Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-12
PASSED THE SENATE.
After 3 Debate of Three Months a Vote I
Finally Reaehed on tho TarfR Bill.


AFTER Debate of Three Months a Vote Is
Finally Reached on the Tariff BIZ.
WASHINGTON, July SIN the midst
of intense excitement at 1o:45 last
night, after having debated for three
months and one day, the tariff bill,
amended to take effect August 1, 1894,
passed the senate by vote of "a to 80,
q strict party vote, except Mr.. Hill,
who voted with the republicans against
the measure. The populists divided
their strength, two Messrs. Kyle and
Allen voting in favor of the bill, and
two, Messrs. PETER and Stewart, against
it.
At the very opening OF the last day
of the great struggle, Mr.. Harris, the
veteran parliamentarian in charge of
the bill announced that it would pass
that day, July 3, or there would be no
Fourth of July for the senate of che
United States.
A hard but hopeless fight was made
by the republicans under the leader
ship of Mr.. Sherman to place wool on
the dutiable list. Through the instru-
mentality of Mr.. McLaurin, (dem-) of
Mississippi, the action of the commit
tee of the whole in exempting the sal
aries of United States judges and the
operation of the income tax was re-
served in the senate. A very important
piece of legislation in the shape of an
antitrust law was placed on the bill
as a rider, without even so much as a
division. 1t was designed, as Mr.. Voor-
hees, chairman of the finance commit
mittee, said, to insure Integrity in the
execution of the law" it being adj
mitted that any tariff system afforded
abundant opportunity for the forma-
ton of trusts and companies.
The amendment to section II. repeal
ing the reciprocity clause of the Nc
Kinley law, declaring the repeal should
not be construed to abrogate reciprocal
arrangements now in existence, was
agreed to. This was the last of the
amendments adopted in committee of
the whole. Mr.. Jones then, on behalf
of the committee, proposed the amend
| ment changing the date on which the
bill should go into effect from June so
to August 1, 1894, which was agreed to.
Mr.. Allen offered an amendment to
| paragraph 1872, repeating the sugar
bounty, in the shape of proviso con-
tinuing the bounty in force until Janu-
ary 1, 1895, to the extent of paying the
growers of sugar and maple sirup nine
tenths of 1 cent on sugar testing above
so deg, and eight-tenths of 1 cent on
sugar below so deg. This was the
amendment of which notice was given
by Mr.. Jones on behalf of the finance
committee yesterday. 1t was defeated
by vote of so to IL.
A number of other amendments were
acted upon and then the bill was put
upon its passage, and was passed by a
vote of 80 to "a.
The vote, then announced by the
vice president, was received in silence,
after which Mr.. Harris moved that a
conference committee of seven sena-
tors on the disagreeing votes of the
two houses be appointed, and although
Mr.. Allison protested against this ac-
ton, maintaining that as yet there was
no disagreement, the motion prevailed
and the vice president appointed the fol-
lowing committee: Messrs. Voorhees,,
Harris, Vest, Jones, of Arkansas, Sher-
man, Allison and Aldrich.
Following is the vote:
Yess-Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Blanch-
ard. Gallery. Call, Cockrell, Coke, Daniel,
Faulkner, George, Gibson, German, Gray.
Harris, Hunton. Irby, Jarvis. Jones Of Arkan-
| sas, Kyle, Lindsay, McLaurin, Martin. Mills,
| Mitchell of Wisconsin, Morgan, Murphy, Pal
mer, Pasco, Ransom Roach, Smith. Turpie.
| Vest, Villas, Voorhees,, Walsh and White-39.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison. Carey. Chandler,
Cullum, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois, Frye,
| Gallinger, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hig-
gins, Hill, Jones of Nevada, Lodge, Mcmillan,
Henderson. Mitchell of Oregon. Patton, PETER,
| Perkins, Platt, Power, Proctor, Quay. Sher-
man, Shoup, Squire, Stewart. Teller and
| Washburn-34.
The pairs wers were as follows: The
first named would have voted for the
bill, the others against it: Brice with
Wolcott, Butler with Cameron, Cam
den with Pettigrew, Gordon with Will
son, Pugh with Hoar, and Mcpherson
| with Morrill,.