The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-19
TWO SCHEDULES DISPOSED OF.
The Senate Made Good Progress
on the Tariff Bill Yesterday.
The Next Schedule to be Taken Up Is
Metals and Manufactures of Iron and
stssl-Hereafter the Senate VIII Meet
at 10 o'clook-Whst Was Done In tho
House Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, May 1s.-A very salts
factory rate Of progression on the tariff
bill was struck in the Senate to-day and
WAS kept up from noon until the hour
of adjournment. The dozen items that
had been left on schedule A chemicals,
oils and paints" on Thursday evening
were disposed of and schedule 8, earths,
earthenware and glassware" were taken
up and proceeded with to it's close. The
next schedule is metals and manufao.
lures OF iron and steel"
The resolution for the daily meeting
OF the Senate at 10 q. m. and for the
taking up OF the tariff bill at 1920 was
agreed to after good deal Of disc ussion
in which Frye rep, Me- said that, In
his opinion, all parliamentary methods
should be resorted to to defeat the
measure, but he had not been able to
get the Republican side of the Senate
to take the same views. Dolph (Rep.)
protested his readidess to unite with
the Senator from Maine.
Allison (Rep Iowa., denied the ex-
istence OF any understanding on the
Republican side as to action on the bill,
and said that Senators would act on
their individual judgments. And Chand-
Ter (Rep., N. H.. warned Democratic
Senators not to act on the theory that
there would be flibustering against the
bill. The question was an open one. It
had not been decided and it was not
likely to be decided until after there
had been the fullest possible debate on
the bill Then, he took 1t, it would be
decided.
Aldrich made statement, fortified
by tables, showing that some 3SH mill
ions reduction of revenue had been
made in this BILL on matters Of luxur-
ious as follows: Fine hosiery, wine,
brandy, gin, whiskey, cordials. YER
mouth and damon. s, aud tax OF So
100000 imposed on sugar. He did not
understand on what principle the bill
was made up in that way.
The. finance committee, Vest said had
endeavored to decrease the duties on
luxuries and on necessities They had
endeavored TO make general reduction
so that the living expenses Of the people
might be decreased They could not
help by tariff bill to put up the prices
OF agricultural products
in this hour OF great financial de-
PRESTON" Vest continued, "let our
brethren of the manufacturing States of
the North and East bear their share
of the misfortunes that have come to
the whole country. But instead Of that
we hear continually the cry OF the
daughters of the horse leech, give, give,
give. No reduction of duties. Let
wheat go down to 80 cents bushel at
the railroad station; let all these pro-
auctions OF manufacture be minimized
to the lowest possible prices. But the
manufacturers, sacred as the white ele-
plant OF Siam, are not to be touched as
to one single duty"
After some discussion, rates were
fixed as follows: On marble, in block,
rough or squared only, so cents per
cubic foot; on marble, sawed or dressed,
IS cents per cubic foot; on manufac-
turers of marble, onyx or alabaster. As
per cent, ad valorem.
When the metal schedule was reached
the bill went over for the day, and the
Senate at 6:O5 p. N. adjourned.
The Day In the House.
WASHINGTON, May 1s.-The first half
hour OF to-day's session of the House
was spent in passing resolution to give
the committee on railways and canals
clerk. That having been accomplished,
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill for the year ending
Juno 80, 1895, was taken up in com
mittee of the whole.
pied with discussion of the matter OF
docking" mem bers for absent days,
which took wide range
At 5 o'clock the House took recess,
under the rules. until o'clock, the
evening session to be for the considera-
ton OF private pension and relief bills