The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-07
EUL9GlES, NOT THE TARIFF,
Formed the Basis for Debate by
the Senate Yesterday.
That Body Switched or From the Dry
Subject Under Discussion and Talked
About Mon and Things That Had no
Earthly Bearing Upon the Matter.
Making Slow Progress with the Bill.

WASHINGTON, June Elm the morn
ing half hour tho Senate passed several
local and private bills and resolution
WAS reported by Blackburn from the
committee on rules for the appointment
OF select committee Of five Senators
on the existing public distress. and to
which shall be referred tho petition OF
Morrison, Swift and others, and all
other petitions for measures Of relief
from such distress.
At 1890 q. m. the tariff bill was taken
up, the question being on the tobacco
schedule. A number Of amendments
reported by the finance committee were
adopted. and then the next schedule.
relating to agricultural products and
provisions, was taken up, the first para
graph being 1s9 go per cent. I'D valorem
on live animals not specially provided
for). Hale moved to strike ont the
paragraph and insert paragraph 247 OF
the existing law. making the duty on
horses and mules $40 per head, horses
valued 1T $3.50 and over to pay duty OF
80 per cent. ad valorem.
Then followed tho long debate of the
day. very little Of it devoted to tariff
subjects and great deal of 1t to o wide
range of topics. Hale, Aldrich, Vest,
Dolph, Gallinger, PETER and Cullom had
more to say about the Oregon and ILL
nois elections than about the tariff bill.
Stuart broke in with one OF his usus al
speeches on silver, Hoar quoted with
commendation a statement OF Lord
Salisbury in favor of protection and
Gray met it with an equally strong
declaration OF Gladstone on the opposite
side OF the question. That set uoar of
with reference to Bismark as greater
than either Salisbury or Gladstone.
Teller came into the Gladstone dis
cussiop and said his admiration OF
Gladstone was confined 10 two points =
his great intellect and his great ad-
miration for England, but there WAS
not chapter in Gladstones history
which indicated that his sympathy had
ever gone beyond Great Britain.
Hawley made sport speech, briatling
| with epiRrams such as tEese:
Tire doctrine of froo trade is cruel.
1t is the doctrine o. wild beasts 1t is
! every man for himself and the devil
take the hindmost. That is wnat free
trade is. 1t is not our duty to break
down the bars and let all the wild cats
OF the world run through our garden"
Gray referred, with touch Of con-
which the discussion had assumed.
Hoar offered, on behalf Of the Republican
side, to agree to a vote one hour after
the Senator from Delaware or any other
Democratic member OF the finance com
mittee would explain the principle on
which the bill,proceeded, with one item
ad valorem and the next item specific.
There was no response to this chal-
lenge and the debate went on until Uar
ris moved to lay tho amendment on the
table. At the request OF Hale Harris
withdrew his motion so as to let the
vote be taken correctly on the anne nd
ment. The vote was taken and Hale's
amendment was rejected %; nays,
3d. On this vote PETER voted aye and
Kyle and Hill voted no Allen did not
vote. A number of other amendmcnts
were offered and the discussion went ON
until 6:45 when Aldrich moved an exec
utive session. The Repu blicans gener.
ally refrained from voting so that there
was no auor UNI. Then there was q roll
call to which forty-fve Senators re.
sponded.
A vote was again taken, with the re-
suit of no quorum. Harris said it WAS
not his purpose to 60 into any wrangle
or to attempt to force the Senators to
remain in session. Whatever was the
feeling which should exist in regard to
the course Of the other side, he was not
willing to subject either side to the
inconvenience of rom aiming until absent
Senators might be sent for. He there
fore moved an adjournment, and at o.
m. the Senate adjourned until 10 q. m.
tomorrow.