Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-06-07

udMdu he thought Il tHe uulI OF TIE
United States TO tear down the oil
garchy set up in its name. The reso-
luton was then passed unanimously,
nfty-flye senators voting for it. Sen
ator Mills did not vote
Senator PETER pop, Ean.l offered a
resolution, which was appropriately re-
ferred, inSuucting the Judiciary COM
mittee to report whether the govern
ment of the United States could, by
virtue Of an act of congress, conSti-
tutionally take possession of and hold
for public uses, paying compenSa ton
therefor, all the coal beds of the
country. ss.-r.s.. II
The tariff bill was taken up. Several
amendments offered to the lumber par
agraphs looking TO a duty on rough
lumber were voted down by Il strict
party vote. Senator Allen moved to
strike out paragraph It's, aS follows:
Lumber of any sort, planed or fin
iShed. on each side so planed or i'm
ished, 30 cents per thousand feet.
board measure; and if planned on one
side and tongued and grooved, 81 per
thousand: and if planed on two sides
and tongued and grooved, $50 per
thousand, and in eStima ting board
measure under this schedule no deduc-
ton shall be made on account of plan
ing, growing or tonguing."
Senator Vest surprised the republic
ans when he announced that the
amendment would be accepted by the
democratic side. AS the amendments
to the lumber schedule were Icing
voted on without debate, under an
agreement made on Wednesday, the
vote was Immediately taken, and it
was agreed to-35 to pa strict party
vote, Messrs. PETER and Allen pops)
voting in favor of it. This will have
the effect of putting all lumber on the
free list.
The committee amendment increas-
ing the duty on chair cane from Z to
10 per cent. ad yalOrem was agreed to.
Mr.. Mcmillan offered an amend
ment seeking to make slaves of woods
Of all kinds dutiable at 10 per cent,
DuI II was IeJcClCu w utu
1S1 was reached, making house or
cabinet furniture of wood, wholly Or
in part finished, manufactures of wood
or Of which wood is component ma
terial of chief value, dutiable at %
per cent, Mr.. Squire rep, Wash.) de-
clared that if the senate desired to
be consistent, after having placed fin
ished lumber on the free list, it~should
now place furniture on the free list.
Mr.. PETER thereupon moved an
amendment to the paragraph making
the articles contained therein exempt
from duty.
Mr.. PETERS amendment was de
feated to 30
Mr.. Aldrich then offered his amend
ment to increase the duty to 80 per
cent. and it was also rejected. This
completed the wood schedule
Mr.. Sherman then delivered a care
fully prepared speech on the general
subject Of the tariff and was listened
to with marked attention. He alluded
to the differences in the democratic
ranks On the tariff question and con-
trasted Mr. Cleveland's letter of &C
ceptance with the democratic platform
Of 1892. He gave numerous other in
stances of democratic disSensions eff
our friends on the other side" said
Mr.. Sherman, had come to us and
said: Some Of the rates in the Nc
RinlnU hill OF biuh +lon ranJ1hIia
ans might have Joined with them in
an equitable division" If the doc
trine of protection were to be accepted
as it was in the present bill, the con
tention between the two parties in
this chamber was one of detail, not
one Of principle. And if this were the
situation, as he believed it was, there
was a better way than the one now
being adopted to accomplish the re-
vision of the tariff. 1t should have
been done by commission.
Mr.. Sherman charged that the sugar
schedule had been drawn by the re-
timers. He contradicted the statement
made by Senator German that proteco
ton offered the sugar trust had been
reduced and asserted that the state
ment was a palpable miSrepresenta-
ton. He denounced the protection
given the sugar trust and declared
that it was five eighths Of one cent
or equal to the entire cost Of refining
sugar, including the wear and tear on
machinery He characterized free
wool as the ''culminating atrocity of
the bill" Before closing Mr.. Sherman
devoted some time to the discussion of
the income tax. An income tax, he
said, was indefensible unless it was
levied against all incomes alike. To
single out a class was communism. If
legislation in this spirit was to obtain
the foundation of the republic would
disappear
Mr.. Sherman finished at 2:45, after
having spoken three hours. Senators
Camden and Dolph spoke and then the
senate adjourned.
Gen. Siclkles introduced and the
house today passed a resolution in
sTucting the secretary Of war to do
what was necessary under the act of
March 3, 1898, for the preservation Of
the Gettysburg battlefield.
The bill for an additional judge for
the northern district of Illinois passed,
Mr.. Black was followed by Mr.
Walker rep, Mass.), whose speech
evoked rounds of democratic applause
On account of the advanced position
he took in favor Of an extension and
enlargement of the bank-note system
The other speakers of the day were
MeSSrs. Mel ,aurin. of South Carolina