The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-16

WAsHIxerox CRY, Nay ik-In the SEN
ate the bill providing for naval training
station on the Pacific coast came mp, and
met with opposition from Mitchell of Ore
gon and Squire Of Washington because it
specified San Francisco harbor - the loca-
ton.
The tariff bill was taken up. Aldrich
offered an amsndment to put duty Of Is
per cent on coal tar products not provided
for In the bill It uas defeated.
Discussion arose over Q report psesented
by Voorhees, showins the revenue which
would Be raised under the bill a. it passed
the houoe and also as modified By the
pending senate amendments. based upon
last years importAsions. Ailison COM
planned that the report presented by Voor-
hees Was not an >ntimats ct ALL It was,
he said. m exact conputAtion Of the rev.
enue to be RAISED under . proposed bill
based upon former law.
Aldrich declared that the senators on
the other side. responsible for the lsgisia-
tion. must have some idea Of the revenue
to be raised By this bill If they had. il
was clearly their duty 70 pressat their
ideas Of this subjsct 10 the senate.
.Oh. said Vest. I'VE do mot propose to
60 into the dominion Of conjecture, to
allow senators on the other side 70 fill
buster.
ave are nd 4nlibusssrins." shouted half
dozen Republicans.
lyon are not fiiibnsteringp said Vest
with temper. "Thsn What do you call
itf You spend hours here In alleged de-
bate on the most Insignificant matters
We want to dispose Of this bill. Your
tactics will not prevail. said Vest raising
his hand imprsssively. I'VE intend to
pass this bill II It takes until the snow dies
next winter"
AIdrich protested that the Republicans
had no disposition to intsrpose factious
opposition. They would debate fairly and
prope riy, but they would mot fiiibustsr.
An amendment Of Lodge to maks cop
peras dutiabls at Lilo cents per pound
VAS defeated.
Qusy asked that . csnts specific duty
Be- substituted for 20 per cent. I'd vslorem
on oxide Of cobalt Jones' accepted the
substitute.
The amendment restoring the rate ON
coioring for brandy uizs, beer and other
liquors $50 Per cent vas adopted: also
the Jones amendment. transferring from
the free Inst and making dutiable ct IS
cents drugs, such ~ barks, beans, berries.
baisams, buds, bulbs, bulbous roots, ex-
crescsnces. fruits, flowers. fibers, gum and
gum rosin. hebs. leaves, lichsns, moses.
nuts, roots and stems, spices, vegetables.
seeds, aromatic seeds Of morbid growth,
weeds and woods used expressly for dycing.
The Jones amendments. increasing the
duty on sulphuric ether from IS TO 20 cents
per pound. nitrous ether from 20 to Is
cents, and fruit ethers Of oil or essences
from 81 to -, were agreed to.
Aldrich moved to increase the duty on
crude glycerine from cent to lZc cents:
lost, 1S to 81.
Lodge moved to increase the duty on ~
fined giycsrine from 8 to cents; lost,
"a to 32
Aldrich moved to transfer indigo and its
extracts from the free list 70 the dusiabls
list at y ofs cent per pound: lost, 10 TO "a.
Galiinger moved to increase the duty on
ink, ink powders. printsrs' ink. etc, from
20 to 80 per cent. I'd valorem: lost, 81 to "a.
Allison moved to transfer iodine from
the free list and place IL on the dutiabis
list at cents per pound; lost.
Jonss' amendment. placing . duty of s
cents q pound ON iicorice, was agreed to.
The following Jones' amendments, piac-
ing additional duty Of 30 per cent on cal
cined magnesia, placing . duty on epson
salts of one-fifth of cent. and reducing
the duty on morphia from IS to SO cents
per ounce, were agreed TO.
In the next paragraph tcastor oill
Chapdisr moved to strike ont IS per cont.
and substitute IS cents per gallon; lost.
Aid-ich moved to substitute Is cents per
gallon for 20 per cent I'd vaiorem on cod
liver oli; lost
AT 5.45 the senate went into executive