oligarchy estab-
lished by force and permit the people Of
the Hawaiian islands to institute their
own government.
THE TARIFF BILL.
The tariff bill was taken up at 10 80. The
amendment offered by MIR. Hale to make
the duty on sawed boards 81. IS per thou
sand feet was defeated-yeas %, nays 81.
A vote was then taken on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Allen to place on the
free list all logs, lumber, laths, shingles,
and building materials commonly used in
the construction of dwelling houses, barns
or fences. 1t was defeated by vote of
yeas to As nays. Senators Allen, Irby,
Kyle and PETER were those voting yea.
FRYE OFFERS AMENDMENTS.
Mr.. Frye offered several amendments,
among them one to continue the provis-
ions of the existing law upon a mum Der of
articles in the wood schedule, all of which
were defeated.
Mr.. Allen, pop, of Nebraska, moved to
strike out paragraph 17S, putting duties
on lumber of any sort, planned or fin
ished; - so as to have such lumber after
ward placed on the free list
Mr.. Vest representing the finance com
mittee said that there was no objection
to the amendment.
The amendment was agreed to-yeas
IS, nays "a and the paragraph was struck
out.
Paragraph 179, as to osier and willow,
which was amended by making the duty
on manufactured chair cane or reeds 10
per cent instead Of 7, the duty on osier or
willow prepared for basket makers use
remaining, as in the House bill, at 20 per
cent.
The duty on casks and barrels, empty,
etc. Gtem 1887, remains as in the House
bill, at IS per cent.
The remaining paragraphs of the
schedule were disposed of without de-
bate.
SHERMAN SPEAKS.
The lumber schedule having
been finished and the sugar schedule
reached, Mr.. Sherman took the floor. Mr..
Sherman said it was with much reluct-
ance that he engaged in the debate, but
the people of Ohio were so deeply inter
ested in the bill that he would be derelict
10 his duty if he did not do all he could to
defeat the pending measure. The peculiar
feature of this contest was that the party
in power differed widely, not only on con-
stitutional questions, but on matters Of
policy This had caused the delay in
final action on the bill. One wing
of the party denounced the republican
policy of protection as fraud and uncon-
stitutional, and upon the basis that this
policy was unconstitutional the bill was
sent from the House to the Senate. On
the other hand, Mr. Cleveland in his
letter of acceptance, ignored this plank of
q 90 rla nd
tion in contravention to his platform
the one declared for tariff for revenue
only, simply the other that all tariffs
that went beyond the revenue point were
unconstitutional.
THE REPUBLICAN POLICY.
The position Of the Republican party
was openly declared, not only for tariff
for revenue, but to protect American in
duStrieS-the one necessary for the sup
port of the government and the other to
protect American industries and keep
them from the comp etition of cheap Eu-
ropean labor. Had the men on the other
side said they believed the duties under
the Mckinley bill too high,
the, republicans would have joined
had probably shown that some of them
were too high. But the House bill was
based on the the theory that there should
be no protection and no duty beyond that
absolutely necessary TO raise revenue. If
the present view of a tariff for revenue
with incidental protection should be
adopted. Mr.. Sherman thought an expe-
rienced tariff commission should be APP
pointed its work to be subject to revision
by congress. He always thought this
was the best way.
MORGAN's PROPOSITION.
Mr.. Morgan asked if the committee on
finance had taken any action on his propo-
sition to appoint a tariff commission re =
ferred to that committee some time ago?
Mr.. Sherman said it had never been
acted upon.
The foundation for the present demo
cratic policy for free trade as enuncated
in the Chicago platform was, Mr. Sher-
man said. to be found in the constitution
of the confederate states, which he read.
No wonder, he said, that President
Cleveland could not afford TO adopt that
policy. Referring to the old time policy
of the Democratic party, Mr.. Sherman
said the senator from Alabama MIR Nor
gan had said at one time that be thought
it a question of doubt on the whole
whether the discovery of coal and iron in
Alabama would prove blessing to his
people, as it would interfere with the
raising of cotton and increase the price Of
labor.
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