The Washington times., 1894-05-27
METAL SCHEDULES ENDED
Iona Debate on Senator Hills Motion
for Free Lead Ore.
HE SCORES SENATOR GORMAN
Had to Make ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by
Shoup and Dubois-Executive Session Fol-
lowed By an Early Adjournment.

The morning debate in the Senate yes
the duty on lead ore. Senator Hill had
early announced his intention to ask for free
ore, and after speech by Senator Shoup, oi
Idaho, the New York Senator began his at
tack.
The remedy for this condition Of affairs lay
in proceeding in a prompt, plain, manly fash
ion to rearrange the rules. As he had said
before he continued, the bill was not satisiac-
tory to him. 1t was not satisfactory to other
Democrats on this side of the chamber, and IL
the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Germany
the other day intended to have it inferred
that there was Democratic unity on this
bill he had exceeded his authority. The bill
would not be satisfactory to him as long as it
contained one remnant Of the Populistic in
come tax. Still he thought it the duty of
Democrats not to defeat it, but to modify and
perfect it. Mr. Hill proceeded to explain that
he had voted against Mr.. Teller's motion to
table the bill because he did not desire to kill
the measure before it was fully considered,
and an honest effort was being made to
modify it. He had voted the other day, he
went on, to place iron ore on the free list.
Democratic votes were concerned. He did
not anticipate that the motion he now made
would be carried, yet it ought not require
any argument to convincea Democratic Senate
that lead ore should go on the free list.
Mr. Vest Dem, Va, replied to Mr.. Hill.
The duty proposed in this bill. he said, was
three-fourths of a cent. per pound. 1t was
the rate fixed in the Mills bill that had re-
ce;vei such high commendation. II was
proper lie thought, that he should make a
lew words of explanation. The Mckinley
bill placed duty of Is cents on lead and
lead silver-bearng ore. The reports OF the
Treasury Department showed that duty to the
ahoCnt OF 81 ,00O. 900 was collected annually
OF lead ore. The real point in this contro-
yersy was with reference TO the admission OF
Mexican silver-lead ores. In the first bill
prepared by Senators Mills, Jones and him
sell lead ore, along with many other articles,
had been placed on the free list. There were
then t"o great autagonistic interests in the
Uuited States.
Mr.. Aldrich here interrupted Mr.. Vest to
ask MIN why, if the committee was after the
lead trust. it had given the trust l u cents on
white lead a protection of three-fourths of a
cents more than lead ore
The question nettled MIR. Vest. The COM
mittee had done what it could, he replied
with temper. The changes had been forced
upon the committee. Without divulging the
secret condolences of party conferences, he
desired TO say, once for all, that they were
compelled to do as they had done. They
were determined to pass this bill. conceding
that they were obliged TO.
Personally Mr.. Vest favored free lead ore.
He had voted in the past for it. Only Friday
night the correspondent OF the Kansas City
Star had brought him q telegram from the
proprietor of his paper demanding to know
why he had betrayed the interests of the
people of Kansas City by placing duty on
lead ore.
Messrs Stewart and Dubois followed Sena-
tor Vest, the latter making sharp attack on
Hill Two of Mr.. Shoup's amendments were
then voted down.
as the vote proceeded and it was seen that
Senators Mills and Irby were to cast the only
votes except that OF Mr.. Hill in favor of the
Hill motion a smile spread over the Senate.
which was apparently at the New York Sena-
tors expense. He did not, however, seem
disconnected, and took the result good
naturediy when the result was announced
showing that the amendment had been lost
by a vote OF 8 to 50.
Mr.. Hill then rose as if desirous of making
an extended speech. but he contented him
self by remarking that he desired to con-
gratulate the distinguished Senator from
Maryland upon the fact that he was now
leading both sides of the Senate chamber
with great unanimity."
Senator German, at whom this taunt was
aimed. was absent from the chamber, and
nothing was said in response to it except by
Senator Aldrich. who replied that he had never
had any doubt that upon test the Maryland
Senator would be found standing for protec-
ton.
The committee amendment fixing the rate
on lead ores at there-fourths OF cent per
pound was then agreed to without division
A new paragraph fixing the duty on nickel
and alloys of nickel at 6 cents per pound was
also agreed 10.
Mr.. Dubois then offered an amendment TO
change the duty on type metal from Is per
cent. to three-fourths of cent per pound on
the lead contained therein. He argued that
If this low ad valorem (one-half the rate ON
lead ore) were allowed to stand, it would re-
suit i'll au enormous fraudulent importation
OF lead in the form of alleged type metal. 1t
was defeated. 25-26
NJ. Aldrich gave notice tnat he would con-
tiaue this contest in the Senate.
The duty Oh zinc in block or pigs was. on
motion OF Mr.. Vest, changed from 20 per cent
ad valorem to seven -eghths of cent per
pound; on sheet zinc from 25 per cent to ~
cents per pound, and on old zinc flt only to
be manufactured, from Is per cent. to five
eighths of a cent per pound.
This finished the metal schedule, and the
Senate, at O'Clock, went into executive ses-
sion and at g. p. m. adjourned.